Pre-Game Talk: Penguins vs Canadiens pregame talk, also: Megna benched!

[Sidney the Kidney]

Manchot would be a terrible nickname to get behind. Especially for this testerone-induced bunch in here. Man-chaud...hot man. No thank you. Uh, not that there's anything wrong with that!

Maybe that's what lead to Gary Roberts getting a penalty for Too Much Man.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Manchot would be a terrible nickname to get behind. Especially for this testerone-induced bunch in here. Man-chaud...hot man. No thank you. Uh, not that there's anything wrong with that!

I really hope we beat the Habs, but we usually don't play well against them. Crosby usually is fairly ordinary against them. Subban and Markov are expected to play on the same unit tonight. That should mean Malkin will get a heavy dose of future Olympic teammate Alexei Emelin.

Habs are reeling, I really don't want to be the team that wakes them from their slumber.

Well, that's even worse when you consider that "manchot" is most commonly used to described someone who misses an arm/forearm

It makes sense, in French, for penguins to be called manchot exactly because of what the common noun means. A penguin's wings looks very much like a man without forearms. So Pascal Dupuis is right at home in a Penguins uniform

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Kobasew was brutal last night. It has to have to do with Megna needing some easying into the lineup. Because it cant possible be performance based.

Is this your first time following a Bylsma-coached team?

Since when is any of his decisions with regards to youngsters/veterans based on performance?

 

[Shrimper]

Shelly Anderson @pgshelly

Kobasew working on Crosby's line at #Penguins practice.

Don't change Dan.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Kobasew was brutal last night. It has to have to do with Megna needing some easying into the lineup. Because it cant possible be performance based.

Kobasew could have used some easing back into the lineup as well seeing as he was coming back from injury as well.

 

[cheesedanish87]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/425687215306330113

Vokoun will skate tom. Has been off blood thinners for week. When levels are normal he will be able to take shots, per coach Bylsma


Wow, it would be great to get TV back.

 

[djt153]

kobasew was lazy backchecking on like his first shift. you cant even make this stuff up. how can i guy that should be unemployed fail to backcheck his face off right out of the gate? did he think he needed to conserve energy for the third? just absurd.

 

[Winger for Hire]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/425687215306330113

Vokoun will skate tom. Has been off blood thinners for week. When levels are normal he will be able to take shots, per coach Bylsma


Wow, it would be great to get TV back.

It would be a nice cushion to have.

I haven't played around with CapGeek for a while, so does anyone know where Vokoun coming back would put the team at salary cap/roster move wise?

 

[Fordy]

Nice to hear that Vokoun can start drinking again but when will he be able to play hockey?

 

[nhindian]

Was he playing on the third line when he did?

Does that make him a 2nd line player because he scored a goal on it?

Take a look at our lineup the past month and let me know if Pyatt stays on as the second line winger when all of our players are finally healthy again. Oh hey! That will be tomorrow. Thanksssssss

 

[cheesedanish87]

Nice to hear that Vokoun can start drinking again but when will he be able to play hockey?

DB said once his levels are normal he can start taking shots, i dunno how long of a process its going to be, it would be nice if he could start playing in games after the Olympics.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Shelly Anderson @pgshelly

Kobasew working on Crosby's line at #Penguins practice.

Obviously. Why would anything different be expected?

 

[Shrimper]

It would be a nice cushion to have.

I haven't played around with CapGeek for a while, so does anyone know where Vokoun coming back would put the team at salary cap/roster move wise?

Not 100% on this but wouldn't we only be on hook for a pro-rated amount of his salary?

 

[Speaking Moistly]

So happy about Vokoun, not even Bylsma being a failure can dampen that.

Every part of this team has been hammered.

 

[Shady Machine]

Not 100% on this but wouldn't we only be on hook for a pro-rated amount of his salary?

Yes but we would lose ALL of his LTIR which we are currently using. Meaning his full cap hit will come back so we would have to shed over 2mil assuming we were using all of it at the time he was activated.

 

[cheesedanish87]

Not 100% on this but wouldn't we only be on hook for a pro-rated amount of his salary?

That's what i thought, TV salary is 2 million, if he comes back with a quarter of the season remaining i would think only 500k of his salary would be counted toward the cap.

You would also be taking Zatkoff salary off the cap when you send him to the AHL.

 

[Penguinzilla*]

Can we just do the post-game thread now?

- Crosby letting Subban get him off his game

 

[Fordy]

- Kobasew
--- Dan

+ Megna for still scoring with zero ice time then not getting rewarded

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Shelly Anderson @pgshelly

No one missing as #Penguins practice about to start at Southpointe.

No one would miss a breakaway contest followed by a whiffle ball game!

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Happy to hear Voloun is doing good. Great news!

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/425687215306330113

Vokoun will skate tom. Has been off blood thinners for week. When levels are normal he will be able to take shots, per coach Bylsma


Wow, it would be great to get TV back.

That's great news. I'm assuming that they'll need to observe him a while after his levels are normal, before he could actually play.

 

[MrBurghundy]

So let me get this sequence of events right.

- Megna practices with Crosby and Kunitz for 2 days and Bylsma has good things to say about him.

- Next practice Kobasew replaces Megna

- Kobasew starts the game with Crosby and Kunitz and proceeds to literally do nothing and gets demoted in game in favor of Pyatt and Jokinen while Megna's shifts can be counted on one hand.

- Because it didn't work during the game Bylsma goes right back to Kobasew with Crosby and Kunitz in practice?

Yep makes sense. That's typically how good coaches coach. Nothing to see here people.

 

[Get To Our Game]

The justification is simple: don't mess with success. Er, wait...

 

[Speaking Moistly]

So let me get this sequence of events right.

- Megna practices with Crosby and Kunitz for 2 days and Bylsma has good things to say about him.

- Next practice Kobasew replaces Megna

- Kobasew starts the game with Crosby and Kunitz and proceeds to literally do nothing and gets demoted in game in favor of Pyatt and Jokinen while Megna's shifts can be counted on one hand.

- Because it didn't work during the game Bylsma goes right back to Kobasew with Crosby and Kunitz in practice?

Yep makes sense. That's typically how good coaches coach. Nothing to see here people.

You forgot what predated it.

- Kobasew looked like crap and got injured
- Megna looked good and got injured
- Kobasew hasn't done anything since his first few games
- Megna has been productive

 

[Winger for Hire]

You forgot what predated it.

- Kobasew looked like crap and got injured
- Megna looked good and got injured
- Kobasew hasn't done anything since his first few games
- Megna has been productive

But guys.... we're in first place!!