If we are healthy, I'd be shocked if the lines are different.

Yeah same. At least for now. If things are going downhill they might shake it up.

the experience and depth has to be atop the league. this playoffs is gonna be exciting

Sully likes his duos so I think Jake/Sid, Kap/Geno, Carter/Freddy, Teddy/Tanev will all stay together no matter what. The rest can kind of shake around as needed. What you have above I think makes the most sense, and it became obvious that Sceviour was going to be the odd man odd when Tanev came back it made sense to have that Teddy/ZAR/Tanev line come back together.

I'm not a huge fan of Zucker on the Malkin line, I think Rust could do well there, I think McCann could do well there, but unless there is a need no reason to shake up.

No taxi squad in the play-offs. Just a roster of 50 players or less. No salary cap.

Yeah thats why I have so many scratches, just didnt wanna move the last few up or down got lazy haha

Yeah I agree. I also don’t love Zucker there but I think they should give it a try for a while longer.

IMO the top line is gonna stay together but Malkins line will be the one to rearrange the bottom 3 lines if he can’t get going

Rust is better on the RW than LW. And Kap is a RW.
This is the hold up there.

The real solution to this is to put Zucker with Crosby and Jake with Geno.
Everyone knows this.
There are multiple people on here saying this over and over again. But he just refuses to do it.
Jake can play with Geno, there will be no drop in production there. We know this, he's done this already.
You hope to get more out of Zucker with Crosby.
Which he did when he first got here.

Yet Sully can't seem to figure out that it deserves a chance to see what it can do. It's not like he couldn't have done this in season. Now if they do it they have to hope for some chemistry being instant.

Agree. Sully mixes up line combos during the game more than most coaches.

What are you talking about? What “solution”? They just clinched the division? Why would they split up the line that got them there? I can assure you that Jake and Sid will not be split up.

Sully deserves coach of the year this year for guiding the Pens to the top of the toughest division in the league with the most man games lost. He has been brilliant. And due to injuries the only constant was the top line. Breaking that up is 100% not happening and makes 0 sense.

We have 4 great lines. If Malkin plays well we have as good of a shot as anyone.

Jake Geno Kap would be a defensive nightmare for the other team. Maybe some defensive liabilities, but I'm sure it would work. Like you said Sully would never do it though.

Not talking about what he is talking about I’m talking about what nonsense you’re spewing.

Sullivan is more likely to win coach of the year than he is to get fired right now. The players love Sullivan. The shakeup if they bomb out of playoffs will be players, not coaching.

You have absolutely no idea what you`re talking about. They just got rid of most of their staff last year, besides Sullivan. Sullivan then coaches this injury riddled team to the top of the toughest division in hockey. Yes, if they get blown out in the playoffs again there will be changes but I doubt it is Sullivan. Crosby loves him. Players love him. Ownership does. Everyone holds him very highly regarded. They recently gave him a multi year extension. The changes will be in player personnel if they flame out again. *IF* they flame out and Sully is clearly outcoached then yes, they obviously need to take a look at Sullivan. But literally nothing points towards that happening. There is no basis to assume that will happen right now at all. Everyone in that room is talking about how this team is tight and has the feel of 2016 and 2017. Everyone is giving credit to the coaching staff for navigating injuries and a difficult schedule. They are positioned to go to the final 4. I`ve been saying if they don`t make it to the final 4 then there will be big changes ALL YEAR. As of right now though the blame will not fall on Sullivan. He has done a tremendous job to this point this year.

You have NO IDEA what you are talking about. Ever. Literally every take you have on here is just so far out in left field I honestly don`t know how you come up with the crap sometimes. Its literally the opposite of reality most of the time. You are either a troll or you have never stepped foot in a hockey arena in your life. Maybe both.

Again, *IF* they flame out they will look at a coaching change. There is nothing to indicate that will happen. They are the best team in the East. If they lose in the first or second round then yes they will look at everything. I think it would be more likely they make player personnel changes than coaching but it could be both. It all depends on what happens in this playoffs. Said that from even before the season.

Point is...for whatever reason you are hoping the Pens falter and a **** storm ensues when nothing indicates that is going to happen. So again, you are a Caps or Flyers troll disguised as a Pens fan. I am convinced. It explains your utter lack of knowledge of the Pens and your completely false perceptions of the team.

OMG here you go trying to move the goal posts with your revisionist history of what you said.
We got from "Jack Adams candidate" to, well if they falter they might remove the coach LOL But somehow I'm the troll

You couldn't keep a position because your positions make absolutely no sense. None at all.

Hardly calling this team the "best" in the east. They are all close. There is 2-4 points separating the top 3 teams. Trots has had Sully's number the last few years because Sully has no ability to adjust, change, really anything and he refuses deal with the reality on the ice. Those aren't opinions those are facts. Hell he has to bring in assistant coaches to change the team. WTF does that tell you?
Bos has consistently had their number. Including this year in the regular season.
Caps always give them hard games. More recently having got the better of them when it counted.
To say this is the "best team" is clearly a homer view.

So spare me the "best team in the East" nonsense. They are a 50/50 shot to beat any of those teams. Some like Bos you could say their odds are probably lower.
You really don't get that after years of Sully losing, every coach around him gone, the GM gone, him chasing out good players and then losing, and resulting in the team having issues aka the Defense, the power play, his inability to get along with players, has cost this team. How many years did he waste?
His stupidity chased out Cole who was a perfectly fine defenseman so we could all have Jack Johnson. What great decision making. Clearly "they know what their doing" as you would say. Or Chasing out Kessel absolutely killing the power play for 2+ years because he could get along with the player, while driving their Star C up the wall by putting him in the middle of it. Clearly Sully is "loved" by players. You are clueless. You are detached from reality. You have this imaginary view of what the team is, devoid of reality of what has really happened the last few years. It's why multiple people on here have said he's lost the room. They don't win because of him, they win despite his presence.
It's very clear an early lose is him out the door. Period. I said that at the beginning and now your over here moving your goal post trying to agree with me calling me a "flyers troll"
You are a homer. Period. You are unable to look at the team objectively. You are unable to deal with reality. Fact is of the two guys most in charge of the team aka JR and Sully. At least JR had the ability to change, turn things around, try something new and right the ship. The team you are watching right now is mostly based on him. If there was a guy in the organization the players loved it was him. Because they knew he'd always do what ever he could to help them win. But it sure as hell is not Sully. But JR is gone now. And if they are willing to chase him out the door, you can sure as hell bet Sully is next.
Those are some facts you're just going to have to accept.

All you do is just talk and talk and talk about nonsense and make up things I never said...

The only one with no idea what he`s talking about is you. The players do love Sullivan. It is clear they have completely bought into his system.

Cole left because of $$$. Other departures were not because of Sullivan either. It was either cap or GM influenced. The PP is not Sullivan, that is Rierden, who has done a good job as of late.

As I have said all along, if they flame out this playoffs there will be changes. Duh. But what I am saying is that nothing indicates right now that their flaming out will be due to Sullivan. He has been a Jack Adams worthy coach this year and they are the best team in the East besides maybe Boston. I still like our chances over them though.

You can`t talk about fanbase. You aren`t a Pens fan...you are a troll. It is a very insignificant, misinformed minority that would want Sullivan gone right now. A small grouping of people who are uneducated about this team. Ask Hextall and Burke about Sully. Ask Sid. Ask Mario. Ask Ron Burkle. Ask any player on the team what they think of him. All glowing reviews. Especially this year with what he has had to battle through. Especially now that he has good assistants around him. Look what he has been able to do this year with what he has had available. Its extremely impressive. To think otherwise you have either unrealistic expectations or you are a troll.

You don`t speak for the Penguins. If you truly are a Pens fan and not a troll then you are a cancer. There is no room for someone who wishes injury on our players, hopes for playoff disaster and supports firing a coach who has been nothing short of great. The only thing you are even remotely close on is the fact that IF they flame out this year they will look at major changes across the board. That means personnel. That means coaching. That means E V E R Y T H I N G. We are on the edge of the end of an era. The decision after this playoffs need to be made, whether it be success or failure, of what the future holds for this team presently and in the future. I have said that ALL YEAR consistently.

yawn...... jack adams to ...... well if they lose he's probably fired.

cole didn't leave because of money. That's just laughable, he left under contract.

No...he left because of money. Pens couldn`t pay him what he got in FA.

Yes...again, I know you don`t have any actual knowledge but coaches have won the Jack Adams and been fired in the same season. Mike Sullivan deserves Jack Adams and if the get blown out by NYI then there is a chance he is gone. Again, very doubtful that happens.

And again, today, another player just came out and publicly advocated for Sullivan.

You`re a goof who literally has not been accurate about a single thing on this website. You are a parody account.

jesus you live in some sort of alternative universe. Was Sullivan benching him because of money too?
And I'm the "goof" FFS you're an embarrassment. Every time you type you just faceplant

Literally every time I open a pens thread, everyone is getting along until Pharrow comes in and starts insulting people and using ad hominem. It’s so tired. Such a pathetic low effort way to debate. Cant wait until the day this jaggoff gets banned or leaves his moms basement and stops trolling all day.

Imagine insulting and attacking with every comment you make from the drop. Everyone who disagrees is a homer, stupid, blind, etc. it can’t possibly be a difference of opinion. Is there a regular using on here that thinks more of himself than you, Pharrow?

What a miserable insufferable user. Everyone is so sick of it

He ain’t worth it, Champ. Flyers troll gunna troll

dude starts posting insults than clams other people are insulting. troll along little one

Look, homer. Everyone knows that you are wrong, homer. Afraid to address what I actually said, or can’t you read, homer?😂

yeah sure thing there.

Oh wait....Sullivan was benching players before he was traded......damn I got called out....Let me lash out

you can't make this stuff up on here.
Like I know some of you jumped on the band wagon then found the internet so you think anyone who actually watches is a "flyers" fan , but the rest of us know Sully was benching Cole and chasing him out the door in another stellar Sully move that helped tank another season.
But hey, avoid it and lash out

Couldn’t have said it better myself