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mikey287 wrote:Not sure where this goes...but Jeffrey re-signed, 1 year, $625K
Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Not sure where this goes...but Jeffrey re-signed, 1 year, $625K
How do you see this mess shaking out? It would appear the acquisitions are complete, with the Bortuzzo signing being the only player left to fit in. That said, they're over the cap, so something has to give, and meanwhile, the third line looks pretty discombobulated. Really wish Shero would have pursued Lapierre.
Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Not sure where this goes...but Jeffrey re-signed, 1 year, $625K
How do you see this mess shaking out? It would appear the acquisitions are complete, with the Bortuzzo signing being the only player left to fit in. That said, they're over the cap, so something has to give, and meanwhile, the third line looks pretty discombobulated. Really wish Shero would have pursued Lapierre.
mikey287 wrote:Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Not sure where this goes...but Jeffrey re-signed, 1 year, $625K
How do you see this mess shaking out? It would appear the acquisitions are complete, with the Bortuzzo signing being the only player left to fit in. That said, they're over the cap, so something has to give, and meanwhile, the third line looks pretty discombobulated. Really wish Shero would have pursued Lapierre.
The Nisk-cannon has wheels and is therefore portable.
Frankly, I just don't know what I would do at this point. Not because it's such a mess, but just because I just don't know what's going on out there. We can run 3 O lines and 1 shutdown line now it seems...it's bold, but if it's coached correctly, it can be done.
Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Not sure where this goes...but Jeffrey re-signed, 1 year, $625K
How do you see this mess shaking out? It would appear the acquisitions are complete, with the Bortuzzo signing being the only player left to fit in. That said, they're over the cap, so something has to give, and meanwhile, the third line looks pretty discombobulated. Really wish Shero would have pursued Lapierre.
The Nisk-cannon has wheels and is therefore portable.
Frankly, I just don't know what I would do at this point. Not because it's such a mess, but just because I just don't know what's going on out there. We can run 3 O lines and 1 shutdown line now it seems...it's bold, but if it's coached correctly, it can be done.
Many have said the physicality is diminished from last season, but I don't buy that. Sure, Murray, Iginla and Morrow all added physicality to the team, but they weren't here for the majority of the season. The only physical player who was last from the majority of the regular season is Cooke. He hasn't been replaced, leaving a physical void on the third line. That's where I'm most concerned. I'm not one to suggest a team needs to be heavy with hard-hitting/physical/agitating players, but I do think having at least one on each of the 3rd/4th lines is important. Whether line three is D'Agositini-Sutter-Bennett or D'Agostini-Sutter-Jokinen, I don't like the way it plays out.
Just a thought: If the approach is three offensive lines and one checking line, could we see Sutter demoted to the fourth line with Jokinen centering line three? It's a bold move, but Jokinen is most effective as a scoring line center and Sutter is most effective as a shut-down center. Rather than having a true third/fourth line combo, might the Penguins have a balanced third/fourth line combo that fluctuate in icetime based on opponent and situation. In other words, against a stingy defensive team, Jokinen's unit gets more icetime to help create offense, whereas against a more high-scoring team Sutter's unit gets more icetime to help shut down the opponent.
The only problem here is that one would assume a scoring line with Jokinen as center would have to include Bennett on one side, with D'Agostini likely on the other. Who, then, plays on Malkin's left wing? I think that's where my idea falls apart.
BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Defence21 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Not sure where this goes...but Jeffrey re-signed, 1 year, $625K
How do you see this mess shaking out? It would appear the acquisitions are complete, with the Bortuzzo signing being the only player left to fit in. That said, they're over the cap, so something has to give, and meanwhile, the third line looks pretty discombobulated. Really wish Shero would have pursued Lapierre.
The Nisk-cannon has wheels and is therefore portable.
Frankly, I just don't know what I would do at this point. Not because it's such a mess, but just because I just don't know what's going on out there. We can run 3 O lines and 1 shutdown line now it seems...it's bold, but if it's coached correctly, it can be done.
Many have said the physicality is diminished from last season, but I don't buy that. Sure, Murray, Iginla and Morrow all added physicality to the team, but they weren't here for the majority of the season. The only physical player who was last from the majority of the regular season is Cooke. He hasn't been replaced, leaving a physical void on the third line. That's where I'm most concerned. I'm not one to suggest a team needs to be heavy with hard-hitting/physical/agitating players, but I do think having at least one on each of the 3rd/4th lines is important. Whether line three is D'Agositini-Sutter-Bennett or D'Agostini-Sutter-Jokinen, I don't like the way it plays out.
Just a thought: If the approach is three offensive lines and one checking line, could we see Sutter demoted to the fourth line with Jokinen centering line three? It's a bold move, but Jokinen is most effective as a scoring line center and Sutter is most effective as a shut-down center. Rather than having a true third/fourth line combo, might the Penguins have a balanced third/fourth line combo that fluctuate in icetime based on opponent and situation. In other words, against a stingy defensive team, Jokinen's unit gets more icetime to help create offense, whereas against a more high-scoring team Sutter's unit gets more icetime to help shut down the opponent.
The only problem here is that one would assume a scoring line with Jokinen as center would have to include Bennett on one side, with D'Agostini likely on the other. Who, then, plays on Malkin's left wing? I think that's where my idea falls apart.
I don't know. Stats say we hit but other than that we are not very physical. No cycle, no forechecking, no offensive crease prescence, guys camp and play instruments in front of our net.
Kunitz tries, other than Glass throwing a few random hits who in our top 12 woul we say I actually physical......?
MarioLives wrote:As it stands right now, and this is just my opinion, the Pens will give us a lot of 5-3 games in the regular season. Both wins and losses. But they are not set up to do much in the post season, when scoring goes down and sacrifices need to be made. This team is a bit soft and not difficult to play against. But it is a long season and a lot can happen.
Right now this is a fun, exciting regular season team.
Idoit40fans wrote:Now that the Devils have mutually terminated Kovalchuk's contract...Kovalchuk anyone?
Steve Dave wrote:MarioLives wrote:As it stands right now, and this is just my opinion, the Pens will give us a lot of 5-3 games in the regular season. Both wins and losses. But they are not set up to do much in the post season, when scoring goes down and sacrifices need to be made. This team is a bit soft and not difficult to play against. But it is a long season and a lot can happen.
Right now this is a fun, exciting regular season team.
Same could have been said about the 09 team. Fleury's ability to rebound will be the key.
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