Game 7
What might have Penguin fans nervous tonight?
It’s the fact that the Senators have a goaltender who is having one of those series where he’s playing well above his ability, has been lights out in four of six games, and it’s an Ottawa team playing with house money.
Sound familiar?
That was kind of the Pittsburgh Penguins last series vs Washington where they rode goaltending and opportunistic goal scoring to get by a Washington team that had no excuses not to get past the Penguins.
It would be something that the Penguins make elite goaltenders Sergei Bobrovsky and Braden Holtby look like AHL goaltenders in Round 1 and 2, then bow out in the Eastern Conference Final to Craig Anderson.
Still, the Penguins have a right to be confident tonight.
They’ve found ways to dictate the terms, style of play the last three games and have found a group of four lines that the Senators are struggling to matchup with.
The interesting dynamic is how the Penguins alter the lines with Patric Hornqvist planning to try to give it a go tonight, though, he will be a game time decision and the Penguins won’t know for sure till after warmups.
Hornqvist has an upper body injury that has hindered him to handle the puck well and to keep this guy out of the lineup for five games during playoff time, he is obviously pretty injured.
If Hornqvist can play, do the coaches go right back to Guentzel – Crosby – Hornqvist, even though Hornqvist is not close to be fully healthy?
It’s not an easy decision.
The coaches have felt the addition of Chris Kunitz to the left wing on the top line has had a positive impact in making things tough on Erik Karlsson when he’s going back to retrieve pucks. To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Think positive until this is over. Take it easy with the negative waves. Let’s go pens!
Drop dead, you’d have been crying for days on the tying goal if it was MAF you fucken cuntt
The good news is with it being sudden death Murray won’t be able to kill the momentum by giving up a goal :20 after the Pens score.
I do find it amazing that he was beat twice on the tying goal… yoda?
Don’t temp him CoachD I could see him finding a way.
New thread. I haven’t read it yet. Assuming it deals with calling out Fleury.
I’m picking Sid for the OT winner. Who do you guys choose?
Sheary
Sheary from Maatta and Hainsey… piss off everyone on both sides
Murray getting beat by another misplay with his glove.
Or Malkin if he can score before the Sen get a shot at Murray’s glove.
Malkin
Pens will win if they score the next goal #YodaPrediction
Fuckk you GayFatBlackDemocratt go get your hot dog cart for #BlackksCockksMatter movement Sid is doing the little things as Scum Sully holds him back
https://media.giphy.com/media/5xtDarxOHIVfDcAoiqI/giphy.gif
Lol
Anyone else now wondering If Fleury Would have been the better option
I don’t think there was a bad option either way he went but if they end up losing there will definitely be questions about the decision.
Murray has survived the first 20 seconds after the goal
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That’s the power play we need. Dion being Dion.
Wow, has to wait till the second blatant one in 30 seconds before they’d make the call
Sid playing?
Wonder what Sid does for a living?
Sid has gone from “doing the little things” to being replaced with his line mates on an O-zone start by Cullen because he can’t wing a faceoff. Impressive.
Hey sammich, heard you buried a dog alive as a sacrifice to the hockey gods to let the Habs play in place of Ottawa if They win?
Ugh fuck these refs man
Yes it’s a call but after the phantom one earlier?
Would like to see Guentzel with Sid and Sheary. With Sheary getting it going wouldnt mind trying to rekindle that lines magic.
The Pens are playing well. Just got to stay the course. They will get a pp as well. Gotta cash in. Believe Boys!
Pk*
I still believe we will get a power play
Sam turned off his tv early tonight.
Or did he…
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Love it! Missed this one.
If he had a good glove side, Murray would be elite!
Bad goal. Right in front of me. Murray the momentum killer.
Just like that Murray lets them right back in…
We wont talk about that
I couldn’t even send a few texts enjoying that goal
Conor Sheary sucks, he’s too small and blah, blah, blah… or maybe he was in a slump
Welcome back Sheary and Kunitz’s hands
Hagelin must mean hands of stone in Swedish… love his speed but man… guy needs a formal invite to the back of the goal
Welcome back Sheary
Looked real good on that shift
Looked real solid this period
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Sam’s here…
I missed this one, back from the grave hahaha
Brought it back for good luck
Whoa, Cherry going off the deep end here… sammich is gonna have a field day. What a moron, he calls out Kessel for being loose but excuses Burns for his pregame antics… senility lol
Fake Canadian wanna be American why don’t you watch your hockey on NBC
Cbc, not pqbc you fucken retard. They hate you too, fake ass pens fan wannabe Canadian. The Habs are golfing why do you still care?
Best part of this reaction? Cherry has traditionally shit all over your province and its players for being soft pussies… reconcile sammich you dumb fucken cuntt
Beer #5 already
I agree. Nothing better than a playoff hockey game called by Hall of Fame Broadcaster Doc Emrick.
NBC has been highly critical of the officiating. Justifiably so, but more so than usual. Hoping they has some influence to prevent the ratings killing Sens from advancing?
Noticed that too. They actually went off on that penalty. Usually they try to stay neutral.
That slash call tho? Daley got the Bill Cosby treatment behind the net about 3 mins in but that slash call tho? Fucken cuntt bitches. I hope every ref in this game has a wife at home currently being fuckked deep in her ass by a far more honest man
Is it just me or has Murray already whiffed 3x with his glove on 5 total shots? Can’t deny the kids track record but that glove hand scares the crap out of me every time someone shoots.
He should use Fleurys glove.
Crosby’s series has been very Scott Wilson-like. A number of high quality chances, cant finish.
He has hops so far though… that’s a good sign. If they can figure out how to exit
He has been more noticeable in the early going. Hope he can finish a few off.
Fuckk you GayFatBlackDemocratt go get your hot dog cart for #BlackksCockksMatter movement Sid is doing the little things as Scum Sully holds him back
Lol. Last you checked, right?
Good stuff gentlemen lol
I’m like legit pissed I missed the “last I checked” throw in
This is so well done I had to scroll the name back in the pic to make sure it wasn’t actually sammich lol
that’s the live stream if you are on your PC
sports-night.eu/100.html
See you in three hours
squeeeeeze….I love you guys. Go Pens!
ok guys…bring it in tight…..group hug coming
Schultz in. Hornqvist out. Sheary in for Archibald.
Here’s hoping it lights a fire under his ass
DId anyone hear about the speculation that was on Montreal Sports 91.9 this morning from Michel Langevin and that Letang may be forced to retire? Big news if true, but I don’t know how reliable it is.
Anywhere online?
not entirely hard to believe considering how often something is wrong with him.
Coming from Montreal, i doubt its true.
Yes that is a possibility but not confirmed yet from letang yet
LMAO… are you telling me this is the only shot you could find of Hornqvist?
https://www.google.ca/search?q=patric+hornqvist&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6rZmL3IvUAhVhlVQKHc-0A9sQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=834#tbm=isch&q=patric+hornqvist+Penguins
I think the image is still downloading on D’s computer.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Well Done lol
Too funny. Is D a one man operation??? How the hell does he make a living
Schultz usually takes the option not to skate on game days. This isn’t surprising to me.
It’s a little surprising considering he hasn’t played in a few games, and I assumed he’d want to get an optional skate in considering that, but eh – I guess we just wait and see.
I hear ya. I would just assume he’s going by his normal pregame routine. Who knows though.
If it were strictly performance related, it’d be Kunitz coming out. He shuts down whatever line he’s on. Glued to Malkin or Crosby for the majority of the playoffs yet has fewer assists than Pekka Rinne. At least Hagelin is strong on the PK and looked pretty good the last few games. Can’t say the same for Kunitz.
You are one clown. Kunitz creates a lot of space for Crosby and malkin. But I guess you only judge your players through box score
I judge players based on many factors, one of which is scoring. That part is not debatable, he’s as bad as any forward in that regard. Kunitz defenders always point to the space he creates, the amazing forecheck, the punishing hits, all of those things have not been there for a couple years. His skating is bad enough now that he’s never in a position to do so. If Kunitz creates so much space, how come his line always produces worse with him than without him? Crosby with Kunitz GF60 of 2.15, Crosby without Kunitz GF60 of 3.57, Malkin with… Read more »
Yeah because #43 is any better or #59. Lately he needs a soccer net to score. The way he misses the net
Where did I say to put in Sheary? And at least Guentzel has been in position for opportunities, just haven’t gone in for him. Face it, you really have nothing to support Kunitz when there is a lot of evidence that he has no business in the top 6. He’s fine on the 4th line playing 8-10 minutes a game, I won’t dispute that. Cullen actually produces better with Kunitz than without so that’s probably a good spot for him. Move Rust up or hope Hornqvist comes back, those are far better options.
It’s easier to get a job at CERN than make sense of Sams posts.
I think it’s easy to make sense of Sam posts. When i read them, i just see “I don’t know wtf i’m talking about” on a continuous loop.
Coming from a guy that wanted Crosby traded
You’re too dumb to even understand what was going on, samthespazz.
seabs just took your a$$ to school boy!!! How does it feel to add another name to list of motherfuckers that can kick your a$$?
Coming from the guy that wants… Malkin, Murray, and Kessel traded… last I checked
This is great!
Man, I’m glad they didn’t sit Kunitz
Anyone else find it cute that sammich adopted the box score commentary as his own… sammich? Do you and the other guys your associated with finish each others sentences now too? Or is it more a physical swap spit and move on with a “brand new bag” of attempted insults?
Schultz and Hornqvist will not play tonight.
beerman