Broad st phantom
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I wonder if MAF is through his woes especially against the flyers... Last pens game was very anti climatic... I imagine this one will be pretty good as far as intensity and a win here would be huge.
Emery in? Hmmm maybe chief doesn't think the flyers can win and doesn't want to ruin masons confidence?
Mason's career numbers in the 2nd half of back to back games where he started the 1st are not pretty. Its cool.
In Pitts, they will get Sid out vs Vinny every chance they get. Ayden needs to rough him up a bit and try and get him rattled as that will be the biggest mismatch of the game !
Some people who don't follow Pittsburgh all that match don't realize how poor Sutter has been in that third center role compared to Staal. It's way far off in terms of quality from those days. It's not something we should worry about in the slightest.
Also, Emery starting? What the **** Berube? That's just asking to lose an important game in a time where we can't afford to lose at all really. Pittsburgh is a team with two of the best offensive players in the world and a decent supporting cast offensively. Can't really afford to play our backup goalie who can't move side-to-side for a game like this.
You forget who's behind the Pens bench. He doesn't believe in exploiting matchups. I'm 99% sure Sid will be out there against Giroux.
Should be fun to see which one of Malkin/Giroux breaks out tonight.
Mason just played, it's a back to back in the first 20 games in the season. It's not that big of a deal I think. It was probably scheduled that way no matter how Mason did in Ottawa.
Mason will go in Winnipeg on Friday night. I don't believe this hurts his confidence at all.
Ugh, the Pens are exactly the team you don't want Emery in net for. No idea why you play Mason last night and Emery tonight, should have been the other way around or Mason both nights.
This early in the season, after Mason getting a low-shot shutout, I think we definitely should have played Mason again. Emery would have been fine against Wpg.
Scared the team's gonna come out well and Emery will let in some Bryz-like goals to break their confidence/momentum.
Really, who plays their backup against the 2 best players in the league? I don't care that its back-to-back, if that's the issue, Emery should have started last night.
Berube's line up decisions continue to baffle. At least the top 9 is healthy (knock on wood). Doesn't look like there's a spot for Raffl anymore unless he's gonna be on the 4th line.