GDT: Penguins @ Chicago - 20:00 EST - NBCSN/TVAS/Centre Ice

[Empoleon8771]

I hope Kunitz plays a lot tonight, so Penguins get a good look at their LW deadline acquisition for this year.

I don't even know if that's a joke or not, so I don't know if I can put the next to it.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Our bottom six is reminding me of the days of Taylor Pyatt and Rob Klinkhammer. Yikes.

Well top six, we're going to need you to show up.

Get Hornqvist and Simon back and the bottom 6 starts looking a lot better. Just gotta try to win it with three lines until that happens.

Guentzel Crosby Hornqvist
Pearson Malkin Kessel
Simon Brassard Rust
Cullen Sheahan ZAR
Grant

 

[EightyOne]

We're safe as long as we leave Kunitz a wide open shooting lane

 

[ColePens]

I pulled the stats last year, but hot damn... Chicago dominates us in the Sid/Geno era. Dominates. The goals against is brutal.

 

[hangman005]

GDT IS NOW LIVE!

 

[Randy Butternubs]

GDT IS NOW LIVE!

Good! Now people can see me insult them in real-time.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

We're safe as long as we leave Kunitz a wide open shooting lane

As long ass he doesn't get 3 Ass. We're fine.

 

[ColePens]

By the by, @EightyOne , that was one of the very few times in hockey where I seriously lost my mind. When Kunitz passed that up, I had nightmares of a situation where we lose because of it. If he scores there, we walk away with that game. It doesn't even need to be close.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Good! Now people can see me insult them in real-time.

 

[EightyOne]

I pulled the stats last year, but hot damn... Chicago dominates us in the Sid/Geno era. Dominates. The goals against is brutal.

Shush now...bask in the glory of 1992.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

By the by, @EightyOne , that was one of the very few times in hockey where I seriously lost my mind. When Kunitz passed that up, I had nightmares of a situation where we lose because of it. If he scores there, we walk away with that game. It doesn't even need to be close.

It's kind of the issue I have with a lot of players here. Even their comments are just dumb as shit.

"When you play with a talent like that, all you have to do is give them the puck as much as possible and stay out of the way"

That's literally the f***ing motto, when really, it should be "play your god damn f***ing game you dumb f***, they'll adjust accordingly."

 

[ColePens]

Shush now...bask in the glory of 1992.

Oh don't worry... I rewatched that series a couple times recently. Mario is out of this world. Plus Hasek had a hell of a game when he finally got a shot.

 

[Andy99]

Someone please explain to me why this coaching staff is so eager to get Cullen back on the ice?...I mean I’m not a Wilson fan but by any metric Cullen has been our worst forward this year, CF%, FF% etc, you name it, and he’s looked just as horrible by the eye test as well...I guess this is ZAR and JJ syndrome...by any measure Cullen should be in the press box with the other “dads”

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Someone please explain to me why this coaching staff is so eager to get Cullen back on the ice?...I mean I’m not a Wilson fan but by any metric Cullen has been our worst forward this year, CF%, FF% etc, you name it, and he’s looked just as horrible by the eye test as well...I guess this is ZAR and JJ syndrome...by any measure Cullen should be in the press box with the other “dads”

Cullen was over played, that's the issue. You can't play a guy that age, the kinds of minutes you gave him 2-3yrs ago. For one, he's not a 28yr old coming back at 31-32, he's a 42yr old that only has so much left in the tank. We had Grant and Hayes signed as 4th line depth, Hayes is meh, but Grant has been serviceable and they didn't even bother to rotate him in and out to keep Cullen fresh. So now most have soured on Cullen, I think he's a solid guy, but maybe as a LW that slides in at C sometimes.

Cullen, Grant, Aston-Reese as our 4th line would't be a bad thing.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Someone please explain to me why this coaching staff is so eager to get Cullen back on the ice?...I mean I’m not a Wilson fan but by any metric Cullen has been our worst forward this year, CF%, FF% etc, you name it, and he’s looked just as horrible by the eye test as well...I guess this is ZAR and JJ syndrome...by any measure Cullen should be in the press box with the other “dads”

If the options are Cullen or Wilson, I'd still take this version of Cullen any day. Wilson simply does not have NHL-level skills. Cullen's have deteriorated, but they're still 4th line caliber.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

If I scream "Horny" three times in front of the mirror, will he appear and score 3 goals tonight?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

If I scream "Horny" three times in front of the mirror, will he appear and score 3 goals tonight?

Clare might.

 

[Corvidae]

How many points will Kane have against the Maleksiak pairing? The lowest number you can pick is 3.

 

[Andy99]

How many points will Kane have against the Maleksiak pairing? The lowest number you can pick is 3.

That’s why we need Letang-Dumo to play 60 minutes tonight...they’re in good shape, no problem there...

 

[KIRK]

So if Cullen can go I guess he would get Wilson’s spot

Jake Sid Brass
Pearson Malkin Kessel
ZAR Sheahan Rust
Cullen Grant Dea

Get a better line 3 LW and that lineup could be ok

No way. That 3rd line is perfect. It's the @ColePens Is Losing His **** Line.

 

[Pancakes]

We're safe as long as we leave Kunitz a wide open shooting lane

That play might be the greatest troll in Penguins history. If we had lost that game he never would have lived it down.

 

[Pancakes]

I pulled the stats last year, but hot damn... Chicago dominates us in the Sid/Geno era. Dominates. The goals against is brutal.

They're bad enough this year that maybe, just maybe, we can win...I mean not lose 10-2.

 

[KIRK]

They're bad enough this year that maybe, just maybe, we can win...I mean not lose 10-2.

We've managed not to lose to Chicago 10-2 before, right ?

 

[KIRK]

That play might be the greatest troll in Penguins history. If we had lost that game he never would have lived it down.

Yes he would have, because it would've been Geno's fault for not expecting the pass back.

Sadly, I can't even add the sarcasm emoji.

 

[Pancakes]

We've managed not to lose to Chicago 10-2 before, right ?

I think so...but that loss looms large.