Pre-Game Talk: Penguins match-ups
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With the way he's been playing, I wish we could just clone Krug.
The Krug quintuplets VS everybody!
The Krug quintuplets VS everybody!
Danton Heineken
Howard Potts
Not sure on the match ups but im pretty sure we can win the territorial battle. The scary thing for me is they have flat out snipers and they aren't going to need as many chances to score.
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Fire Sweeney and Neely
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I would Chara/Seids on Malkin/Neal/Iginla. They are very talented and physical. Try to slow them down.
Crosby's going to get his anyway. Hope Bergeron can keep him from going off. Get Jagr off Bergeron's line now. Don't want him out there trying to check Crosby's line. Really focus on Kunitz and DuPuis. Try to eliminate Crosby's options. He's going to play great and score a little. Try to shut the rest of them down.
Forecheck and try to pound the living crap out of their defense. Especially; Martin, Letang and Niskanen. Those three are not very big or physical.
Honestly, I would predict the Pens. They're a wagon. Just how I'd try to play them.
Crosby's going to get his anyway. Hope Bergeron can keep him from going off. Get Jagr off Bergeron's line now. Don't want him out there trying to check Crosby's line. Really focus on Kunitz and DuPuis. Try to eliminate Crosby's options. He's going to play great and score a little. Try to shut the rest of them down.
Forecheck and try to pound the living crap out of their defense. Especially; Martin, Letang and Niskanen. Those three are not very big or physical.
Honestly, I would predict the Pens. They're a wagon. Just how I'd try to play them.
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The Penguins have MUCH better high-end talent, better depth, better defense and they finally fixed their goaltending.
It will be a short series. But hey, at least they made in to the Conference Finals (and lost their 1st round pick).
Ten Thousand Hours
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I think we keep Krug away from Crosby/Malkin. He certainly hasn't been bad defensively, but he hasn't been tested. I wouldn't make Crosby or Malkin his first test.
If we split up Chara and Seidenberg, which could be a good play because they have two elite lines, it wouldn't be permanent. We'd just double shift those two a lot. It'd be something like
Chara Boychuk
Bartkowski Seidenberg
Krug McQuaid
Chara Seidenberg
And other than keeping Krug away from their top two lines when possible, I wouldn't worry about which defensive pairing gets Crosby and which gets Malkin. Just rotate em through.
Although, to be honest, I think Claude keeps Chara and Seidenberg together and plays Bergeron against the other line. That's the safer play.
If we split up Chara and Seidenberg, which could be a good play because they have two elite lines, it wouldn't be permanent. We'd just double shift those two a lot. It'd be something like
Chara Boychuk
Bartkowski Seidenberg
Krug McQuaid
Chara Seidenberg
And other than keeping Krug away from their top two lines when possible, I wouldn't worry about which defensive pairing gets Crosby and which gets Malkin. Just rotate em through.
Although, to be honest, I think Claude keeps Chara and Seidenberg together and plays Bergeron against the other line. That's the safer play.
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Jean_Jacket41
Neely = HOF
And just like your Leafs in 6 and Rangers in 5 predictions, you'll be proven wrong again...
lol to boston has no chance and lol to Pittsburgh doesn't scare you--------you guys should meet in the middle somewhere. That being said though ofcourse the west winner will be equally scary
Give me the 2011 PK and third line and I'm not worried at all.
Yes, we can light their bad defense and Vokoun up.
But never forget how they torched the Sens with Anderson who played lights out defensively all season.
Yes, we can light their bad defense and Vokoun up.
But never forget how they torched the Sens with Anderson who played lights out defensively all season.
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Bruins 3rd in the league in GAA. Penguins 12th. This series comes down to Rask and our defensive ability to limit the Penguins' potent offense. We should be able to get some goals. Vokoun has not faced exactly tough competition in the playoffs so far. We can score on him.
Hnidy Hnight
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I think we match up well. The key is not giving them too much respect, don't be so scared of Crosby and Malkin that they light you up.
Punch the Penguins in the mouth and you can stun them. That's what the Islanders did to get that series to a hard 6 games despite a huge talent disparity. And we're much better and much deeper than the Islanders.
Not saying we should start getting the duckboats ready, but it won't be an upset if we knock them off.
Punch the Penguins in the mouth and you can stun them. That's what the Islanders did to get that series to a hard 6 games despite a huge talent disparity. And we're much better and much deeper than the Islanders.
Not saying we should start getting the duckboats ready, but it won't be an upset if we knock them off.
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Garden should be absolutely electric for this series. Especially if they can get Marc Savard to make an appearance at one of the games
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