Mr Jiggyfly
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I think this is coming from above him. There's no other explanation.
Like, Jesus?
I think this is coming from above him. There's no other explanation.
I think this is coming from above him. There's no other explanation.
I also didn't like MAF's game. He made some key saves but over commited a number of times. Letang and Maatta actually made saves in the crease because MAF was way out of the play and they played the best IMO.
Overall, that line had a lot of extended shifts in the offensive zone partly because of how strong Bennett was with the puck, especially along the boards, which allowed them to get a cycle going.
“He was good,” Crosby said of Bennett. “He held onto the puck and made a lot of good plays there. Had a chance there kind of on a breakaway, the puck just wouldn’t settle down for him. I think it’s something that you have to get used to, too, the speed and playing against different guys, things like that. But I thought he handled it well.”
Bennett, who is a right-handed shot next to a pair of lefties back on his natural right wing (he had actually never played on the left side before coming to Pittsburgh), thought the three of them began to gel as the game went on.
“We got a lot of chances and I thought we started to build a little chemistry together as the game went on,” he said. “Eventually they’ll start going in for us.”
What was his approach to playing with Crosby as opposed to Malkin or Sutter, which he has done this season?
“(Him and Kunitz) play pretty simple,” Bennett said. “They’re not trying too much stuff out there. They’re getting the puck to the net, they’re making the open play when it’s there, so it’s just about getting to the net and trying to get open when you can.”
With the opposition concerned with Crosby, Bennett said he tried to take advantage of the resulting space he got Monday as best he could – but he doesn’t anticipate there being a surplus of that tomorrow on the road. That’s a disadvantage the three of them will have to work through.
“When Sid’s out there, he’s getting a lot of attention,” Bennett said. “Sometimes that’s good because you have a little more room to work. At home, it’s not too big of a deal. We get the last change and whatnot. So on the road I’m sure it’ll be a little bit different.”
Maybe he's Rob Fording it?
A few years ago Adams WAS a special PK player, just as good as Cooke and Staal. Now, not so much, but Bylsma.
Apparently Bylsma is sticking with the lines. Is this real life? Mom? Is that you? I need to rethink my life.
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=692273&navid=DL|PIT|home
Does anyone else think the Pens are collapsing a little to much? I love the structure around MAF but a collapsing defense is death.