schommer75
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It's not like Malkin is unfamiliar with killing penalties:
See that's the lazy D everyone talks about! Cherry picking on the PK
It's not like Malkin is unfamiliar with killing penalties:
See that's the lazy D everyone talks about! Cherry picking on the PK
Yup. One of my bigger disappointments is him getting away from that. I don't think it is 'try' in a lazy sense as much as it is him playing a different way. Whether he wanted to change his game or the coaches wanted him to change it is anyone's guess.When Geno tries, he is the best backchecker on the team and a complete takeaway machine.
Exactly. We've gotten really sloppy in other ways too, such as taking the right angles to the puck carrier, taking away lanes, positioning... The coaching really killed this team and I think they need to relearn much of what won them a Cup.The 4 players on the PK in that were Malkin, Hossa, Gonchar and Whitney. I don't know if Bylsma would have used any of those 4 on the PK if he was the coach then.
Goddammit I miss Hossa. I wish he would have taken that 7 year deal
Edit: I was watching a couple clips from the Pens 2 cup runs in 2008 and 2009. Three things I noticed that are massively different on the cup run compared to last year was that a lot of goals were scored on rebounds around the net, there was a lot more cycling and there was just more enthusiasm. All 3 of those were lacking in recent years.
It's not like Malkin is unfamiliar with killing penalties:
Genos defensive play is very underated. He does try.
He tries, but I'm not so sure his overall defensive game is underrated. A lot of the time he'll leave his guy to double team someone who is already contained. That's *a* defensive play, but it's also *the complete wrong* defensive play in most situations.
There was also a while there where he took Dan's "go north" bull **** a little too seriously. Like, Letang would be first to the puck, surrounded by 3 players and forced to his backhand, with his numbers pointing to the offensive zone and Neal and Geno would both just jet to the opposite blueline under the assumption that they were about to somehow be sprung for a 2 on 0. It never worked.
He tries, but I'm not so sure his overall defensive game is underrated. A lot of the time he'll leave his guy to double team someone who is already contained. That's *a* defensive play, but it's also *the complete wrong* defensive play in most situations.
There was also a while there where he took Dan's "go north" bull **** a little too seriously. Like, Letang would be first to the puck, surrounded by 3 players and forced to his backhand, with his numbers pointing to the offensive zone and Neal and Geno would both just jet to the opposite blueline under the assumption that they were about to somehow be sprung for a 2 on 0. It never worked.
EDIT: After watching the video he wouldn't have been there if he wouldn't have gotten wrecked in the corner, but I will just leave that there .