As these playoffs have shown, it’s all about depth.
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That was by far one of the most entertaining games all year, DK you got some soul searching to do.
It was a fantastic game. What is wrong with you? Vancouver goalie was amazing.
Canucks NEVER do well in playoffs. Might as well change their name to VANCOUVER CANNOTS.
Eller got 73% D-zone starts as the 3C at 5v5.
Want the next 3C to score more? Allocate more O-zone and minutes to his line, on nights where L3 is outperforming L1 or L2.
Sullivan will never do this though. He only understands "top 2 lines offense, bottom 2 lines defense". His precious model.
Such rigidity. Such stupidity.
The Stars may be favored, but the "star players" of the Oilers are very hungry along with other depth players–might be a year when the Cup goes to a Canadien team.
We need a 3rd line that is just nuts,that forchecks hard..we haven't had that for yrs,all we ever get is small guys that don't hit..
I watched 2 out of 3 periods of last nights game. I left the gym I was watching it at and listened to the last period. Vancouver made that one push for maybe 5 minutes and that was about it.
I was cheering for the 'Nucks and it was a depressing outcome even though they had that push at the end. They did not just show up.
Absolutely DK, depth,depth,depth. Dubas has a lot to prove this summer. I have the Stars winning the cup. Right now I'm 10-2 in the playoffs. I admire the Stars and how that entire team plays as ONE!! Always listening DK.
NO ONE should feel need to apologize for calling out just how bad Dubas was in yr 1 . Dude shit the bed , no 2 ways about it .
Defense Wins Cups .
Why all the shade at the Canucks? They’re the ones who got to the Game 7, we can’t even get into the playoffs right now. Great points though! Depth at Center and Goalie were huge parts of why the Pens won back to back
Dk with only about 12 mil in Cap and jarry and rakell and Smith and losersson eating up our cap we can't have depth because of thoes 4
DK was praising the bottom 6 signings, and Ryan Graves last September. He can't criticize Dubas because DK thought they were mostly good moves. So does that mean the players failed, or would DK have made the same mistakes if put in that position?
I didn't stay up. I planned on watching the highlights this morning, but the first thing I saw was this thumbnail. Thx
Stop blaming Dubas for the bottom six structure that involved two defensive lines (which were actually better defensively than the previous year). Dubas has his warts but what kind of lines the Pens wanted for the bottom six was entirely dictated by Mike Sullivan. I know you refuse to blame Teflon Mike for anything, but this is a huge one he should be blamed for