Personally, I have no issue with the Bird coming out. Kuzy has been playing well and feeling it, so he does his celly! No different than other players. And you would think at 4-o in the third it was safe! Haha
Pens fan. So feel free to ban me.
But the Rags defense this year makes that 16-17 defense look like a powerhouse.
OMG, you'd think there was no one else on the Rangers roster! First period Z, Z, Z, Z, Z.... second "oh the Caps are fantastic!". Third, "here come the Z's!, err Rangers with Zibanejad!". Passionately hate the national broadcast crew.And most importantly, Zibanejad didn't get the 6 points the NBC crew were rooting for
He is one of the biggest Pens homers on HF. I wouldn’t take him seriously lol.
yeah but we're 9th in the athletics power rankings loldont look now but Caps are tied for 1st in the league in points
He is one of the biggest Pens homers on HF. I wouldn’t take him seriously lol.
Was it that year that Letang was hurt and Schultz was your 1RD?Pens fan. So feel free to ban me.
But the Rags defense this year makes that 16-17 defense look like a powerhouse.
Like who, exactly?Sammy is playing better, but I'd like to see them make a big move for an elite goaltender, and a rental veteran forward.
Was it that year that Letang was hurt and Schultz was your 1RD?
Honestly one of the strangest things in sports is how much better Pittsburgh plays when they’re missing their best players. Crosby and Malkin always seem to play better when the other is hurt and then you have Letang being hurt that year which looked like a kill shot but nope. It’s real damn annoying, actually.Well. Yes, but Ron Hainsey was our # 1 RD. Rofl.
Honestly one of the strangest things in sports is how much better Pittsburgh plays when they’re missing their best players. Crosby and Malkin always seem to play better when the other is hurt and then you have Letang being hurt that year which looked like a kill shot but nope. It’s real damn annoying, actually.
So.. Your suggestion is to not hurt them too much if we play them in playoffs?Honestly one of the strangest things in sports is how much better Pittsburgh plays when they’re missing their best players. Crosby and Malkin always seem to play better when the other is hurt and then you have Letang being hurt that year which looked like a kill shot but nope. It’s real damn annoying, actually.
Just watched this....
getting real tired of watching 2/3 goal leads evaporate in the blink of an eye.
O is doing well, D is until it isn’t, which usually isn’t a question of if, but when.
I know it seems counter to bitch when they’ve rolled to the current streak/record they have....but....playoffs are a different animal.
Nonsense! The coach cannot possibly have a meaningful plan nor be trying to achieve something specific at a given stage of the season. In fact, let's just dump the coach altogether and let the data analysts dictate how the team plays. What could go wrong?I guess Lavi is trying to give the dynamic players a bit of a rest. They are playing 7 games in 11 nights or something absurd like that.
I do agree that the dynamic players keep the opposition more on their heels and help preserve leads.
Hopefully Laviolette plays their best players more often when leading in the playoffs. Yesterday was another example of him stapling the more dynamic players to the bench in the third period. It was disappointing to see after he had played Kuznetsov more frequently in recent games in the third period after taking a lead. Predictably enough those games were their most successful in terms of shutting down the opposition after the Capitals got a big lead.
They've been fairly solid, although the penalties haven't been great. I do wonder if he won't lean on that line too much when it matters and if they've got anything extra come playoff time. They could stand to be more physical if they want to be something along the lines of NYI's fourth line.Lavi loves the 4th line. Dowd is up to 8th in the league in FO%. Lavi was giving HDH line lots of props today on the Junks
What are you talking about?
ShiftChart - Hockey Shift Data Visualization
Kuzy played 8 shifts in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd, and 7 in the 3rd.
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Who are the dynamic players that were stapled to the bench in the 3rd?
Guys who got stapled to the bench were Oshie, Panik, and Sprong.