In the Sens game and now in the Sabres game, Sabu seemed to be out of position more than he was in it. He also seemed to be flopping a little too much, unable to control rebounds and seemingly losing sight of the puck after the initial stop.
     All in all, I like Dany a lot AS A BACK-UP. He’s the guy who is supposed to be ready to go one game every two weeks or so, or in the event MAF is getting his a%& handed to him in a bad game. I don’t think he is a No.1 on any team in the league. Unfortunately, the Pens find themselves dealt a rotten hand again with MAF’s injury and little (make that "no") depth in the goaltending department. I guess we just have to support Sabu and hope for the best until MAF gets back. I hope that’s tommorow.
     With the power play, it is way too much passing. I was at the Sabres game and saw the Pens actually clear the puck for the Sabres by making so many passes that the guy at the point finally couldn’t control that one more pass and it slid down into the Pens zone. I saw Malkin and Goligoski, just to name a few, pass up open shots for that one last pretty pass that went nowhere.
     It’s disingenuous at this point in the season to blame this all on Gonchar’s absence (although that is a factor). Twenty-five games into the season, they should have figured something out.

Yeah, absolutely.
     I’m not saying not to look for a high percentage shot, but remember you only have 2 minutes to work with, so sometimes you might just have to let fly with some lower percentage shots in hopes of creating something around the net.
     That’s another point (and one Therrien addressed in the Trib article today): there’s usually no one around the net creating havoc or the chance of a deflection. Cookie and Fedotenko are the only ones I normally see crashing the net even a little bit (though last night I noticed Staal doing some battle there).
     Gonch isn’t coming back until March or so. They can’t afford to wait til then to address this situation.