It's a MUST WIN game for the Penguins tonight!

It's a HUGE game day on Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins will play host to the New York Islanders. Hunter first touches on the practice lines from Wednesday and why Alex Nylander should continue getting a run in the lineup to see what he has. It certainly beats trotting out Jeff Carter every game even though all he does is take faceoffs. Where should Nylander slot in? Is he good enough to be in the top six? Hunter ponders those questions before he shouts out Mike Sullivan for changing up the defensive pairings...at least a little bit. He likes seeing Dumoulin off the top pair and predicts whether he will work with Jeff Petry. He also likes what he's seen from Pettersson and Letang before he gets a bit more nervous thinking about Kulikov and Rutta. Are both of them weak links on defense? Should the third pair be Joseph-Ruhwedel? Hunter analyzes that before previewing the game against the Islanders. How can the Penguins finally beat this team? What do they need to improve on? How have the Islanders changed their identity in recent weeks? Hunter answers all of those questions before ending the show with some news about PPG Paints Arena and a fascinating comment from Brian Burke on Mikael Granlund.

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