Tuesday, November 17, 2009
MASH unit getting the job done for the Penguins.
The Penguins are now on a two game winning streak despite having only one defenseman left in the line up who played for the Penguins in the cup finals last year. Malkin returning to the team has been a big boost for the Pens and Sidney Crosby, even though there line only came away with one point in last nights game it is amazing to watch them play together. It is clear other teams are scared of them, there was countless times last night were a defensemen would botch a routine play that landed up on Malkin or Crosby's stick because they were nervous with Crosby and Malkin bearing down on them. I hope Bylsma keeps our new first line together, Staal looks very comfortable as a second line center, and Geno is clearly the answer to our problem of having no scoring wingers. This being said in an ideal situation Crosby and Malkin would play on seperate lines and each have true scoring wingers, but in a salary capped NHL this is not going to be possible unless we sacrifice some players like Gonchar and Staal. So basically your choice is trade Staal and Gonchar for some scoring wingers or keep them and play Crosby and Malkin together. Which ever decision they make we will be a dominate team as long as Crosby and Malkin are still here.
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I'm going with Choice C: Don't do a thing. We won the Cup last year with Malkin and Crosby playing on different lines, and made it to the Cup Finals the year before. Now, I'm not saying having them play on the same line is a bad thing, because clearly it yields positive results, but to me, those two on the same line is more out of necessity due to all the injuries we have. Talbot coming back will help (although it will probably take him a few games to get back into 'game shape') and getting TK back and healthy will really improve the team. We were rolling three very solid lines like were in the beginning of the season and the results spoke for themselves, so I'm hesitant to say 'trade, trade, trade!' until we get back to full health...if possible.
ReplyDelete'If it ain't broke don't fix it.'
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PS--and I know we've been struck by the injury bug, but thank God none of the injuries are season enders...that's sort of a silver lining in this whole injury fiasco...hopefully I didn't jinx them.