Pre-Game Talk: Pens at Flyers

[CrozJawz*]

Not feeling good about this game at all.

I envision the Flyers pushing the Pens around early, Sid, Geno, and Letang losing their cool and spending large portions of the game on the PK because of it, Downie having some sort of meltdown and getting a game misconduct, Pens struggling to score goals while Voracek and Giroux light up the scoreboard as Fleury or Greiss flops all over the place...

It's just the way it goes nowadays with this team...

 

[WayneSid9987]

I dunno.
Pens coming off 2 bad ones should be hungry to get a W in this one.
Depends if we are a 1, 2 or 3 line team tomorrow. I know we won't be 4 though.

Flyers are easily a weaker team than the Isles and Rags but they always get up for Pittsburgh.

The Pens will eventually turn that corner and beat Metro teams again.
Might as well start tomorrow.

 

[tom_servo]

I ultimately feel like we will get the two points, but certainly not in any kind of cathartic way. Probably a shootout.

 

[66-30-33]

tom_servo, my main man from back in the good ol days!

How's Hipster L. Doofis been? KayKayHoliday66? grunt? kaopectate? Denis Lemieux? BEERMAN? what about Mikey from Pens Chat?

hope all is well.

What's with you and talking about the old days all the time?

 

[Kristopher Letang]

No way we are losing to Isle-Rangers-Flyers one shot. If we do, I will start rooting for a Pens tank lol

 

[Black Label]

I predict no defense and tons of stupid penalties.

The usual.

 

[mja]

Congrats on the win tomorrow!

The Flyers are now without Nick Shultz & Carlo Colacaiacovo, who were both injured today.

Here's the blueline you'll be facing:

MDZ Schenn
MacDonald Streit
Manning Lauridsen

The only guy who hasn't been a multiple game healthy scratch (on one of the worst D's in the league) or an AHLer this season in that entire group is 37 year old Mark Streit.

Backstopping them will either be Ray Emery or Rob Zepp.

It's going to be an ugly game, Sid & Malkin may well be 1 & 2 in the points race by the time it is finished.

 

[StaalForOne]

I will have nothing better to do tomorrow night than drink Old Rasputin, watch this game, and get upset.

Sounds like a good time to me

 

[bradshaw06]

Congrats on the win tomorrow!

The Flyers are now without Nick Shultz & Carlo Colacaiacovo, who were both injured today.

Here's the blueline you'll be facing:

MDZ Schenn
MacDonald Streit
Manning Lauridsen

The only guy who hasn't been a multiple game healthy scratch (on one of the worst D's in the league) or an AHLer this season in that entire group is 37 year old Mark Streit.

Backstopping them will either be Ray Emery or Rob Zepp.

It's going to be an ugly game, Sid & Malkin may well be 1 & 2 in the points race by the time it is finished.

I see you're trying to have some sort of reverse mojo to work for you. I am on to your ruse.

 

[IcedCapp]

Pens score 28 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead.

Someone throws a check on Crosby 2 seconds later.

Flyers go on to win 9-1.

 

[KIRK]

Pens score 28 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead.

Someone throws a check on Crosby 2 seconds later.

Flyers go on to win 9-1.

Well, if it were Malkin scoring that goal, then I assume by 'someone' you'd mean Adams.

 

[bradshaw06]

Pens score 28 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead.

Someone throws a check on Crosby 2 seconds later.

Flyers go on to win 9-1.

I'll go with Giroux scoring on the Flyers first shot. Pens rattled and take a needless penalty. Flyers PP makes it 2-0 and doesn't look back.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Not sure if I hate the Flyers or Refs more at this point. Both reside somewhere below Ebola for me though.

 

[Zen Arcade]

I ultimately feel like we will get the two points, but certainly not in any kind of cathartic way. Probably a shootout.

Pens go up 4-0, but allow 3 goals in the last 4 minutes of the game. Crosby and Malkin are held scoreless.

 

[ProgOg]

0-0 until late in the third, Sutter scores on a breakaway, Crosby and Malkin combine for two giveaways to let the Flyers up 2-1, Craig Adams ties it on a setup by Bennett, and they win it in a shootout.

 

[Callista Rhian]

Wow, aren't you guys just rays on sunshine.

If we lose Islanders-Rangers-Flyers all in one go, someone's gonna die.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Crosby scores an early goal but it gets waived off, then the Flyers quickly score with goalie interference getting ignored. The Pens never quite bounce back from it... someone gets injured. 4-1 with the ENG to capping it off.

 

[ProgOg]

Perron gets a hat trick, but nobody else scores and Lecavalier and Lauridsen each score 4 goals.

 

[billybudd]

The Flyers are now without Nick Shultz & Carlo Colacaiacovo, who were both injured today.

I take it that means Colaiacovo was not hurt prior to (yesterday). Never would have seen that coming. At least all is right in the universe again.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

My prediction: If they lose, especially in a bad effort, everybody on this board will stroke themselves because they called it ahead of time.

If they win, especially in a strong effort, everybody will pretend they didn't predict an embarassing loss and will wait for the next game the Penguins lose so they can go on diatribes about how the Penguins suck and will always suck because most posters on this forum have the emotional stability of emo 12 year olds.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Call me crazy, but I have a good feeling about this one. As bad as we've been, Flyers have somehow been worse. 4-3 Pens, Crosby with another big game.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I actually am rooting for the Pens to lose tomorrow.

As I have often said the regular season is meaningless for us. We are not missing the playoffs and are going to win a lot of the remaining games.

However the Flyers currently are 6th from the bottom of the overall standings. Good chance to get a top player or even move into that top two position, which is unacceptable.

Put a dent in that tank of theirs and give them a meaningless (to us, not to them and their tank job) win in January. Logically we should hope for a loss, it screws them which is what I always wish for, and is almost meaningless except for a quickly forgotten annoyance at another loss to a hated team.

 

[Penguinator]

tom_servo, my main man from back in the good ol days!

How's Hipster L. Doofis been? KayKayHoliday66? grunt? kaopectate? Denis Lemieux? BEERMAN? what about Mikey from Pens Chat?

hope all is well.

Aaah good times heh? When super troll kao left i actually created an account just to bring him back for ol' times sake. My impersonation was so right on (yes?) that i immediately got banned.

 

[KIRK]

My prediction: If they lose, especially in a bad effort, everybody on this board will stroke themselves because they called it ahead of time.

If they win, especially in a strong effort, everybody will pretend they didn't predict an embarassing loss and will wait for the next game the Penguins lose so they can go on diatribes about how the Penguins suck and will always suck because most posters on this forum have the emotional stability of emo 12 year olds.

Well, no need talking about that now.

It would be like predicting the coach will put Malkin with Comeau and Horny when they return and waste Bennett on L3 (keeping Sid with Kunitz and Perron). And, we know that would never happen, no matter what Johnston told Jason Mackey today.

 

[Saku11]

do the Flyers have any chance of making the playoffs?