Official Gameday Thread - Penguins vs Flyers - 20/2/2013

[Matthew Monstar]

Just wondering.....

Will all the panic and bridge jumping happen after every loss or just after flyers loss?

Half of the less then knowledgeable hockey smart posters go absolutely mental after a loss.

Bench Malkin? Are you kidding me? Fire Dan Bylsma?

It is one game. A total piss game, but just one.

[joopen]

Because if you hide him from it, how is he going to face it when the Flyers have the last change and get the matchup out? You're just ignoring the problem until it pops up in another game.

If Malkin is ever going to get over it, he has to go out there and face it.

Get him away from it and hopefully he scores a few times and creates some confidence against a team he has been frustrated against. It just seems to make sense to avoid bad match ups if you can

[joopen]

What the hell is it with everyone jumping on the "Hate Malkin" bandwagon.

Am I missing something? He had "two" goals, set up James Neal, was a beast in the third.

He took the penalty againsts Couterier but that was pretty much an even wash.


So let's sit one of our "Best players in the world". Sit him and let Sutter or Vitale fill in... That'll help the team!!!!

I'm not hating Geno. I'm just wondering why a bad matchup isn't being avoided on home ice when possible.

[MRandall25]

Because if you hide him from it, how is he going to face it when the Flyers have the last change and get the matchup out? You're just ignoring the problem until it pops up in another game.

If Malkin is ever going to get over it, he has to go out there and face it.

Get him away from it and hopefully he scores a few times and creates some confidence against a team he has been frustrated against. It just seems to make sense to avoid bad match ups if you can

But Malkin will never get better in the "bad" matchup unless he plays against it, and he'll be forced to when they play in Philly.

Agree to disagree, I guess, because I think we're going in circles.

[joopen]

Because if you hide him from it, how is he going to face it when the Flyers have the last change and get the matchup out? You're just ignoring the problem until it pops up in another game.

If Malkin is ever going to get over it, he has to go out there and face it.

Get him away from it and hopefully he scores a few times and creates some confidence against a team he has been frustrated against. It just seems to make sense to avoid bad match ups if you can

But Malkin will never get better in the "bad" matchup unless he plays against it, and he'll be forced to when they play in Philly.

Agree to disagree, I guess, because I think we're going in circles.

[GDR]

It is one game. A total piss game, but just one.

The Flyers success against Pittsburgh has been going on since they moved into the CEC. I don't know what Philly's record in the building is, but it's pretty flipping good, so I would disagree it was just one game...it's been going on for a few years.

[Metalmike]

Flyers are now 6-1 regular season at CEC.


Metal Mike, Canada's #1 Penguins Fan.

[wondermoose]

It's been a few hours and I still want to yell at things. People freak out over these games because, at this point, all we want is to beat the Flyers. I just don't understand how they have let things flip so quickly from 2009.

[Godric]

It's been a few hours and I still want to yell at things. People freak out over these games because, at this point, all we want is to beat the Flyers. I just don't understand how they have let things flip so quickly from 2009.

Quickly? It's been Damn near 5 years

[ziggo]

The Flyers won the first game ever played at the CEC, and seem to have been in the Pen's heads ever since then. Having watched or listened to most of the Spectrum games during THAT streak, I keep getting reminders of that, during the last couple of years.

[tfrizz]

You guys remember what was said during the Buffalo game on Sunday, right? HCDB wanted the team to learn how to protect a lead so they don't repeat what happened in the playoffs. Not feeling so optimistic with all the blown leads we've seen this year.

[Malkamaniac]

Personally I think last night was the same old same old with the Pens. They stomped the Flyers early and then lost their composure for whatever reason.

[FLPensFan]

My problem with the game was the officiating. Officiating has been a sore spot with me for the past two seasons. I saw the dump-in interference play several times last night, and a lot of whacking and hacking going on that was not called. Basically, it seemed like the officials adopted the "let them play" mentality because it's a big rivalry, but in reality they are giving Philly an advantage. That is the Flyers style, so if they are allowed to whack, hack, etc, where in a "normal game" it is a penalty, they have an unfair advantage. The refs let it go for too long, the Pens are forced to retaliate, and then the refs decide they want to only call retaliation penalties. It's dumb and happens too often. Call the rules like you are supposed to.

Same thing goes for 4 officials missing numerous high sticks to the face. I believe Letang had one that was missed, the Sutter one, while there was a never good replay, I believe was actually the puck and not a stick, and there was one other I don't recall who it was but was not called. NHL officiating is just awful anymore. Not saying that is why the Pens lost the game, but it is hard to play Pens style hockey when the refs are tilting the calls towards the Flyers style of play, which is most often borderline, and often crosses the line.

And, while the Pens can't play the Flyers game, the 3rd line occasionally and 4th line always should be going out there and using the body constantly in attempt to wear the other team down. Didn't see enough of that last night. There was some general hitting in response to the overall tone of the game, but my view is the Glass-Adams-Vitale line should be trying to keep the opposition in their own zone, and laying the body every chance they get.

[TheHammer24]

Hindsight is 20/20, but the best play was taking the penalty shot by Letang in the ten-car pile up. Although, the referee can issue a goal for that play if he determines one was inevitable.

[shmenguin]

Hindsight is 20/20, but the best play was taking the penalty shot by Letang in the ten-car pile up. Although, the referee can issue a goal for that play if he determines one was inevitable.

i think our goalie making an effort to head, you know, back towards the goal would have been the best play.