GDT: #5: Pittsburgh Penguins@Ottawa Senators|Scotiabank Place|Jan. 27th 5:00 PM EST

[IcedCapp]

Does Fluery playing the puck ever NOT result in sustained pressure for the opposition? They need to get that fixed..

[Randy Butternubs]

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

Originally Posted by vodeni

as far as I am concerned Bylsma can go right now, what is this, refusal to see that this crap is not working, doing it on purpose to infuriate HF board....

What crap might that be? Is it DB's fault that Neal is giving the puck away, Letang can't take a pass, and Sid's wingers are lumps?

[eXile59]

Originally Posted by Vega

If they want Tangradi to produce on the scoresheet he needs to be placed in Kunitz's spot on the power play. Right now he's not a 5 on 5 player in terms of production but he could be serviceable on the pp. But, hey Bylsma is our couch. I don't expect it to happen

Or at least the 2nd PP unit. Dupuis has one PP goal in two years. That's That's only one more than Tangradi.

[Ugene Malkin]

Originally Posted by MrBurgundy

It's almost needed since there are more people out there that want to tear him down.

Well, one is certainly warranted.

On Kunitz, he just seems to be in the worst position to make plays when the pucks around him.

[sexyllama]

Originally Posted by MrBurgundy

It's almost needed since there are more people out there that want to tear him down.

Yeah, because his 6-7 minutes of Ice Time is really what is bringing this team down. He's clocked 2:20 or so and he's the entire problem of the Pens or maybe:

Horrible power play
Horrible cute passing
Horrible "free breakaway" passes across the middle


Funny thing is... I can tell Niskanen shot from the point because it actually hits the net

[Zatch88]

Originally Posted by IcedCapp

Does Fluery playing the puck ever NOT result in sustained pressure for the opposition? They need to get that fixed..

id say about 60% of the time fleury handles the puck, the other team ends up with it.

[td_ice]

Originally Posted by Rowdy Roddy Peeper

What crap might that be? Is it DB's fault that Neal is giving the puck away, Letang can't take a pass, and Sid's wingers are lumps?

Haha.....lumnps.......Sid needs a winger-ectomy.

[eXile59]

Originally Posted by A Serious Man

The Root Sports team must have marching orders to pump up Tangradi as much as possible.

Or for once he made a nice play that even the haters should appreciate but won't.

[Pancakes]

I'm definitely not on the Eric Tangradi bandwagon obviously but even I think he should be getting a shot at the powerplay as a net front guy.

[Shrimper]

Average first period.

+ Neal looks to have his shooting boots on, good finish from him.
+ Niskanen is playing well
+ Vitale is doing fantastic

- PP looks awful again
- Passing has been a bit suspect in places, longer ones seem to be connecting better though
- Kennedy's miss. Just. wow.

[conooper]

Pretty sure neither of the defensemen paid any attention to the big dog driving the net at all...

[Jacques G]

Originally Posted by A Serious Man

The Root Sports team must have marching orders to pump up Tangradi as much as possible.

Actually, it tells me that HF Boards aren't the only ones that noticed his sub-par level of play. They are very obviously over-compensating for him doing exactly what he needs to be doing.

At the same time, I think they want to see the guy succeed as much as a lot of folks on these boards.

[Ugene Malkin]

Originally Posted by Pancakes

I'm definitely not on the Eric Tangradi bandwagon obviously but even I think he should be getting a shot at the powerplay as a net front guy.

I don't have a problem with that as long as he earns his spot. He needs to do a lot more of the *Shift* to be considered locking down any given spot.

Until he does more than one really good *SHIFT*, that's his new nickname, The Shift.

[Sideline]

Originally Posted by conooper

Pretty sure neither of the defensemen paid any attention to the big dog driving the net at all...

The can't gap up on Malkin and Neal because of the centre drive. It wasn't rocket surgery, but Tangradi definitely opened the lane.

[nhindian]

damn thought crosby had that

[Shrimper]

Can we please ban Lovejoy from the team as well?

I'm someone who has one man hate chases but Despres deserves to be playing ahead of him.

[wheelz87]

Damn nice feed from Letang

[vodeni]

Originally Posted by Rowdy Roddy Peeper

What crap might that be? Is it DB's fault that Neal is giving the puck away, Letang can't take a pass, and Sid's wingers are lumps?

power play

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

Originally Posted by td_ice

Haha.....lumnps.......Sid needs a winger-ectomy.

No. Doubt.

[Shrimper]

Our terrible PP play continues.

[nhindian]

Originally Posted by Shrimper

Our terrible PP play continues.

lol okay

[Crafton]

Originally Posted by Shrimper

Our terrible PP play continues.

there were good chances.

[Pfnf]

another sick redirect by sid

[malks7171]

im tearing my hair out for real. does anybody have a feed that isn't skipping?