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T-Bone posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EfEgYgLNXw That little shake of his head he does before saying the line. It's like the for the first time in his life he's having an epiphany.
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CBJSprague24 posted:There's a certain irony in that this series is a failed off-the-mask-of-MAF save from being tied. Dubinsky had him beaten in OT in Game 3 and MAF got back just in time to have it ring off his lid. I didn't see the game tonight due to my own beer league game but Columbus has played pretty well and maybe deserves a better fate. That said I predicted Pens in 5 so maybe I can actually get one first round series right without being red xed.
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Apr 19, 2017 03:57
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I didn't see the game tonight but I think Maatta has been pretty good this series in the games I've seen. He's Hal Gill slow but he usually makes up for it with how smart he is with the puck/his positioning.
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Apr 19, 2017 04:00
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Aye Doc posted:my observations as a dumb hockey person are that tonight it seemed like all of them except for the ever superior Justin Schultz was getting beaten to every puck and every corner and every battle by the BJ forwards and it was making it very hard for their forwards to hold the line, and a lot harder than it needed to be to get the offense moving in the other direction The Pens need to figure out these lovely first periods they're having. It obviously cost them tonight and could have easily cost them in any of the first three. Can't play comeback hockey all the time.
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RC Cola posted:I hope Crosby hits every Jackets player in the dick next game and scores three hattricks and doesn't get any penaltys Don't doxx my fantasy
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Apr 19, 2017 15:07
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DJExile posted:Yeah I don't get the pens scratching Streit. He's perfectly fine as a lower pairing guy and it's not as if Pittsburgh has a surplus of NHL-level defensemen right now. Not sure he's better than any of the guys playing. I don't get the Maatta hate up in here either. I didn't see last night's game so maybe he was a dumpster fire but overall he's been one of our steadier defenders this series. Prior to last night's game he was only on the ice for like one goal against iirc.
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Apr 19, 2017 20:55
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DJExile posted:Whatever happened with Maatta anyway? Wasn't he pretty highly touted when he came into pittsburgh a couple years ago? Did he get hurt or something and just couldn't come back from it? He's had some injuries and surgery to remove a potential cancer. I remember him being slow as hell even in his rookie year but he seems slower now even than he was back then. Still he usually makes up for it by being smart and having a good pass/gap. But yeah it's definitely noticeable when he fucks up because his lack of foot speed can doom him.
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Apr 19, 2017 21:01
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Levitate posted:Staying healthy isn't going to help his slow skating speed, he's pretty hosed in that regard. He'd probably fit better in the West or on a slower more deliberate team like the Caps. He still performs fine. It's not always pretty. But his possession numbers are fine and he doesn't do anything glaringly bad usually. The thing that concerns me more than the slow foot speed is his offensive ability seems to have completely dried up. He used to be good for 30 or so points, but now he's like a pure defensive dman who can pass. Kinda like Brian Dumoulin I guess except he can't skate 
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Apr 19, 2017 21:26
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Levitate posted:Yah I think it's more that after he was drafted and made the team as an 18 year old, everyone (well, Pens fans anyways) had visions of him continuing to improve and being this excellent blueliner for them. That's probably not going to happen...being a solid reliable guy isn't a bad thing but there's probably some unfulfilled promise there now. I mean he's still a top 4ish dman I think who is reliable defensively. It's not like he's a bum. But yeah we envisioned like a 40 point two-way guy which sadly it doesn't look like he's going to be that. At least he's not Pouliot.
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Apr 19, 2017 22:44
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Aphrodite posted:I haven't watched a single one of the games but there's no way an 11-9 count in Columbus/Pittsburgh is calling it fair. Gary can definitely do better. Should be 22-12 us like the Edmonton series.
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Apr 20, 2017 04:22
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11-9 penalty split = officiating heavily favoring the Pens?
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Apr 20, 2017 20:04
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Vincent Van Goat posted:You will find losing teams will come up any excuse to blame anyone besides themselves. Quoting it after the reverse sweep is complete and Maf is crying in the locker room over the way he is leaving the team
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Apr 20, 2017 20:15
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Maf had a 933 save percentage in round 1. What are things I didn't expect for 500 Alex.
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Apr 21, 2017 02:45
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Maybe we can trade him for something after all? But then again Mason and Bishop are both UFAs and you can get them for whatever you like so... probably not. I'd be content with Vegas just taking him and leaving us with Rust, Maatta, etc. Hopefully JR has worked out some kind of bullshit deal for that. gently caress it you can have our first. Just take him Vegas. Taaaake him.
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Apr 21, 2017 02:51
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Matt Zerella posted:Yankees fans.gif getting a real run for its money there. Yankees.gif just has so many different elements in it. It's hard to top.
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Apr 21, 2017 04:17
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iospace posted:How loud is that place in person? Very.
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Apr 21, 2017 07:11
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Koopa Kid posted:I don't buy the presumption that coaches are trying to game corsi, especially the idea that they would do so to the exclusion of trying to win games somehow. Like, what's the incentive exactly? I enjoyed Bylsma smugly saying if he wanted a better corsi he'd have his team shoot at the net from his own end own end or whatever
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Apr 21, 2017 23:47
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Aphrodite posted:Alright boys try to take fewer shots so our opponent's 5v5 corsi looks bad. Crap you figured out the Devils' strategy
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Apr 21, 2017 23:58
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Cartoon Man posted:Ovi back on ice somehow. The Caps have some of that soccer spray in the locker room
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Apr 22, 2017 01:13
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Aphrodite posted:We're now officially into drunk deviant time, for those keeping score. lol if you don't think that's all the time
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Apr 22, 2017 05:58
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Pornographic Memory posted:https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/855913399926095872 It's gonna own when the Pens light up all three
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The Golden Man posted:There's no chance on earth kris Russell doesn't have a forums account He'd probably get really upset if he did because he's a lovely fancy boy and SAS hates real hockey things like shot blocking and grit
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Apr 23, 2017 23:07
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With no Murray or Letang it'd be pretty bad if the Caps can't win this.
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Apr 24, 2017 03:40
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Xtanstic posted:Also MAF Maf with no home ice advantage either which is a frightening thought for me since he's brutal on the road. Should be an entertaining series though as always.
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Apr 24, 2017 03:53
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Chad Sexington posted:I think it's only appropriate that in "their year," the Caps may have to go through the Penguins and then the Rangers in the way to a SCF. Exorcize those demons or be eaten by them, I guess. The Penguins had to beat the Flyers/Wings and Rangers in their two most recent Cup wins so yeah that's usually how it goes. Real manly teams get through it  . ElwoodCuse posted:the NHL and this dumbass playoff format can go straight to hell. If the Penguins didn't win the Cup just last year I'd be mad af It's in irritating format but the Pens/Caps would be meeting next round anyways barring upsets so whatever.
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Apr 24, 2017 15:08
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Aphrodite posted:Nashville still has Harry Zolnierczyk who secretly filmed his roommate having sex with an underage girl and shared the video with his friends and teammates. Mike Yeo abused some teenage Penguins once with his awful powerplay schemes
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Apr 24, 2017 16:57
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xzzy posted:Nothing off the top of my head for the Capitals and Sens but I'm sure they've got some controversial skeletons in their closet too. What'd you forget Eugene Melnyk exists? Also Tom Wilson and Oshie are shitheels and so is Ovechkin sometimes. Sorry just revving up the shitposting spin machine.
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Apr 24, 2017 17:05
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Matt Zerella posted:I still laugh about Furnaceface harboring hatred of the Rangers because some fans acted poorly at a game. Hating other teams/players for petty reasons is what sports fandom is all about.
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Apr 24, 2017 17:12
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bunnyofdoom posted:Bobby Ryan is a Trump-er, and deleted his Twitter when people found out. Most NHLers are Republicans since all they care about is more taxes = bad.
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Apr 24, 2017 17:39
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Chad Sexington posted:What did Oshie do? I thought his larger thing was just being charmingly emasculated by his wife? I seem to remember him throwing some dirty hits but I can't recall specific examples so maybe I'm conflating him with Tom Wilson Aphrodite posted:The average Scandinavian guy probably doesn't think "Well racism is a fine trade-off for lower taxes" like Americans though. A good talk with Bill Guerin will set them straight
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Apr 24, 2017 17:49
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Kilza posted:I feel like the most crushing option for the Caps would be for them to easily get past the Pens and Rangers, only to lose to the Predators with Filip Forsberg scoring the Cup Winning Goal. I think the most crushing option is probably still losing to the Pens.
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Apr 24, 2017 18:32
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shyduck posted:I watched every second live of the 5OT Flyers/Pens game in 2000. Ended around 2:30am. I was 16 at the time, so the lack of sleep wasn't as big of a deal going to school that morning. Plus everyone else was tired too, so it worked out. Loved the Tug
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Lebrun is pretty decent. He should have no trouble landing somewhere.
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Hagelin practiced today. Sounds like he's getting close. It would be nice to have him for this series.
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:yassssssss this makes me happy It's basically a diamond formation and it's used to pressure the top of the pk and force them into mistakes. You see a decent amount of teams using it now because a lot of powerplays use more of an umbrella formation where one guy is up top passing to a one-timer option on his left or right. The disadvantage to it is because it's more aggressive it means a quick passing PP can make it look bad. The advantage is when done well it forces teams into rushed passes and can often take away one-timer passes from at least one part of the ice. Box formations do a better job taking away cross-ice one-timers but they lack pressure up top which can be a disaster against a good passing PP. Torts used more of a traditional passive box with his players and the disadvantage there was they gave the Pens PP all day to pass the puck around the perimeter and worst of all they gave Kessel room to skate the puck off the ice and try to penetrate the box with shots/passes. If you let Phil do that, you're in trouble. I'd say in general the trend these days is towards aggressive pks that play more of a diamond formation. Teams are all about trying to pressure the top of umbrellas hard to force turnovers. You don't see a whole lot of passive box pking any more.
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Jovial Cow posted:I forgot we lose regional coverage in the second round This is a good thing if you're a Pens fan. No more listening to Steiggy! Also I guess I'm in the minority but I like Pierre. He can be a little annoying sometimes but he's pretty knowledgeable and he clearly has a passion for it. Sharks Eat Bear posted:thanks, makes sense. i think their PK may have just been poorly executed, because I don't think they really maintained the diamond formation very well at all iirc. seemed to me like the forwards were both often in the middle of the ice, with one higher near the blue line and one more in the slot My take on it is the Pens pkers have been pretty bad all year about choosing when to pressure and when to back off, and the result is they get caught in the middle too often where they're both not covering lanes but also not sufficiently pressuring the puck carrier. When not executed properly a diamond pk is a disaster and you'd be better off with 4 cones just sitting in a box not moving. Ginette Reno fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Suspicious posted:The commentator pauses, Pierre starts explaining in excruciating details player X's favorite sandwich shop in the town he used to play junior in. This is totally my fetish
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I dunno about "better" but Letang certainly isn't any worse than Subban:
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Mind_Taker posted:Subban doesn't have the psychotic tendencies that Letang does. He needs to step it up in that part of his game before he can be compared favorably to Letang. He's good at slewfooting and trash talking, but he needs some dirty hits to round it all out. Letang's got all three. Spring Break My Heart posted:Subban is better. [citation needed]
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