GDT: Le Canadiens de Montréal vs the Pittsburgh Penguins 7pm

[Le Magnifique 66]

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Battle of 2 teams missing the playoffs. So far both games went to overtime this season!

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[Sidgeni Malkby]

GDT
...is that a foreshadowing of Letang to the Habs?

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

GDT
...is that a foreshadowing of Letang to the Habs?

Oui

 

[Ryder71]

Le loss

 

[Sidgeni Malkby]

Oui

 

[Pens1566]

It'll be interesting to see how we go about pissing this one away. But, I'll probably do my taxes instead.

 

[reino]

Highlights from game against Montreal 10 years ago

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Highlights from game against Montreal 10 years ago

My God that's the Geno I know!!! What a monster

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Highlights from game against Montreal 10 years ago

Juice!

 

[Smasher]

My God that's the Geno I know!!! What a monster

That's also Geno with two competent wingers...

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

That's also Geno with two competent wingers...

Come on, he has AHLer superstar Matthew Phillips by his side!!!

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Bonjour, yah cheese eating surrender monkeys.

 

[Andy99]

 

[pistolpete11]

My God that's the Geno I know!!! What a monster

The people that shit on Geno now, I don't know if they didn't appreciate just how f***ing good he was in his prime or if they expect him to still be that good at 37.

Juice!

Juice's time here was weird. I thought he was great with Malkin, but it seemed nobody cared they didn't re-sign him. I don't remember all the details around it and he did kind of fall off hard a few years later, so maybe it was for the best. As I'm thinking about it more, maybe this team could have benefitted from having a little bit more of the "Thanks for the year or 2. We wish you luck on your next team" type of attitude. *glares at Jeff Carter.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Naw, pens will win 5-2 and continue to string along the front office

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

The people that shit on Geno now, I don't know if they didn't appreciate just how f***ing good he was in his prime or if they expect him to still be that good at 37.


Juice's time here was weird. I thought he was great with Malkin, but it seemed nobody cared they didn't re-sign him. I don't remember all the details around it and he did kind of fall off hard a few years later, so maybe it was for the best. As I'm thinking about it more, maybe this team could have benefitted from having a little bit more of the "Thanks for the year or 2. We wish you luck on your next team" type of attitude. *glares at Jeff Carter.

These people have been waiting like ten+ years to get their digs in.

It only took til he was pushin' 40 for them to be even half right. VERY impressive prognostication skills.

EDIT: To the bolded... that's how this team used to be run under Ray Shero. Then he lost his mind for Rob Scuderi of all people and all bets have been off since then. But the league has also changed and good players expect huge deals with tons of trade protection so some of it just a product of the times.

 

[pistolpete11]

These people have been waiting like ten+ years to get their digs in.

It only took til he was pushin' 40 for them to be even half right. VERY impressive prognostication skills.

EDIT: To the bolded... that's how this team used to be run under Ray Shero. Then he lost his mind for Rob Scuderi of all people and all bets have been off since then. But the league has also changed and good players expect huge deals with tons of trade protection so some of it just a product of the times.

Well now you got me going the other way because I certainly don't think Ray Shero set the blueprint to follow

As usual, it's probably somewhere in between. You don't want to give away long term contracts to declining secondary players, but you don't want to be so rigid that you end up with bottom 6 grinders next to your generational C's for the better part of a decade.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Well now you got me going the other way because I certainly don't think Ray Shero set the blueprint to follow

As usual, it's probably somewhere in between. You don't want to give away long term contracts to declining secondary players, but you don't want to be so rigid that you end up with bottom 6 grinders next to your generational C's for the better part of a decade.

Oh no for sure. Not saying it was the way to go. Ray Shero was a perennial hand-sitter and it cost him. Again... until he broke his rules and half the damned bank for... Rob Scuderi.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

This 1000% feels like that game the Pens win easily just because it'd give Sullivan that much more leash and give Dubas that much more hesitation to blow things up and sell at the deadline.

This team ends up on the worst possible outcome in any given situation for about five years now, and continuing to float around barely within playoff reach is the worst possible outcome.

 

[pistolpete11]

This 1000% feels like that game the Pens win easily just because it'd give Sullivan that much more leash and give Dubas that much more hesitation to blow things up and sell at the deadline.

This team ends up on the worst possible outcome in any given situation for about five years now, and continuing to float around barely within playoff reach is the worst possible outcome.

Sad, but true. The only thing that would give me more confidence in them winning is if it was against a good team

 

[wheelz87]

Hoping pulu in for Phillips. Just please god no Phillips.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Hoping pulu in for Phillips. Just please god no Phillips.

lol... we all know that little experiment isn't over, yet.

Start small... hope that he doesn't make it back on the top powerplay.

Big upgrade from Malkin, that. Glad they got it solved.

 

[wheelz87]

lol... we all know that little experiment isn't over, yet.

Start small... hope that he doesn't make it back on the top powerplay.

Big upgrade from Malkin, that. Glad they got it solved.

He did get benched for Carter in the third. So here’s hoping atleast.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

He did get benched for Carter in the third. So here’s hoping atleast.

That's not even lateral. That's somehow worse.

 

[Smasher]

The Pens played exactly .500 hockey last month. The only way they can finish this month above .500 is by going 3-0-1 in their next 4 games. Their February would then be 5-4-2. Happy times!