The All Purpose Pens Off Day Thread - Injuries, Practice, Injuries, Lines, More Injuries, etc

[The Old Master]

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[ncm7772]

Marcus Pettersson's summer assignment:

NFL Draft prospect Ben Bartch gained weight for position change by eating the nastiest combination of food

"Bartch's recipe for weight gain was consuming a shake made of seven scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, quick grits, peanut butter, bananas and Gatorade."

Interesting! Although I think I’d go with Blaine Sumner’s chicken shakes.

 

[Gurglesons]

Pretty tight line up and sounds like Dumo and Marino are going to play or be game time decisions tomorrow.

 

[Gurglesons]

from what I understand from BUF fans, ERod is not a center either...I don’t know why they don’t switch those positions and have McCann play center on that line..

Sounds like he was playing C.

 

[WayneSid9987]

So just a re-cap of everything:

-Dumo, Marino, McCann practicing with contact jerseys
-Bjugstad in no-contact

Z-Sid-Sheary
Rust-G-Horny
Marleau-Blueger-Tanev
McCann-ERod-Simon(Laff rotating)

JJ-Letang
MP-JS
Riiko-Ruh

^practice trios/duos

-MP plugged in to PP2 for Riiko
-Dumo and Marino practiced PK1 and PK2'ing

Fin.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I... Don't think Petts' issue is size/strength-based. He's just not very smart. He's still only 23, so he's got a lot of time to develop and learn, but right now he's flat-out terrible way, way too often, and I don't think it's because he's weak or undersized for his height. He seems slow, very slow, and I don't mean simply skating-wise (though he has been slow in that dept. too). He's slow to read, he's slow to react. He just seems wholly overwhelmed way too many times per game.

Third pairing, sheltered minutes. Let him grow and develop. At his age, he should probably still be getting top minutes in WBS.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Pretty tight line up and sounds like Dumo and Marino are going to play or be game time decisions tomorrow.

Didn't Marino say he has another couple weeks before he can play?

EDIT. Here it is.
Pittsburgh Penguins
@penguins
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Feb 25
Marino on how he's feeling: "Good. Doing better. Obviously, two weeks out of surgery. Still have that minimum of three weeks and just waiting for the rest of the swelling to go down, but it's gotten a lot better."

I misread. He's been out two weeks, still has another week to go. My bet is he returns Thursday next week.

 

[Andy99]

Sounds like he was playing C.

Yeah Vensel listed it differently than Getzoff...we’ll see...I hope McCann was at center...

 

[Andy99]

Didn't Marino say he has another couple weeks before he can play?

Yeah, he said another week (until the 3 week minimum stated for his injury) and that was on Tuesday so it certainly didn’t sound like he’d play until at least the OTT game but maybe he was faking everyone out...

 

[Gurglesons]

Didn't Marino say he has another couple weeks before he can play?

EDIT. Here it is.
Pittsburgh Penguins
@penguins
·
Feb 25
Marino on how he's feeling: "Good. Doing better. Obviously, two weeks out of surgery. Still have that minimum of three weeks and just waiting for the rest of the swelling to go down, but it's gotten a lot better."

I misread. He's been out two weeks, still has another week to go. My bet is he returns Thursday next week.

Funny how things change when the team slides eh?

 

[Malkinstheman]

Bjugs also made some progress for the first time in 2 months

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I don’t think I have any coworkers who are younger than 26 so that’s wild that Pettersson is still 23.

 

[Andy99]

Funny how things change when the team slides eh?

Yeah, but I still don’t think either Dumo or Marino are likely to play in the upcoming b2b....I think they were brought on this trip to get them into a least two practices so that they can play next week...because there won’t be another practice until Monday...with how long at least Dumo has been out, I think it’s likely they want to get him into more than one practice to play next week and that wouldn’t happen unless they came out on the trip...let’s just say I’ll be surprised to see either of them play Friday or Saturday

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I don't know why they insist on McCann at wing.

Especially when it's such an easy swap of moving Rodrigues to RW, Simon to LW and McCann to C. You'd be playing each at their natural position without changing how the lines are set up.

 

[Andy99]

 

[Speaking Moistly]

RIP.

 

[Andy99]

honestly, is there anyone more deliberately opaque for no reason that makes sense than Sully...I mean what benefit is the opposing team gonna get from knowing they might get into the game against them...they already know that now anyway since they’re cleared for contact...

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Of course he is. The Pens are destined to never have a full lineup.

 

[Andy99]

Of course he is. The Pens are destined to never have a full lineup.

well, he’s the dreaded game time decision for tomorrow so there’s a chance we’ll have every forward minus ZAR and Bjug

 

[Ryder71]

Our two best defensemen are finally returning.

Oh, I thought you possibly were referring to the Penguins picking up a victory this road trip.

 

[Night Shift]

I don’t think I have any coworkers who are younger than 26 so that’s wild that Pettersson is still 23.

And while people like to jump on a stuggling Pettersson, Defenseman do not typically mature till their late 20's because of the nature of the position, so there is a reason to stay patient.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

And while people like to jump on a stuggling Pettersson, Defenseman do not typically mature till their late 20's because of the nature of the position, so there is a reason to stay patient.

He's really young, averaging nearly 3 more minutes a night this year than he did last season due to blueline injuries, and his production and underlying numbers are both still pretty good.

I don't see much to criticize.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

well, he’s the dreaded game time decision for tomorrow so there’s a chance we’ll have every forward minus ZAR and Bjug

Honestly, with the way he's been producing lately, I'm not sure he's *that* big of a loss. I'm more interested in when Dumo and Marino are returning. Of the guys out but close to returning (ie. not Jake), those two are by far and away the two most impactful absences.

 

[ownal]

Why would Dumo, Marino and Bjugstad make the trip if they aren't playing at some point?

 

[Tom Hanks]

Why would Dumo, Marino and Bjugstad make the trip if they aren't playing at some point?

Training and getting Back in the swing of things because They’ve been out awhile