GDT: Preseason Game 4: Pens vs. Red Wings @ 5:00pm EST (NHL Network) 9/22/19

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Mantha hit his stick (the Wings announcers talked about it for the majority of the freaking game), but he didn't hit it very hard

Guess it doesn’t matter in the end... bad things just always happen when JJ is on the ice. It’s like there is a voodoo curse on him.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

3 things massively standout this preseason.

1) The much needed ASAP defensive depth: Marino/Riikola/Ruh fighting for a 7 spot is tremendous. That came out of nowhere. And it was needed. Marino has been the absolute bright spot of camp.

2) The unknown offensive depth that looks ready: Before we solely focused on ZAR/Simon, but then guys Laff and others. Even DiPauli has shown a nice jump. Aggo looked solid. I am very surprised with some unknowns who are just waiting for an injury to step on up.

3) The future: POJ, Legare, Poulin, Addison, etc. The future actually looks bright. Hopefully these guys pan out. They look legit.

The biggest thing for me is that with those options, if they continue to play well...I do not want to see guys like Trotman etc being called up. I am sick of seeing these jobbers get a shot, we finally have some options there worthy of a look, I want to see them used.

 

[Ryder71]

I <heart emoji> Teddy, Lafferty, and Marino.

Rust looks like the old Rusty. This is why I was adamant that we shouldn't trade him for cap just yet.

Uncle Riiko looks like the 6D to me.

The three stand outs for me in this game were Marino, Jarry and Lafferty in that order. You talk about strong positioning, a good stick, poise and pin point passing under duress, Marino looks very polished to me. I LOVE what I'm seeing out of this kid. Jarry was solid and unfortunately was left out to dry quite a bit. He''s the reason we even got to OT. And Lafferty was visible throughout. His speed and tenacity on the forecheck even a blind man could see. Kudos to the coaching staff for affording Marino, Lafferty and Legare long looks.

+++++ team speed

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Legare pronunciation courtesy of Oreo.




She was also straight up snarking about JJ on Twitter.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Should Marino be on the team full time next season?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Should Marino be on the team full time next season?

Seems to be trending that way.

 

[Ryder71]

Should Marino be on the team full time next season?

You always have to temper your enthusiasm or expectations because this is pre season and all, but you can't look much better than he has to this point.

 

[The Greatest 101]

Didn’t watch the game, but JJ being -2 is the least surprising thing. How was P-O today?

 

[WayneSid9987]

Didn’t watch the game, but JJ being -2 is the least surprising thing. How was P-O today?

Was decent and asserted himself well vs some NHL'ers.
Looks like the kid has good instincts/good stick and just needs to get a touch faster/stronger to go with better positioning imo.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I think there is less than a .000001% chance of waiving JJ.

So hitman and missing persons it is, I knew you'd come around Colesy.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

You always have to temper your enthusiasm or expectations because this is pre season and all, but you can't look much better than he has to this point.

He signed because he was closest to NHL ready after the Pens talked to him. I think he will get a few call-ups this season and will be a regular next year as well.

 

[66-30-33]

I'm sure Sully and JR want JJ gone and they see what we all see everytime he touches the puck or doesn't but what can ya do? need to somehow trade him and nobody will want him if he's always scratched and they probably don't want him in WBS because how much he makes. They are not stupid, they know he's garbage just like he knows. Also it's not our money.

 

[Ryder71]

He signed because he was closest to NHL ready after the Pens talked to him. I think he will get a few call-ups this season and will be a regular next year as well.

I don't disagree at all in that he's close to NHL ready. I'm very impressed with his overall game. This looks like a great pick up for JR provided Marino continues along this path.

I hope he plays Wednesday.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I honestly need to see a JJ-Guds preseason game now.
The brass should have a look at it as well.
Do it for G5 of PS and if it's an absolute tire fire you see what Riiko-Guds looks like in G6.

I'd give Marino Schultz's spot next to MP for a game and Schultz gets the final game.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

I honestly need to see a JJ-Guds preseason game now.
The brass should have a look at it as well.
Do it for G5 of PS and if it's an absolute tire fire you see what Riiko-Guds looks like in G6.

I'd give Marino Schultz's spot next to MP for a game and Schultz gets the final game.

While not the best use of Cap dollars, JJ should be the 7th dman and scratched the majority of nights

But let's not pretend that contracts don't matter in the NHL

 

[The Old Master]

I think there is less than a .000001% chance of waiving JJ.

so your say'en there is a chance!people win the lottery every day.

 

[Ms Maggie]

Forgive my ignorance, pay scant attention to pre-season. Who is POJ?

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Didn’t watch... how bad was Johnson? Pensburgh has their 1138th article up yelling about him so I figure he must have been brutal again.

Looks like ZAR made some plays in the condensed game highlights at least.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Didn’t watch... how bad was Johnson? Pensburgh has their 1138th article up yelling about him so I figure he must have been brutal again.

Looks like ZAR made some plays in the condensed game highlights at least.

I mean,




The more I watch it the more I don’t know what he was doing and he was bad again outside of that.

 

[K Fleur]

Jesus Christ... JJ is already in mid season form!

 

[Empoleon8771]

Didn’t watch... how bad was Johnson? Pensburgh has their 1138th article up yelling about him so I figure he must have been brutal again.

Looks like ZAR made some plays in the condensed game highlights at least.

I think this post by me sums up how Johnson looked last night:

"There's no way that Johnson can be worse than what he was last year"

Jack Johnson:

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

I mean,




The more I watch it the more I don’t know what he was doing and he was bad again outside of that.

I hate making excuses for a piece of garbage defenseman, but he was trying to corral it and eventually throw it towards the backboards.
The Det player timed it well enough so that JJ's backwards movement propelled the puck into the net.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I hate making excuses for a piece of garbage defenseman, but he was trying to corral it and eventually throw it towards the backboards.
The Det player timed it well enough so that JJ's backwards movement propelled the puck into the net.

So you're saying his low IQ compliments his low skills?

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

So you're saying his low IQ compliments his low skills?

I think any left handed Dman would have chosen the same route to get it out of danger honestly. Was a case of bad luck/timing
But as someone posted above, it's like a curse that follows this dude around. He is truly an albatross

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I think there is less than a .000001% chance of waiving JJ.

Which is true... and incredibly sad.

Waiving him takes care of the cap problem AND the roster crunch. But no, cannot waive our WORST player because it could hurt his veteran feelings or something.

Just Redden/Alzner is ass and be done already