GDT: Preseason Game 6: Pens vs. Sabres @ 4:00 EST (AT&T Sports) Kids Game

[Andy99]

If only #3 had been the one to suffer a season ending injury to his hand...

 

[Empoleon8771]

If only #3 had been the one to suffer a season ending injury to his hand...

Dude chill the hell out, that's not cool

 

[Andy99]

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Dude chill the hell out, that's not cool

Not cool but it does always happen to good players while the 4th liners play all of their games in their tenure with Pens lol

 

[Night Shift]

If only #3 had been the one to suffer a season ending injury to his hand...

Why did he change his number anyway?

 

[Andy99]

Why did he change his number anyway?

He was looking to model his speed game after Maatta...

 

[BrookswasHere44]

69

Did you mean 59 or are you a child?

 

[Night Shift]

Sounds day to day. Probably won't be out long

 

[ColePens]

Negative: injuries

Who cares: everything else

I mean... that's not how preseason works. If there is one thing I've learned about the Pens is that what you see ultimately is what you get. The Letang/Geno lackluster effort may not have an immediate switch flipped. So I would not be shocked, at all, if what you see is also what you see for the first 5-10 games.

Ultimately I trust them... but preseason does actually matter.

 

[Peat]

Guess we get to see how good this winger depth is without Rust. Woot woot.

@Riptide @Peat

It'll be reet thon gloomy get.

Until everyone else gets injured.

So... a week?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Just finished. Honestly I still stand by my in-game comments. I have MAJOR concerns on Letang/Geno. They look identical to last year. Extremely inconsistent. Preseason may not matter to them. Maybe that is it. But they looked bad.

I think those two have tuned out the staff to be honest.

 

[BHD]

I only caught the third period. How did Marino look pre-puck over glass?

 

[Turin]

I mean... that's not how preseason works. If there is one thing I've learned about the Pens is that what you see ultimately is what you get. The Letang/Geno lackluster effort may not have an immediate switch flipped. So I would not be shocked, at all, if what you see is also what you see for the first 5-10 games.

Ultimately I trust them... but preseason does actually matter.

Do you have anything to back up preseason having any correlation with the regular season? Because a few days ago the same people were saying “woahhh Geno is flying.”

There is no correlation between pre-season success and regular season success.

 

[Turin]

I think those two have tuned out the staff to be honest.

You think that?

Really?

You?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

You think that?

Really?

You?

I bet you have a Mike Sullivan tramp stamp.

 

[Jacob]

I just watched Crosby's last shift and I don't see him taking any shots at all... he did take decent a hit along the boards but he saw it coming, braced for it, it was shoulder-to-shoulder and he rolled off pretty well. There was another play where he and Larsson kind of bumped into eachother in our zone, it was like legs-on-legs but nothing severe.. I could see maybe tweaking a knee in that situation but he didn't show any issue right away, and Crosby finished the shift and skated off fine. So not sure what Steigy was talking about.

 

[ColePens]

Do you have anything to back up preseason having any correlation with the regular season? Because a few days ago the same people were saying “woahhh Geno is flying.”

There is no correlation between pre-season success and regular season success.

Ummm have you watched the Penguins.. ever? Don't go posting in a preseason thread if you feel it means nothing. Move on to a different thread.

I think I mentioned it in every post. 58 and 71 earned my trust. But you cannot look at how they played last season into preseason and be super happy about it. Geno is struggling to beat anybody 1 on 1.

 

[Andy99]

I just watched Crosby's last shift and I don't see him taking any shots at all... he did take decent a hit along the boards but he saw it coming, braced for it, it was shoulder-to-shoulder and he rolled off pretty well. There was another play where he and Larsson kind of bumped into eachother in our zone, it was like legs-on-legs but nothing severe.. I could see maybe tweaking a knee in that situation but he didn't show any issue right away, and Crosby finished the shift and skated off fine. So not sure what Steigy was talking about.

It wasn’t on his last shift...he supposed blocked a shot around 13:00 or so and stayed in the game...

 

[Jacob]

I only caught the third period. How did Marino look pre-puck over glass?

Didn't look out of place to me, but I'd still rather see him do it in the AHL for a bit before we see if he can do it in the NHL.

Pre-season is meaningless and I'll always remember how good Bissonnette looked at 18.

 

[Jacob]

It wasn’t on his last shift...he supposed blocked a shot around 13:00 or so and stayed in the game...

Ah okay. Well if he finished the period then I'm not even worried.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Based on the 2019 Pittsburgh sports scene so far, I would buckle up asap.....it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!

 

[ColePens]

I only caught the third period. How did Marino look pre-puck over glass?

I would honestly say both JJ and Marino played a sound game. Dumo/Letang was the issue. I thought both JJ and Marino were very sound. I have to call it like I see it.

 

[Peat]

Do you have anything to back up preseason having any correlation with the regular season? Because a few days ago the same people were saying “woahhh Geno is flying.”

There is no correlation between pre-season success and regular season success.

Gotta say that's what I was thinking too. Geno and Chucky eviscerated Columbus. A dodgy last game isn't great but it's got to be balanced against that memory.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I just watched Crosby's last shift and I don't see him taking any shots at all... he did take decent a hit along the boards but he saw it coming, braced for it, it was shoulder-to-shoulder and he rolled off pretty well. There was another play where he and Larsson kind of bumped into eachother in our zone, it was like legs-on-legs but nothing severe.. I could see maybe tweaking a knee in that situation but he didn't show any issue right away, and Crosby finished the shift and skated off fine. So not sure what Steigy was talking about.

Fragile Sid, take him and Rust out to the back, go get your shotgun.

 

[Pancakes]

Hopefully just a bruise or a tweak or something.

We don't play til Thursday so plenty of time to rest. Ideally he will be ready but if not doesn't sound like a long term thing I hope.