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Mother fuck yes. Philly doesn't shit about cheesesteaks. Whitehouse Subs in Atlantic City is nearly 100 years old and famous because of one thing - their fucking cheesesteak.

Also had a badass cheesesteak in Hoboken once. It was a NY style with the bread, flank steak and provolone cheese. Perfect.

Hey, I'm fat and a cheesesteak connosuer so my opinion is very valid :lol:lol

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An explanation doesn't = an excuse for being ignorant. It just explains why he's ignorant. No one is saying it excuses him from facing repercussions or that he shouldn't feel remorse for what he said.

When you look at sports, they are inherently more insensitive and ignorant to social issues. They are manly institutions that are rooted in the bigotry of our country during the 18-1900's. That stuff has trickled through to today. Be it equating player safety when sliding into bases to "wearing dresses" like the Blue Jays manager did, equating women to weakness. Or players using the term fag as an insult, whether it's in hockey or in basketball when Rondo did it earlier this year.

That's actually how shit is, it's not an excuse, it's an explanation.

His emotions probably did get the best of him, and his natural reaction was to yell an insult, a word that's been regularly thrown around in locker rooms as an insult for decades. I'm not saying that makes it right, it's just what happened.

He's been suspended, fined, made public statements and then when out of his way to find a homosexual member of the media afterwards to apologize and tell him that's not the kind of guy he is. What else are you expecting from him?

On another note the conversation around "fag" always reminds me of this South Park episode

http://youtu.be/yskrelBCD0g

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A couple takes:

-Laughton hit was scary but nothing dirty. Just a shove and he caught an edge. Just a dangerous part of the ice.

-Good for Shaw. It doesn't matter if he knows he has to see that reporter in the next years or not. That takes being a grown up. I've been in his situation before having said stuff that I should never have in the heat of the moment and I've felt awful after. I like Shaw as a player and I hope he grows from it.

-Schenn a dirty player? Shut the fuck up Brohan, seriously. Go learn what a Gordie Howe hat trick is and then maybe the adults will let you sit at the big table.

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So you think the apology was insincere? Have you never gotten really pissed off and started yelling only to subsequently forget the exact words you used? Emotions have never gotten the best of you and brought out the worst in you? I thought the apology was sincere and to the point - hopefully he grows from what he did.

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Agreed on both counts. Hopefully he learns and matures from this.

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i'm sure it was sincere, and i know we are a society that loves 2nd chances. which is fine. i'm just saying that part of being a professional it to NOT let your emotions get the best of you to the point where you're shouting homophobic slurs

sure, i've regretted saying some things before but i can't think of a time where shortly after it happened i completely forget what i said. i don't believe he forgot what he said for one minute

and yea, i'm glad he apologized. it was the right thing to do at that point. i'm just not going to give him a free pass and brush it off as an "explanation". thats all im saying

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Equal in every way to the one on Orpik.

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Fair enough, lets move on and hope he learned his lesson.

As for meltdowns - I recall a soccer game I played in HS where we lost to a very inferior team in OT during a rainstorm. I was 18 and some reporter came up to my soaking wet and muddy ass and he asked me how I felt. I snapped and ranted every curse I could think of in a matter of 45 seconds. 10 minutes later I knew I had flown off the handle due to frustration but I had no idea exactly what I said.

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Ok so everyone agrees on Laughton, good. So if the Flyers win Game 5 how much worry will Caps fans feel?

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:thumbsup

Kings v. Sharks was fun to watch last night. always like the atmosphere in the Shark Tank for the playoffs, especially against L.A.

it's not that the Kings look terrible, but the Sharks are a terrible matchup for the Kings this year. They skate better, possess the puck better and are just cleaner all around (line changes, special teams etc)

glad i stayed up to watch the whole game though

fucking playoffs make me so tired for work :lol

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they should feel a lot if that happens because the last thing they need is to go BACK to philly

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The Sharks have looked great. Crazy thing is, aside from the goalie situation which is completely different, there really hasn't been too many major roster changes since last season. I think it just took a fundamental attitude change. You can tell DeBoer really has them believing in themselves and in the system.

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My head will be mildly concerned. My heart will go to some dark places.

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yea i agree...i also think a factor is that the Kings are closer to last year's non-playoff team than they are to the 2014 Cup team

they are a year older, a step slower, and lack the fire power the comeback from a big deficit

i thought L.A.'s first goal should've been overturned last night as well. looked like interference to me

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He'll have to do it quick. I don't think he'll be around very much longer.

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summary of last night

-no bracelets, just t shirts
-gotta say having been to a couple playoff games before in the lots and concourse before the game this did not feel like a playoff game at all. atmosphere was very blah. Ghost goal energized everyone .
-having not agreed with bringing in Neuvirth, he played great
-that 3rd pd was unreal as far as the ice tilt. Our seats are on the side of the ice the Flyers shoot at twice and I swear there was no action in our zone for more than a total of 2 minutes of the entire 3rd. if that game went 2 mins longer caps woulda tied it... and prob ended the series in OT. Flyers have a tendency to play defensive with a lead and it usually hurts them.
-Laughton hit was scary. hope hes alright
-Someone called Schenn dirty??? I thought all of his hits looked clean. he was just hitting everything in sight.
-manning layed Wilson outtttt late in the 3rd, which I got a kick out of since Wilson a shift or 2 earlier was pulling some nonsense in a scrum around the net

I was pleasantly surprised that the Flyers won.. I thought they would have no energy and the caps would put them out of their misery. Now if they are to win tomorrow night, there will be a ton of pressure on the Caps having to go back to philly for game 6.

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Agreed, some of those west coast games do not end until well after midnight on the east coast. Hell, I remember a couple of the Hawks/Ducks games in the conference finals last year going to 2 or 3 OT's and I was brewing coffee at midnight so I wouldn't doze off and miss the end which generally ended after 2am here!

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oh my god you make it sound like he has a terminal illness

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it's after 1:00 AM for me!

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Wait, your location says Pittsburgh, aren't you eastern standard time like I am?

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yea (eastern daylight technically)

but if there's a 10:30 PM start, it won't end until after 1:00 AM

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The old days I'd stay up for the games. I take the rest when I can now. I have to get my ass going and help get a 5 year old going. I have to be at my best in the am.

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Thank you for using the correct wordage here.

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:thumbsup i have no clue why, but that's one of my biggest pet peeves :lol

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Mine too. Not that I use proper English or punctuation...well ever but this one drives me nuts. My mom was talking about something at work the other day and said noon Eastern Standard Time....I said "Oh, so 1pm?" She didn't get it.

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Yeah, I know we are now in EDT but EST is still a common term: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/est

Personally I cannot stand the time changes, they take me about a week before my internal clock is not all fucked up! :lol

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I'd love to see your full list of peeves dude. :)

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They are the most useless things ever.

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Hell runs on its on time zone

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if the Pens win the Cup i'll publish the full list in here :lol

another pittsburgh sucks joke?

:: yawn ::

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Pittsburgh does suck. Could barely take care of a NHL franchise until the NHL decided give them a bone in Crosby.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_dZw1iBWL0


There's two 'T's in "Pittsburgh", boys.

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:lol you have no idea what you're talking about

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Kansas City Penguins.

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#garageleague

:: yawn ::

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^^ aren't they cute

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is this supposed to be breaking news? or somehow prove that the NHL rigged the draft lottery?

not seeing the significance here...

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pittsburg to seattle and expansion in Vegas?
ok
ok
ok

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You guys might wanna look at his play on Kunzetsov. Not saying he's a dirty player, but that play was

You already know my answer to this

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I don't give two shits one way or the other but every team in professional sports is "aggressively seeking relocation" when they've got their hand out for some public money to build a stadium with

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yes, it's called a bargaining chip

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Kansas City Penguins :lol :lol :lol

I remember that

Of course DC almost lost the Caps once upon a time too so I won't poke any more fun

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I'd call it holding your own fans hostage but tomato-tomahto

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Kansas City Penguins, Hamilton Predators, Nashville Devils, Seattle Coyotes...we've had quite a few over the last few years.

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it's just our resident Flyer fans being ignorant

nothing to see here

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Flyers fans apparently don't read the 9 year old articles they post in their entirety before they post them.

If the article was meant to prove the following bolded...

And if they intent of the bolded was a dig at the supposed lack of support from Pens fans, perhaps find an article that didn't say this...

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I was posting that story because I figured most Penguin fans in here weren't fans of the team back then

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you guys are really good at trolling lemme tell ya

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Ummmm, ok. That doesn't make any sense either.



Between this and Zilla's incoherent revisionist history ramblings about the draft in the NFL thread, it's not shaping up as a good day for Philly fans around here.

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I mean plus the fact that they let an actual helicopter crash inside their home arena just says it all.

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:lol:lol :thumbsup

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For my part, I've been a fan of the team since I was a little kid in the mid '80's and stuck with them through the Rico Fata era.

^^ :lol :lol I went to a filming session for that movie. I got to see an amusing faux-hockey game as well as JCVD himself. Alas, no chopper crash that day, though.

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:lol :lol :lol. I heard that if Zatkoff and Jarry got hurt in Games 1 and 2 that Van Damme was next on the depth chart.

:lol

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Don't forget Milan Kraft and Kris Beech!!!!!

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Why wouldn't you? Rico Fata is the man

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aka "The Golden Age."

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I still get a halfsie when I imagine what it would have been like to see Fata and Daigle play together.

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How could I forget such greatness?! That's when Craig Patrick traded Alexei Kovalev to "improve playoff positioning" or some such nonsense. :lol

But of course!

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Agree, they drive me crazy too. Half the time for about a week I feel like someone owes me a day! :lol

Be some fun hockey tonight.

Rangers and Ducks trying to even up their series while the Hawks and Wings look to stay in the hunt.

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something like this...

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb...gei2o1_400.gif

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Exactly.

Yeah, I am shutting my trap too considering it has been almost 20 years since the Whalers skipped town on us.

The few bad apples make them all look like asses but it is not completely fair to Phillie fans at all. They are not all the same morons who booed and threw snowballs at santa claus! :lol

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How many of them cheered when Michael Irving was carted off of that green concrete on a stretcher?

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Fuck it, that shitty drunken poor excuse of a Santa had it coming. Now can we stop bringing it up? Lowest of the low-hanging fruit out there.

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Pretty sure they were cheering on the ems people

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How classy. I would expect nothing less.

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Hence the laughing emoticon at the end of my post! :)

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That was fast! Nice job, Eric Fehr!

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Another 5 on 3 kill by Tampa. Detroit rang the post early but an otherwise great kill.

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Crosby on the PP! Great start Pens! Keep your foot on the gas!

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https://twitter.com/recordsandradio/...53938249633792

That's pretty fucking dirty if you ask me. Could have torn ligaments

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Boom! Sheary! I love that kid.

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MSG hasn't seen this level of disappointment since Goldberg vs Lesnar...

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Anyone know how to watch hockey on your phone (hockey on your phone?)?

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If you have a cable subscription, I think the NBCsN app streams all the games.

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I am score!! Woooo!

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Okay. I guess it doesn't matter if I download an app since I'm going to be burning through data like crazy anyways.

Looks like I'm in. Thanks!!

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:lol :lol Rangers

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How'd he miss?!?!

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Wow am I glad I am in class for this game! Haha

Knew it wasn't our year. Can't see the Rangers coming back from 3-1 again lol

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Sadly, I was at that match haha

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Fairly appaled by the lack of effort. I'm all for breaking up this team.

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To quote Stone Cold Steve Austin: "My hearing ain't too good but you got about 20,000 people calling you an asshole."

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At least the Pens look 100% capable is beating the caps

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I am with you here. It has been long over due to be honest.

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:lol that Kunitz incident was great

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100% this

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I feel like I should "get" this more than I do. BUT, I do think that people apologize for things even if there isn't a backlash. In a sense, I'm sure Shaw is sorry but I'm also pretty sure he'll use that word again.

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Pretty amazing to see how far the Penguins have come since November/December. Team was lost back then and now they've truly found their identity has as a team. Sullivan has done a great job at righting the ship


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Oh man. I'm heading into central IL which means not a great signal. Why doesn't Amtrak have wifi?!?

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And, of course, the game is blacked out on that app due to local restrictions.

I'm not even fucking kidding. My DTV bill is $200/month for just tv, no cable. Why the fuck is it a nightmare to watch this game on my phone. Utter horseshit!

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Any other suggestions on how to watch online? I tried to download Comcast Chicago but it doesn't appear to support live streaming.

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Try Reddit NHL streams sub

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HCMS did an incredible job rallying the troops. Plus he brought up the young and speedy guys from Wilkes Barre like Rust, Kunhackl and Sheary. And they've contributed. Bylsma or Johnston would not be playing those guys. (Because Craig Adams and Tanner Glass try so hard! :lol)

Credit also to Jim Rutherford. His moves have worked this year. Bringing in Bonino, Fehr and, of course, Uncle Phil in the offseason. He unloaded the disappointing Perron for Haeglin. And he unloaded fucking Rob Scuderi for Trevor Daley!

Just a great performance by the Pens organization, especially from December onward.

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Truth.
Yet we continue to play Dan Boyle and Tanner Glass
Great coaching, Elaine

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The girl in the background seems to sum up how the Rangers and their fans feel tonight:

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No, more like crying villanova girl.

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:lol That, too.

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Condolences, Tim.

The NHL will be a little less exciting without Pavel Datsyuk.

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I honestly feel bad for Rangers fans that actually spend those crazy prices to go to their playoff games.

I am also curious if I will be able to continue to watch the playoffs after we get bounced. Last few years I couldn't watch, but we also got bounced later in the playoffs. This year the expected early exit is making it seem not as bad. So maybe I can stick with it.