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Theres obviously a lot of factors at play, including mason and kimmo coming back and playing at the level they can and the 1st line playing like they did early in the season. But they do have a shot.
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cats are awesome. Also, would love the Flyers to make the playoffs this year. |
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Can't believe none of you are mentioning Florida. The Panthers are 2 points behind Boston. Could be a team that makes a big splash trade...... Kessel?
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wait, I'm just kidding. I can't root for the Flyers because if they don't win the Stanley Cup then they are just a complete failure, thanks Paul Holmgren.
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:lol Florida (seriously, though, Lastpig is kinda right...lookout)
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Wait, you mean Tampa Bay, right?
I kid. Florida has remained under-the-radar in making some really solid drafting decisions, with Aaron Ekblad being at the very top of the list. But Bjugstad, Barkov, Huberdeau, and Gudbrandson are all great young players coming up through the Florida system. Also, I may be in the minority in thinking this, but Luongo was a great acquisition. They're headed in the right direction. Still need to shed some of that veteran dead weight, but they're getting there. EDIT: Just looked at FLA's roster. Add Mitchell to the list of solid acquisitions, and Kulikov to promising young players. They're quietly assembling a really solid roster. |
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I wasn't saying they're going to make a big playoff push. But they are right there. I just really like what they have done. Ekblad is awesome
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Many of you may already be using this site, but I'm bringing it up now in case you haven't.
http://nhlnumbers.com/ A good replacement now that capgeek is gone. |
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Girlfriend got me tickets to the pens wings game next month. May just be able to get her to wear a pens shirtsey
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haha luke schenn's the best.
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Exactly what my one friend said hahahah
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also becca, I got some tissues for you to use after we take the lead in the third.
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getting ugly in pitt. ovie going to shoot a puck and hits letangs ankle, letang crashes into boards. pens not happy. haven seen replay to see of malicious.
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Yeah I'm not watching but I here it's getting a little out of control in the 3rd. Heard Ovie got away with something blatant then Letang got away with an even more blatant retaliation
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Not malicious but he should've been boxed. Crowds definitely letting him hear it.
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Sounds like a Pens/Caps game to me
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Letang couldn't skate, crashed into boards and over sold a non-injury. Kunitz cross checked ovechkin and Ovi just laughed at him. Penguins fan threw beer into caps bench almost hitting ovechkin.
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Hate having to watch the game on Root. Announcers are atrocious
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After the disappoinment of tonight, I'm just glad they are inducting Desjardins into the Flyers Hall Of Fame when I'm down there Thursday night.
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Wait a Pens fan threw a beer into the Caps bench?
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officiating really ruined this game. such a shame.
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Wish I was watching. Sounds like a fun game
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As for your immaculate Caps fans, they threw a pizza box at Joffrey Lupul after Game 7 of the '08 ECQF. |
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On going 3-on-5, Root announcer: "If someone touches you at all, you fall. You dive." Lol. Stay classy
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Love all the chirping in here tonight
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Lol. Rattled much? Crosby charged at Holtby in the 2nd. No call.
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I heard Steve Downie was in full form tonight
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Heard he threw a punch to the back of Jack Hillen's head, just another scrum in his eyes I guess
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Hillen does go down easily. No surprise there
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Holtby has been amazing against the Pens so far this year
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Scored my first big 1st place on FanDuel tonight. 1st out of 389 http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...6411aea451.jpg
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CBJ owned the flyers this year.
they're 11 points behind Boston with a game in hand, should i have any hope? next 3 are @PIT @MTL and @NYR so that will probably officially finish them off. |
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Ovie is a real piece of shit, isn't he?
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Pens can't score to save their life
Ovie acts a fool Pens get the lesser of the PP time, again just another tuesdsay night in the Metro |
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hate him as a hockey player though. |
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he's a danger to everyone on the ice most nights |
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i don't care about the loss, a 5-on-3 PP with under 5 mins left is a gift wrapped win for the Caps, i care about Ovie blatantly trying to injure it never ends with him |
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Before I jump in let me actually watch a highlight package of the game. Still haven't seen any tape of last night's events
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Alright. Some thoughts.
-Ovie's play was pretty reckless. No doubt. There's hasn't been as much of that from him this year as there has been in the past, but that didn't look good. Should've been penalized. -If the Pens don't wanna go down 3 on 5 at the end of the game, perhaps they shouldn't lose their cool quite so easily. That's a very easily rattled hockey team. Letang' slash on Marcus Johannson that made it 5 on 3 was really dumb on Letang's part. -Holtby's breakout season is finally here. Good god. -Nick Backstrom continues to be the best passer and most under appreciated player in the entire league. -Steve Downie continues to be one of my least favorite players in the league. -Can't wait till next Wednesday night. Should be another fun one. |
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i'll take a loss + standing up for your teammate any night with this team. the pens are making the playoffs and thats all that matters Ovie should be fined and given at least a game suspension IMO. he used his stick as a weapon and has a reputation/history of being dirty. all in all, i hate the NHL. it's the worst thing to happen to hockey maybe ever |
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Ovie's play was reckless, but it's not suspension worthy. The argument can be made that he was going for the puck, which was in Letang's feet. I'll agree it was a bad play, but I think calling for a suspension is a bit of a stretch
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And you're right, the boarding call was ticky tacky. But since it happened, probably the one thing you shouldn't do is commit a blatant and stupid penalty when it's a tie game with less than 5 minutes left. Can't blame the refs for Letang being stupid
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the argument cannot be made that he was going for the puck
i've been watching hockey for 20+ years and have never seen someone "go for the puck" by 2-hand, baseball swinging their stick at a guy's ankles, no matter where the puck is it's a fucking garage league, and it always will be as long as plays like Ovie's are not punished. it's kind of embarrassing. and don't get me wrong, i know Ovie isn't the only guy that does this, and i know the penguins are guilty from time to time as well, its just the most recent incident which is why im highlighting it. the NHL is a terrible product right now |
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if we wanna go there though, we can. IMO, the penguins might be one of a handful of teams that gets that boarding call against them with 5 mins left in a tie game it was a hard hit right into the chest and it basically gave the Caps the game. Sure, the Pens should kill the penalty, but in most games, the whistles get swallowed there |
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The pens get the obligatory powerplay with five minutes left in the game.
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Also, let's not pretend like the Pens didn't get a power play of their own at the end of the game. They did.
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The Caps won because they were better on special teams, and props to them for that
what i'm really mad about is there was a great 2 periods of hockey being played between division rivals, and then the 3rd period turned into a circus for a number of reasons, starting with the slash. IMO, if the refs see it, and call it, or teams are able to challenge and call for a review, the ensuing bullshit can be avoided. this all goes back to the good old canadian boys running the league who don't want it to change. its hurting the product |
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H2P, you're making a lot of good points. It does seem as if the league is almost encouraging this circus nonsense that happens basically every time two rivals play one another. It's a joke and it holds hockey back amongst the big 4 sports in this country
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also, i might add, i really miss Brooks Orpik :(
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Saw the Ovechkin replay. That's an obvious slash. :lol
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Of course it was a slash, but suspension worthy? Still think that's a stretch
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I actually turned the game off when it started going the circus route in the third period. The Pens just simply lost it. My nickel's worth is that Ovie's play was ugly whether or not he was going for the puck as he claims. There wasn't a tree in the way, so he did not need to take a two-handed swing like that.
But I also agree that the Pens are easily rattled. They were playing well that game, and Fleury was again standing on his head. And then they totally lost their cool. The best revenge would have been to win the game and put more distance between them and the Caps in the standings. But no, they had to keep trying to "make a statement" and putting themselves on the short end of a 5-3 in the process. |
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the Pens didn't need that win, the regular season is a time to work things out for the penguins. i'll take a loss coupled with a response of standing up for Letang any night Bylsma's penguins would've melted and crawled into a shell instead of standing up for themselves |
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Also, I loved what Kunitz and Perron, then Lapierre did after the incident. This game could be a catalyst for the rest of the season. The PP is so bad, that last one was really a microcosm for how it has been. Too much perimeter passing |
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and don't even get me started on the PP...Crosby needs to shoot the damn puck when he has an open look...PP should look like this: Crosby: down low/goal line Malkin: half wall/right circle Perron: net front Letang: left point/left circle Pouliot/Martin: Right point i'm tired of the tinkering, Tocchet needs to step it up |
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