blurryhaze312 wrote:NJ5934 wrote:As nauseating as it was to see Wilson laughing I also understand we have NOBODY on our bench capable of putting a stop to it...and that just makes it worse.
What do we want done here? I was at the game and admittedly missed this, but Madden said this afternoon that Oleksiak wanted to fight him and he refused. If he's not going to fight Oleksiak, he sure as heck wasn't going to fight Reaves.
The key to stopping a guy like him isn't to target him directly. He won't, or will hardly ever, answer for his cowardly play in a fight, and he's too slippery of a guy to physically punish - he's always on the offensive looking out to put a hurting on the other team...seems hard to catch him unaware. The key is to play extremely rough against their stars when/where you can. Obviously OV is a brick house, so that means you target Backstrom, Kuznetsov & Carlson for abuse.
The ultimate revenge is to send them towards an early tee time for the third straight year in a row.
I totally agree with all you stated. Wilson is so big and strong, it would take a heavyweight player to do him damage. And he would not engage with Reaves. And also Reaves would not catch up with Wilson if they played on the ice at the same time.
The problem is that the Pens barely have any player that has a physical presence to harm anyone, you need someone with weight to real damage. We have so many short players, to deliver a headshot its much easier you are tall like Wilson. Malkin and Oleksiak are probably the only people that could create a real bang. And Malkin is out of the question. Maata has size, but no strength or will to do any harm.
If the Pens are dead set losing this series, I am actually fine if we would dress a scrub for a vengeance assault. That could prevent future attacks. I dont like it, but it might be necessary. But thats only if we are truly eliminated.
