Official Game Day Thread: Penguins vs Devils 2/10/13

[sil]

They didn't forget the physical play yesterday when they were penalized 15 times. :/

[Pavel Bure]

This team is all finese and no grind. I don't like seeig that. Guys like Kunitz, Dupuis, Neal, Cooke, Kennedy, Glass, Adams, and even Vitale seem to have forgotten the physical sides of their games. The Pens are super easy to play against and against a team as systematically sound as the Devils it doesn't translate to success.

Vitale isn't even playing tonight.

I know that, guess why he lost his spot that he earned for 4-5 games? Cause he wasn't playing his brand of hockey.

[GDR]

Tyler Kennedy is more invisible than Lennay Kekua.

[columbia]

Hmmm.
It sounds like they need to waive half the team.

[guiner]

This icing because of a missed reception of a pass is a REAL BRILLIANT IDEA NHL.... NOT. Just slows the game down for absolutely no reason.

[The U]

I still think our biggest need is to get Dupuis off Sid's wing, and get him a true RW. Let Jeffrey play the LW on Geno's line if Boychuk isn't working.

This tunnel vision of getting a winger for Malkin, I don't agree with...we need to get Dupuis off Sid's line first and foremost and get him a true top line winger.

Agreed, it would upgrade line 3 as well. Cooke, Sutter, Dupuis is a nice shut down line.

[Pavel Bure]

Hmmm.
It sounds like they need to waive half the team.

No one said that.

[npv708]

Random thoughts:

- Clarkson isn't that good of a player to be honest, but I guess he's going to get that "grass is always greener" following now that he's scored a couple of against us.
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Yeah. I definitely have to disagree with you on this one. A lot.

Currently, he leads the Devils coming into this game with 13 points in 11 games. That would be 4th on the Pens behind Sid, Geno, and Kunitz. Last year, he had 46 points in 80 games.

Not to mention the intangibles. He hits. A lot and makes it count. He goes to the net and is smart with the puck.

Not much more you can ask from an undrafted forward...

[CoachBarnyard]

One of our D prospects I'd imagine... plus a pick or a spare part.

No way Calgary sells him that cheap. He's the face of that team.

[murphydump55]

I still think our biggest need is to get Dupuis off Sid's wing, and get him a true RW. Let Jeffrey play the LW on Geno's line if Boychuk isn't working.

This tunnel vision of getting a winger for Malkin, I don't agree with...we need to get Dupuis off Sid's line first and foremost and get him a true top line winger.

What's wrong with Dupuis?

He's not a top line player, do you see what Neal can do with pucks? Sid needs a guy that can get shots off quick, that can get pucks to the net, a guy that doesn't bobble passes like Dupuis has done more than once tonight.

I like Dupuis, I just don't like him in a top 6 role.

[Pavel Bure]

Malkin not ready for a beauty of a set up :(

[nocera]

#waiverwire

[MRandall25]

I'll repeat what I said earlier:

Boychuk has been the best player on his line.

[Matthew Monstar]

WIN A **** BATTLE! It's simple, win battles along the boards. Support.

Might be hard to ask considering back to back games.

[eww7633]

I like Dupuis, I just don't like him in a top 6 role.

Right?

[The Snapshot]

Geno overskates a tap-in. That would have helped.

[shmenguin]

Our 3rd line is a big bowl of nuthin on all fronts

[guiner]

getting outworked, losing every puck battle.

[KG]

Please get this defense healthy. No more Despres/Reese pairing....good lord....

[npv708]

Think anybody would claim Malkin on waivers? #waiverwire

[Gaucho]

Need Niskanen and Letang back rather sooner than later.

[DontToewsMeBro]

They are destroying us in our own zone when Malkin's line is out there.

[NJ5934]

Tyler Kennedy is more invisible than Lennay Kekua.

Someone made a great post earlier about how the play of Armstrong and Talbot faded yet everyone remembers the great times. Kennedy and Adams come to mind as two regulars who are probably getting a pass on their play because of Cup championship memories.

[The U]

I hope Vitale wasn't scratched for performance reasons.

[eww7633]

Perfect example of what we can't do...

Easy transition out of the zone, then beat us to the puck, win the battle, and establish a cycle.