GDT: Let's Try Again @ 19:00 EST

[Rakell67]

are we sitting anyone for a trade?

Yes...Riikola and Blueger

 

[Al Smith]

Yzerman?

S. Turgeon, LaFontaine, Yzerman, and Neely all went in the top 10, plus John MacLean and Russ Courtnall also in that group. Hell, Bob Errey at 15 would have been a drastic improvement.

 

[Bingo71]

No Teddy tonight. Gonna have to play a very sound, disciplined and structured game and get stellar goaltending.

Just like the last two games!

 

[Ryder71]

Just like the last two games!

Yeah, but tonight we have to actually play that way instead of getting in a track meet. You don't want to lose three in a row. Gotta try to stem the tide tonight.

 

[Andy99]

 

[Andy99]

Embarrassing....

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Panarin absolutely crushes us every time we play him. Dude's so f***ing good, and the Rangers are a completely different team with him in the lineup.

I wonder if we ever had a shot at landing him out of the KHL back in the day.

 

[chethejet]

Pens have played really well despite the injuries to top 6 players. But you can only get so much blood out of a rock. Malkin skating is good news and hopefully Kap is soon to follow. TB has been skatinf with the team in practice so I don't know why he is not cleared unless he does play tonight. Tanev re-injures what ever he had before and is being held out to get him healthy. Seems more nagging that serious. Rangers can play if they are free to skate and not be in a physical take no prisoners game. Pens have to come out and check them big time.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

you should have waited....Brian Lawton basically just predicted a Rangers win tonight...

EDIT: he also just said any of the Caps, Isles or Bruins could win the division and the Cup, noticeably leaving out the Pens lol...

These takes fuel me.

 

[Bingo71]

There is nothing “comfortable” about where the Pens are in the standing right now. Guys either need to get back in the lineup and playing at a high level again, or they need to at least beat the teams below them with the depleted roster.

Rangers are not a bottom feeder team, the Devils are the Devils, and there are still plenty of games left against the Bruins, Caps and Flyers.

No more excuses.

 

[Bingo71]

These takes fuel me.

Yet he’s not wrong.

 

[Andy99]

These takes fuel me.

yes, but more important that they fuel the boys lol...

 

[AuroraBorealis]

yes, but more important that they fuel the boys lol...

So you guys are saying Philly passes us, based on this. Ok.

 

[TimmyD]

These takes fuel me.

Why do people think Carter Hart is so special? I can’t figure it out to save my life

 

[Andy99]

So you guys are saying Philly passes us, based on this. Ok.

no, I’m agreeing with you that theses takes fuel you...I just said it’s more important they fuel the players...

 

[Gurglesons]

So you guys are saying Philly passes us, based on this. Ok.

I mean you realize who you are talking to right. We get a goal scored on us and the season is over.

 

[Andy99]

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I mean you realize who you are talking to right. We get a goal scored on us and the season is over.

Better score the first one tonight or it's curtains.

 

[Andy99]

 

[Gurglesons]

Better score the first one tonight or it's curtains.

Somehow teams are going to make up 9 points on us despite us never being under .500 this season.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Somehow teams are going to make up 9 points on us despite us never being under .500 this season.

Keep jinxing it

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

We have 5 games against the Devils and 4 against the Sabres down the stretch. If we lose a playoff spot with that schedule, we never deserved to be in the playoffs to begin with.

I'd be absolutely floored if we missed. Shocked, stunned, whatever you wanna call it. We're not going to miss the playoffs--but if we do, they better blow this shit up, because the only way it happens is if this coaching staff is inept and the roster is rotten. That's completely inexcusable given our final half of the schedule. Injuries or not, we have the talent and depth to be a playoff team. Whether or not we go anywhere is up in the air, but there's zero excuse to miss, even with the injury issues we've had.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

The real issue is going to be the stretch from April 25th to May 4th. Six games, 2 against each of the Flyers, Caps and Bruins. We'd better be stockpiling points up to that bunch of games because it could get ugly.

 

[ownal]

Sid finally going to wake up and have a statement game after an embarrassing loss?

 

[Gurglesons]

The real issue is going to be the stretch from April 25th to May 4th. Six games, 2 against each of the Flyers, Caps and Bruins. We'd better be stockpiling points up to that bunch of games because it could get ugly.

Hopefully Malkin is back.