Penguins optimistic Crosby will return this post-season
The bad news for the Penguins……[hide]
Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion and won’t play in Game 4, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. This is now the second concussion for Crosby this season.
Sullivan also revealed Conor Sheary has also been diagnosed with a concussion and will be going through the process as well. Sheary, though, did skate prior to the optional skate. Sullivan would not reveal if that means Sheary is further ahead of Crosby or not.
If there’s anything positive to take out of the Crosby news is that Sullivan said the team is optimistic of getting him back.
“He’s very upbeat,” Sullivan said. “We’re very optimistic and hopeful we’ll have him back in a timely fashion.”
Crosby was at the facility today and in good spirits, teammates said. [/hide]
Serious note, with Sid out I would change up the approach on the power play. Play Kunitz and horny in front of the net. Set Schultz up as primary shooter. Crash net, score ugly
i bet they don’t change it. they are going to stick guentzel on the 1st unit in crosby’s spot. that is until the caps take him out too.
They need to get off the half walls… at least one of them. Watching Geno and Kessel try and play catch at 60 – 70 feet East to West was annoying to say the least. Without Sid down low to draw players in and take the heat off those walls I think they need to get pucks more square to the net and shoot with traffic as you said. Some work to Geno on his wall is probably warranted as he is still a high danger to score from over there but it shouldnt be the sole set up right… Read more »
they cant go 0 for 5 again……that’s for sure.
Doesn’t matter. Power play goals are overrated in the playoffs. All that matters is your highest paid player has to score every game or he’s a terrible captain
No no – all that matters is that your goaltender never lets a goal in ever – nevermind that the puck has to make it past five other people first.
Ever? Shutout or bust? That’s just silly BoxScore
That’s why nobody pays attention to you, Consuela.
Cosuela! That’s tremendous!
BoxScore, what’s your prognostication on the goaltending and powerplays tonight think they’ll matter
I think you’ll probably miss the first part of the game again because you’re scrubbing out the shitter, and then you’ll come around later and pretend to know something. That’s my prognostication. Sun rises. Sun sets.
I just cleaned out my shitter and I have some hockey knowledge I can send you
We’ve been waiting for years for you to display some hockey knowledge. There’s a reason you’re grouped in with Sam and FroYo. We’ve given up. #DekHockey
You realize that you just said your hockey knowledge is shlt, right? Haha
i like on the other site how they have a headline with rutherford saying this concussion won’t bother sid and he will play for a long time. nice to know that not only in rutherford an NHL GM, he is also a neuroscientist now too. how the F does he know!!???? all i know is letang’s and crosby’s career are going to be shorted by 5 years because this management group wants them to play through endless abuse. it’s a disgrace.
It’s pretty clear you don’t know what to do with yourself when Fleury is playing well. You’re completely lost.
Outside of Sam the bandwagon man shutting his TV off during the 3rd period last game, nothing truer has ever been stated on here. Yoda has no idea what to talk about with Fleury clearly dominating.
Fucking ironic as hell. Yells at cloud about JRs claim that Sid won’t be long then has the fucken audacity to give us an approximate date on Sid and Letangs retirement. Hypocrite gotta hypocrite I guess.
yoda you are a complete dumbass. niskanen should have been suspended for several games. nhl dropped the ball on this one. trotz is a complete utter troll for saying it was a hockey play. sid was at the top of his game. hopefully he can make it back for Saturdays game and score the game winner. I expect an ampted up crowd tonight at ppg. playing with real desperation. I would also expect to see malkin and kuni run at nisky. lgp!
I actually think Niskanen’s play was more of a reaction, not that any of that matters at this point. I have a bigger problem with Ovechkin’s slash / slew foot.
ovechkin slew foots people all over the ice.
Yes he does – there was a really bad one on Schultz later in the game.
we are all dumbasses. we have a problem with slew foots and slashes. what we need to understand is the NHL is cool with it and our players need to do it too. ovi does it, that gives geno a free pass to do it too. the only problem is our coach won’t allow his team to stick up for themselves. how can rick tocchet be behind that bench and not vomit everywhere? he should be ashamed.
No – there’s like four of you.
i am not a dumbass. you are believing the NHL actually cares about their stars. the truth is the NHL loves this crap. the caps are down 0-2 and they come out head hunting. that’s how the NHL game has been played for years. when you build a roster you need a neanderthal mentality. the pens have zero neanderthal’s and that’s why they are getting their faces smashed in.
hahahaha – you’re a complete dumbass – there’s not one person on here that respects your opinion aside from Maloni.
Yes, Malkin – the enforcer – is going to run nisk. Mark it down.
#capslaughthierassesoff, #sesitioscratched, #sidtakesabeatingyetagain, #waytogorutherford
Remember yesterday – when you thought Lucic played with McDavid? So good.
breaking news: caps are taking out guentzel tonight. the pens will stand by and watch. the motto is “just play”. by game 6 they will be playing with the entire WBS roster. #pghpussies
You’re a fucken idiot!
just wait. the head hunting will continue.
I hope they find yours… I imagine they would need to start looking in your ass. Although I am sure that is your Fleury shrine and therefore heavily protected!
who the pens or the caps? the pens are too scared to go look for anyone. they should come out in skirts tonight. if the caps came looking for me, i’d at least fight back.
You know you win the game by scoring goals, no?
I bet you would lol. What a fucken loser lol
you know how the caps and the NHL view this right??? they are saying “the pens are dumb. they should take out ovi and backstrom now. they won’t though. they just aren’t tough enough and they are acting like the pghpussies.”. yeah, i know it’s stupid too but i also know it’s the NHL. the pens put themselves in a position to get the $hitkicked out of them when they opted for 5’9″ speedsters on their 3rd and 4th lines.
“the pens put themselves in a position to get the $hitkicked out of them when they opted for 5’9″ speedsters on their 3rd and 4th lines.” – They won a cup just last year with the same type of team identity you mook!
How about an article talking about line combos with Sid out?Who replaces Sheary? All D can write about is trashing Malkin and Fleury, or reporting injury news after Sullivan has a press conference. You suck D D.
They gotta split Geno and Kessel
Guentzel – Malkin – Hornqvist
Hags – Bones – Kessel
I know Rust would probably look good up there as well…
Rust with Geno if Horny’s injury affects his game like it appeared to do in Game 3.
I agree – not to mention, I think you want to have SOME chance of that third line scoring a goal once in a while – I go Guentzel – Malkin – Rust, HBK, Wilson or Kunitz (I prefer Wilson because I really like Kuni on the 4th line, but I’m ok either way) – Cullen – Hornqvist
Must be election night again, NPL has disappeared.
Sorry I left you all alone at 1am thinking about me. Looks like you and Hillary are losers.
He doesn’t get done mopping the kitchen floor until late.
Nippples, where does the gay, black, Democrat, non hockey fan crowd go to watch the NHL in Florida ? Is there a sports bar you “guys” convene at?
NPL, you still working for Hillary?
come on nippples, why so quiet all the sudden.
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Sam the bandwagon man before the 3rd period ended last night
Still waiting for yogurt to chime in on lucic protecting mcdavid while not even playing with him (because yogurt had no idea they didn’t skate together)
Since nbc is all about TV ratings is there a way to find out how much TV watch time dropped in Pittsburgh area when pens were down 2-0
Probably not as much as it dropped in Montreal, sam the bandwagon man!
you guys are caps fans. you show no support for the pens captain. you are a bunch of sissy boys. “oh, we can’t protect sid, we don’t want to promote goonism.” that is such a mommy comment it’s pathetic. i don’t know how the pens organization and it’s fans came to believe goonism is a part of hockey past while the captain just got his head smashed in just as it was in 1970’s hockey.
LOL, no we just realize that in order to win the team needs to keep its wits about them. You’re just a petty idiot. Would I like to see blood for Crosby? In a meaningless game sure but when you’re two wins away from a conference final? How fucken dumb can you really be. Wonder what Sid would say about this… smart money is “go out and win”.
Your inability to correctly assess this is more confirmation that you are fucken clueless on a good day
the smart thing to do is to dress sostito and have him sucker punch ovechkin to send a message while knocking him out indefinitely. then they are without their best player and the pens would be without sid. it would be even. you are thinking like a rational human being. that is your mistake. the NHL is a circus show and not rational. you have to act like a circus freak.
Every day, I think you’re a little dumber than the day before.
why do you think the NHL is not a garage league?
“Why do you think the NHL is not a garage league” he says after wanting to organize a full blown attack on the opposition lol.
I think you probably can take a shitt while standing upright thanks to MAF.
So you think Ovechkin, who hasn’t exactly done a whole lot, is a target to take out to change the series? Do you watch the games much?
you truely don’t get it
Yes, I’m the one that doesn’t understand. How’s your MAF SV% o/u going by the way? Fucken retard
how about that wrister from the blue line that made them lose in OT yesterday?
You mean in the game where the team visibly struggled after the Crosby Injury but still managed to stay in it because of MAF only to lose in OT after a penalty was called on a bad pinch by Daley and scored on by a screen coming after a very deliberate series of plays the pens didn’t challenge yet he still managed to hold a sv% far higher than you said? I dunno cunthole you tell me
The blue line! Time to watch that goal again froyo
You truly don’t know how to spell truly.
Only made more impressive by the fact that modern technology warns you
Fantastic article about the NHL joke league. Too bad its meaningless:
http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/nhl-s-culture-of-violence-reveals-itself-once-again-on-crosby-hit
that article was right on. go read the morons in the comments. they love the fact that sid is out. that’s the problem with hockey. they haven’t realized that this type of incident makes people turn off their TV.
Theres a fine line between playing physical to break the will of an opponent and outright assault. The NHL disgustingly enables barbaric assaults on star players and labels it “strategy” or “a hockey play” by the opposition. For as much as the NFL and the goons they sometimes employ get wrong, they at least get this right. (Excluding Burfict)
the pens are such pu$$$y’s they are getting bullied by matt niskanen. what a joke.
You should admire them too – since you’re MAF’s catcher.
Still waiting on what could of happened to stop sid from taking that hit….any player brought in to “protect” would of been on the bench during it….then what he would of tried fighting someone 5 minutes later and got a penalty?
CT32 so you don’t understand the concept fine. You have someone with talent to back up toughness it happened with Lemieux it should have happen a while ago with Sid. With that said let me quote one of the dumbest things I have heard on here this season. At least we lost with pride instead of going after them……Damn in the meek inherit the earth because the aggressive can take it back off them anytime they want.
Dumbest fn post outside of Samaloni and Yoda ever on this board. Not even worth breaking down all the ways this post is as dumb as turning your TV off during the 3rd period last night, but i will say there is a reason the rallying cry for the 2016 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins was “just play.”
hilarious! are you implying sid should “just play”. yeah okay! he is concussed! he can’t play! if it’s such a bad idea to have intimidators on your team, why does lucic skate with mcdavid? simple….so he can put choke holds on people who run at their superstar like he did in game 3! stop being so stupid. the more the pens do nothing to protect themselves, the more they will drop like flies. i’m telling you right now, geno will get taken out next game.
I think what yogurt is trying to say is, Pens should go off the rails like they did in 2012 to ensure they “exact a price.” Because that worked so well then.
If it’s so easy to run sid – why didn’t anyone do it last year? Who were they afraid of then?
I’ll hang up and listen.
Lucic is a skilled hockey player you goof. Youre advocating for Tom Sestito who is no more skilled than Derek Boogaard in his current state.
Lucic doesnt take a regular shift with MCDavid you mook… He plays with Nuge and Eberle! McDavid plays with Maroon and Draisaitl
What “tough guy” would you play on sids line? that can “play”…thats a better option then who hes playing with already and again…if they are on the ice..SID STILL GETS HIT…..you cannot predict when a hit will come so how would said “tough guy” know when to tackle nisky to stop him?
go watch the oiler games and watch lucic put people into choke holds. mcdavid doesn’t get run now does he? there is a reason dummy. it’s because he has a maniac psycopath on his wing.
sid still would of gotten hit if lucic was on his line…FACT..dummy….and if you are calling me a dummy?…that means im genious level because you are very wrong on 100% of everything you say……..also i dont even thuink lucic is on mcdavids line, hes listed as 2nd line and mcdavid is skating with maroon and draisaitl, could be wrong on that i dont follow edmonton
You do know that McDavid plays with Draisaitl and Maroon, don’t you? Nah – of course you know that. Otherwise you’d like like a complete moron….
MFer you go watch the Oilers game. One of the major storylines is Keslers abuse of McDavid, mostly away from the play.
lol, McDavid missed half his rookie year because of an on ice incident 1st off you dumb **** and second the Oilers lost that game. This is uncanny, the ability for you are sammich to one up one another just as the other pulls away is fucken amazing.
Third… Kesler has been all over him him all series
Its not about taking action its about putting the fear.
So what does the NHL owe Botterill that its “pushing the Sabres” to hire him? I assume this has something to do with the hilariously conflicting report from the credible Josh Yohe?
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Sam the bandwagon man in the 3rd period
Pens win Game 4 on heels of an amazing performance by the team and Sid comes back Game 5 and ices them away.
breaking news out of the caps locker room: word is Geno is next
pens were also optimistic they were getting sid back after the winter classic in timely fashion. the caps are cuuuunt$, the NHL are cuuuunt$, and the pens are cuuuunt$ for never sticking up for their stars and letting them get their heads smashed in.
Blow it up. Yogurt knew. Your not a Pens fan. Everyone knows it.
it’s going to get blown up because the pens and the NHL won’t protect their star players. sid could be done forever after that blow to the head.
I wish someone would cross check you in the head you twat.
so how would you of protected him to make sure that particular hit didnt happen?….change his linemates?
He would have taken ice time away from a capable player so Sestito could watch from the bench. Then AFTER Sid was hurt Sestito would have been unleashed to run around like an assho1e trying to play catch up. He would likely take several bad penalties in the process.
Thanks Jee Bettman.
#hockeyplay
Its funny, even Domi has spoken up about that wording
Pens in 7
I don’t want to rain on parades here but at what point does Sid call it a career. 2 Stanley cups, 2 Olympic gold medals, a world cup whatever. Not much else he has to prove. I just don’t want to see Sid end up like Ali
he should quit before he craps his pants like mike webster. pens don’t care either. they won’t even dress protection for him.
Protection!
and the “protection” wouldnt of been on the ice..hit still would of happened..concussion still would occur
You mean like a full body condom?
If it makes you feel better, doctors believe it was the countless blows to the body that Ali endured that led to Parkinsons. Not the head. Hope that helps.