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no suspension for Subban

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He still had his chances and I think 8 shots but mostly contained and without Hamonic so it was surprising how well the D played. IT really sounds like his knee is not good and we won't see him anytime soon.

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Shit is gonna go down. Cameron said as much, which was stupid but ya know.

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:lol ahhhh it's truly playoff season now

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Now if anything happens to PK, that is vicious, will end up being a suspension. You keep your mouth shut then it's probably a fine or something but you don't say "we're gonna injure the guy."

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:thumbsup seconded. The other day Madden called Crosby the Peyton Manning of the NHL. With the Pen's post 2009 playoff record it's hard to argue.

With the Manning comment said, the Pens are definitely guilty of misusing the players they have had (Bylsma should've been canned for playing Iggy at LW after '13) and not assembling better people around the core four.

You mentioned the Hawks last night... line of Towes Hossa & Keith >>>>>> Crosby Horqvist and Daniel effffing Winnick.

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Daniel Winnik on the top line :lol this fucking team

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Ready for tonight. Wings are good enough to win it, when they play like it. Wings don't have a Winnik on the top line, so there's that.

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Have a feeling the Hawks are gonna look a bit like the Pens over the next two years due to the huge chunk of cap taken by Kane & Toews.

Pens were also doing well until they got decimated by injuries....and any time you don't have your best defenseman you can't really expect to win.

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:lol FML

it doesn't stop there. Pens are missing 4 of their top 5 D-men technically

Letang
Maata
Ehrhoff
Pouliot

although the top 3 listed above are the real killers, Pouliot not so much

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Are you suggesting Q shouldn't have pulled Crawford? Because he absolutely made the right call there.

I don't think he should have one, either.

Hawks blew it up, yes, but 2011 was freakin' rough. Top line most of the year featured Tomas Kopecky. Second line was Patrick Kane and whoever you could plug in there with him. Bowman tried his best with some plug and play 1 year rentals on veterans too. Anyone remember Andrew Brunette with the Hawks? Holy shit that was brutal.

But anyway, it's certainly possible to build a perennial winner in today's age. Hawks have proven that, you just need to build the right way. Having a starting combo of one of the best all around players in the league, one of the best defensemen in the league, and arguably the most skilled player in the league certainly doesn't hurt.

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i was suprised they gave subban the gate for that last night.

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:lol :lol :lol

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Biggest heartbreak of my life when I noticed that Game Center doesn't broadcast any of the playoff games. I wept.

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yeah me too.
maybe a 4-5, but that's it

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If Abdelkaer doesn't play:

Helm-Datsyuk-Zetterberg
Nyquist-Sheahan-Tatar
Weiss-Andersson-Jurco
Miller-Glendening-Ferraro

If he does:
Helm-Datsyuk-Tatar
Nyquist-Zetterberg-Abdelkaer
Weiss/Andersson -Sheahan-Jurco
Miller-Glendening-Ferraro

That is totally good enough to win and I see them losing the series. Drives me nuts. Just play like you are capable. Hell, play like you played the Lightning when I was there about 3 weeks ago. Wasn't even close.

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you're the only one that responds to me in this thread bud.

<3

well actually tim responded me once to let me know that i was wrong about something.

i think the wings will give them a tough time.
these high powered offenses don't always translate well come playoff time.

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Huh? Did you read my post? Yes I agree that it's a fine move to send a message. That Q laid the blame on Crawford for some of the goals that went in (in postgame) without once mentioning Rozy's fuckup is hilarious.


Seriously. That was a dive if I've ever seen one. PK Subban is good at hockey and awesome to watch. Of course when players who "play the right way" do dirty stuff in the playoffs, folks seem to have a pretty short memory. But Subban gives a soft slash and everyone cries for a suspension.

I think it would be disingenuous to say that the Pens haven't really done that. They are always contending and you would definitely have to say they have been a bit unlucky with all of the injuries to Sidney & Letang over the years.

Very difficult to build a perennial contender without being absolutely dreadful for a few years in order to get a couple franchise anchors.

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I keep looking on the schedule and can't find when the Flyers play their first game. Any help?

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I had heard it last night and then read just now from James Mirtle's article "the NHL rulebook requires a major and a game misconduct in the case of a slash causing an injury, the call was a tough one but it was by the book."

Didn't know that.
Stone was in and out of the locker room a couple of times after that. I don't think he was faking it. You don't take the (potential) rookie of the year off the ice a few times if he's faking it.

Subban choked up on the damn stick and swung baseball style at an exposed area. It ain't gonna tickle.

Edit: Ottawa Senators @Senators:
"Injury update: #Sens Mark Stone has suffered a microfracture of his right wrist & his availability for the series is unknown at this time."

Totally faking it. Mind games with the Habs is all.

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I thought the Subban thing was bad but double minor worthy and not necessarily major worthy. Maybe major. But I had read that rule last night too, about the injury making it a major. I think that rule needs tweaking....

But he was definitely being malicious. The major to me would be enough. No suspension.

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Have you ever been slashed on the wrists? That shit fucking hurts. You can break your leg THROUGH shin pads on a slash. That was no dive.

Still shouldn't have been a suspension, though.

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What a fucking diver. Suspend Stone instead.

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big fan of your small establishment, and also your blue jackets

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Lol welp I retract what I said. Didn't look like he swung too hard to me but yeah I was wrong.

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next year.
going to at least the ECF.

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Agreed. Would be as big a waste as when the 90's Atlanta Braves managed one World Series with that incredible rotation and a four-team playoff system.

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You'd be surprised how bad that shit fucking hurts even swinging at 20%

I'd rather line up to block a Brent Seabrook slap shot than get slashed.

I think. Maybe. It's a tough choice.

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i have never seen my team with a professional hockey or football championship.

i don't want to hear people whine about only winning one stanley cup.

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I'd love to see a football and baseball one. I think the Tigers (even at 8-1) might be past their window of winning it all. Lions, I ain't holding my breath but this town would go nuts. I've seen 4 Cups and technically 3 NBA championships but only watched 1 of them.

Hockey is still the best championship by far.