The All Purpose Pens Off Day Thread - Injuries, Practice, Lines, etc (Geno, the true American Hero)

[K Fleur]

Excited to get Rust back. Bjugstad, not so much.

With how things have played out since he got hurt I’d hope he comes back extra motivated to produce and keep his job here. That’s my optimistic, but probably not realistic, take.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Dumo LBI.

This is getting comical.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Bummer.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Flerp.

 

[Corvidae]

Excited to get Rust back. Bjugstad, not so much.

He's a walking bag of iceberg lettuce.

 

[PensandCaps]

a dumoulin injury is harder to overcome for this team , than a Malkin injury

 

[Malkinstheman]

Shit. We'll see what D pairs the team runs now.

 

[Beauner]

****. We'll see what D pairs the team runs now.

Pettersson-Letang
JJ-Schultz
Gudbranson/Riikola-Marino

?


Vom.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Pettersson-Letang
JJ-Schultz
Gudbranson/Riikola-Marino

?


Vom.

I hope its Rikko in. JJ and Gud togther is gonna be bad.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Marino/Pettersson-Letang
Pettersson/Marino-Schultz
Riikola-Ruhwedel

Please?

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

I hope its Rikko in. JJ and Gud togther is gonna be bad.

I think it's really cool that Rikko continues to get boned by this organization

 

[SEALBound]

I hope its Rikko in. JJ and Gud togther is gonna be bad.

Petts-Letang
Riikola-Schulz
JJ/EG-Marino

Is the logical set up for me but...

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

There is zero reason to not play Riikola.

Petterson - Letang
Riikola - Marino
Johnson - Schultz

I would even experiment Riikola with Letang. If we're going to have a gaping hole on LD1, why not at least see what we've got.

 

[Peat]

Silver lining - Marino on Letang's pair (if it continues) is a quick way to find out whether he has the minerals to be a top 4 D next year #deludedoptimist

 

[Ms Maggie]

The MAF talk.... I mean it's going to happen til he retires. It is what it is. It's no different than people clamoring for James Neal because he's off to a hot start albeit he completely sucked ass before.

So just deal with it. It's life. We are going to do this every single time.

Could be worse: Garrett Cole....

 

[IcedCapp]

a dumoulin injury is harder to overcome for this team , than a Malkin injury

but not as hard to overcome as your random ass comma usage, bro

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Silver lining - Marino on Letang's pair (if it continues) is a quick way to find out whether he has the minerals to be a top 4 D next year #deludedoptimist

I'm awfully perplexed why Marino/Letang got paired considering this coach's reluctance to use Dmen on their off side
Not criticizing it. Just surprised

 

[SEALBound]

There is zero reason to not play Riikola.

Petterson - Letang
Riikola - Marino
Johnson - Schultz

I would even experiment Riikola with Letang. If we're going to have a gaping hole on LD1, why not at least see what we've got.

I would love for it to work but both the 2nd and 3rd pairings terrify me.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

I would love for it to work but both the 2nd and 3rd pairings terrify me.

Me too. It doesn't have to be those specifically. Most arrangements terrify me. If Marino shot left, he'd be my pick next to Letang. But I don't like him on LD.

Is it that bad to do terrifying things for two or three games when you know you already have a big hole though?

 

[vodeni]

a dumoulin injury is harder to overcome for this team , than a Malkin injury

I disagree. Last year it would be, this year when forwards actuallt backchecking, taking bodies in the neutral zone, etc...not so much, You won't feel a bit change fromTanger Dumo to Tanger Marino, second pair is second pair, that leaves us with 10-12 minutes of third piar that is offensivelly challenged whether Marino is there or Gudds, all because the anchor...so I don't think Dumo's injury is detrimental

 

[WayneSid9987]

How did Marino/Letang look together? I didnt get to watch the Vegas game.

Actually were pretty damn good vs Vegas.

So, soon we could see:

Guentzel-Crosby-Simon
Kahun-McCann-Hornqvist
ZAR-Blueger-Tanev
Rust-Bjugstad-Lafferty

?

The one thing i would do is keep Lafferty @ C. He's simply a better checking 2-way center than Bjugs. More speed. Better DZ awareness. More physical. Better ability to disrupt in the opponents zone. I'd play Bjugs on RW.

a dumoulin injury is harder to overcome for this team , than a Malkin injury

Big time.
I'm in big favor of playing the top 4 in the top 4 and keeping pairs that have been playing together, together while Dumo is out.
So i'm fine with:
Marino-Letang
MP-Schultz

But it's essential not to dress both JJ and Guds.
Since JJ made THE mistake last game and he was supposed to sit anyway, i'd
Riiko-Guds it.
If you need a D to play F, let JJ take a spin. He just might be decent at it...

I'm awfully perplexed why Marino/Letang got paired considering this coach's reluctance to use Dmen on their off side
Not criticizing it. Just surprised

He has no one else to match up against other teams best lines.
He doesn't like Riiko or Ruh and he knows more now that JJ and Guds can't handle it either.
Playing his 4 best in the top 4.

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

With guys getting healthy, our cap situation is going to get ugly fast. JR is going to have to do something

 

[WayneSid9987]

With guys getting healthy, our cap situation is going to get ugly fast. JR is going to have to do something

Good place to be, imo with what the kids showed.
Time to bite the bullet and get some expensive crap gone.

 

[Andy99]

Bummer.

this sounds bad...but why the need to update? My guess is they have to wait for the swelling to go down before they’ll know anything. But they should have been able to do a X-ray so I’m guessing there’s no break, which I guess is good,.,unless Sully’s lying to us and they already know he’s out long term...

 

[Corvidae]

You guys and your crazy "Riikola on Defense" ideas. Meanwhile I'm here on planet reality just wondering when they'll try him at center.