Penguins/NHL
Sunday’s Penguins Buzz
Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight and here are the Pittsburgh Penguins on the cusp of back-to-back Stanley Cups.
Putting themselves in great position to hoist a fifth Stanley Cup in franchise history, if the Penguins finish the job tonight or in Game 7, what can’t be understated is that the window remains wide open for more Cups.
This group is not going away and in position to potentially add this summer.
The Penguins have not backed themselves into a corner with the cap like the Chicago Blackhawks have for instance and the emergence of difference makers like a Jake Guentzel on a rookie deal for two more seasons are things that have fallen into the Penguins lap.
Among others like the cap friendly Bryan Rust deal for another season and Matt Murray’s new contract for next season at $3.75 million per is tremendous value for a 23 year old ascending Stanley Cup winning goaltender who could be a two-time Stanley Cup winner after tonight and still technically a rookie.
And the expansion draft is coming at the perfect time and could make the Penguins even more dangerous where they are all but certain to free up significant cap space based on scenarios they have in play with Vegas.
87’s to Lose?
Who is the Conn Smythe Trophy favorite entering tonight?
It’s Sidney Crosby’s to lose.
Many voters put great stock as they should in how a player performs in the Stanley Cup Final and Crosby’s performance in Game 5, the biggest game of the year to that point is going to have a ton of weight.
Crosby has 7 points in the Stanley Cup Final entering tonight and is second in the NHL playoffs with 27 points, Evgeni Malkin is first with 28 points.
Crosby’s 200 ft game trumps Malkin’s and how Crosby has rose to the occasion in certain games gives him an edge.
Obviously Game 5 he was special but there’s been many other key moments as the playoffs have progressed.
One that stands out is being down 2-1 to the Ottawa Senators, Crosby was great in Game 4 with a goal, assist as the Penguins tied the series.
Malkin goes out tonight and has a hat trick or scores the OT winner, then I think he could certainly get it but as of right now it sure looks like Crosby’s to lose.
MORE EXPANSION DRAFT SPOKE
NHL clubs have until Monday at 5:00 p.m. to officially ask players to waive their no move clauses for the purposes of being exposed in the expansion draft.
The Penguins have already gone through the process [hide] of officially asking Fleury to waive his no move clause to being exposed, but beyond a verbal from Fleury and his camp a while ago, the paperwork hasn’t been ‘officially’ signed by Fleury to be exposed yet, per a source. A verbal from Marc Andre Fleury is as strong as pen to paper. That will happen this week and Matt Murray will be protected.
The official deadline for that is Friday June 16th. NHL clubs must turn in their expansion draft rosters on the 17th and the league will announce each clubs protected list on the 18th.
Win or lose tonight, it’s going to be a busy week for the Penguins brass.
And on Fleury, as expected, there is a ton of smoke.
The latest chatter is the potential of Fleury being a “flipped candidate” by Vegas as reported by Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet this weekend.
A lot of things are in the air.[/hide]
OK I think I can now say we won the Hornqvist for Neal trade 🙂
Letang has some balls coming out in uniform.
He’s been lightly skating on his own. He had a frickin neck issue! He can skate with his teammates jackass and not take a punishing forecheck that could do more damage. I can’t continue to read these uneducated posts without saying something.
Hainsey has more appearances, goals, assist and cups than Ovechkin
Hey stain guess who won conn Smythe
Ya but he deserved this one
Yeah but the box score shows malkin more points for malkin. I don’t know what stain thinks about this
Think I told you what I thought earlier. Who cares. I give two shitts about the conn smythe. But I’m a penguin fan. Unlike you who is a sid fanboy
Why are you so upset, this team won again ffs. Enjoy it you idiot. You really are a fuckawful fan. Even yoda disappeared to enjoy this. Do the rest of us a favour and just wear your Habs jersey next year… fucksakes you’re a loser
Why jeww bettman gets booed lol
More deserving this year than last
Tear it down, yogurt
So yoda, do they blow it up tomorrow or are you good till after the draft?
Now they can blow up your one hit wonder hbk line. Trade them all 3
Lmmfao… 2 cups with those guys on the roster. Enjoy this win sammich you moron
Wooooooooooooo
Fix is in right yoda you fucken idiot
There is your subban the 10m dollar man ZeroFOOL
Yup… two wins away from a cup after being rescued from that joke of a franchise because his old GM is retarded like you
It’s safe to say pens can get rid of that one hit wonder hbk line next year. Hey zeroTOOL was i right that HBK line was just a flavor of the month last year
If they call this no goal it is 100% fixed
Npl suckss
Wow what a way to score the final goal for pens horny Vs his former team
You blow #itup
Btw, if the pens score, the preds will end the game on the PP with the goalie pulled for a 2 man advantage. #sopredictable
Such a shame. Game 6 of the finals and they try to fix it. This is brutal
You suck wlener
Cullen best player for the pens so far tonight
While worst penguin For tonight is chubby
Since 1993, Phil Kessel has won more Stanley Cups than Montreal
You’re so bad at this. And it’s not even funny
Fuckk you Scum Sully for putting Murray in
You are awesome
Pens will get a PP only if the preds score. #WWE
You suck penls
2 men short. Hahaha! #FIXEDFOR7
You suck c0ck
So fixed right… you’re so stupid
Lol! 7 interference no calls this period alone and they call that on maatta. #fixedfor7
You suck dlck
Shania Twain is loaded lol
Hey yoda, you still haven’t directly answered the question cunthole
Pens should have 5 pp by now. #fixitfor7
Please fuckoff
Hahaha, big brother called and has the Preds getting fucked like Ben Ghazi
Typical NHL. Pens catch a break with a quick whistle. Now the preds can commit as many penalties as they like because the refs feel guilty and then call a cheeseball on sheary. #garageleague #followthescript
You suck
The pens will get zero power plays tonight….maybe one. #fixitforgame7, #nhlisafraud, #wwe
Why am I not surprised if it’s not Cole it’s malkin. If it’s not malkin it’s Cole. 2 dummies
Solid Conn Smythe picks, Sam
Shea Weber hasn’t taken a penalty in months.
ROFL
wow good call but dive was Olympic worth
game time well some day
“Yeeeeeee haw! Goddammmn! I didn’t know they play sports on ice skates and it can’t get any more perfect than Luke Bryan opening the night with his kick a$s country tunes boy is he good Willard! ! I got to get me some of them season tickets!” #hillybillyfans, #countrymusicblows, #nonhlindixieland
I bet their fans are smart enough to not want to tear apart a team a week before two back to back stanley cup runs.
Or want their best player To get traded
Good point sam. I wasn’t going to being up you shittting all over Malkin because he was drafted a year before you started following the team
Sam sucks. Go Pens!
I’m on board with both of those
LETS
GO
PENS
Obviously the Conn Smythe is Crosby’s to lose. The Canadian media has to try to give the impression that hockey is still Canada’s game. Sid could have 0 pts the entire playoffs and the Canadian voters would create some mythical intangible to justify naming him the winner over more deserving non-canadian players, just like they do with Toews.
Canadian teams don’t win and now it’s 2 American coaches so Canada has to create something to try to make their country look competent.
They could honestly give the conn Smythe to Ian Cole for all I care. Just win that chalice. One more game baby. Lock it down.
Agreed. Plus these long playoff runs are doing a fair share of damage to me both physically and financially. I’ll gladly substitute both every year, especially the latter, for a cup every year, but winning in 6 is better than 7.
Yeah pens going to the final this year it’s because of the coach. More like because of fleury. Without fleury this team would’ve been golfing since jackets series. And if u want to tank a coach that wants block shot and supporting the D with the center that’s JM system. Next year when JM is gone will see how good sully will be seen. Sully and Schultz in 2 different interviews said JM is a big factor having around Schultz said JM really made me a better player and sully said i rely HEAVILY on JM decisions. Once again a… Read more »
The pens didn’t win yet moron
Sam and Yoda, act like you are happy tonight when the Pens win.
No way Sam will be happy with 3 cups since his Habs won jack shitt
Truth. They won’t win one anytime soon.
http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/46ee2f65-20af-4fc5-80c8-43ac00175937/f9124dc6-9977-44dd-8b38-23f819cddd7b.gif
Sam at a French bukakke
LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
you guys do realize that the there will be no takers on the saint….not even the golden showers. he’ll be backing up in pgh again next year and yoda will live
I knew you wanted him to pee on you after coitus you little perv. This surprises no one.
Another none hockey related comment. Good job keep up the good work donut boy. You and that fat slob Npl have done an excellent job chasing original members away from this site
#NoneHockeyRelated
What was hockey related about your response, virgin?
The last hockey related thing he said was Ladd Hudler was in Florida. It’s hard to blame the little virgin for steering away from hockey talk.
Fine with me the guy has 2 cups so far
Just further evidence of your complete lack of understanding for anything hockey related. It’s 99.99% impossible for Fleury to be the backup in Pittsburgh next year. Every team is required to expose a goaltender in the expansion draft, so if Fleury remains on the roster Murray will be exposed an will be selected by LV instantly. So even if by the slightest of possibilities that Fleury is on the roster in 2018 it will be as the starter not as the backup.
#fuckfacefraudatitsfinest
if st.bleury waives his ntc, he can be exposed in the draft and murray protected. then, the golden showers will pass on the saint and nobody will want to take the saint in a trade so he will remain a penguin.
#clueless
#fraud
#hypocrite
Fleury will traded not gone for nothing to vegas
You truly are an idiot Yoda.
Dumbest fucken idiot online period
Expansion draft spoke.
Pens having trouble winning in nashville.stain,npl, tbj and mstartari keep your Tv’s shut for tonight
What a French tool. Virgin.
Shut my TV? Unlike you, I don’t keep mine in the fridge.
How exactly do you shut a TV? Just curios because I don’t think I’ve ever shut a TV in my life.
I was thinking Maatta for the Conn Smythe. He’s been dynamic in all of these series being extended.
Ron Hainsey for Conn Smythe after all he has more Stanley Cup final goals than Ovie
But I thought malkin is a better player than Crosby. According to box score experts like stain or.Tool
I thought he was supposed to be back in Russia since 2010? What happened Mr. Virgin Bandwagon Man?
There’s a better chance Malkin wins the conn Smythe than there is sam touching a vagina this decade.
Wrap it up