Imagine the chuckle I got this morning when I read Dave Molinari’s article today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Penguins’ powerplay. In it, Dave states “assistant coach Mike Yeo, who oversees the power play, has been subjected to frequent, and often ferocious, criticism from some segments of the Penguins’ fan base for that, and more than a few observers have suggested...
The Penguins overtime win in Florida provided the all of the answers needed to right the sinking powerplay ship that has been taking on water since December 23rd, 2008. Everybody and their mom have the answers to make the powerplay work, most of them revolve around firing Mike Yeo and letting Tony Granato coach it. Not [...]
... extra guac ." -Evgeni Malkin did not appear to enjoy being used to draw up a power-play by Mike Yeo: -Boston coach Claude Julien is the real-life embodiement of Bill Dauterive: -Marc-Andre Fleury is breaking in some new pads . -Dave Molinari lists the best players to wear roster numbers 1 through 15 in Penguins history . -Prior to last night, the Penguins had the fourth best shot differential...
... four pretty darned good teams within the past week. -We refuse to rip the power play right now. Mike Yeo has been given a bag of rocks. He can't make a birthday cake out of it. -Fleury was solid. He just was left out to dry a few too many times. And the second goal off Lovejoy's skate was just bad luck. -Lovejoy was solid in his debut at the NHL level this season. He made a few nice plays...
Penguins -Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin ( above ) are kind of key to the Penguins' power play . -Is Mike Yeo the key to the Penguins' power play troubles ? -Bob Errey's epic piece on stick management from Thursday's game: ( Kudos to EN reader Kim Griffin for the heads up. ) -Ryan Bayda scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' only goal in a 2-1 home loss to the Norfolk Admirals . John...
... was irate as he noticed a woman seated in the row behind the glass behind assistant coach Mike Yeo was knitting. Lots of offensive work by the Pens failed to pay off because Backstrom was stopping everything. During one shift, Cooker lost his edge on a bad blade and fell then broke his stick. Sid was called for slashing. On the ensuing penalty kill, Cooker got away with a trip. The Wild...
