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Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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I predict the Preds will win tonight but the Pens will win the Cup in 7 glorious games

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Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
All we need is Rinne laying out Kessel in the crease and it will be perfect

Oh, and half of Nashville burning down after the Peds lose Game 7, that too

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Brian "Big Hit" Dumoulin

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Kunitz doesn't play much differently without a stick though so it's good

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Ew, Zolniercyzk is still getting an NHL paycheck?

Didn't he play for the Penguins for like 5 days?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Apparently making contact with a guy who is carrying the puck is a penalty now?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Oh I see, that was a loving dirty play by Hornqvist not moving out of Ellis's way there, good call

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
If I had last change I would definitely wait until Hainsey/Maatta take the ice to spend my PP1 out

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Abner Assington posted:

Chris Kunitz is a certifiable loving moron.

This is very false, Kunitz is a very clever dude

Just can't skate anymore

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
It's very disappointing that Rinne stopped sucking

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

What do you do with a hockey player when his legs go out? The horse treatment?

You could say Kunitz is the glue that holds this team together.
Next year, he literally will be the glue that holds this team together.

I think in Pittsburgh it's known as the Craig Adams treatment

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Well, Jake failing to score on a big rebound had to happen sometime

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Good ol' Olé Maatta

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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That is one of the most loving retarded challenges I have ever seen

What the gently caress are you doing Sully?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
If there's 5 minutes left in the game I understand that challenge, but it very obviously was not interference and it's loving stupid to waste your timeout in the first period on a no-hoper

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Sullivan seems to believe that if the Pens fall behind 2-0 they're cooked

Which is somewhat worrisome

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Oh Sid :swoon:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I kinda wish the Pens' PP wouldn't spend so much time along the side boards

Taking a penalty near the end of a period is the worst though, it means the other team can use its PP1 the entire power play

Which is especially bad in the Penguins' case since their PP1 scores like 97% of their power play goals

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Captain Internet posted:

It amazing how much the NHL stands to benefit from the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Club win the Stanley Cup for the second time in a row. I mean how bad would it be to have a first time champion in a potential hotbed in the south by leveraging its unique environment from other sports. It would be POISON for Bettman with Nashville wins. It definitely keeps him awake at night....because of his uncomfortable greed boner because holy loving poo poo

No no no, the proper argument to make is that NBC controls the NHL, and thus the refs, and, if the TV schedule is any indication, the only two teams whose existence NBC is even aware of are the Penguins and Blackhawks.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Actually the best explanation for the refs being biased in the Penguins' favor is that Bettman does indeed want Nashville to win, but lolbettman

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
If the Pens win then they get to engrave HONK HONK HONK on the Cup, right?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
drat, I thought that was Jultz and was excited there, then he turned slightly and I saw it was 14 not 4 and was like, welp

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
How in the hell do you give up a breakaway to a guy who skates like he's underwater though??

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I'm glad they're having fun chanting, but I'm pretty sure Murray knows drat well that it is not his fault

As does anyone else who has functional eyes and a blood alcohol level below .45

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Penalty's on Hainsey so no big deal

Nice sell by Parenteau

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Captain Internet posted:

Hahaha, loving local sports channels are better than NBC. How the gently caress you not show the penalty?

NBC never shows anything that makes the Penguins look bad, if they can help it

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I think I actually prefer the Pens being on the PK with Hainsey in the box to even strength with Hainsey on the ice

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Oh... oh, I see.

It's to be one of those games.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Hip Now and Wow! posted:

Rinne channeling Glen Healy for a minute there

Too soon.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Near-perfect replica of the 2008 Finals so far, except with the Penguins as the Red Wings rather than the Penguins

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
The trouble with defensemen as bad as Pittsburgh's is that you can turtle on a lead and still generate scoring chances against them

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

DeepDickPizza posted:

Every goal in this game has been hilariously weird.

Nothing weird about that last one, blown defensive assignment + sweet pass = breakaway

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I still feel good about the Penguins winning the Cup, except for the nagging worry that if the Preds score 5 tonight MAF may start Thursday

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Worst case scenario: Murray starts Game 5 but gets chased, MAF gets a 47 save shutout in Game 6 and then makes 49 saves in a 1-0 Game 7 loss, followed by the Penguins deciding to keep him and trade Murray away ahead of the expansion draft

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Waltzing Along posted:

Really hope the Preds get a potential closeout game at home in game 6. This crowd is too much fun.

If the Preds have to win the Cup then I at least hope it's in 6 games for this reason

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I remember the good old days, when the Penguins won the Stanley Cup with Scuderi, Orpik and Hal Gill among their defensemen

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Ginette Reno posted:

Call me crazy but I think the Pens might still win this game. They've been pretty good.

This game's pretty exactly what we all worried about coming into this series though: Pens are pretty good, get some chances, but the defensemen are just too drat weak to hold up.

And it looks like Sully is prepared to go down playing Hainsey and Maatta near 20 minutes each to the bitter end, which I may never quite understand

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Hip Now and Wow! posted:

I wish they would get rid of the trapezoid and let goalies actually play the puck more.

I wish they would just let goalies go anywhere they want but make them fair game if they leave the crease

It bugs me the way they're allowed to just chill out behind the net basically sticking their tongues out at opposing forwards and saying "neener neener"

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Good news is the Pens can expect probably two power plays in the third period

Well.. I think that's good news

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Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Sharks Eat Bear posted:

i would like to see crosby play 10 mins in the 3rd plz

As a defenseman while Hainsey sits on his rear end? I can get behind this plan actually.

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