Gaucho wrote:Hopefully Letang can do the same for Scuderi. Or vice versa. Or just play Despres.
Playing Despres is blasphemy!
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Gaucho wrote:Hopefully Letang can do the same for Scuderi. Or vice versa. Or just play Despres.
meow wrote:Jesse wrote:Guys, I've been watching hockey for my entire life and I cannot explain what it is about Paul Martin that just inexplicably brings out the best in Brooks Orpik. After a really bad month without him, Orpik's Corsi-For percentage was 75% last night with Martin. Only three shooting attempts against that pairing.
I don't care if its something we can never understand, Paul Martin is a wizard and I love it.
Wizardry, trust, chemistry, black magic, mind-melt. A combination of all these elements.
Jesse wrote:I love BB with Sid, I just hope it doesn't turn into Barnum and Bailey out there.
dodint wrote:I thoght Dupuis was promised Sids wing.
darkstar57 wrote:wondermoose wrote:Jesse wrote:The top line with Bennett got a little too fancy for my tastes last night. I think that's ultimately why Bylsma moved Neal up to that unit later in the game.
My concern with Bennett is that you get the most from him when he's carrying the puck. He was making play after play the first couple of games and, while I thought the top line played pretty well, I think Beau probably helps the Sutter or Jokinen lines a lot more. Sid, Stemp, and Kunitz have been just fine.
I actually think that is why you need BB with Crosby. Teams limit Crosby time and space in the playoffs, by having BB carry the puck, it prevents teams from shut down Sid and that line losing its effectiveness.
Mad City Mike wrote:- A win is a win, but another inconsistent effort.
DesertPenguin wrote:Way to early to really say for sure, but would keeping Bennett as Sid'd long term RW really be so bad? Maybe we don't need to trade for a winger for Sid. Personally I think this lineup would be killer, and is feasible under the cap for next season:
FORWARDS
Chris Kunitz ($3.850m) / Sidney Crosby ($8.700m) / Beau Bennett ($0.900m)
Nikolai Kulemin ($3.500m) / Evgeni Malkin ($9.500m) / James Neal ($5.000m)
Pascal Dupuis ($3.750m) / Brandon Sutter ($3.000m) / Lee Stempniak ($3.000m)
Adam Payerl ($0.627m) / Marcel Goc ($2.200m) / Jayson Megna ($0.874m)
Craig Adams ($0.700m)
DEFENSEMEN
Olli Maatta ($0.894m) / Paul Martin ($5.000m)
Rob Scuderi ($3.375m) / Kris Letang ($7.250m)
Simon Despres ($1.700m) / Robert Bortuzzo ($0.600m)
Brian Dumoulin ($0.832m) /
GOALTENDERS
Marc-Andre Fleury ($5.000m)
Jeff Zatkoff ($0.600m)
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Idoit40fans wrote:I still dont understand the push for Kulemin.
columbia wrote:I'd trade Neal for Kesler.
Crankshaft wrote:I'm not sure if I would trade Neal for Kesler.
Mango Salsa wrote:Ive been noticing a trend lately that this years whipping boy (Letang) is now being touted as the savior and missing link on our much maligned defense. Did everyone forget what a turd he was this season?
MalkinIsMyHomeboy wrote:Mango Salsa wrote:Ive been noticing a trend lately that this years whipping boy (Letang) is now being touted as the savior and missing link on our much maligned defense. Did everyone forget what a turd he was this season?
It's a combination of a ton of sympathy being garnered from his stroke as well as realization that Skud, Orpik and Engellend (as a d-man) are all doing pretty poorly. Letang can be inconsistent but I'd rather lose with him playing than with those three playing instead of him.
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