Pre-Game Talk: Penguins vs Devils 7:30pm, ROOT, NBCSN, MSG PLUS (Husker Has the GDT)

[Le Magnifique 66]

Lets go

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[ColePens]

Could a game be more meaningless? I hope we just get to the end w/ no injuries. Hopefully they aren't playing hard either.

 

[SteelFish87*]

Could a game be more meaningless? I hope we just get to the end w/ no injuries. Hopefully they aren't playing hard either.

This

We should play all our backups like Vitale, Jeffrey, Despres, Bortuzzo, Glass (lol), etc

treat this as nothing then Saturday can be a warm up game to the playoffs especially if Martin and Neal are back

 

[Darth Vitale]

Could a game be more meaningless? I hope we just get to the end w/ no injuries. Hopefully they aren't playing hard either.

I say we call up the entire AHL roster (no roster limit ---- WOOO!) to avoid possible injury torment. Throw a few regular in there... ya know... just to make it look official.

WBS - Jokinen - WBS
WBS - Vitale - WBS
Cooke - Jeffrey - Kennedy
Glass - Adams - WBS

Niskanen - Bortuzzo
WBS - WBS
WBS - WBS

Zatkoff (Fleury's kid ya know... can't miss that for a meaingless Devil's game)

Healthy Scratches: Geno, Kunitz, Dupuis, Iginla, Bennett, Sutter, Morrow, Letang, et al...

 

[MrBurghundy]

Yeah a really see no point in risking injury in a meaningless game. We don't want another Orpik situation on our hands, and we all know with this team that's pretty likely to happen.

 

[Crafton]

[why get worked up so early in the morning]

 

[IcedCapp]

@pgshelly: #Penguins lines Iginla-Malkin-Dupuis, Morrow-Jokinen-Bennett Kunitz-Sutter-Cooke, Adams-Glass-Kennedy (Jeffrey, MacIntyre)
https://twitter.com/pgshelly/status/327446481357385728

 

[Sivek]

Will have to avert my eyes when Glass-Adams-Kennedy hits the ice.

 

[IcedCapp]

@pgshelly: Also, Neal not on a line and Martin doesn't seem to be in a regular pairing at #Penguins skate.
https://twitter.com/pgshelly/status/327447042706268160

 

[MrBurghundy]

So even though Neal is going through the morning skate, it doesn't look like he'll play.

What about Martin?

edit: nm

 

[Random Oracle]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/327446230466719744

#Pens morning skate info: 9-71-12 10-36-19 14-16-24 15-27-48 58-4 47-5 3-2 7-41

No Orpik today, looks like. Has there been any info on him?

 

[IcedCapp]

So even though Neal is going through the morning skate, it doesn't look like he'll play.

What about Martin?

edit: nm

I don't think either play

 

[MrBurghundy]

I don't think either play

Yeah, probably Saturday for at least Martin and Neal.

 

[Ugene Magic]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/327446230466719744



No Orpik today, looks like. Has there been any info on him?

He's not listed on the injury report.

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=667382&navid=DL|PIT|home

Could he have been pulled for precausionary purposes?

 

[plaidchuck]

Didn't get to see the last game, was there a specific incident for Orpik's injury?

 

[Axman]

I found an article stating that Moose will be in net for NJ tonight.
http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/fireice/hedberg_getting_ready_to_start_thursday_vs._penguins/

 

[Ugene Magic]

Penguins Report: Game Day at New Jersey

However, defenseman Brooks Orpik (lower body) was absent from practice. Orpik left Pittsburgh's last game against the Sabres on Tuesday after the first period and did not return. Coach Dan Bylsma said after the game he would be re-evaluated.


Here are the lines/D-pairs the Penguins utilized at morning skate...

Dupuis-Malkin-Iginla
Morrow-Jokinen-Bennett
Kunitz-Sutter-Cooke
Glass-Adams-Kennedy

Letang-Eaton
Despres-Engelland
Murray-Niskanen
Martin-Bortuzzo

--Michelle Crechiolo

Guess we'll find out later about, Orpik.

 

[DoktorZaius]

Glad to see Nealer and Martin are back at in the morning skates/practices. I'd expect both on Saturday. Gives DB another game to figure out who he wants on a line w/ Geno & Neal.

 

[Fire Shero*]

Any news on Crosby playing Saturday? Sorry if its already been mentioned.

 

[Marns]

i just read the greatest comment of all time.



um...1 win and three points separated the two teams in 83-84. 'glass houses' and all that jazz.

Not to mention we won one more game in the final 10 than they did

I wasn't around in those days, but just looking at the list of games down the stretch, they're very similar. Not to mention that from what I've read, we just had a terrible roster. It had less to do with tanking and more to do with just being ****.

Ah well, I like watching fans of other teams making themselves feel better by trying to put us down.

 

[plaidchuck]

The Sens tanked for Daigle. That is all.

 

[Crafton]

the accusations hinge on:

1. Bob Butera, then president of the Devils, publicly accused the Penguins of making a concerted effort to lose so that they would end up with the No. 1 choice in the draft. sounds like typical whining. both teams were awful.

2. They traded Rando-the-Commando for Winnipeg's 1984 1st round choice and future considerations. Randy had come to camp fat and complacent after signing a 'big money' deal

3. Vince Tremblay played four games down the stretch and went 0-4. his GAA was 6.00 but his SV% wasn't too far off from the rest of the goalies used that season.

4. there's a PG article that i can't find that many claim stats, that Lou Angotti and Eddie Johnson have admitted that they didn't try to field a winning team. its the PG - i doubt the article says what detractors claim it says.

whatever. point is that Devils' fans don't have a leg to stand on if they're going to engage in tank rhetoric.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Any news on Crosby playing Saturday? Sorry if its already been mentioned.

Nothing yet and you'll be better off checking the injury thread for more info

 

[IcedCapp]

Jesus Christ, I was semi-forced to listen to Rob Rossi on hockey central at noon, and he wasn't the most ****ing idiotic person talking. Nick Kypreos is about a billion brain cells short of breaking even.

 

[MeticulouslyDishevel]

Will have to avert my eyes when Glass-Adams-Kennedy hits the ice.

I'm not. I rather enjoy the biting comments on the Game Day thread when they are on the ice.