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++++ Geno line: Dominated by Geno in every single way. Back to back great 200 foot games. There was one shift, ended in a goal, where Geno made 2 defensive plays and led the charge offensively, too. Just dominant stuff from Geno. Great defensive game. Great offensive game. Great neutral zone game. Great powerplay stuff. He's awesome. Major props to 72 and 59,too. Nobody is more frustrating to the opposition than Hornqvist. You can see by how goalies just go crazy when he's out there.
+++ Defense: Most importantly the defense was strong with their gap. The first 10 minutes was a bit rough, but our defense really gapped up tight and created turnovers. It's something that doesn't have a stat but is so important to hockey. If your defense can hold ground and gap up, it knocks all the flow and push from the opposition.
Major props to Gaunce in this game, too. I just really liked his game overall. Smart. Simple. To the point.
+++ Murray: If not for Mur, we may have been down early in the game. He was incredible early on and then allowed our offense to explode. We really struggled out of the gate and it was Murray making the difference.
+ Just overall great road game. Really happy they exploded. The Pens fans in Carolina were awesome and the team played sound. 4th line was excellent again, too. Just all around great stuff. Great carryover from Montreal.
Major props to Kunitz and Wilson who were great all night. 4th line is the perfect role for them.
+ Daley: His best game since the takeover game for Letang's suspension against Washington in the playoffs. He was great in the defensive zone. He was great offensively. His skating has been good all season but his defensive consistency tonight was 60 minutes. Best game of this season by Daley.
Minus
- Ward's punch is disgusting. Player safety should be something the league cares about and it's just disgusting. Guy is laying on the ice after the whistle.. It's disgusting and needs out of the game. That needs to be a suspension and we all know it won't be. It's just utterly disgusting and I'll argue and rant about this for days. Player safety needs to be a real focus.
Equal
Sid's line just isn't there. I don't like it and they aren't passing the eye test at all. They are hemmed in their zone a lot. Sid looks disinterested and the only Canes goal was entirely his fault. He just stared the play down and didn't feel like skating. It's like he passed off his 200 foot game to Geno and just doesn't look interested at all right now. And it's frustrating because Rust just doesn't fit that line and it keeps getting forced out there. I don't like it but the bright spot in Sheary is just dominating. 43 is excellent this year.
++++ Geno line: Dominated by Geno in every single way. Back to back great 200 foot games. There was one shift, ended in a goal, where Geno made 2 defensive plays and led the charge offensively, too. Just dominant stuff from Geno. Great defensive game. Great offensive game. Great neutral zone game. Great powerplay stuff. He's awesome. Major props to 72 and 59,too. Nobody is more frustrating to the opposition than Hornqvist. You can see by how goalies just go crazy when he's out there.
+++ Defense: Most importantly the defense was strong with their gap. The first 10 minutes was a bit rough, but our defense really gapped up tight and created turnovers. It's something that doesn't have a stat but is so important to hockey. If your defense can hold ground and gap up, it knocks all the flow and push from the opposition.
Major props to Gaunce in this game, too. I just really liked his game overall. Smart. Simple. To the point.
+++ Murray: If not for Mur, we may have been down early in the game. He was incredible early on and then allowed our offense to explode. We really struggled out of the gate and it was Murray making the difference.
+ Just overall great road game. Really happy they exploded. The Pens fans in Carolina were awesome and the team played sound. 4th line was excellent again, too. Just all around great stuff. Great carryover from Montreal.
Major props to Kunitz and Wilson who were great all night. 4th line is the perfect role for them.
+ Daley: His best game since the takeover game for Letang's suspension against Washington in the playoffs. He was great in the defensive zone. He was great offensively. His skating has been good all season but his defensive consistency tonight was 60 minutes. Best game of this season by Daley.
Minus
- Ward's punch is disgusting. Player safety should be something the league cares about and it's just disgusting. Guy is laying on the ice after the whistle.. It's disgusting and needs out of the game. That needs to be a suspension and we all know it won't be. It's just utterly disgusting and I'll argue and rant about this for days. Player safety needs to be a real focus.
Equal
Sid's line just isn't there. I don't like it and they aren't passing the eye test at all. They are hemmed in their zone a lot. Sid looks disinterested and the only Canes goal was entirely his fault. He just stared the play down and didn't feel like skating. It's like he passed off his 200 foot game to Geno and just doesn't look interested at all right now. And it's frustrating because Rust just doesn't fit that line and it keeps getting forced out there. I don't like it but the bright spot in Sheary is just dominating. 43 is excellent this year.
