Pens vs Blues:Raise the banner 10-4-17

fractalsteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:04 pm **Posts:** 2525

The season is here.
According to the geniuses at NHL.com the Birdies are a slight favorite to three-peat. That is a long way off though.

Looks like McKegg is the third line center and Rowney brings up the fourth. Three new faces on the team now.

Game is on NBCSN and the start time is 8PM so I'm hoping they have a little segment on NHL live to show the cup being brought onto the ice by Crosby and the raising of the banner.

On a side note, Eichel signed an extension. On average he is making more a season then Crosby and Malkin.

Donnie Brasco · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:55 pm **Posts:** 4077

Yea but in a couple years Eichel's deal will look like a bargain. Actually fairly decent deal for Buffalo as he might have been able to ask for $12

This roster isn't anywhere close to being what it'll be like to start the playoffs

Also no Horny tonight

Pabst · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 1488

Flipping over to the other side of the ice: The Blues are the walking wounded right now. Fabbri re-injured his knee and is done for the year. Berglund and Bouwmeester are both out for a few months. Steen has been hurt all preseason - not sure if he'll suit up.

The Blues have some nice pieces, but I don't think the overall team is that great. The top line is Sobotka-Stasny-Tarasenko. Tarasenko is a stud, but the other two are meh. The second line of Schwartz-Schenn-Jaskin looks good. I like Schenn, Schwartz is OK, and Jaskin is young & green. The bottom 6 is pretty bad - Oskar Sundqvist is projected to be the 3rd line center to start the year.

Defense is much of the same - Pietrangelo is good. Parayko is a good, young, puck-moving defenseman. Beyond that, there's nothing special.

Jake Allen and Tarasenko are going to have to carry this team (tonight, and for the rest of the year). The Pens match up really well on paper - here's hoping we start the year off right.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 7897

Can’t believe the season is here. Watching the Pens win last year was as good as it gets.

franco>madden · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:12 pm

Orangesteel wrote:

Can’t believe the season is here. Watching the Pens win last year was as good as it gets.

Sure beat the heck out of watching the way the season ended for our other two illustrious sports franchises in da Burgh. Though when it comes to hockey I'm still a definite bandwagon-jumper. BTW, dang that's a long season, stretching from now all the way to June for those guys to be grinding it out on the ice!

Hoping again for a Pens/Ducks Cup final series (just missed last year) so my son & I can go catch a live game here at the Pond . . . 8-)

Go Pens!

swissvale72 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:52 pm **Posts:** 7082

Going for the Threepeat!!

Pens score first; Blues score next two. Down 2-1 after one.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 7897

What a shot!

Puck control = puck movement = goals.

Great work by Malkin there.

Louis Lipps Service · **Joined:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:55 pm **Posts:** 1459

Some of the new guys have some fight in them. I like it.

Have a lot of chemistry issues to iron out, but to be expected.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 7897

I predict the Leafs will have no issues scoring goals this season. Christ almighty.

Louis Lipps Service · **Joined:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:55 pm **Posts:** 1459

Need some work in the defensive end...

Forwards keep getting lost.

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