Post-Game Talk: Plus-Minus Thread | Opener edition | Penguins 3, Devils 0

[fate]

since i gave him **** all last year...+orpik liked the physical presence tonight
+fleury

tuned in late with all the other sports going on so didn't get to catch a lot of the game

 

[IcedCapp]

- all you people who doubted this team.

 

[MonsterSurge]

+ Fleury
+ Glass (nice fight/hustle)
+ Crosby
+ Adams
+ Kobasew

= Maatta

- Malkin
- Kunitz

 

[billybudd]

Thought everyone had a strong game other than Adams and Glass.

Bob is nuts praising their work in this one, it was a powerplay against every time these guys were on the ice other than one shift in the third.

 

[Ugene Magic]

If tonight is any indication at all, I think people are going to have to get used to shot totals like that. Looks like they're really going to collapse around the net defensively when they get a lead.

Not a coincidence that all three goals today came in transition on the counterattack.

This is how they use to get back into games. The Crosby goal is just classic of earlier times.

 

[KIRK]

Beau with the 2nd lowest ES mins after Jeffrey. If he isn't top 6, he should at least get top 9 minutes.

He played 3:29 in the third period. By contrast, Adams played almost 6 minutes. I also think he got more shift with Geno in the third than Beauner. Well, makes sense . . .

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

oh boy here we go again

HA! Yeah... getting started nice and early this season, I see.

And now he isn't even safe when he has good games. Used to be he'd at least have to be mediocre.

Kobasew, Maatta, Bennett and yes... Glass, Adams and of course Fleury were the standouts to me, tonight. Not so crazy about the glacial pace of the last 2/3rds of the game. But if it translates into more wins down the road, when it really matters... so be it.

Also worth mentioning that the Devils looked pretty flaccid all game long. So maybe not the best game to judge.

 

[shureshot66]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
Bennett will practice/play on right side with Malkin and Jokinen in Neal's absence, per coach Bylsma

 

[Sivek]

I can't believe Bennett basically tied Jeffrey for the 2nd-least TOI. Wait, actually I do believe it. Did he miss some shifts while I blacked out during the Adams/Glass goal hook-up? Sutter and Kobasew both played 2.5 more minutes than he did.

 

[KIRK]

We've come to expect it from him but I think Sid deserves a + for being a faceoff monster at 68%. Also looked sharp as ever. If only his wingers hadn't fumbled pretty much every attack he set them up for.

Only Adams was under 50% FYI.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Solid effort overall, Jacques Martin has already made an impact, never saw the guys back check that much.

Gotta love that Maatta kid

 

[Jacob]

He had a fight and an assist but really what I liked about Glass was just that he was involved.

I thought he had some bad shifts in the first where he lost the puck or made a bad chip or whatever but as long as he's hammering people, yapping a little and using his wheels, that's really all we need from him.

 

[Ugene Magic]

- all you people who doubted this team.

You're stretching what people were really doubting.

Team wasn't part of the package if you ask me.

 

[Sorry]

Reversed my support of every Fleury save, to anger at every Fleury save.

Seemed to work.

 

[KIRK]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
Bennett will practice/play on right side with Malkin and Jokinen in Neal's absence, per coach Bylsma

Well sure, makes sense given how much they played together today.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

- all you people who doubted this team.

Glass + Adams = Stanley Cup

 

[MonsterSurge]

Can we give minuses to New Jersey players?

- Zubrus for turning down tough guy Sutter

 

[froods]

He played 3:29 in the third period. By contrast, Adams played almost 6 minutes. I also think he got more shift with Geno in the third than Beauner. Well, makes sense . . .

Well that is where Adams has value. If you have a two goal lead, I want that kind of guy with Geno.

 

[IcedCapp]

You're stretching what people were really doubting.

Team wasn't part of the package if you ask me.

Come on, UM, you should know me better than that!

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
Bennett will practice/play on right side with Malkin and Jokinen in Neal's absence, per coach Bylsma

So he says, so he says.

 

[Sorry]

He had a fight and an assist but really what I liked about Glass was just that he was involved.

I thought he had some bad shifts in the first where he lost the puck or made a bad chip or whatever but as long as he's hammering people, yapping a little and using his wheels, that's really all we need from him.

He's just playing harder than most earlier on to prove everyone who, rightly, bashed his game last season. If this board isn't riding him by December i'll be stunned.

 

[KIRK]

HA! Yeah... getting started nice and early this season, I see.

And now he isn't even safe when he has good games. Used to be he'd at least have to be mediocre.

Kobasew, Maatta, Bennett and yes... Glass, Adams and of course Fleury were the standouts to me, tonight. Not so crazy about the glacial pace of the last 2/3rds of the game. But if it translates into more wins down the road, when it really matters... so be it.

Also worth mentioning that the Devils looked pretty flaccid all game long. So maybe not the best game to judge.

It isn't for this reason and because, honestly, none of this matters until the playoffs come.

Oh yeah, Maatta > Niskanen.

 

[vodeni]

i can't believe how much sucking up to Bylsma from rossi, shely and other moronic pgh hockey media

 

[KIRK]

Well that is where Adams has value. If you have a two goal lead, I want that kind of guy with Geno.

Good point. And Niskanen was awesome tonight.

 

[KIRK]

i can't believe how much sucking up to Bylsma from rossi, shely and other moronic pgh hockey media

What do you expect from the ancillary Pens PR machine?