DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
Getting ready for faceoff …
Game: Penguins vs. Minnesota Wild, preseason, 8:08 p.m., Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.
TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 the X
Online: Live box score / Multimedia / Official media notes
I’ve seen bits of 2 Penguin preseason games.
In those games the Pens looked more like the Nashville Predators than the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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That book doesn’t read!
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I hope it changes starting tonight . . . . .
Thought we did some good things on saturday.
That’s because they’re best two offensive forces have yet to skate a shift. When Brandon Sutter is your #1 center, you’ll look a whole lot like the Nashville Predators.
If by being more like the Nashville Predators you mean having guys actually go to the net, then I’m all for it.
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Encouraging.
Love the new system. Finally support in all zones. Hope Kapy makes the team.
Game will be rebroadcast at midnight ET on NHLN, if anyone cares.
I do, living outside the Pens broadcast area.
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Thanks Oshie.
Sorry for the interruption but if the Pirates win – Game 1 in Washington is Friday at 12:07. Game 2 is Saturday at 5:37. Thought you’d like to know.
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OK, back to hockey.
Dang!
I scheduled a Friday afternoon thingee so I could watch the game late!
Sounds like a thingee might need to be canceled.
And why isn’t bryant getting a look? If JB can’t catch consistently atleast Bryant can draw some interference calls down field.
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Ok back to hockey
Poor job assigning numbers. I can’t tell whether it’s Dumoulin or Harrington.
The Mild have issues with their power play ? You’re kidding.
This just in. It’s cold in Minnesota in January, also.
Great forecheck and decent shift by Kapanen but he needs to keep his feet moving when he doesn’t have the puck. He’s watching and waiting instead of finding ice.
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I think Ehrhoff and PM have another gear in them but we’ll have to wait a few weeks to see it.
I see Letang is in mid season pinching form. Nice giveaway in the offensive zone just before he took the stupid boarding call leading to the Wild goal.
Color me shocked. Oh wait. Typical LeTang. So overpaid. I really cant stand him. More turnovers behind his own net own simple breakouts than any defensman I have seen.
The guy has all the talent in the world lets hope this guys system of “activating” D doesn’t mean Letang has free reign to pinch.
I have a question. Does anyone know why Mike Lange is not on the radio side?
He usually just does 1 or 2 exhibition games to warm up. Mostly at home.
Okay sounds good. I really don’t like the person who is working with Phil Borque.
Steve Kolbe. Yeah, same here. You know it’s bad when I’m listening to Steigy by choice.
This Bortuzzo injury leaves them with no physical presence back on that blue line. Letang & Despres are the only 2 guys that will hit you at all.
Yup. And also means a LH dman will have to play on the right.
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Tanger to downie.
Two will. Letang is all they have.
You hit the nail on the head Milo, we have no real big hitters back there now.
That was the good Letang, fantastic pass to Downie there for an empty net put away.
I dedicate that Steve Downie goal to Jandy.
Awwww thanks, Milo.
If Downie plays like that all season, I’ll be happy
Kapanen getting a bit of a NHL baptism. Hope he stays a bit calmer and more decisive with the puck. Still a lot of time.
So been wondering what if they dont keep kapanen around? Maybe ebbett gets a look on geno’s wing? Ebbett-geno-HQ could be effective till BB gets back. Unless of course we do the unthinkable and break up sid’s rat pack.
Andrew Ebbett is a minor leaguer. Geno & Sid don’t need to be playing with minor leaguers. I really don’t think they have any choice but to keep Kapanen. Or, Sutter has to be moved up. They have some choices to center the 3rd line.
Long term there’s no doubt about that. But im talkin a month till BB gets back. If you move sutter up and geno to wing you won’t be utilizing geno at center, which would be a shame. But in spurts you can have ebbett with geno or maybe downie if he can play LW? It becomes a ?
Super duper gets 2 minutes for being too strong.
The Wild are still stuck with coyote ugly uniforms. Like the Devils in the bad old days.
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This is awesome!
HockeyMonster, how did Duper look last night? I didn’t get to see the game. Hubby took over the television with his car shows.
Boooo….bad hubby.
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Duper looked quick. He took 2 penalties but 1st one was a little ticky tacky by the boards. Duper was all over the puck but think he high sticked someone, but not sure. 2nd call was was BS. 2 minutes for being too strong.
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Kuni playing yet?
I saw Kunitz playing Sunday, I think. he looked fine.
Will be nice to get the big guns on the ice, and see how everyone meshes. I’m getting tired of the injury BS.
Kuni still shaking off the rust but all the vets have another couple gears in them. Especially PM, ehrhoff, and tanger.
Oh yeah…you know it. Come regular season, they will be pushing it into high gear.
Slow sports day.
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Calm before Bucs storm.
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Need 7 strong from Eddie V.
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We can do this.
Yes.
Raiders fired Dennis Allen. I wonder if they’ll pay him for the rest of the year. Pats don’t look much better than the Steelers right now.
Couple thoughts now that I’ve had some coffee:
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Nice to see plays at blue line but if it’s a 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 we’re gonna have to get the puck behind D, forecheck and do some hitting. I have no interest in seeing adams, sill n spaling pulling up or getting fancy at blue lines
I know we want to hit the dman joining rush from weak side but if it’s bottom 6 players on the ice then the dmen may or may not be top 4 caliber, so it’s uncertain that taking risk at blue line will result in positive play. Puck possession is not about options, its about high %.
make sure you let Johnston know that!!
In general i really liked what i saw early in game. That 2nd GA really deflated the team. Between that and MN’s deeper lineup waking up it just became a harder matchup.
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If we keep tilting the ice like that with our regular roster we’ll be fine.
And Greiss > Zatkoff!
Who’s a worse team, Steelers or Patriots?
That’s a tough one, Dom. They both look pretty bad right now. Their division looks as weak as ever. Ours looks tough.
I guess they’re still favorites to win their division. The Jets might be the worst in football. The bill just replaced their QB, who they spent a first rounder last year. The Dolphins are have lost some bad games.
Seems like just about every team has been up and down so far. Hard to predict right now. But, this is when things start to solidify.
Pretty sure even a bad Patriots team could beat these Steelers. Until they can beat the Jags, the Steelers to me are officially the worst team in the NFL right now. That’s what happens when you lose to the worst team in the NFL. Tag, you’re it!
Is it wednesday night yet?
Nope. Tuesday morning.
Today is like Christmas Eve!
Anybody going to the game?
Depends when we read your comment, AJS.
My preference was to have Cole rest on Sunday. But, I definitely like the idea of him & Frankie pitching 2x in the next series. I think we need that to get past Wash. We have to find a way past SF tomorrow, but if we do this will have been a brilliant gamble by Clint.
You know…I got to thinking yesterday..The WC is obviously one game winner move on. BUT, if we think about it…baseball throughout the whole season are series or sets of games…3 or 4 games. So having one game to decide this thing…is it a little cheap? Just asking.
A lot of people wanted a 3 game set. But the problem was you needed at least 1 day for tie breakers. No one wanted to play 3 in 3 days with travel at leasr once so call it 4 days for wc with a 1 2 format which is lame. So maybe 5 for wc and a day between wc and lds and bam that is antire week off for the division winners to get stale. One game gives one more team a shot and keeps teams going for the prize…the division.
Yeah, I have no problem with it. Wanta skip 1 game playin game? Win Division.
And they have 162 games to win the Division.
I do understand that is the way it is..cant do a best of 3 for the WC, but, I just think its a little “cheap”. Granted, loved the intensity of last year and the results… That was all…just a thought I had.
It is quick and painful if you lose, Tom. I’d love to see 2 of 3 WC, but they’d have to cut back elsewhere. The reg. season is so long, but they aren’t cutting into that. So, I think they’d have to shorten the league CS to go to 2 of 3 in WC. I’m sure $$ says no & that’s that
That was my thought, Jim…take a couple games from the regular season. Go back to 155 or something like that.
Personally, Tom, I would love to see the reg. season end by Labor Day. But, there’s too much money involved, for teams and players, for that to happen now.
It isnt all about where to cut back though. It is about having 6 teams sit around for a week and do nothing. Of course the nl will have sat around until friday anyway but that is a long layoff for baseball.
Raiders fire their head coach.
No shock there. Now if they could only figure out that the personel and the people choosing the pwrsonel is the real problem. 10 coaches havent been able to win with these guys. 10. Starting to think the coaches arent the problem here.
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