# Official 07-08 Penguins Thread

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [June 23, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-penguins-thread/190715 "2007-06-23T05:01:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-penguins-thread/190715/1272 "2008-05-27T07:21:35Z")

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> [@SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold/36567/13):
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> Carry the puck in through the best defense in the league, playing the tightest trap ever?? i’d have to disagree with this one. who’s going to do it? Sid is the only one that MIGHT be able to do it once in ten trys or so but he’s getting pretty much smothered by about 3 guys everytime he gets close to the blueline.  
> if they want to see the offensive zone at all this series i think dump and chase is the only way theyre going to do it. they cant keep trying to blow through the neutral zone with pretty passes when the redwings have 14 guys stuffed between the bluelines. they arent the flyers.  
> like you said, they seem to have the dump part of it down… now they just gotta figure out the chase. with the amount of speed they have, it should be easy to get in behind the D… then they just have to figure out how to score on Osgood.

I see what your saying…but it’s not like we don’t have the players to carry it across. Malkin, Crosby, Gonchar all can carry it across. We can make better plays too…if you are “covered” then for christ sake fuckin move…it is like we stand still waiting to the person carrying the puck to carry it in or pass it. If they are going to put three guys on Crosby then there should be a wing open somewhere…he just needs to be where he can accept a pass. I agree they can work on chasing it better, but it is not like we cannot carry it over. We have the talent and ability…just no confidence. I realize you cannot carry it over everytime and there is a need to dump it where we obviously need work too. If they are going to clog up the neutral zone then when you dump it there better be someone entering the zone at full speed getting to the lose puck. Now I don’t see them doing either…we are terrible 5 on 5…I think we had like 7 shots 5 on 5…which is a joke.

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