There isn't a hotter team in the league right now than the Pens. Flyers need to stay calm and just execute plays. Make the Penguins work for every inch of ice.

what do you bumholes think of nova? I haven't been sober since yesterday around 3PM. Went out to the nova bars last night and got drunk as hell with my fellow novans.

There isn't a hotter team in the league right now than the Pens. Flyers need to stay calm and just execute plays. Make the Penguins work for every inch of ice.
- Pixote Andolini

you can have the points today. just want an easy game where no one gets injured.

i'll share a link when it's put up closer to gametime


give us a quick story about a cool player
- Crimsoninja

If yours sucks, I too will have one

If yours sucks, I too will have one
- Giroux_Is_God

sounds like we've got this under control

sounds like we've got this under control
- Crimsoninja

Dream team

MacDonald is still the same guy. He's good in his own end, adequate in the OZ and a nightmare in the NZ. Can be a very tentative player at times, especially in defending the transition game.

The NZ deficiencies still hurt his possession numbers, because he allows too many controlled entries and teams know to attack his side of the ice. He's also seeing favorable Zone starts and usage overall.

He's made some really good defensive plays of late, but I wonder how many of those can be traced back to a controlled entry allowed by MacDonald in the first place. It's obvious the coach trusts him more than Medvedev at this point, and there's some justification there.
- Jsaquella

To use Hak's parlance, AMac is more "reliable" than Medvedev -- I get it, even if I've always believed his positives outweighed the negatives. Though for a player known as safe, Mac sure finds a way to make a ghastly turnover or two per game.

His issue has never been coverage or d zone play, at which he is respectable; it's that, due to poor hockey sense, he spends all his time there. He is the antithesis to Hakstol's system...hence his AHL vacation. I know the stats are brutal, but even to those who don't care for them, I think the eye test backs it up. You just have to know what to look for. You're right: this isn't some brand spanking new AMac...it's the same one he's been for his entire career: an average skilled defenseman with low hockey IQ. It is the same AMac that fooled everyone, aided by questionable logic and questionable game watching, to get his 6 year deal. And history repeats itself. I do have confidence in management's assessment of the player, and that matters most. Unless Carchidi is the shadow GM.

what do you bumholes think of nova? I haven't been sober since yesterday around 3PM. Went out to the nova bars last night and got drunk as hell with my fellow novans.
- orangekrush2010

Have a shot, but they won't shoot 71% again. Play good D and keep their bigs off the boards they got it. And don't try to run with em either.

To use Hak's parlance, AMac is more "reliable" than Medvedev -- I get it, even if I've always believed his positives outweighed the negatives. Though for a player known as safe, Mac sure finds a way to make a ghastly turnover or two per game.

His issue has never been coverage or d zone play, at which he is respectable; it's that, due to poor hockey sense, he spends all his time there. He is the antithesis to Hakstol's system...hence his AHL vacation. I know the stats are brutal, but even to those who don't care for them, I think the eye test backs it up. You just have to know what to look for. You're right: this isn't some brand spanking new AMac...it's the same one he's been for his entire career: an average skilled defenseman with low hockey IQ. It is the same AMac that fooled everyone, aided by questionable logic and questionable game watching, to get his 6 year deal. And history repeats itself. I do have confidence in management's assessment of the player, and that matters most.
- Mononoke

I agree, even using the eye test, MacDonald is, at the very best, a third pair guy. He's made some ghastly turnovers, several miscues in terms of positioning and reading plays as well as the well documented NZ issues.

i'll share a link when it's put up closer to gametime


give us a quick story about a cool player
- Crimsoninja

Thanks man.

Well, kjell samulesson is tall as (frank). Waiting to meet some others. I played against some of these guys when I still worked for NHS. Much less tiring watching vs playing.

Just chatted with Larry goodenough. Gotta say, awesome guy. Kept talking about being the best can you be, have fun, be an idiot from time to time. Awesome dude.

Thanks man.

Well, kjell samulesson is tall as (frank). Waiting to meet some others. I played against some of these guys when I still worked for NHS. Much less tiring watching vs playing.

Just chatted with Larry goodenough. Gotta say, awesome guy. Kept talking about being the best can you be, have fun, be an idiot from time to time. Awesome dude.
- funmaster18

the best you can be is always goodenough

the best you can be is always goodenough
- Crimsoninja

(frank) off crims jesus christ

A travesty by clement to mention the ghost in the same breathe as letang. Letang by far in a way the better player, home risk aside

A travesty by clement to mention the ghost in the same breathe as letang. Letang by far in a way the better player, home risk aside
- bigdaddywaite

Credibility lost.

Now I'm just laughing.

the best you can be is always goodenough
- Crimsoninja

Crims it's almost game time

why are you bringing our personal lives onto the internet?
- stayinthefnnet

Crims it's almost game time
- funmaster18

I have the Penguins feed :/ better than nothing. Still want it?

Crims it's almost game time
- funmaster18

https://www.youtube.com/w...r47Gg0Hg&feature=youtu.be

I agree, even using the eye test, MacDonald is, at the very best, a third pair guy. He's made some ghastly turnovers, several miscues in terms of positioning and reading plays as well as the well documented NZ issues.
- Jsaquella

He'll forever be a victim of his contract. At 2 million per, he's a solid 3rd pair vet, but at 5 million per, he's an overpaid disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xajr47Gg0Hg&feature=youtu.be
- Crimsoninja

You're the man

I have the Penguins feed :/ better than nothing. Still want it?
- Giroux_Is_God

Errey and steady you poor man.

He'll forever be a victim of his contract. At 2 million per, he's a solid 3rd pair vet, but at 5 million per, he's an overpaid disaster.
- BiggE

And that will be the selling point when we eat half his contract. Mmmmm

A travesty by clement to mention the ghost in the same breathe as letang. Letang by far in a way the better player, home risk aside
- bigdaddywaite

Kris letang at 22 yoa in his 3rd nhl season

73 GP 3 G 24 A 27 pts


Shayne gostisbehre at 22 yoa in his 1st NHL season

59 GP 16 G 26 A 42 pts

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