NHL "Stanley Cup Qualifying" Tourney Aug 1

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NHL "Stanley Cup Qualifying" Tourney Aug 1

Post by bradshaw2ben » Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:18 pm

Featuring your Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens in a best of 5 series.

Pens are practicing hard, like they're gonna play in 3 weeks. I predict Evgeny Malkin is going to be the Conn Smythe winner.

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-round-robi ... -317365910


1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts

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Post by Orangesteel » Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:41 am

This is sweet. And to think Jake being out might have been the missing link to make this team a serious contender...COVID hits...aaaaaand he’s back. Crazy.
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Post by Pabst » Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:02 pm

Bad news: Nine Penguins players are being held out of camp due to exposure to COVID

Good news: Hornqvist and Riikola were the only regulars missing from practice. Eight missing players are: Patric Hornqvist, Anthony Angello, Adam Johnson, Philip Varone, Sam Miletic, Samuel Poulin, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Juuso Riikola. The ninth player would be one of the goalies not named Jarry or Murray.

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Post by bradshaw2ben » Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:19 am

Look at those lines without the missing players! They’re damn near perfect.
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts

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Post by fractalsteel » Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:28 pm

I watched the scrimmage today, anyone else?

The biggest surprise was Lafferty-he might have been the best player on the ice. He was all over and scored a nice goal.

The Black team had Crosby/Malkin and the rest of the top players. The gold team had the bottom 6 guys but they switched players from team to team throughout. The Black team overwhelmed the Gold team and really beat up on Murray who gave up at least 7 goals before I turned it off.
Really wasn't a contest.

Rust looked like he was drunk the first period. He just couldn't take a pass or make any space for himself. He got better later though. Sheary was a spark and had three assists.
Crosby had a sweet goal but left the last 15 minutes of the second(final) period. Supposedly it was equipment.
Malkin abused Blueger time and time again.

You aren't supposed to hit your teammates in these kind of games but JJ laid out 2 hits-dumbass.

Pens play the Flyers in an exhibition game in 11 days.

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Post by bradshaw2ben » Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:11 am

Here's the link:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/pe ... r-BB16UqO2

Watched the whole thing on replay. Fun! Lafferty had himself a day. Why is he on the fringes in favor of some of that bottom roster dead weight? Letang played like it was practice.

But the biggest takeaway is: If the playoffs started tomorrow, Jarry is in goal, without a doubt.
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts

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Post by fractalsteel » Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:50 pm

For the 64K question...Guentzel looked good. He kept to the periphery for the most part and I don't blame a player for that in this kind of game.
He had some nice shots and made a few excellent passes.

I wouldn't make goat tender choice after a game like yesterdays. Murray and the Gold team were overwhelmed for most of the morning.

It was smart to have the game early, because in the tournament you might be playing in the morning. Smart move Sully.

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Post by bradshaw2ben » Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:06 pm

Agreed that it's premature to make the goailie call... but that's based on the whole season, not just yesterday. Sure, they were overwhelmed... but Jarry seems so confident right now. Lafferty was the only one to beat him (quick shot on the breakaway that hit the post).

Things shape up well. Pens play late the first couple of games, right? So I hear.
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts

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Post by fractalsteel » Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:48 pm

If my memory serves me(March is so long ago) Jarry was coming back to earth early in March and Sully had settled on Murray after that.

I think the Pens weakness going into the playoffs is what is the goaltending going to give them.

Oh, Crosby missed practice today.

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Post by bradshaw2ben » Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:34 am

"equipment'
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts

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Post by fractalsteel » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:00 pm

bradshaw2ben wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:34 am
"equipment'
Didn't play in the scrimmage today. Must be having a hard time passing that puck.

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Post by Ice » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:46 pm

I thought I saw BSPN report "health issue" on their crawl screen yesterday.
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Post by bradshaw2ben » Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:16 am

I was just joking because they said he'd left the scrimmage with an "equipment" problem. However, they aren't allowed to comment on any injury nor health issue now because of the special rules regarding this tourney and coronavirus, so, who knows?
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts

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Post by Ice » Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:44 am

Well, damn.
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Post by Orangesteel » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:50 pm

I remember being blown away by Lafferty’s shot. He didn’t score a lot of goals but the ones that went in had that “wow” factor. He’s fast, too, and gets after the puck. Would love it see more of him.

I can’t believe we get to watch live hockey in 1 week.
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Post by Ice » Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:18 pm

And Pens vs Cryers as the preseason appetizer course...
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Post by Pabst » Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:13 pm

Crosby skated today, but didn't practice. Horny and Riikola joined the main group.

Zucker-Malkin-Rust
Guentzel-Rodrigues-Sheary
Marleau-McCann-Hornqvist
ZAR-Blueger-Tanev
Lafferty

Dumoulin-Letang
Pettersson-Marino
Johnson-Schultz
Riikola-Ruhwedel

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