Lines in practice this morning:

Dupuis-Crosby-Hornqvist
Plotnikov-Malkin-Kessel
Kunitz-Bonino-Sprong
Perron-Cullen-Rust

Fehr rotating in on top 6 as well.
- cap1681

Edit: Perron 4th?

Lines in practice this morning:

Dupuis-Crosby-Hornqvist
Plotnikov-Malkin-Kessel
Kunitz-Bonino-Sprong
Perron-Cullen-Rust

Fehr rotating in on top 6 as well.
- cap1681

Yes.

Edit: I'd still Leave Kunitz on the top line. I dont think he's been the problem with that line at all.

Drouin has been the Bolts best player so far. He might only have one goal but he is getting the assists and generally looks like the player that was the highly touted prospect Tampa drafted in 2013.
- MidnightMarauder

Haven't watched him this year, had last year on my mind when he rarely scored and was on the 4th line/bench. Thought he was still falling out of favor there.

Ok, I was off my rocker on that one.

Yup. Time to buy low on him was last year. I wanted the Pens to make a move badly for him.
- Pens_Burgh

I was all for a Pouliot, Druin swap last season. Imagine if we pulled the Kessel coup and then made just one more move like that to set our LW position.

Lines in practice this morning:

Dupuis-Crosby-Hornqvist
Plotnikov-Malkin-Kessel
Kunitz-Bonino-Sprong
Perron-Cullen-Rust

Fehr rotating in on top 6 as well.
- cap1681

This is good to see ... it's definitely the move in the right direction

That won't be possible. Keeping Stamkos means losing at least one/two other quality players.
- jfkst1

I see it being Filppula, Garrison, Carle, Bishop, some combination of those guys that are going to be off the books, but they have so much talent waiting in minors that losing those guys won't cause them to miss a step.

Josh Getzoff
‏@PensJG
Some shuffling of the lines today at #Pens practice:
9-87-72
61-71-81
14-13-41
57-7-11/24

Ryan Wilson: Win Now Mode May Force A Tough Trade Decision
Win Now Mode May Force A Tough Trade Decision
- Ryan_Wilson

First you say;

"Chris Kunitz, David Perron, and Patric Hornqvist have combined for one point this year. "

Then you say;

"Patric Hornqvist is the type of player that all 30 NHL general managers would talk about wanting on their team"

Why would any NHL GM's want a player you're calling a top 6 fwd who hasn't even registered a point yet this season? I don't think anyone is clamoring for Hornquist. Yeah it's not only about 6 or 7 games but if you look at who he's playing with at times I'm going to go with his value being MUCH lower than you suspect.

Hornqvist for Liles and 2nd.


....okay okay... Hainsey.

Maybe they miss Martin more than they thought they would although he was not very good defensively. Losing Niskanen the year before did not help either.

I see it being Filppula, Garrison, Carle, Bishop, some combination of those guys that are going to be off the books, but they have so much talent waiting in minors that losing those guys won't cause them to miss a step.
- j.boyd919

I think very highly of Yzerman and the TBL as a whole. I predicted them and DAL in the finals this season and entirely agree that they are setup to be a strong team for years to come. Callahan, Filppula, Carle are the three they should want to move IMO. Garrison is a quality dman. Bishop should be moved once it is proven he can be replaced.

atleast MJ finally shuffeld the lines. lets see if he lays them that way in-game and bench scuderi. probably not but can hope

Maybe they miss Martin more than they thought they would although he was not very good defensively. Losing Niskanen the year before did not help either.
- sjfpp

Martin is missed on the back end he was great defensively.

First you say;

"Chris Kunitz, David Perron, and Patric Hornqvist have combined for one point this year. "

Then you say;

"Patric Hornqvist is the type of player that all 30 NHL general managers would talk about wanting on their team"

Why would any NHL GM's want a player you're calling a top 6 fwd who hasn't even registered a point yet this season? I don't think anyone is clamoring for Hornquist. Yeah it's not only about 6 or 7 games but if you look at who he's playing with at times I'm going to go with his value being MUCH lower than you suspect.
- Cptmjl

He's like Milan Lucic, Wayne Simmonds, etc.....not that I'm comparing them as players, but he plays a style/role (proven effectively throughout large sample size) that GMs will always want.

and the defense ain't the problem. the top 6 not working IS!

If and only if it's for a LW version of Hornqvist. Let's not forget that they got Hornqvist for the *type* of player he is, and not just the fact that he's a top 6 RW.

Id just call up Sestito and tell him to fight a lot.

First you say;

"Chris Kunitz, David Perron, and Patric Hornqvist have combined for one point this year. "

Then you say;

"Patric Hornqvist is the type of player that all 30 NHL general managers would talk about wanting on their team"

Why would any NHL GM's want a player you're calling a top 6 fwd who hasn't even registered a point yet this season? I don't think anyone is clamoring for Hornquist. Yeah it's not only about 6 or 7 games but if you look at who he's playing with at times I'm going to go with his value being MUCH lower than you suspect.
- Cptmjl

I think every NHL GM would want a 20+ goal scoring, 2 way player who is only 28 and has a favorable cap hit. 6-7 games is a slump, not an overall view of his skill set.

He's like Milan Lucic, Wayne Simmonds, etc.....not that I'm comparing them as players, but he plays a style/role (proven effectively throughout large sample size) that GMs will always want.
- YouMeAndDupuis9

Yeah I understand that but it seems like an almost selling low kind of situation.

WOW!!! So this team isn't soft enough? We are going to trade the one guy who works his tail off hits and goes to the net!!! To Funny!!!

Some shuffling of the lines today at #Pens practice:
9-87-72
61-71-81
14-13-41
57-7-11/24

now just swap plot (61) and sprong (41) then yay

He's like Milan Lucic, Wayne Simmonds, etc.....not that I'm comparing them as players, but he plays a style/role (proven effectively throughout large sample size) that GMs will always want.
- YouMeAndDupuis9

Throughout large sample size. Exactly. Not 7 games at the start of a season with like 9 new players on the roster and 3 coming back from crazy injury/surgeries/diseases.

What this team needs is some shuffling of lines....and time.

Haven't watched him this year, had last year on my mind when he rarely scored and was on the 4th line/bench. Thought he was still falling out of favor there.

Ok, I was off my rocker on that one.
- YouMeAndDupuis9

I advised a co-worker of mine to take him in the pool he was in. Kid has way too much talent to be in the doghouse for too long. So far, it looks like last year's playoff benchings really woke him up because he came into camp looking determined to supplant himself into the top six for Tampa.

I think every NHL GM would want a 20+ goal scoring, 2 way player who is only 28 and has a favorable cap hit. 6-7 games is a slump, not an overall view of his skill set.
- cap1681

Seems like a bad time to trade him.

WOW!!! So this team isn't soft enough? We are going to trade the one guy who works his tail off hits and goes to the net!!! To Funny!!!
- lloyd095

Comical, really.

I'd trade just about any other forward besides Malkin or Crosby before Horny.