ColePens
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Plus
++++ Murray: If you missed this game, just watch a quick recap. You will see about 5-6 amazing saves with piss poor defense. He put a hell of a show on. #1 star by a mile.
+++ Hornqvist: This guy just scores dirty goals when dirty goals are needed. I cannot even imagine where we are without Hornqvist. I seriously wonder if we win b2b cups without Hornqvist. I am going to say no way.
++ Dumo: This team is massively different w/ Dumo and Marino. It's not even close.
+ Bjugs/Pets: I put these 2 together because they aren't having a great year, but tonight was a solid effort. And that is promising to me. These 2 need to elevate for the Pens to be successful. I was very encouraged by their play tonight.
+ Geno, Rust, Zucker: I hate putting 3 players together but I'd be repeating myself. I think all 3 played fantastic. Geno was flying around. Rusty was doing what he does best. Zucker is showing to be VERY high skilled and racks up points. The guy just produces. I actually thought he deserved a 2nd assist tonight that was given to Schultz.
Minus
------- Team Defense: Yikes. What the f*** is going on. Team defense is what really started our push in November/December. It disappeared. It needs to come back. We are swinging around instead of stop/starting. Staring/watching instead of continuing to support.
- PP1: I get that they scored, but they give up a SHG and it doesn't look good. It looks like where it ended last year almost dead last in the playoffs. Needs to be better.
- 8 Giveaways. We are constantly giving the puck up. Need to clean it up. Too many cute passes. I know we want to control the puck, but soft dump-ins are not some virus. We need to add it in here/there to push defense back.
Players who need a little pick me up
Now this part will be something new. Here is a list of players who just need to pick it up every so slightly. I don't think they are playing bad. They just have another gear that we will need.
- Tanev
- Schultz
- Letang
- McCann
++++ Murray: If you missed this game, just watch a quick recap. You will see about 5-6 amazing saves with piss poor defense. He put a hell of a show on. #1 star by a mile.
+++ Hornqvist: This guy just scores dirty goals when dirty goals are needed. I cannot even imagine where we are without Hornqvist. I seriously wonder if we win b2b cups without Hornqvist. I am going to say no way.
++ Dumo: This team is massively different w/ Dumo and Marino. It's not even close.
+ Bjugs/Pets: I put these 2 together because they aren't having a great year, but tonight was a solid effort. And that is promising to me. These 2 need to elevate for the Pens to be successful. I was very encouraged by their play tonight.
+ Geno, Rust, Zucker: I hate putting 3 players together but I'd be repeating myself. I think all 3 played fantastic. Geno was flying around. Rusty was doing what he does best. Zucker is showing to be VERY high skilled and racks up points. The guy just produces. I actually thought he deserved a 2nd assist tonight that was given to Schultz.
Minus
------- Team Defense: Yikes. What the f*** is going on. Team defense is what really started our push in November/December. It disappeared. It needs to come back. We are swinging around instead of stop/starting. Staring/watching instead of continuing to support.
- PP1: I get that they scored, but they give up a SHG and it doesn't look good. It looks like where it ended last year almost dead last in the playoffs. Needs to be better.
- 8 Giveaways. We are constantly giving the puck up. Need to clean it up. Too many cute passes. I know we want to control the puck, but soft dump-ins are not some virus. We need to add it in here/there to push defense back.
Players who need a little pick me up
Now this part will be something new. Here is a list of players who just need to pick it up every so slightly. I don't think they are playing bad. They just have another gear that we will need.
- Tanev
- Schultz
- Letang
- McCann
