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Good Soldier Svejk posted:We can all agree playing MAF vs. the Flames was a passive "gently caress-you" for not trading for him, yeah? Maf is actually playing pretty well lately and the Pens have a lot of games in March so probably more just resting Murray. I'm a little worried that Maf playing halfway decent will tempt them to yank Murray the minute he has a bad playoff game, though. They nearly cost themselves the Cup last year with that stupidity.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Baseball is the absolute worst for "unwritten rules" bullshit and this has been the case for decades. Meanwhile in hockey you have opposing coaches and parents threatening 6-year-old Sidney Crosby because he's "too good". From my experiences playing and coaching youth hockey I can confirm that video someone posted earlier of parents fighting in the stands and screaming is pretty much spot on for hockey parents. People are fuckin nuts.
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Mar 14, 2017 21:05
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Kilza posted:Well, it should be Laine if he outproduces Matthews, given the trend of "give the Calder to the rookie with the most points (more GP as a tiebreaker)". Like right now I'd say Laine wins the Calder with the 5 point edge, if Matthews gets within 1-2 points he probably wins because With how injured our forwards are he could immediately play  .College FAs have been good for the Pens so I'm happy about this.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:36
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aejix posted:But without them, we'd never have been blessed with this: I'm sure other sports are like this too but yeah hockey parents are ridiculous. The worst though is when you get those youth hockey coaches that teach their teams to play dirty. I hope there's less of that now but that poo poo was common as gently caress when I was growing up and is the type of behavior that inevitably inflames the parents too.
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Mar 15, 2017 00:54
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DJExile posted:Barring some tomfoolery, Columbus should get home ice and a pretty favorable opponent for round 1 so I'd be surprised if they didn't finally break through this year. What exactly is favorable about playing Pittsburgh or Washington?
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Mar 15, 2017 15:05
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DJExile posted:Oh goddamnit I'm still thinking of the old system They could theoretically play Toronto. Also if they get home ice and play the Pens they'd probably win that series anyways.
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Mar 15, 2017 15:17
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The Pens were pretty bad last night. Also apparently Hainsey might be injured now too. We'll probably have guys from Wheeling playing by the time the playoffs start.
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Malkin left the morning skate early for hopefully not injury related reasons and apparently Ron Hainsey is hurt now too given this was the d at line rushes: Dumoulin-Schultz Pouliot-Cole Streit-Ruhwedel Got like 10 defensemen on this team and it's still not enough
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Mar 17, 2017 16:00
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DJExile posted:how do all the pens keep dying It's karma for the ridiculous luck we get with acquiring good players. On the plus side Hornqvist said he is symptom free and is a game time decision. I hope Malkin is just sick or something.
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Mar 17, 2017 16:07
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Malkin won't play tonight because of an upper body injury and they'll know more in 24 hours. lol.
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Pungry posted:I would like to live in this reality. Yeah I'd be okay with that
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Hating on Burrows as a ref seems pretty okay to me
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Vincent Van Goat posted:I'm pretty sure most people thought it was garbage from the get-go I liked the thought of it at first because having rivalries build from repeated playoff series seemed like a good idea but the divisions are so stupidly unbalanced this year that it's just dumb that whoever finishes fourth in the Metro gets basically a free pass to the ECF. I mean it's actually worse to finish first than fourth, how dumb is that?
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Mar 18, 2017 19:37
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Look Around You posted:Speaking of tity defensemen, what are the pens even going to do with pouliot? He was a major contributing factor on 3 of the goals against last night, and he's just such a defensive liability with seemingly no upside. I mean he's only getting played because we have I think 4 regular defensemen hurt, but you have to figure there's another D down in WBS that can play over him. He stinks, but they should probably hold onto him as long as possible and hope for the best. It's not like he has any trade value.
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That's my local team. Their coach sometimes plays in the A league here in the summer. I don't go to their games really but I did hear from a teammate about this. The SPHL is a pretty physical league with lots of fights. Ginette Reno fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Mar 19, 2017 |
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SCG is a pretty awesome line that will probably get hurt in the playoffs because of Columbus and/or Washington taking runs but oh well
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Stretch Marx posted:Well he said the Penguins were going to win the Cup and then Trump got elected. Are you willing to make that gamble? The Pens won the cup twice under Obama so don't pin this on us  . I am curious to see who won't go to the White House because of Trump. I'm guessing most guys will go though. NHLers are Republicans in general because their limited grasp of politics comes down to taxes = bad.
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Mar 20, 2017 02:21
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I hope the season comes down to a tie between Columbus and Washington and they get to the flip a coin procedure and Washington loses the toss and has to play the Pens in the first round. God drat would that be glorious
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Mar 20, 2017 15:48
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Only until Washington sweeps your gimped up team. We could have the Wheeling Nailers in there and the Caps would find a way to blow it
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Mar 20, 2017 15:51
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Mind_Taker posted:It's going to own when like the loving Senators make it to the Finals after all of this talk about the Metro dominance. Yeah people are making fun of the Atlantic a little too much. You know one of those teams is gonna go on a bullshit run now and then get swept by the Hawks.
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Mar 20, 2017 15:59
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You're only losing one player. It'd be pretty hard to get set back substantially by the expansion draft unless you lose a Matt Murray or someone like that.
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The Golden Man posted:Matthew Tkachuk owns gently caress yeah
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Drew Doughty is a fucker though so it's okay
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The Leafs are cool and good right now but it's still hard to disabuse me of past distaste for Tie Domi and Darcy Tucker that gives me a lingering resentment for the Leafs e: I guess in hockey terms that makes me like that grandpa that still hates Japanese people because of WW2 even though they're nice now
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Mar 21, 2017 15:26
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Looks like Corrado might play tonight for the Pens. Interested to see how he pans out. He did alright possession wise the last time he got a chance, albeit with pretty high o zone starts. Can't suck worse than Pouliot anyways.
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Mar 21, 2017 16:38
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A Typical Goon posted:I love Bettmans NHL where a team with 33 wins and 38 losses is now considered 'good' I get irritated when I see a team that is like 30-30-10 say they're a 500 team. No, you lost 40 times motha fucka. OT may be a gimmick but it's part of the game now. Deal with it.
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Mar 21, 2017 16:41
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Kilza posted:McDavid was insane during the first period last night and could've easily had 5 points from that period alone. He also went around Norris Trophy Winner Drew Doughty like it was nothing: He's like as gimmick as early career Ovechkin for me. He does the same thing every time and you know it's coming but you just can't stop him because his speed is so insane. If he works on his shot like Sid did and becomes a better goalscorer the sky is the limit.
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Levitate posted:tbh since he relies so much on his speed I'm worried that a significant injury or just aging a bit down the road is going to really hurt his ability and production, BUT that's also just me being contrary His hands are pretty ridiculous too. He'll be fine. Plus even if he lost a step he'd just be blindingly fast instead of holy gently caress fast.
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Mar 21, 2017 23:27
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Cartoon Man posted:The Penguins are going to win the Stanley Cup.
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xzzy posted:Do Crosby's forearms look like Popeye's? Yeah he's got beastly upper and lower body strength. Bear in mind he's like 5 11 and plays at 200 pounds. Carver posted:I never really see that many players help control/defend the puck with their free arm like Crosby, I guess it's harder than it looks? Jagr is/was famously good at it. It's hard to do it and maintain control of the puck and have the presence of mind to know where your teammates are on the ice but for someone like Jagr I guess not so much.
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DJExile posted:at this point I'd like to think they can at least gently caress up someone else's playoff hopes but i'm not even sure that's possible The way things are going for the Pens healthwise I fully expect the Flyers to take out at least one of our players this week when they play e: Just please don't make it Matt Murray this time. Or uh Sid. Leave him alone too. Ginette Reno fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Mar 22, 2017 |
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He apologized to the beard next faceoff which is weird because that nut shut looks pretty intentional.
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Aphrodite posted:I don't think coffee but everyone says that McDonalds is surprisingly the best you can get in a drive-thru. Yeah they have pretty good coffee. Dunkin Donuts does too but only about half of those even have a drive-thru.
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I'd be okay with the Jackets winning if they didn't have Dubinsky but because they do I'm afraid I can't quite deal with that just yet
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ElwoodCuse posted:gently caress Dubinsky why aren't yinz rooting for Brooks Orpik and that Russian fellow I don't particularly like Orpik. Ovechkin is fine. If he wins, good for him.
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DJExile posted:As far as other leagues go, is the KHL basically considered the next best league in terms of quality/competition/money after the NHL? Yeah. It's definitely better than the AHL, but is quite a bit worse than the NHL. I miss Kovalchuk though. I hope he comes back at the end of his deal there.
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Mar 23, 2017 15:15
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DJExile posted:Rasmus Ristolainen gets 3 games I wonder how many Guentzel got
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The Little Kielbasa posted:Why aren't the Pens intentionally throwing games to fall to fourth. Too late for that, the Rangers have been on it for weeks.
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That play happens a million times a game. Crosby happened to get him in just the right spot.
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LumpyGumby posted:What really sucks is that I'll be back there next year, attempting to try and cheer us on as we fellate the other team, and I'll be jerking off my money right into Kroenke's eyes, because apparently I'm a masochist she I hate myself and all I stand for. Worst team in decades and it seems everyone is fine about it. Welcome to the club. Crosby can axe murder fingers and get away with it. It owns.
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