Iron Crotch

Brian "weak wrister" Gionta.

I like Nike, but wait a minute...

It took us 12 games to figure out we should screen the goaltender when we're on the power play?

Our dump-in plays are so pointless. The Pens clear it out of their zone with ease.

I'm half watching tonight... this one is sure to be a good old fashioned beat down. It doesn't require my complete attention.

Stellar defensive work by our "top" pair.

Blind speculation, but Boston is a possible suitor for Myers. Could be showcasing him.

This. We need room for Kaleta. I actually am looking forward to seeing a 4th line of Deslauriers, McCormick, and Kaleta. None of our lines can score, but at least these guys might entertain us.

The vision and playmaking ability just aren't there. I'm in the clear minority around here with that opinion, but I see what I see.

He was one of the best alcoholic defensemen of all-time.

It's bad enough Meszaros makes mistake after mistake, but he is a low effort guy as well. A guy like Weber lacks talent but at least he plays hard every night. Meszaros can't play and halfasses it most nights.

We're the worst passing team I've ever seen.

Lurch tired himself out on the offensive rush. Was just standing there like an out of breath giraffe in the defensive zone.

Well, that ending was predictable. Our suck shows up even more with fewer guys on the ice.

Been said in plenty of other threads, but Gionta brings leadership and not much else.

We got a point. Moral victory for our boys.

That dirty little bastard punched the puck into the net.

Jhonas. Well done. Outshot 30-13 thus far. Normal night for us in that regard.

Yep. 2 goals and 10 shots on net is "rolling." ;)

Maybe we're better when CoHo doesn't see much of the ice?

Two goals is an offensive explosion for this team!

This whole "intent to blow the whistle" reasoning for calling off a goal is so ridiculous. Glad it is being changed. Oh, and at Rexall Place in Edmonton they played Fat Bottom Girls by Queen during one of the stoppages. I find that to be awesome.

Big Tyler can defend. He can skate. He can shoot. But, the passing and decision making with the puck is what I question. IIRC Big Tyler wasn't even on the top PP unit until this year. Just a difference in perspective/opinion. I'm obviously in the "trade Myers" for the right return camp. But, he is far from my least favorite player on this team. I'm giving that honor jointly to Meszaros and Hodgson. $8+ million spent on those two. Oof.

I think something like this is about as good as we can do up front in the near future: Moulson - Ennis - Stafford Hodgons - ?Grigo? - Stewart Foligno - Zemgus - Gionta Deslauriers - McCormick - Kaleta I still see a huge need for a scoring line center (preferably two). Mitchell is a journeyman and is basically a faster Flynn. Neither brings much of anything. Gionta is clearly a 3rd liner. As much as we love Gus, he is a third line center currently. Ditto Foligno, who will never be more than a 3rd liner. And, Hodgson just doesn't play with any heart and is allergic to defense. No way he can play center. Re: Myers, I think "great" isn't the right term for his play. He is above average on the defensive end for sure. But, his offensive game just isn't there. He is more of a shut down defender with his huge reach than he is a "two-way" up-and-down defender. IMHO, the problem is he just doesn't pass the puck all that well. I'm kind of surprised no one has noticed this. For our ice time leader to have zero points 10 games into the season is pretty telling. On that note, I think we're desperate for an offensive defenseman somewhere in the top-6.

Good. CoHo was terrible yesterday and has pretty much sleepwalked through the entire season thus far.