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Fleury, Bennett in for Penguins
The Eastern Conference Finals is now a best of three and it won’t just be goaltender where the Penguins will make a change tonight in Game 5.
Marc Andre Fleury will make his first start between the pipes since March 31st. Fleury stopped all seven shots in relief Friday night but all indications are the decision to turn to Fleury was more about the body of work from Murray over the last four to five games than the coaches believing Fleury had any impact on the Penguins nearly coming back in Game 4.
Still, the pressure was mounting on Mike Sullivan from many in the organization to turn to Fleury tonight even before Game 5.
The series is now Fleury’s and despite Murray having an .899 save percentage over his last five starts, this is still great drama with Fleury 1-7 over his last eight playoff starts.
I think this goes with Fleury being great tonight to put the Penguins up 3-2 and a game away from the Stanley Cup or he becomes the problem in goal. No in-between.
The Fleury decision isn’t the surprise of the day. All indications since Saturday have been that he would be the guy in goal.
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Samtheman57 minutes 39 seconds ago
“Malkin ain’t I sully’s plans they were going to trade his asss this yes with Marios selling the team it put things on hold”
What the Fuck is this?
He’s only one of them. The worst, but just one. The other still wants zatkoff in net and there’s a third who didn’t think the pens would make the playoffs. It’s incredible.
I’ve never seen more morons in one place in my life.
Not even at one of your fleury pj parties?
Lateng moins quatre
Instant buzz
Npl choked on a hot dog?
Hotdog water
First up: Depaoli story or fleury win?
Enjoy watching Malkin Tuesday. Could be his last game as a pen.
Malkin ain’t I sully’s plans they were going to trade his asss this yes with Marios selling the team it put things on hold
Lol French Canadians
Which Mario?
even though he won’t start, i enjoyed murray too. the pens are going to trade him this off season. murray is a marketing nightmare for them. it’s all about fleury in this town. he is their son. the pittsburgh philosophy is it’s better to lose with fleury than win with any other goalie.
They tried vokoun no?
also, how many more years do we have to watch bleury and his merry band of 2009 buddies suck in the playoffs? i am honestly sick of seeing fleury, crosby, malkin, and letang all show up and play like a bunch of fat cat A holes. they’ve all sucked in the playoffs.
There’s my boy. BLOW IT UP!!!!
this loss was not on st.bleury. it is on the pens coaching staff. although murray’s numbers of late haven’t been stellar, he still was playing fine and he wasn’t doing anything stupid to lose his job. there was absolutely no reason to make a goalie change. it was a really stupid move. they essentially relied on a guy who hasn’t played in months to be a hero when the other guy was doing fine. what was the logic? they pi$$ed away game 5 so their son could be a hero. you can’t pi$$ away games in the playoffs! this is… Read more »
Sullivan can still make good.
I will win game 6. Here you go. Play Murray. Take Letang off the pp. dress seven D and play the balls off Malkin and Crosby.
they won’t have the balls to go to murray because then they are admitting they made a huge mistake in game 5.
Also the triplets are heating up.
Yoda called this night. Sid was awful tonight as well.
…and I’m not happy about it. This sucks
Wtf was bennett doing on the overtime goal that fraud
Am i saying this right: Letang moins quatre?
Go to bed slob you have a long shift tomorrow at the KFC
st.bleury now 0-8 in playoff OT since the cup win.
the pens don’t have the balls to go back to murray now. they’d rather lose with bleury than for another goalie to take them to the finals. i hope you guys are happy. you are getting exactly what you requested.
.840 % tonight. worst by a pens goalie this post season. way to go sullivan!
@William DePaoli, can you please find out who made sullivan start fleury tonight? you can tell he didn’t want to do it. who is the puppet master? is it mario or moreheist or the old geezer gm?
Letang moins quatre!
moins quatre
Also, Tampa fans were rejoicing at the news bleury was going in tonight. They said it punched their ticket to the finals. Everyone knows except pens fans and pens management. He is their son. So weird. I never saw love for a player in any sport who is still loved so much after so many disappointing moments.
I live in Tampa bub. They were scared of Fleury, most likely because they didnt realize he was French Canadian. Either way, stop making shlt up.
not true. go read the comments on NHL’s page. they said fleury folds in the playoffs like a beach lawn chair. so predicatable.
Well, its on the internet so… You know youre full of shlt. Just move on.
Letang was a -4. A MINUS FOUR.
btw, I called the 1st shot on bleury going in. Omg it’s so predictable…and so annoying.
You score three goals in today’s nhl you should win.
It’s funny that they are trying to tell us Murray would have sucked too. He hasn’t blown one game for this team yet. All hail st bleury!
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4 goals on 25 shots. Should have played fleury.
The main problem with french canadians is, they get so pumped and end up exiting
Got to get Letang off the pp. if for no other reason to limit his minutes.
To hammer the point home, french canadians are gods gift to the opposition
To reiterate, french canadians are team killers
French Canadians ruin everything
Your mom ruined everything the day she gave birth to you. You fat slob
Another thing about french canadians… They are terrible at debating, zingers, and not acting weird.
You try to be a nice guy and give french canadians a shot, and what do they do? Ruin everything.
2 changes I make. Get rid of Bennett allowing you to double shift Malkin more who looked good. Milk the shit out of the HBK line. They dominate out there and imo, don’t get enough ice time.
Always do the opposite what Roenick sez.
Oh and Despres! Could you imagine!
This game doesnt even go to OT if Perron was playing for the Pens. In fact, the Pens are already golfing for two months if that French Canadian is still here.
Who thinks the pens can win 2 in a row with bleury in the net? I know you guys do.
I do.
Dude, wtf did you watch tonight? If bleury starts next game they will be down 2-0 in the first 10 mins.
What difference would Murray have made tonight? Tampa owned the 1st and 3rd period. Letang was a -4. Murray was also giving up 3 goals a game.
He wouldn’t have had an .840%.
Murray may have stopped the first goal just because he’s a bit bigger in net.
Roenick would go with fleury in game 6. Nuff said.
Fleury just called the first goal he gave up “stupid”. Gaydogg thinks it was just a good shot.
Death, taxes, weak minded french canadians
Pressure is on? French canadians fold. Sun up, sun down.
Almost everything wrong in the world can be traced to French Canadians.
French canadians single handedly ruining this team
Guess i was wrong in thinking Fleury fixed his french canadian head.
Two worst players tonight: letang and fleury. The remaining french canadians.
Fuckk you queer Shawn Michaels
If tampax were able to do 3-2 from down 2-1 I’m sure pens can do 4-3 from. 3-2 down
Multiple problems tonight. Murray not Fluery
Sheary not Bennett
Hold a freakin lead for once!!
What do you mean for once? They were 46-0 until they decide to put the clown in.
I understand that. However in playoff game we blew 2-0 and 3-2 lead. Need the drive.
No daily
Need to play 7 dman. More ice time for Sid and Geno.
The Pgh fans, media, and organization got what they deserved and asked for. You guys would rather lose with fleury than win a cup with Murray. The pens organization is a joke.
Who is your MF PROPHET? Jokes aside, what was the organization thinking. How could you start him in game 5 when the series is tied?
This organization owes fleury nothing. Now their blind allegiance to him could cost them a cup.
I have to agree, different reasons
The Penguins roll the Rangers and the best team in the NHL rather easily. One game with Fleury and the season is now wrecked
The curse of the fleury.
Horrible decision to start MAF… Go back to Murray next game. That said I’m sure the Pens are over
Agreed.
Yeah
Come on man, the series isn’t over. You really don’t think they can win the next 2?
Wtf was benett doing. Fuckin tourist
Yes. That was bennett’s fault
Party at yoda’s
Wow what shit luck
No, no little dusty. That’s not luck. They call that the fleury jinx.
Now there is a goalie dilemma.
Lol lol lol. Fleury.
Same feel as all of the other series with bleury in there. 1st good shot Tampa gets is going in. This sucks.
Silver lining, should be lots of back checking. No shot is safe.
I was just going to say that. Letang is awful tonight.
Just tonight?
Our -3 superstar dman Letang is going to bail us out tonight with the OT goal.
Any instant buzz how is bennett doing?
I heard he injured his wrist while squeezing the Gatorade bottle
Sam, there are about nine story lines in this game but you seem to only be watching Bennett.
Pens 46-0-0 while leading after 2…..oh wait!
St bleury is 0-7 in OT since the cup win. Considering that Tampa hit 3 posts, bleary looked behind him twice in the last 5 mins, the pens better score real fast.
Miracle if pens win this. Regardless of what happens no way anyone could say fleury gives pens a better chance to win. Murray in game 6
It doesn’t matter. He is their son.
He didn’t. He gave them the same chance that Murray has over the last 6 games, no more no less.
It just never ceases to amaze me how 3 people that clearly know very little about the sport of hockey spend so much time talking about it.
Haha. This from the guy who works in a bar in a Pittsburgh suburb. Tell us more gaydogg.
As a dishwasher?
No. Jay is a bartender. That’s how he meets so many 21 year old girls. #clown.
My bad still better then npl working in KFC as the guy that mops the floors
Bennett for overtime
Fleury missed too much time… He is too off. 20 minutes vs a team sitting on a lead was a bad idea
That’s why you don’t start him in game 5. Tampa has nothing tonight and the score is tied.
Nothing??? Tampa has been the better team for 75% of the game.
More like 65%
Are you kidding. He’s oooozzzing confidence
Not really sure you can say the pens sat on the lead in the third. Their goalie outplayed our goalie.
Tampa bay sat on the lead in game 4 genius
I’m sure Murray would have kicked the soft backhander right in the stick of the guy behind the net right dusty
You’re joking right? Murray has kicked out 100 rebounds just like that so far in the playoffs, the only difference is that Murray usually got lucky enough to have his teammates bail him out after doing so. Fleury is not sharp by any means tonight but has still given a performance very similar to what we’ve seen often from Murray throughout the playoffs.
Agreed gaydogg
Kicking a rebound to the corner is not what a goalie is supposed to do? Say he sucked on protecting the posts, not what he did with the rebound.
It was a fucking weak backhander from the boards. There should be no rebound. Keep defending him pj boy
Its sad when Sam makes you look bad. Put yourself in timeout.
Fleury is less clutch than Crosby
Bennett injured yet? He has been a ghost tonight
Idiot
Lol
Fucking horrible rebound.
1990’s NHL refs i see
Apparently Shawn Michaels is a bandwagon penguin hockey fan
The funniest part about this game so far is that when Murray got beat by similar shots to the Killorn goal Yoda called them all great shots that no to save, now tonight there considered weak writers because Fleury is in net.
Well, I learned something tonight from Maloni. Based upon the location of WHERE Killorn took the shot from, it can’t be considered a perfectly placed shot….thus, bad goal by Fleury.
Malkin in beast mode on that last goal.
Malkin doing the right things there tonight! Lovin it!
I agree he is building off the last game.
Give him a break yoda Fleury hasn’t start a game in 53 days
That’s why you don’t play him in game 5
No way Murray makes the toe save split during the PK. If he’s in the game, its 3-3 at best.
Maatta deserves some credit. Pretty solid in his own end tonight and an AWESOME reception of the Malkin pass.
Yes dusty we all heard the tv commentator make same remark. Come with something new.
Why?
Based on your years of observing goaltenders ?
Based upon Murray having a horrible post to post game and not being anywhere near as athletic as Fleury. He’s 21, he’ll get better…but from what he has shown, he’s no MAF. Dumbass.
Definitely agree Maata stepping up and it’s no surprise at all. There are no Penguins I’m hating on; this is a great team effort. I’m hoping Crosby or Kessel has some magic saved for the third
Kunitz > Crosby
Pens up 3-2, no way is bleury shutting them out the rest of the way. Same old story. Need 4 to win with that clown in net
Wasn’t it the case when Murray was I net? Yoda
What was murray’s GAA the past 6 games?
Yoda, if you were smart, you’d start being a pens fan right now. It’d be a shame not to enjoy this team
Pens dominating and a cheesy wrister from the boards goes in. Never saw that before. All hail st bleury.
Must win game for pens tonight . You don’t want to go to Tampa with 3-2 down and must win because we won’t hear the end of it from Yoda all night
Classic fleury goal to suck the life out of his team. Don’t know what to say about Letang. Can he be killed?
Can we bench Letang for a little?
How about malkin and bennett
Tell Letang to pick up a man in the zone. Standing in space doesn’t help
Bench that you fat fuk
Before Yoda you Come here and say Fleury sucks 1 goal on 12 shots. The goal was a perfect shot
Perfect shot from outside the face off circle. You’re an idiot. That’s a bad goal
lol so location of WHERE you take the shot from determines whether it was a perfectly placed shot???? WOW
Cole and Dumo with strong games so far.
Haven’t seen bennett much is that fraud injured already
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Queer
Actually, that’s pretty sweet.
How do you thumbs down this?
He must’ve broken your heart that now you are with Micheal Sam
Its because he beat the shlt out of Chris Jericho, isnt it? Hahaha WOOOO
Letang playing like garbage again. Probably depressed because he doesnt get to play against other country’s JV teams at worlds
Is Letang drunk?
He has picked up where he left off last game… Dog shit
Not a fan of the blind backhand passes to absofuckinlutely nobody other than Tampa?
Sam, thumbs down if you love me babe.
Anyone surprised with malkin penalty in the offensive zone
Must be the WC depression that he wasn’t part of It
“If at first you dont succed, try the same thing again 600 times” -Sam
Hey Stan, you think Canada will ever field a playoff team again?
Hey Stan you think malkin is depressed and will take a offensive zone penalty because he wasn’t part of the WC in Russia
I see the big American flag when the anthem is on nice to copy Canadians but when Canadians do the flag goes around the arena. I guess there is so many fat and lazy people to do that. But I give for effort
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aNN9nL2vppM
You’ll like that link Sam
You clowns I put this link for npl few weeks ago
I don’t trust your links. I heard about that one you have about NPL and his bf.
Ahahahaha
How many goals does our leader Phil have in him tonight.
Just by seeing Fleury in net super pumped and exited
So pumped up that you left?
Fleury is 1-7 in his last 8 playoff starts; Pens scored exactly 1 goal in all 7 losses. Fleury in those 7: 2.38, .917. Bob Grove.
Fleury got the loss though! Lost to Hank!
Since replaced by Vokoun in 2013 playoffs, Fleury is 2.32 and .919 in his last 18 playoff starts. Murray this year in 13 starts: 2.33, .923.
Excellent post!
4-1 win tonight.
Hagelin / Bonino / Kessel
Bennett / Malkin / Horny
Kunitz / Crosby / Rust
Kuhnhackl / Cullen / Fehr
Letang / Maatta
Lovejoy / Dumoulin
Schultz / Cole
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Haha
Ladd traded to Florida yet? #SamKnew
Zatkoff to Florida clowns told you! #samknew
Jeb Bush next president clowns
Malkin to Russia this this summer clowns #samknew2011
Pens don’t need Kessel. Get Marty St Louis (who retired the next day) #SamKnew
Pens will play better under Johnston than DB #SamKnew
Sutter is better than Bonino. #samknew
Go Canada go
How did fraud condon do with U.S same way he dragged down Habs in the season
Better than condom i hope.
Hahaha nobody cares about this exhibition
Well according to Russians they care because once their NHL team is out next day they are in the plane to be part of the so called nobody cares exhibition tournament
Did Canada’s team include any non-NHL players? What a dumb… Oh, nevermind, lol
Lol. This might be the best Samisms yet. The world championship! Good for you Sam. What a big win for you guys. It’s so important that Americans would rather go golfing.
Only a French Canadian would take that much pride in beating a bunch of JV squads with an all star team at a meaningless exhibition tournament.
Half of team Canada that you saw today would barely make third Canadian team if Olympic or WC would start this fall nice one gaydogg
Beautiful Beau is back! #SamKnew
You are gay #samknew
i wonder how Sam knew that….oh that’s right. Because he’s a proud member of the LGBT community himself. #OrpigsBalloonKnot
lol, clearly you dont get the whole “#SamKnew” thing…
this will be my last comment until after the game so this is my final statement. the pens better hope st.bleury doesn’t crap the bed. murray beat lundqvist and holtby. that is impressive. a goaltender change is not necessary and considering st.bleury’s playoff histoy, this is a huge gamble. . if bleury goes in and the pens get blown out, the pens coaching staff will look like real A Holes. the pens better win.
Nobody cares what a fraud has to say.
Still trying to figure out how Murray beat both Lundqvist & Holtby? Are you suggested that he not only played goal but he also scored all the Pens goals and played defense as well? If that’s the case then I would agree, you can’t take out a guy that plays all 6 positions at 1 time and does so for the full 60 minutes.
That’s the crux of his argument every time. Sid didn’t lose to the Rangers the last two years. It was all the goalie. Fleury failed them. He’s a once in a lifetime type of stupid.
Murray individually beat them. Somewhat reminiscent of player/coach Reggie Dunlap.
Um, Murray played well in the 1st two series, but for christ sakes, open your eyes fella. The offense was avg around 4 goals a game. You have been so quick to point out numbers, yet fail to recognize the kid has a save percentage below 900 in this series. MAF will be fine- your concern should be focused on will Maata provide quality minutes and not play like “horseshit”.
Also Yoda Murray by far was the soft goal leader in 2016 playoffs this means that he was lucky to have a team score in front of him in order to him get the W
Soft goal leader!
Beau? Really?
Yes. Really.
It’s clear from the reader comments on Dejan’s site that the casual hockey fan believes in fleury. The more astute hockey fan, not so much.
What I appreciate most about Fleury is that he recognized that hes French Canadian and needed to get mentally tougher, so he went to an American doctor to work out his issues.
This might be hard to believe, but many French Canadians have a hard time recognizing their mental disabilities.
The mental midget us back in goal. Anyone want to bet he misplays a puck behind the net within the first ten minutes.
This is a question for Yoda but Sam can answer as well if he feels like it, do you ever get tired of being wrong? I mean that honestly because I’ve been on this site for 9+years and you’ve been right twice in those 9 years.
double standard, the coaching staff points out save% for the reason to not start murray, but when it involves st.bleury, wins are all that matters. they set different standards for their son than for the rest of the team. they are a silly organization. they are going to find out their mistake real fast.
Funny hearing you talk about double standards.
notice how he isn’t mentioning that Murray is 3-3 in his last 6 games, this decision is 100% about winning and they don’t have the confidence in Murray to do so.
You’re a fraud.
thinking about st.bleury, it’s clear. they are making this decision based on love not logic. it’s the same thing as the coach starting his son in the championship game in little league when there are better pitchers. the results don’t matter, the one you love plays.
You’re a world class fraud.
Clearly you post is about love and not logic-
Sam, tell us that story about how Bennett will never play for the Pens again.
#SamKnew
The Jake Allen for Brian Elliott swap is the biggest coaching blunder of my lifetime.
Russia won today. Expect a big game from Malkin.
I expect the worst since he wasn’t part of Russian team
All the more reason to expect a huge game give your uncanny knack for being monumentally wrong about everything.
Thank god Fleury is here to finish the job Murray couldn’t finish.
Moron
Truly. Hey. Someone had to try to dethrone Sam.
Simply Dusty is it possible for you to post a full life bio of yourself?
Yoda, you’re missing the point. The decade-long fleury debate is about to come to an end. Embrace it.
is it worth the expense of a stanley cup?
We’re going to find out.
we know what’s going to happen. it’s going to go down as one of the biggest blunders in playoff history.
Unrivaled fraud.
Bigger issue is loss of Daley. Folks are about to find out he’s been the most valuable dman. Not that French puke Letang.
He’s a huge loss. Anyone not aware of that is doing ball hockey tricks with Sam.
A world class high octane fraud.
it won’t matter. the excuses are already built in. it will be maatta’s fault. it will be the loss of daley, it will be the lack of scoring from malkin. face it, the people just want st.bleury regardless of the results. it’s the weirdest thing i’ve ever seen in sports.
Malkin is amazing he scored last game just ignore all the mistakes he did. Just ask stan
The mistakes came from your frog boy toy losing his composure and acting like the little baby he truly is…again
You’re a fraud.
regardless of who the goaltenders are, you don’t make a goaltender change in a 2-2 series when the current goalie has been playing really well and won the previous 2 series for you. this organization is so dumb. tonight, st.bleury will give up 3 for sure. same old story. pens need 4 to win. tonight is going to suck so bad.
Wow. Classic Yoda. Murray has been average at best, and his recent sub .900 save percentage would say he’s below average. And Murray has given up at least 3 goals in 4 of the last 6 games.
If Fleury puts up these same numbers, would you say he’s playing “really well” ?
Lol leave it to yoda to say a goalie has been playing well the game after he gets pulled, wit a sub .900 sv% and a gaa over 3 in his last six starts
Murray last 6 games. 3-3 record, 2.83 gaa, .892 sv%. Playing really well!!
Of course not. That’s why he’s a world class fraud.
Murray didn’t win the last 2 series, the TEAM won the last 2 series, the team completely outplayed the Rangers, the team completely outplayed the Caps. Saying Murray was responsible for winning those 2 series is spoken like a true fool.
Fraud.
“Been saying it for while now, Mike Sullivan is going to win or lose with Matt Murray.This isn’t some game by game decision some think it is” – William Depaoli
“The Pens have no interest in Schultz”
Let’s play a guessing game
How many weeks, games or shift until bb is injured again
How long till they trade chubby?
if st.bleury sucks and the pens lose the next 2 games, you have to fire sullivan.
Yeah that makes makes complete sense.
Blow it up!!
They just hired him with 3 years in hi contract and fire him already
It’s really no different than leaving Murray in and losing the next 2. Many would argue that going out with Murray even though his play has clearly dipped is worse.
lightning in 6
Remember when pens wouldn’t make the playoffs? Tear it all down. Rebuild. Blah blah blah. Mother fucking fraud.
Would have dressed DP as the seventh defenseman, but that’s just my opinion. Hopefully Bennett can bring something, not too excited for it though.
This shows how desperate pens are in order to put BB in the lineup when he has been healthy over a month now
They were so desperate to put him in the lineup that they waited a month? Not sure if I buy what you’re selling Thomas Steen.
He was literally just cleared by the doctors yesterday, when did a month suddenly become 1 day long?
“Mark my words, Beau Bennett will never play for the Pens again” -Sam
#SamKnew
I gave you a thumbs up. Same that is a horrible picture of you.
Thanks buddy. Bennett traded yet?
Queen Same giving out the thumbs down this morning.
if st.bleury gives up 5 goals tonight and absolutely sucks, you can’t go back to murray at this point. it’s all bleury or nothing now. that is an unneccasry risk to take.
Are you saying Murray isn’t mentally stable enough to be able to bounce back after a benching?
i’m saying why even take the chance on a nightmare scenario
Why can’t Murray be used in 6 if Fleury has a meltdown.
This post goes to show just how little you understand about the game, there’s no reason they can’t go back to Murray if Fleury struggles. If Fleury has a bad 1st period they’ll go back to Murray. You really are the ultimate fool.
you guys surely have to admit changing goalies now is really weird. the series is tied at 2. in all honesty what if st.bluery completely train wrecks and the pens lose in 6. it will go down as one of the greatest coaching blunders in NHL history. also, it is officially confirmed, the pens would rather lose with bluery that win with somebody else. there is absolutely no reason to make a goaltender change at this point in the post season when you are 2 wins away from the finals. murray has been very solid this post season. you know… Read more »
The team in front of Murray has been solid Murray probably leads 2016 playoffs with most soft goals allowed.
It’s official, Daley done broken ankle per Yohe.
I thought #samknew. I can’t believe Bennett is playing when the expert Same said he wouldn’t.
As he said in the previous article, he likes to be refered to as Queen Same from now on.
Him and Lundqvist.
I rather see a shift or two of bennett before he gets injured then that sheary that is nothing but another version of TK
So you went from Bennett will never play another game in a Pens uniform to you would rather see him than Sheary…lol
You do know pens bennett experiment is done with this organization although he is better player then sheary he is often injured let’s see how long until he is injured again
You’ve said this before, yet he’s in the lineup. “A team is done with a player when they dress him. ” -#samknew
Big pressure for Fleury if he losses tonight pens will be down 3-2 series and Yoda will be on this site all night