Comments on: The Penguins need to bench Alexei Ponikarovsky

By: FedexSux

FedexSux — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:54:24 +0000

Poni is one thing, but Blysma’s blind dedication to Fedetenko is ridiculous. Feds sucks. Period. If he does nothing tomorrow night (since he is supposedly so great in the playoffs), he needs the Sykora treatment.
Agree 100 percent on Rupp, but Feds should be on the bench before Poni.

By: 877111

877111 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:48:57 +0000

Chemistry is everything. Last year when Kunitz came on board, even though Crosby wasn’t playing, he immediately started to gel with Jordon Staal, you can throw the whole Poni should get a chance with Malkin now that he is healthy, but Poni just hasn’t fit in anywhere no matter how hard the coaches try to match him up with a player. He has no drive. I would rather have him find desire instead of benching him, even if that desire is signing a big contract. I just haven’t seen it yet. His semi decent numbers may be the result of all his ice time on the main powerplay in Toronto.

By: Station Z

Station Z — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:47:45 +0000

There are Penz players that have earned their way playing hard all season, not counting Fedotenko, but he earned it last playoffs. We did not trade 1 starter for Poni boy and he hasn’t cut it, sit him unless he is needed because of injury. He just looks like sheet out there and the numbers don’t show otherwise. Goligoski is looking way better, I wander if it has crossed anyones minds to move him up to offense? Though he stopped 2 odd man rushes. They need Mckee in the lineup to clear the front of the net, especially with Fleury giving up these crazy rebounds. I’m not even a little bit worried yet, though ask me after next game.

By: The Mick

The Mick — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:22:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I never wanted Ponikarovsky in the first place and thought trading a promising young winger in Luca Caputi was one of the worst moves Shero has pulled off turing his tenure. People were calling for Max Talbot or Ruslan Fedotenko to sit in the first round, but I think Ponikarovsky is the most obvious choice. Besides Malkin, Talbot was arguably their best player last night and I’ve seen what Feds can do in the playoffs. And yes, sitting Mike Rupp was a mistake that shouldn’t be made again.