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Remember when everyone thought 4 months off would give our best players a chance to heal and get healthy?
Ahh, self-delusion.
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Remember when everyone thought 4 months off would give our best players a chance to heal and get healthy?
Ahh, self-delusion.
yeah, it’s the Pens...injuries are the sine qua non of their existence and everyone here should know that by now...lol...”100% healthy” just means that only 2-3 players are injured...
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If he has a nagging issue then yes it could obviously be a problem. If they are being extra cautious because of Sid's prominence and the fact he's likely ready to go, then I'm not gonna be overly concerned. I'm more inclined to believe it's the latter. If it was a real problem I doubt the'd be on the ice at all.
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Big McLargehuge
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Finally, years of watching Steigerwald on mute and listening to music instead will pay off for me.
ColePens
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I've watched/played in buildings with nobody in them for years. Legit years. So it doesn't even make me think twice.
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Oh.. and I was at an Atlanta Thrashers/Pens game with like 5k people in there. So i'd rather have empty than the embarrassing moments of 5k. 
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Looks like a basketball player!
Won’t be much different than games at PPG noise-wise...that place is like a library.
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You're not kidding. I think this is yet another variable that won't hurt the team even a little bit. I'm not trying to be overly optimistic here, but with pretty much every scenario this format should help the Pens more than most. As long as there's no major injury to a star player or just God-awful goaltending this is a tailor made situation. Getting Jake back is huge. And our aging stars should be hitting their strides early and often. Fatigue should not be a huge issue here.
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Sorry to be boring, but it really just depends on the mood, so...let's go with Woody Guthrie.
A relatively frequent pairing.
Spoiler alert: it won’t be Jack Johnson behind Malkin
edit...scrimmage is 7 pmEST tomorrow
He smartens up and plays 2 potatoes of JJ and Schultz 10-11 min a night, and not behind Geno's line. Even better, he replaces JJ with Riikola, who is now with the team and has practiced with them for a bit. I will take Riikola with few practices over JJ any day of the week.
Oh and he keeps Marino on top PP unit instead of Letang or Schultz.
I'd think that Horny is the only one who actually WILL play.
EDIT: Unless maybe they extend the bench a little for the last two on each side?
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I assume they extend the benches. With injuries and Covid, you’ve got to figure they’d want everyone available to get the chance to shake off some rust and try to get going.
I think they'll deffo extend the bench - I think the commentators were saying the plan had originally been for 3 lines, and the 45 second pauses were introduced because they couldn't have them.
Whether they'll use it as an excuse to change up teams I don't know.
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