Zirakzigil
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I think he wanted to enjoy the visit and the crowd chanting had an effect. He knows he’s loved by the fans, but he wasn’t allowed to enjoy the game.
Post-Game Talk: Pens vs Wild: Won it for MAF!
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Buddy Bizarre
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I'll take "Things that will never happen for $500, Alex"
So good to see Puustinen playing, and playing well.
Sidgeni Malkby
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Just makes me wonder what took Sully so long.
Good game by all. Much more buttoned up than what we saw on Sat, but we did take the foot off the gas in the 2nd.
Luv Ned overall
.Can we say "things that we wish will happen"? I mean regardless of what I think of what we are, I still want to have hope.
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Can't really claim victory on that until Poulin is healthy and plays. I bet he becomes a solid middle six player who can play in any situation, on any line.
Malkinstheman
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I'm pretty shocked. I thought he was unplayable because of his defense and there was a reason why he's been in the AHL for so long
Puustinen even now is not a complete player, and the NHL is not a development league (usually)...but in this case, the positives outweigh the negatives and it seems like it will make sense to see if he can play himself into becoming a complete player in the NHL rather than in the AHL.
Randy Butternubs
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Fancy-stats-wise it doesn't look like Rakell did too well. But I didn't watch the game. How did he do?
Zbynek
Jarry friggin sucks dude
Ragamuffin Gunner
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I'm calling 100% BS on this.Re the whole MAF thing, Rossi did an article -
Edit: Wasn't paying attention. Thought it was Russo, it's Rossi. Slightly different levels of credibility. That said, it does still ring true.
Rossi: Marc-Andre Fleury not playing against the Penguins in Pittsburgh is best for everybody
Fleury has amazing memories of his time playing in Pittsburgh — and that should be enough.theathletic.com
TLDR/no access - Rossi believes Flower didn't want it
That Flower didn't want to repeat the Montreal experience and doesn't particularly enjoy playing as the away goalie in Pittsburgh, where his numbers aren't great and he finds it weird going against Sid/Geno/Tanger
I get fans wishing otherwise, but I doubt Hynes did Flower dirty at all
He was amazing in MTL and talked about how special it was after the game. There is ZERO chance he was happy to not play last night.
They're 3-1 in the last four, beating 3 bad teams and getting soaked by the only good one. They made up zero ground in the standings as well.
Ehh, I didn't do as well as I wanted. I'll get to my game next game.
BusinessGoose
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Yeah but during the post game interviews, you could hear Sid in the background telling him "this is not how we do things in Pittsburgh"
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Well he is starting the sub .900 goalie tonight against Bruins on the end of a back to back.
Might want to have reversed that call. duh
Sidgeni Malkby
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Puustinen is 24 years old. It's now or never IMO.
That is subjective. There are many players that further develop in the NHL. It just depends on if you have better options or not, and if you can tolerate the occasional gaff.
The issue is most coaches prefer the safe 4/10, than take a risk and help a 7/10 develop, who may give you an occasional 2/10, and average out to a 6/10, while growing to a 7/10 or even 8/10.
Did I throw enough numbers out there?
I'm not living or dying on Puustinen, but he fits well out there right now.
IcedCapp
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I don’t give two shits about maf, if this was their better chance at winning, maybe it’s time to pack it up.
Valtteri Puustinen has been a pleasant surprise (and a much needed surprise)
The Pittsburgh Penguins are getting some big production and play from one of their recent additions.
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Fair enough. Poulin is about to turn 23 and has struggled to be productive in the AHL but I agree still early to write him off completely.
Gurglesons
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He was bad. I guess rust is to be expected, but meh.
Puu is the real real deal....hope he sticks. That L2 looked really good last night.
Let me recalculate these expected year end numbers..............yup......Harkins is now on pace for............(carry the 2)............ZERO points. But he is ALMOST up to averaging a single shot per game.
Is Z broken? His time is almost up.
DOC is so unskilled.....Hopefully he goes to L4 when (if) Poulin gets called up?
Malkinstheman
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If bums like ZAR, Harkins etc are complete players then I want incomplete players
BlindWillyMcHurt
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lol there are like a handful of "complete players" in the whole league. If that's the standard no wonder we never see any homegrown talent come through this team.
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