How game 1 will look

[Pitts]

Kunitz Crosby Dupuis is a no brainer and that Morrow Sutter Cooke line is going to be legendary if the Pens go anywhere in the playoffs. Talent will come out in the Iginla Malkin Neal line.

Malkin seems like he really been trying hard to make it "click" with Iginla the past 2 games -- so much so that he's been over-passing to Iginla when he (Malkin) clearly has a shot to take. Not sure I like it, but I hope it starts working soon.

[Pitt87]

I think Iginla has demonstrated the type of shooting ability that would both compliment Sid's ability to hit a guy's wheelhouse in traffic and creates space for a secondary shooter with some ability to go to the net. That means you could put Kunitz or Morrow with Sid in different situations. Its been my opinion since we picked up Iginla that the Captain Line makes too much sense not to put out there, then put the big shooters with Malkin, Neal, and Dupuis on the second line. This would let you move Morrow/Kunitz/Dupuis around on the first three lines, and gives you defensive compliments that can really augment the matchups.

Another thing it does... you could potentially put Sid or Geno with the fourth line guys, that will likely include Bennett or Kennedy, both who have the ability to score. Pretty scary for defenses to get lined up againts a 4th line that becomes a cycling/scoring like by swapping out a center...

[Idoit40fans]

Kunitz Crosby Dupuis is a no brainer and that Morrow Sutter Cooke line is going to be legendary if the Pens go anywhere in the playoffs. Talent will come out in the Iginla Malkin Neal line.

Malkin seems like he really been trying hard to make it "click" with Iginla the past 2 games -- so much so that he's been over-passing to Iginla when he (Malkin) clearly has a shot to take. Not sure I like it, but I hope it starts working soon.

Malkin has been pass first all year.

[Pitts]

Sutter has to play. He simply has to. We have no other forward who does what he does in the defensive zone.

There's no way in hell Sutter would ever sit in the playoffs. NONE. To even suggest it is crazy talk.

[shmenguin]

To even suggest it is crazy talk.

it's a good thing not one person in the history of the internet has suggested it

[murphydump55]

Sutter has to play. He simply has to. We have no other forward who does what he does in the defensive zone.

There's no way in hell Sutter would ever sit in the playoffs. NONE. To even suggest it is crazy talk.

Did someone actually suggest he sits?

[Idoit40fans]

Sutter has to play. He simply has to. We have no other forward who does what he does in the defensive zone.

There's no way in hell Sutter would ever sit in the playoffs. NONE. To even suggest it is crazy talk.

Did someone actually suggest he sits?

I was scrambling through the thread to find the person who did so that I could chastise them. No one did.

[PghSkins]

Sutter has to play. He simply has to. We have no other forward who does what he does in the defensive zone.

There's no way in hell Sutter would ever sit in the playoffs. NONE. To even suggest it is crazy talk.

Did someone actually suggest he sits?

Not really- not what it says at all I think people progressed to it from this statement:

jokinen > sutter
........aaaaand let's just ignore all that because "we're gonna love sutter"

[sil]

Sutter has to play. He simply has to. We have no other forward who does what he does in the defensive zone.

didn't know he was getting scratched.

if you spread the talent in the bottom 6, their playing time starts to equalize. for 3rd line to 4th line, it's now about 13 min to 8 min of ES time. you can probably get it to 11 min to 10 min with a little planning. even if it's something like 12 to 9, jokinen has easily been 3 minutes a game better than sutter in his time here.

I think most of that has do with him being a stop-gap for Sid's absense. They just aren't the same type of player (Sutter and Jokinen) nor do we need them to be. Sutter will remain in his role, and remain getting his third line minutes, and Jokinen won't replace that spot when Sid comes back. You didn't directly state that you thought he would, but you did directly state that Jokinen is a better player. That I really don't agree with, at least not from a traditional third line center point of view. And I do acknowledge you aren't stating Jokinen should be in that spot over Sutter.

Jokinen really gives us someone who can pretty much play anywhere he's needed in the postseason, and that's a wonderful thing to have, but I still don't think Jokinen is the better player. If it came down to it, and one of those two had to be the scratch...I'd scratch Jokinen in favor of Sutter.

[knives of ice]

it looks like from the lines in practice iggy will be playing with side and duper. nice.

[tfrizz]

it looks like from the lines in practice iggy will be playing with side and duper. nice.

Still playing LW though.

[knives of ice]

it looks like from the lines in practice iggy will be playing with side and duper. nice.

Still playing LW though.

yeah..damn just noticed that. also looks like Beau will be scratched and TK will be in on the 4th line.

[Idoit40fans]

I keep reading it as "How game I will look" and assume its some new slang meaning stylish. The first 10 times or so I saw the thread, thought nothing of it. Now i'm seeing it for some reason.

[GeoTank]

What i'd like.... just my two cents

Duper-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Bennet-Juicy-Adams
(Sid & Malkin can center 19 & 36 for an extra kick)

[knives of ice]

What i'd like.... just my two cents

Duper-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Bennet-Juicy-Adams
(Sid & Malkin can center 19 & 36 for an extra kick)

these will be the lines it looks like from practice today

Iggy Sid Duper
Kunitz Geno Neal
Morrow Sutter Cooke
Adams JJ Kennedy


first power play

Crosby, Neal Malkin
Iggy, Letang - points

[marek]

Kunitz needs to play with Malkin and Neal.
Iginla needs to play with Sid and Dupuis.
Third line has to be Morrow, Jokinen and BB.
And sorry but Sutter is now a fourth line center on this team. He'd be fortunate to be out there with Cooke and MFCA.
Kennedy and Glass have played themselves out of a spot IMHO.

Geno is obviously hurting so give him players that he has shown an ability to gel with.
Enough with the juggling HCDB.

Put the guys were they fit best and roll them!!!

[yubb]

Bennet has 0 playoff experience. I expect he'll sit.
Kennedy has playoff experience. I expect he'll play.
Adams will certainly play.

[Pens15]

Jokinen has been the best forward on the team these past 3 weeks. It'd be dumb to banish him to the fourth line. Put Cooke on the 4th line. While still having a lot of value as a PKer, he doesn't bring that much 5 on 5.

10-16-36
24-27-19/48

Would be an excellent bottom six.

[jimjom]

Game 1 will also look like this:

LIGHTS

LASERS!!!!!!!

LOUD VOICE TALKS AND YELLS

very bright

leaning folks

MUSIC AND SONGS

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[jimjom]

PS: PNC/84 LUMBZ

[Inkio]

They just used these combinations at practice:

Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Iginla-Jokinen-Dupuis
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Glass-Adams-Kennedy

Is it possible that we could expect:
Dupuis-Crosby-Iginla
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke/Bennett
Glass/Kennedy/Bennett/Cooke-Jokinen-Adams

[It'sagreatdayforhockey!]

What i'd like.... just my two cents

Duper-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Bennet-Juicy-Adams
(Sid & Malkin can center 19 & 36 for an extra kick)

So a 4th of:
Bennett - Malkin/Crosby - Jokinen

Those lines look pretty amazing. That's 3 top 6 lines and the best 3rd line in hockey.

[Inkio]

What i'd like.... just my two cents

Duper-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Bennet-Juicy-Adams
(Sid & Malkin can center 19 & 36 for an extra kick)

So a 4th of:
Bennett - Malkin/Crosby - Jokinen

Those lines look pretty amazing. That's 3 top 6 lines and the best 3rd line in hockey.

Yeah, and also fix my Iginla on the first to right wing, misstype.

[Pens15]

What i'd like.... just my two cents

Duper-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Bennet-Juicy-Adams
(Sid & Malkin can center 19 & 36 for an extra kick)

So a 4th of:
Bennett - Malkin/Crosby - Jokinen

Those lines look pretty amazing. That's 3 top 6 lines and the best 3rd line in hockey.

Yeah, and also fix my Iginla on the first to right wing, misstype.

Dunno if that was a misstype, because from what I saw, Dupuis was on the right and Iggy on the left at practice today.

[Inkio]

What i'd like.... just my two cents

Duper-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Bennet-Juicy-Adams
(Sid & Malkin can center 19 & 36 for an extra kick)

So a 4th of:
Bennett - Malkin/Crosby - Jokinen

Those lines look pretty amazing. That's 3 top 6 lines and the best 3rd line in hockey.

Yeah, and also fix my Iginla on the first to right wing, misstype.

Dunno if that was a misstype, because from what I saw, Dupuis was on the right and Iggy on the left at practice today.

Maybe they will put Iggy on the left on Sid's line to give him a shooter.