Guentzal is struggling, but I see no reason why Simon is on the top line. Hornie should be there.
- madmike71

Am I the only one who think he's looked good?

Schultz with a sick pinch. JJ plays it how he’s supposed to but let’s burn him for it
- WSCTeton17

I wouldn’t blame JJ for that at all. That pinch was 100% on Schultz.

He leaned on Girardi way past his expectation date, so I don’t know about that.
- Victoro311

Yeah but I don’t recall him having riches on defense during his time with the Rangers. His D pairs in Vancouver were always solid. People will blame Roberto for losing the 2011 cup but it was definitely injuries. 1/3 of the roster was playing injured and Samuelsson never saw the final

Even if he does play JJ, Sullivan played him all year.. at least Vigneault has a history of a solid system regardless of not having the best players in the world on his team

Am I the only one who think he's looked good?
- Rinosaur

I thought Simon has looked fine. He’s hitting everything that moves when the puck is dumped and he’s winning puck battles. He’s come off the boards a few times with the puck and he’s smart enough to use his Dmen if there’s nothing open towards the net.

Has the masters teed off cause the boys will be there in a minute if they let the isle own the neutral zone. Isles d has hardly broken a sweat

Or McCain.
- Guile

I want them to simplify. I think with McCann you get more of the same. Get pucks on net with a screen. Right now they're trying to over pass.

I can’t figure out how this is right but hey.
- Doogs

Seriously?

You can go down in butterfly and in doing so take away the entire bottom of the net

Since you're tall, your upper body, shoulders, head, etc is still covering a large portion of the top of the net

Being a butterfly style goalie is all about angles, depth and percentages and not over reacting. The bigger you are, the greater percentage of the net you have covered

Even on the Eberle goal, Murray had 95% of the net covered. Eberle was given the time and space and the perfect shot hit the 5% that was open. Murray makes that save if he's standing up, but in doing so would have left a lot more to shoot at down low

I’d say keep dumo/letang and put Pettersson with Schultz and don’t let Johnson or gudbransson touch the ice more than a few minutes for the rest of the game.
- drummer829

Whaaaaat. What’s wrong with Gudbranson? He got danced by Lee last game and he flubbed a pass but he’s not making these bad pinches like Schultz, Letang, Dumo. Dumoulin has not been good. I would be fine dropping him down anywhere. I really don’t care what the D pairs are as long as we can get a new partner for Letang

Why exactly?
- Rinosaur

He can’t finish. Liked him on the third line with Bjugstad and hornqvist. McCann back with sid and rust with Kessel and geno

Dude WTF are you talking about literally every other team would kill to have Malkin
- bulet13

Yeah dude has no clue what he’s talking about regarding Geno lol. 72 points in 68 games but nah he’s not elite.

I want them to simplify. I think with McCann you get more of the same. Get pucks on net with a screen. Right now they're trying to over pass.
- madmike71

McCain with Sid and Jake, Kessel back with Mallin and bring back the shutdown third line we had to close out the season.

Sully is out coaching himself with these tweaks

Yeah dude has no clue what he’s talking about regarding Geno lol. 72 points in 68 games but nah he’s not elite.
- j.boyd919

Not elite enough for the top 100

Am I the only one who think he's looked good?
- Rinosaur

I think so. His decision making with the puck is, uhhh, not good. His forechecking is equally as bad. Simon deserves his due. He’s getting in on the forecheck, he’s supporting the puck, and he’s going to the net which is evident by the penalty he drew

Am I the only one who think he's looked good?
- Rinosaur

I'm not saying he's looked particularly bad, but I'm not counting on him playing the kind of game they need at the moment.

I wouldn’t blame JJ for that at all. That pinch was 100% on Schultz.
- j.boyd919

Yeah I know you weren’t blaming him, was definitely aimed at the generic fan. Don’t you think we need to shake up these pairs?

Would rather have McCann there and go back to rust and kessel with malkin.
- drummer829

👍👍

Seriously?

You can go down in butterfly and in doing so take away the entire bottom of the net

Since you're tall, your upper body, shoulders, head, etc is still covering a large portion of the top of the net

Being a butterfly style goalie is all about angles, depth and percentages and not over reacting. The bigger you are, the greater percentage of the net you have covered

Even on the Eberle goal, Murray had 95% of the net covered. Eberle was given the time and space and the perfect shot hit the 5% that was open. Murray makes that save if he's standing up, but in doing so would have left a lot more to shoot at down low
- RoloTahmasee

A standup goalie would’ve done a T push and wouldn’t have gotten across in time. A butterfly goalie does a butterfly slide with an extra left skate shuffle (if needed) and likely gets their but leaves that top corner open. That’s exactly what happened except Murray didn’t react quick enough. Tons of credit to Eberle for getting the shot off so quickly. Lots of guys would’ve handled it more or would’ve just missed that corner

Seriously?

You can go down in butterfly and in doing so take away the entire bottom of the net

Since you're tall, your upper body, shoulders, head, etc is still covering a large portion of the top of the net

Being a butterfly style goalie is all about angles, depth and percentages and not over reacting. The bigger you are, the greater percentage of the net you have covered

Even on the Eberle goal, Murray had 95% of the net covered. Eberle was given the time and space and the perfect shot hit the 5% that was open. Murray makes that save if he's standing up, but in doing so would have left a lot more to shoot at down low
- RoloTahmasee

Cool. I disagree but cool.

The grass is always greener. You watch, if the Pens get swept this board will be crying for the Pens to move Geno, Kessel, Murray and Maatta.

You almost wish they would do that so we can see how bad they'd be be after. Crying that we don't have a sniper, or true #2 center let alone one of the best Centers in the world as our #2.

Ignore these fools.
- Rinosaur

You are welcome to any of the trash on the flyers roster in exchange to help prove your point

Yeah I know you weren’t blaming him, was definitely aimed at the generic fan. Don’t you think we need to shake up these pairs?
- WSCTeton17

I just don’t know what to do to accomplish anything good. As much as I (frank)ing hate the Johnson Schultz pairing, Dumoulin is also having a bad series. Sucks for Gudbranson who’s been good but I definitely think Pettersson has earned ice time at Schultz’s expense and at least see if that can get Schultz going even though they’ve never played together. No chemistry is better than bad chemistry

McCain with Sid and Jake, Kessel back with Mallin and bring back the shutdown third line we had to close out the season.

Sully is out coaching himself with these tweaks
- Guile

I’m down for this. There’s literally no reason why we should’ve broken up that third line to begin this series in the first place. I think Boyd and Guile are right on the money: Sullivan did it thinking that all 3 lines would be more defensive and harder to play against and it just hasn’t worked at all.

Someone else said it: we have completely gotten away from what made us successful through most of March. We’re not creating foot races, we don’t have good gaps, we’re not reading and reacting. It’s sad to see. We’re still in this and frick do I hope changes are afoot. Once again, shout out to Simon for playing a really solid period

You are welcome to any of the trash on the flyers roster in exchange to help prove your point
- bulet13

LOL

Yeah I know you weren’t blaming him, was definitely aimed at the generic fan. Don’t you think we need to shake up these pairs?
- WSCTeton17

I dunno. I feel like you’re just gonna shuffle around bottom pairing D if you’re gonna do that. I’d rather change the lines first. I didn’t think the Pens looked terrible. I thought it was a pretty even period and the Pens were getting to the net better than last game.

I said this before, but the lines as a whole are irrelevant IMO. The Pens are playing a system that feeds right into the hands of the Isles. They started out the right way, gave up one goal and regressed.

I dunno. I feel like you’re just gonna shuffle around bottom pairing D if you’re gonna do that. I’d rather change the lines first. I didn’t think the Pens looked terrible. I thought it was a pretty even period and the Pens were getting to the net better than last game.
- j.boyd919

The period wasn’t a disaster in a vacuum but it wasn’t nearly good enough given the situation we’re in. Makes me feel like we don’t have it in us to come out flying and dominate, cus if that first period wasn’t the time to come out with your best, then when is?