Mark DeRosa did an interview today where he said Team USA already punched its ticket to the next round and he was going to "get some guys on their feet." He apparently has no idea of the tiebreakers.
He went full Pierre Creamer.
You never go full Pierre Creamer.
They didn't even take the best Keller!
Because I write and talk about sports. The REAL question is why a person that doesn't follow me found it and felt the need to reply.
Why are you replying.
Do not forget about that Stuart Skinner save with 3:18 left when it was still a 4-2 game.
Tremendous.
I do not know if he is still feeling the effects of the injury. Just a bad stretch. Father time. All of the above? But it is a growing problem right now that needs to reverse itself.
Greatest defenseman in team history. One of the giants of the franchise. But it is tough to watch right now.
I am not trying to pile on. But the Penguins have allowed 28 goals in the past 10 games.
Kris Letang has been on the ice for 14 of them. Two more than any other player on the team over that stretch.
He has only played in eight of those 10 games.
100%. Any point here is big.
They struggled to even enter the zone on a 4-on-3. Just have to be better in those moments.
Same as Saturday: Way angrier about the power play failing in overtime than the shootout. Neither game should have gotten to that point.
That is the second time in three games they had a chance to win in overtime with a 4-on-3 power play and could not do it. In both cases they struggled to even get set up.
No matter what happens here in overtime that is an absolutely gigantic point.
Bryan Rust: All. Time. Great. Penguin.
They also need to Kris Letang to pull his head out of his ass. That would also help.
The Penguins have done everything they can without Crosby and Malkin. There is only so much you can do. Take away Brazeau and Girard and it makes it even harder. They need some bodies back.
And then Clifton follows it up with a horrific play of his own.
If they are going to hurt feelings and push out a big-three guy this summer it is not 87 or 71.
That fourth line is relentless.
Egor Chinakhov is impressive all over the ice, with and without the puck. He looks like a man on a mission every single shift.
At some point you have to give Brind'Amour a penalty.
Maxx Crosby's knee must look like a bag of rice krispies.
Short-term? Absolutely. Anything more than two or three years? No.
Get your ass back in the car, sir.
The first 10 minutes, yes. The second 10 minutes was all Penguins.
Career year in a rising cap environment with few good scorers. Dude is about to sleep on top of a pile of money.
Anthony Mantha might score 30 goals this season.
What a shot by Anthony Mantha. What a season he is having.
Absolute night and day difference from the first 10 minutes to the second 10 minutes.
