Pre-Game Talk: ECSF Game 3| Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators - Penguins lead series 2-0

[Waffle Fries]

My god.... is Iginla back on the LW???

I don't know.. Molinari put him in a different spot than the Pens twitter did.

Pittsburgh Penguins ✔ @penguins
No Vitale at skate. #Pens rushes: 14-87-9 18-71-12 10-16-24 15-27-48 44-7 2-58 3-4 5-41/47

and there's also this:

Dejan Kovacevic @Dejan_Kovacevic
Bylsma will only say he has "options" to replace Vitale, but glaringly obvious choice is Jussi Jokinen. #TribHKY

So it's not confirmed Glass is in, and it would make absolutely no sense for him to be in over Jokinen or Bennett. Of course, Dan does a lot of things I don't understand so who knows.

 

[shizno*]

So let me see if my HF logic is sound.....

If another team targets Crosby's jaw, then that's just playoff hockey. However, if the Penguins' target Spezza's back, then they are a cheap, dirty team that only wins because of Bettman.

I got that right?

Bingo and I got banned form the main boards Pens Vs Sens thread for saying it. Wee

 

[chuppa chupp]

Tanner Glass might be playing tonight?

 

[Ogrezilla]

Dejan Kovacevic @Dejan_Kovacevic
Bylsma will only say he has "options" to replace Vitale, but glaringly obvious choice is Jussi Jokinen. #TribHKY

good.

 

[Dying Alive]

we are losing a very good faceoff taking center. We have another very good faceoff taking center in the press box. Why wouldn't we replace the center with the other center? Or the OTHER center that is also better than Tanner Glass? We are going back to playing with 3 centers. I'm not a coach or anything, but it seems logical to me that an NHL team icing 4 lines should also ice 4 centers.

Tanner Glass should fight Neil the first chance he gets. That would at least make me happy for a minute. And actually, no he really shouldn't. No reason for us to give away momentum to that clown.

I'm not saying I think it's a great decision, I just don't get all of the constant angst around here. I think some of the people around here need to start using recreational drugs or painting or something. An outlet for their rage.

 

[madinsomniac]

If you type in :Tanner glass: on these boards it should come up

 

[madinsomniac]

I dont know why they dont just move the struggling Sutter down to the 4th and put Jokinen on the 3rd between Morrow and Cooke... you lose no defensive capabilities, still have a pretty tough line, and add faceoff wins on the third line, and add a good center to the 4th line. With less defensive responsibilities Sutter might shine.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Jokinen brings so much more to the table than Glass.

I hope he's in and not Glass.

 

[shizno*]

Fresh Juice tonight

 

[Ugene Magic]

I'd imagine they'd rather have Glass deal with Neils BS.

I don't mind that at all.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Glass can't deal with anything. He's an empty sweater at this point.

 

[madinsomniac]

Win this and this series is virtually over... I would not bet on Chicago to beat the Pens 4 games straight without major injuries on Pittsburgh, much less a beat up Ottawa team.
If Ottawa wants a chance, they had better win tonight...

 

[Coach Travis]

I'd imagine they'd rather have Glass deal with Neils BS.

I don't mind that at all.

Sure, if that's what he's going to do. But that's why I thought we had Engo in over Eaton before. If Engo or Glass aren't punching a hole through Chris Neil's head I don't want them in the line up.

 

[IcedCapp]

I'd imagine they'd rather have Glass deal with Neils BS.

I don't mind that at all.

Glass played every regular season game this season. I remember him dealing with exactly 0 BS.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis
Neal - Malkin - Iginla
Morrow - Jokinen - Bennett
Cooke -Sutter - Kennedy

Went with those lines in simulation game vs sens....won 6-1

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis
Neal - Malkin - Iginla
Morrow - Sutter - Cooke
Glass - Adams - Kennedy

Lost 5-3. Glass took 2 penalties. They scored on both.


If byslma would stop over complicating things and just tried out different lines on nhl13 we would go undefeated on our way to raising the cup

 

[madinsomniac]

If the 4th line is Adams, Glass, Kennedy and some combo of Murray/Eaton/England is playing behind them, we are going to give up sustained pressure a lot. That would be a lot of slow unskilled players on the ice with Kennedy... not good and its going to happen :/

 

[Randy Butternubs]

The Juice better be loose.

 

[shizno*]

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis
Neal - Malkin - Iginla
Morrow - Jokinen - Bennett
Cooke -Sutter - Kennedy

Went with those lines in simulation game vs sens....won 6-1

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis
Neal - Malkin - Iginla
Morrow - Sutter - Cooke
Glass - Adams - Kennedy

Lost 5-3. Glass took 2 penalties. They scored on both.


If byslma would stop over complicating things and just tried out different lines on nhl13 we would go undefeated on our way to raising the cup

ah yes nhl 13 is accurate

 

[Coach Travis]

The Juice better be loose.

Juice must be injured.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

ah yes nhl 13 is accurate

Bout as accurate as your sense of humor.

 

[Ogelthorpe]

Jokinen brings so much more to the table than Glass.

I hope he's in and not Glass.

One of those wind up monkeys that plays the cymbals brings more to the table than Glass.

 

[Shockmaster]

Yohe is on Twitter saying Jokinen might not be healthy.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I'd imagine they'd rather have Glass deal with Neils BS.

I don't mind that at all.

How does Glass getting his ass kicked by Neil deal with Neil's BS? You make it sound like Glass is a legitimate enforcer who can keep Neil in line.

 

[TerraFeeshMD]

Jaded - you know why I know NBC Sports drains the noise? Because the music/announcers voices are so loud in CEC right now and I can't even hear it over the speakers of my television.

Being at Game 1, I was like "wow.. the volume is turned up pretty damn high here compared to a regular season game." I could actually feel the vibrations from the bass coming out of the speakers. I'm listening on television and I can't even hear the music in the background it's so ****ing drained.

That was my dead giveaway. But why do they do it? So their announcers are more lucid? I want to hear noise. I want to hear craziness. It's playoffs.

I do think the acoustics of Consol hurts the crowd noise as compared to Mellon, but I also think the acoustics is a reason why it sounds even more mute on TV as well.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I do think the acoustics of Consol hurts the crowd noise as compared to Mellon, but I also think the acoustics is a reason why it sounds even more mute on TV as well.

The Mellon was incredibly noisy, acoustically speaking. It's why they stopped using it as an opera house almost immediately after building it. It amplified crowd noise to an insane degree.

I remember seeing games there as a kid (before the expansion) and it was louder than almost anything else. And I've seen My Bloody Valentine live.