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Line changes (via nhl.com)

  • February 20, 2024


https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/phillips-bumps-up-as-penguins-make-changes?utm_source=social&utm_medium=fb

Highlights: Mighty midget (Phillips) moved to line 2 with Malkin, Puustinen on 3rd line, Bison King scratched and POJ on 1st pair?

I just don’t get these moves at all …

This is the workflow Pittsburgh used…

Rakell-Crosby-Rust

O’Connor-Malkin-Phillips

Smith-Eller-Puustinen

Harkins-Carter-White

Joseph-Letang

Pettersson-Karlsson

Graves-Ruhwedel

(Puljujarvi-Ludvig)

In addition to Phillips skating with Malkin and Valtteri Puustinen slotting in up top for Puljujarvi, every defense pair got tweaked. The biggest adjustment was P.O Joseph practicing alongside Kris Letang after being a healthy scratch for two of the last three.

“I think it’s maybe an opportunity for guys to have bigger roles, different roles, play with different linemen,” Letang said. “But, we want to spark something. We want to get out of the funk that we’re in, that winning one, losing one. We want to string some together, so we’re trying to mix it up and spark something. I think that’s the message.”

“We’re all trying to win… no one in this room cares if they’re in the top six, top four, first power play, second power play, whatever it is,” Ryan Graves said. “I mean, guys care about that, for sure, but we care about winning more than we care about that.”

8 comments

  2. >We’re all trying to win… no one in this room cares if they’re in the top six, top four, first power play, second power play, whatever it is.

    Wow, really? Glad to see that level of commitment across the team…

    >I mean, guys care about that, for sure

    Oh.

  4. This team is just bad. The third and fourth liners are a combination of fourth line players basically

  5. Puljujarvi is not the problem. Ludvig is not the problem. Harkins and White bring nothing.

    I have no idea what Sullivan sees that is so different from what the rest of us see.

  7. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player do as little as Harkins while having a guaranteed spot in the lineup

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