I really like what I saw from pickering and brunicke. Both obviously need seasoning but their performance was encouraging

LETS GO PENS

I really like the depth of the bottom 6 for the Pens. They seem to have a solid mix across their potential 3rd and 4th lines which is very encouraging. What this season comes down to IMO is if the power play can come back from its way too long hiatus, solid contributions from Rackell, whomever is on Sid's other wing, a solid PK unit, and timely goal tending. Of course I'm not including injuries in this equation because it's the Penguins and they're like a broken mirror plus a black cat= walking under 3 ladders when it comes to injuries.

Side note: Murashov is assigned to WBS, most likely to sit behind Blomqvist. I expected him to start in Wheeling, but this is a good surprise.

Great way for Geno to enter the season high on confidence and build on it quickly as he likely gets 499 & 500 in the first handful of games.

Skenes did in fact win ROY. 🎉 I agree about Glass man. He is fast! He gets on pucks quick and that’s someone we need in the lineup. Top two lines looked fantastic, and really happy with how the power play looked too. We were moving our feet, moving the puck around quick, taking good quality shots and not forcing any. Loved the game.

Pens were a little rusty at first once the legs got going it was their game, THE BIGGEST CHANGE WAS PUCKS AT THE NET and they got some bounces. Watch Pusti get a hat trick in his next game, I will laugh so hard. Agreed Hunter OP and HB played a solid game if they continue to improve Pens D looking really solid for the next 5 or so years

MAF deserves to have his number retired. 3× Stanely Cup winner. 29 isn't number 1 in your program, but he is #1 in our hearts.

The flower. Best goaltender in penguins history. Havent had a stable netminder since they lost him in the expansion draft. He deserves the hall of fame. What a personality he has and will always be loved and admired by penguins fans. Ready for oct 9th to get here and get the regular season started. Whether they're good or bad this season, im ready for the ride

Fleury is a goalie, a personality, and a hockey soul like no other.

Sam Poulin can't play NHL hockey and was drafted 21st overall. The Pens should have drafted Connor McMichael who is on the Caps roster. Connor McMichael last season played 80 games and had 18 goals and 33 points. Connor McMichael was drafted 25th overall. Sam Poulin = Bye Felicia.

I'm with Hunter. Jack St. Ivany for the 6th spot.

It'd be interesting if EK is hurt, to see how St. Ivany handles too 4 minutes.

Puljujarvi, Puustinen, Glass, Acciari, etc. Eller, Lizotte, or Hayes. McGroarty and Beauvillier. The Pens have way to many similar players competing for the same spots. This is going to be interesting how this plays out for the roster.

Is Puusty given a chance for the team this season?

I will say I hope Marc Andre-Fleury signs a one day contract and officially retires as a Penguin. It's only fitting he retires back where it all began.

NOTE: The Penguins released the two rosters JUST before this went live but luckily, we were pretty bang on with our predictions for the lineups (outside of Hunter with Murashov).

Sid DOC Rusty Geno Bunting Raks Hayes Beauvillier Pulijarvi Lizotte Eller Acciari/Glass

I really want to see what Erik Karlsson does on the PP this year with David Quinn running it. We saw how successful Karlsson was in San Jose two years ago when Quinn was his head coach. While I don't expect a 100 point season, I do expect a really big year from EK, given the familiarity of having Quinn as his head coach and also given the fact that David Quinn does have a good track record of working with elite defenseman and developing younger ones. Remember, he also really helped Adam Fox's development with the New York Rangers.

Puljujarvi and glass are the only 2 bubble roster players who deserve a chance. I like mcgroarty but he doesnt look quite ready for nhl yet. You guys are right. Hayes, beauvillier and lizotte are going to play on nhl roster. I dont see a prospect quite ready yet. Bottom 6 should be much improved on paper. Hopefully it translates to the ice this season

In the Hockeyville game I would put RM with Sid just to expose him to a little meaningless pressure Doc 3rd line with Hayes and JP ( a big physical line with some scoring touch) I dont envy Sully at this point the bottom 6 looks so much better this year, the tough part is going to be finding out who fits where on what night

Has Mats Lindgren’s father been in Pittsburgh this preseason?

If Sulley gets his way the youngsters will be gone by the weekend, he's more than comfortable playing as many as the good ole boys that he can, he has little interest breaking in new kids.

Hey guys, Puustinen is not waivers exempt. You can expect him to be on the roster.

This show was better with just Hunter. Still solid though

Puustinen will most likely be the 13th forward. Hayes-eller-glass line does sound like it has some potential. Mcgroarty hasnt stuck out to me in the preseason. Im high on him but the kid has never played in a nhl regular season game and its a steep climb from ncaa hockey. He'll get his opportunity this season on a call up most likely

Thinking more about McG. When Jake and Rusty got called up to the big team, a few years after leaving college, they weren’t buried on the 3rd or 4th lines to get experience. They got top 9, and mostly top 6 minutes/opportunities. If he plays in the bottom 6 out of camp, that’s going to limit this player’s long-term growth. We should send him down, give him line 1 (or top 6) minutes, and task him with growing into a top 6 winger in the NHL. Just like Jake and Rusty.

I think Poulin needs a fresh start somewhere else. He's had a rough injury history and sometimes that causes you to press and squeeze the stick a little too much. Maybe they include him in a bottom six winger trade and get a little more back with prospects or draft capital.

RM, Hayes and Glass/ JP 3rd line IMO for now, the 4th line is so interesting sooooo many options the 2 little energizer bunnies running around last night looked like it would be fun to watch that all night AB, JP and Glass were my dark horses to really have a surprise impact on this team

Yeah I think McGroarty starts the season in Wilkes, and there's nothing wrong with that. He's been fine but I think top line minutes at the AHL level will benefit him. And I feel bad saying this because I was rooting for him, but I think Sam Poulin is done. He's not standing out at all and he took two bad penalties. This camp was probably his last chance and honestly he's blowing it. I'm kind of hoping he gets a fresh start elsewhere and succeeds, because I was rooting for him.

Another thing to consider with McGroarty potentially starting in WBS is, look at the opening day roster last season - Zohorna made it, how long did that last, 4 games? McGroarty might not need to wait long, if he doesn't make the NHL roster for opening night to get a call-up, if people come out of the gates poorly. Not to mention that spending games down in WBS to get acclimated, dominate and get confidence up, then coming up to the top-6 immediately worked wonders for Jake Guentzel, might do the same for Rutger.

The Sabres NHL squad (27 players) are on a plane to Europe during this game, so they will be icing a weakened Rochester Amerks squad for the rest of North American pre season.

Poulin, Puustinen, and Puljujarvi could be lost to waivers if they don't make the NHL roster out of camp.

I 100 percent agree with you guys. They waived the three year waiting period Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, they need to waive it for Jaromir Jagr as he is second behind Gretzky in all time points in NHL history and for all he has done for the game of hockey, he absolutely shouldn't have to wait three years.

The six words you love to hear: "IT'S A HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH" preseason or whatnot, the best time of the year is finally here.

The Penguins have a history of Defenseman struggling in their first year especially with Sullivan as head coach. I'm not saying that he's going to bounce back like Mathison did but if he can build his game back up to a decent level it would help bring his overall value back up to where if you wanted to move him with a draft pick or mid level prospect for another player or more draft capital.

Mc groarty is waivers exempt. He needs to sharpen his sword for a few months and then see who of the nhl men fall off or injuries occur. Then work him in. I still think people are forgetting how good doc played at the end of the season. Bunting and doc were some of the grit and and offense we complain we don't have. I sounded like bunting was left off the power play.

That power play needs drastic improvement.

I'm glad that Buffalo decided to go with their "full" NHL roster. I think it's a good test to see where the Pens young guys are in their development. Hopefully, the guys learn from it and are able to improve their selves..."I need to get stronger", "I need to work on my skating and footwork", "I need to improve my shot".

Penguins with maybe as many as 8 NHL players, none of the big names. Sabres with pretty much a full NHL roster. Who cares about the result? Some players looked bad, some disappeared and Puljujärvi is going to get a roster spot.

I love the way Puljujarvi plays. Skates hard, runs over anyone in his way, and puts the puck in the net. I thought he looked a lot faster than last season too, hopefully his injuries are behind him.

Pat looks like he just rolled out of bed 😂🤣

I actually like the 2-minute penalty for flipping the puck over the glass. If you go back to the 80s and 90s, the puck was constantly going out of play because players would just shoot the puck "high and hard" off the glass to get the puck out of their zone, and if they happened to miss the glass ... oh well. Also, this requires players in the defense zone to actually have to utilize some skill to get the puck out of their end of the ice, since there is a risk involved with just shooting it "high and hard" off the glass.

A full 30 min episode and you can’t even get the leg and himself to make a quick appearance?🤷🏻‍♂️

Jagr scored the very first goal I ever saw "as-it-happened". I was switching through channels, and stopped on this thing called "hockey". Moments later Jagr scored on a beautiful semi-breakaway and it made me a hockey fan. Later that season the Pens hoisted their first Cup.

He scored against Sparta meanwhile 😀 Czech Extra League 20/09/2024

Jagr is a great player and even better human being. Deserves every accolade he received in his career. I'll be tuned in to the game 2morrow night. Ready to see some of the youth of this team in a game situation. Dubas has down a great job this season. I thought his moves last season were good but just didnt go the way everyone thought they would. He's a very good gm. He got shafted in toronto. Im happy the pens got him. Whether the pens win a cup or not with him as gm, he's definitely trying to find the right pieces around the core

The "skate over the board" thing came about because someone was seriously cut, this past season, by a skate that was over the board, getting ready to change lines.

Also, saw a report that Filip Kral was one of the most impressive defensemen playing today. And, that Gryz was looking really good paired with Letang.

Saw a report that Joe Pavelski was in the executive box, with Kyle Dubas, today. Hopefully, they're looking to get him in a coaching role, maybe teaching the 'net front guys" how to deflect pucks as well as he did.