Pre-Game Talk: Penguins@Flames 9:00 PM ET

[Frederick Stanley]

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[Winger for Hire]

Would be nice to see a cohesive offensive game from the team tonight. A 5 or 4 goal night would help put me at ease.

 

[metalan2]

Lineup situation is still very troubling.

Perron Crosby Hornqvist should be first line and it's insane not to see that. Kunitz and Bennet should be on second line for now, and it's insane not to see that.


The Pens will struggle until all of this happens.

 

[DegenX]

HCMJ said yesterday that BB will likely play at least one of the remaining two games of their western Canadian trip so, just for fun I'd like to see him try:

Kunitz - Crosby - Hörnqvist
Perron - Malkin - Bennett
Spaling - Sutter - Downie
Sill - Arcobello - Lapierre

Since it seems Kunitz is going to play with Sid, this means nobody is on their off wing or not on their preferred wing, and Lappy has played at least a bit on RW. They've said they want to try Perron with Malkin at some point, why not now?

And yes, I know ... Adams is never going to sit

 

[Fordy]

one

one of the two games

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Lineup situation is still very troubling.

Perron Crosby Hornqvist should be first line and it's insane not to see that. Kunitz and Bennet should be on second line for now, and it's insane not to see that.


The Pens will struggle until all of this happens.

I'm with you. It seems like such an easy decision.

 

[wej20]

I'm with you. It seems like such an easy decision.

Thirded. Kunitz and Hornqvist should be on seperate lines and Perron should be on the LW.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Just play Bennett plz.
Don't care about anything else.

Said this post game but the top 9 desperately needs more skill. Perron, Bennett and Comeau are this teams skilled wingers. Play them all in the top 6 or give 1 to each C.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

As long as Kunitz is in the top 6, I think we'll have problems generating consistent offense 5v5. I think that's really our biggest issue. If they could manage to put the Kunitz/Sutter/Bennett line together, I think all of those players might have a chance to get kick-started, because their strengths and weaknesses balance out, and they won't see tough matchups. Try out:

Perron Crosby PH
Spaling Geno Downie
Kunitz Sutter BB

Until Comeau comes back, then push Spaling to L4 or something.

 

[Black Label]

Can we stop having late games, please?

With the way we're playing I can barely make it through the first period without falling asleep.

 

[mikethelegacy]

Can we stop having late games, please?

With the way we're playing I can barely make it through the first period without falling asleep.

Vancouver is a 10:30 game, I believe...have fun with that one. I'll be in Louisville, so at least it will be like 9:30 there...lol

Wait...maybe they are the same timezone(?)...damn...

 

[ColePens]

I always enjoyed the late night games, especially in the summer when the Buccos are on a west coast swing. You can have your whole day and then enjoy sports at the end.

Although I agree. We are playing like crap right now. The most I enjoyed this team were in the two Stanley Cup runs. I just felt the team had great structure. You knew what to expect and how they could play. Wins weren't guaranteed, but they'd battle and play within their structure. The Bylsma-era really tainted my love of this team. It reminded me of the late 90s where I felt the team was REALLY talented but structure lacked. You need to have a bought in system to win the Cup. You can't just out-talent your way to the Cup anymore. That **** was gone in the early 90s.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Watching games at 7pm is so weird after you get used to 4pm
6pm...still weird.

 

[CrosbytoKessel]

Play beau. And i they play him i hope he plays so well they can't bench him.

 

[SidDidNothingWrong]

I honestly believe that if Kunitz can move to the third line, our top six becomes
Perron-Sid-Hornqvist
Bennett-Geno-Comeau
And we whatever bottom six that works, we are contenders. Comeau is Geno's Talbot and Perron is great with Crosby when they actually have ****ing space.

 

[Callista Rhian]

I honestly believe that if Kunitz can move to the third line, our top six becomes
Perron-Sid-Hornqvist
Bennett-Geno-Comeau
And we whatever bottom six that works, we are contenders. Comeau is Geno's Talbot and Perron is great with Crosby when they actually have ****ing space.

BB's said that if he plays w/ Geno he has to be on his RW.

 

[drpepper]

BB's said that if he plays w/ Geno he has to be on his RW.

Perron-Crosby-Hornqvist
Comeau-Malkin-Bennett

works just as well.

In any event, Perron and Kunitz should be on the LW. Hornqvist and Bennett should be on the right.

This shouldn't need to be rocket science.

 

[Al Smith]

Vancouver is a 10:30 game, I believe...have fun with that one. I'll be in Louisville, so at least it will be like 9:30 there...lol

Wait...maybe they are the same timezone(?)...damn...

Louisville still eastern. You could go a few miles west and be on central time though.

 

[WickedWrister]

is there a morning skate today?

 

[Ogrezilla]

glad both of these late games are over a weekend.

 

[WayneSid9987]

is there a morning skate today?

Believe so, in an hour. Pretty sure it's optional though.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

I always enjoyed the late night games, especially in the summer when the Buccos are on a west coast swing. You can have your whole day and then enjoy sports at the end.

Although I agree. We are playing like crap right now. The most I enjoyed this team were in the two Stanley Cup runs. I just felt the team had great structure. You knew what to expect and how they could play. Wins weren't guaranteed, but they'd battle and play within their structure. The Bylsma-era really tainted my love of this team. It reminded me of the late 90s where I felt the team was REALLY talented but structure lacked. You need to have a bought in system to win the Cup. You can't just out-talent your way to the Cup anymore. That **** was gone in the early 90s.

Woah, let's not get too crazy here

 

[mikethelegacy]

Louisville still eastern. You could go a few miles west and be on central time though.

CRAP! LOL, at least the bars are open till 4am in Louisville, so I'll be out grabbing a nice craft, watching on my phone haha. Amazing how much the town of Louisville feels like an extension of Pittsburgh. Very similar vibes and interests. It's almost as if Pittsburgh had a section divided off that dedicated itself only to college sports, that would be Louisville...lol

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Just get your head out of your ass and play Bennett for Christ's sake.

 

[CrosbytoKessel]

Is Beau playing???