The pens won this game with strong play in the neutral zone and Crosby and Malkin.
Disco Dan still needs to go, the defensive zone is a travesty and Malkin wasnt at center the entire last ten minutes of the game. Thats ****ing piss poor use right there. Its time for this clown to go.
I think Letang's play right now is a double-edged sword. He's playing with a lot of confidence and aggression and it's leading to a lot of production, but also causing him to commit some turnovers. All told, I want to see him keep playing the way he's playing. I'd rather see him continue to be "unleashed" even if it leads to some screw ups from time to time.
+Geno. Hopefully that'll get him going.
+Sid. Another three points, and nice play to set up Geno for the 'trick.
+Fleury. Kept the team in it during a brutal first by the boys, and played very good the rest of the way when they eventually got the lead. Two in a row for him. Hopefully his brutal play is behind him.
+Michalek. He looks like he's finally finding his game after returning from his shoulder injury. Dude's just so solid.
=Letang. I don't really want to give him a minus since he still ended up with an assist and a + rating, but he made some goofs tonight. So I'll give him an even.
-Everyone in the first period.
-PP still looks ridiculously bad.
I think Letang's play right now is a double-edged sword. He's playing with a lot of confidence and aggression and it's leading to a lot of production, but also causing him to commit some turnovers. All told, I want to see him keep playing the way he's playing. I'd rather see him continue to be "unleashed" even if it leads to some screw ups from time to time.
I agree with this, but he can't give the puck away like he did in front of MAF tonight. It's not Ryan Miller back there to clean up his mess.
The pens won this game with strong play in the neutral zone and Crosby and Malkin.
Disco Dan still needs to go, the defensive zone is a travesty and Malkin wasnt at center the entire last ten minutes of the game. Thats ****ing piss poor use right there. Its time for this clown to go.
I have no problem with malkin on wing some, but 18:18 toi is a joke. As I wrote in the gdt, when the shark finally smells blood in the water, don't cage him.
+ Geno - It makes me so happy to see him score, for whatever reason.
+ Fleury- He had some very underrated saves tonight.
+ Crosby- Great first period and glad he got on the scoreboard.
+ Goligoski- Beast. Looks like he's healthy and not reverting back to last year at this time.
+ Malkin swearing in English.
Good solid road win. The team seems to have woken up from its slumber. As long as Crosby and Malkin continue to light the lamp, we'll be fine. I still don't think we'll win a lot of games without them, like last night. But as long as they play at their best, we'll win our share. Two very encouraging outings from Fleury, too. Props to him. Hopefully, he keeps it going. I'm skeptical, but at least there's hope.
Like I said in a thread previously, for this team to win we need Malkin to be Malkin and Fleury to be Fleury. They are both getting out of their funks and that is a very good thing because we are lost without them.
