Penguins on the verge of hoisting Lord Stanley
One Win Away AND the Stanley Cup will be in the building Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have never trailed through four games of the Stanley Cup Final and a big celebration could be happening in two days.
The city of Pittsburgh is going to be electric Thursday night as the Penguins will have an opportunity to win the Stanley Cup on home-ice, something the franchise has never done, winning all three Stanley Cups on the road.
Monday night’s 3-1 win had just about everything that’s led to the Penguins stunning turnaround since March and mold them into a team that’s one win from a championship title.
An unlikely player scoring in a Stanley Cup Final game, Ian Cole ends a 104 game goalless streak with a first period goal on a juicy rebound from Martin Jones. Another lead, another game with the Sharks chasing the game.
Through four games the Penguins have led for 121:44, while the score has been tied for 133:09.
THE SHARKS HAVE LED FOR 0:00.
“We have been chasing the game all series,” Peter DeBoer said.
“We’ve had pretty good starts,” Mike Sullivan said of the Penguins ability to lead for the entire series. “I think everybody’s been focused right from the drop of the puck, trying to gain momentum right away. Anytime you can score the first goal in a game it really increases your chances. I think our guys are just focused on trying to play the game the right way.”
A major player in the Penguins’ transformation over the past couple months has without question been Phil Kessel. He stepped up again in Game 4 to play a big role in the Penguins now putting a stranglehold on the series.
Kessel who had the primary assist on Cole’s opening goal, added his second assist of the night in the second period in setting up Evgeni Malkin on the power play at the side of the net for a tap-in goal.
21 points in 22 playoff games, it’s Kessel’s overall game that has quotes coming from his head coach that were unforeseen even at the start of the playoffs.
“Phil deserves the credit for his contribution to helping this team win,” Sullivan said. “I think Phil has made a complete commitment to this team. We don’t get to where we’re at if Phil doesn’t play the type of hockey that he’s played throughout the course of this playoffs.”
Who pictured that type of quote from Sullivan a few months ago
The third period in closing out the game was more of the same, player after player stepping up.
The Sharks in close to a do or die situation again in the third, have a major push and Matt Murray comes up large. The Sharks get one by Murray to cut the Penguins lead to 2-1 and what happens next is Eric Fehr icing the game with 2:02 left in regulation.
What was so fitting on the Fehr goal was Carl Hagelin winning a foot race on a loose puck to send in Fehr all alone. The Penguins’ identity (speed) delivering a crushing goal.
Murray who earned the games No. 1 star with 23 saves, improved to 5-0 after a loss with a 1.75 GAA, .935 save percentage. Anytime the noise starts surrounding his play and you can bet he was one bad game away in Game 4 from the Fleury crowd coming out like vultures, Murray comes back to like an Ace pitcher with a shutdown performance.
Since the Stanley Cup Final has gone to a best-of-seven, only 1 team of 32 has come back from a 3-1 deficit.
History is on the Penguins side to close this out and likely quick. Reality is also on the Penguins side.
The Penguins have dominated the Sharks by hitting them with waves throughout their lineup 1-18.
The Sharks are only two lines, four D-deep in matching up against Pittsburgh. The Penguins are so good structurally and so committed to doing the little things, they can hid their lower tier players and that’s a major difference in this series.
Although all four games have been close on the scoreboard, three 1-goal games, the Sharks only shot has been their stars catching fire. It’s yet to happen and likely too late because it’s hard to imagine the Penguins’ will allow it.
Pittsburgh’s top players have also rose to the occasion in certain games. Game 4 it was Phil Kessel again and Evgeni Malkin’s turn for the first time this series.
Malkin’s bounce back game was also more than about getting his first two points of the series.
His performance started from the drop of the puck with a committed effort to playing all three zones and playing the right way away from the puck, key areas that have been lacking in his game.
“I thought he was really good, not just because he got on the scoresheet,” Mike Sullivan said. “Obviously that’s great for him and great for us, but I thought his overall game was really good. He played at both ends of the rink and when he plays that way, he’s so hard to defend. It seems like the puck follows him around.”
The Penguins have had a special run that started on a March night in Columbus and now they’re on the brink of doing something special Thursday night.
There is a new article boys
Pens one win away!
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Comment 708
Blurray benched yet?
For the most part, Murray has been very good. However, he has had a few bad moments and Martin jones hasnt. If Murray doesn’t eff up tomorrow night and if he doesn’t hand out a free bee, the pens will win.
Wrong as usual. for the most part Murray has been good/solid, he’s probably had more bad moments than he has very good moments, he’s been fortunate that he’s been in goal for a team that is so dominant that being good has been enough to be successful, if the team relied on Murray being very good to be successful they would have been eliminated in the 2nd round.
D is parsing video trying to figure out how to blame Malkin. Give it time, there will be an article soon
It kills me that people (even some in the media) are trying to deflect the attention away from Murray, it gets harder ever day to follow this team.
I wonder if he’ll ever learn how to play guys coming out from behind the net.
Thanks for the instant buzz D. Yeah I didn’t know we are heading to game 6. Joke!
Speaking of frauds. This f’ing guy. Stanley Cup Finals and can’t even get an article out with three days lead time. Give me a f’ing break.
Theres a new article but everyone is going full sam and cant find it
How hilarious is it that you posted this and people still don’t realize.
When’s Game 5?
I have to be honest here….did anyone else imagine st bleury going in for Murray last night when he was choking and the pens making a come back and st bleury being the hero? I did…and I was sweating bullets for a few minutes there. Jay’s dream almost came true. Pens in 6.
Wait… so you were “sweating bullets” because you were worried about MAF maybe coming in and playing hero in a cup clincher? You would rather watch the team lose than see MAF possibly redeem himself to people like you? You really are a terrible fan you know that!
Precisely hes not a pens fan he is simply a fleury hater…if he were a fan he would want them to win at all cost, but hes not….hes def not a fan
It’s pretty sad that he was more concerned with no looking like a fool than he was celebrating the Pens winning the Cup. Look up the word fraud in the dictionary and all you’ll see is a picture of Yoda.
AND fuckface… I bet he is there too! Next to sam… Fuckfaces
There’s nothing new here – he just admitted to what we all knew already. Him and Maloni. This is their MANTRA
Fraud
Rip Gordie Howe. He was a cool player and he was not a fuckface. Now he is in Valhalla with beerman.
Got that dude’s autograph when I was like 7 during the NHL all-star game festivities. Never forget the moment. I asked him for his autograph and he chastised me for interrupting a conversation he was having with a woman. Lol.
Was she hot?
I was 7 with a Stanch-sized penis.
I actually met him while I was at the Joe in 2008 and got a picture with him in front of his statue. As someone who grew up a Redwings fan it is 1 of my fondest memories.
Fraud
Depaoili should change Thursday to Sunday and at least the title would work.
hey dusty should Cbauer hire this guy for the Stanley cup parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs
he is npl’s friend
Another Sam youtube clip that nobody will watch. #SamKnew
Well well well. NPL and D are both MIA at thr same time. Hmmmm
funny how there is no article about howe on nhl site
Maybe it’s on the WHA site.
Good to see you’re alive and well. I thought stan said you died.
It’s called responsible journalism… you get 100% confirmation before you post your write up
https://www.nhl.com/news/c-280930060
Fucken Fuckface
How does fuckface make through to posts? Love it!
you guys think we’ll get to 1000 Comments before we get a new article
Anyone check the obit page?
I’m guessing D had another kid, I mean it’s been what 2 months since he had his last 1?
Multiple women – that SOB.
Game 5 has come and gone without an article, get your shyt together
RIP Mr. Hockey.
Sam died?
#BOOM
awful news, was hoping it was false. I guess he was up there and not in great shape. RIP
Well his health wasn’t good Last few years
Sad 🙁
I come to this site for great hockey articles and insider information.
Instant buzz no new article? Look like D is the fuckface today
This series should have been over in 4, how the Sharks can continue to hang on this long is beyond reason. You can eliminate Murray from CS talk if they win. I gotta stay away from anything hockey related until Sunday night. Pens are going to close this out in 6.
The answer is simple. Murray
It’s unreal that there hasn’t been an article since Tuesday
On a pay site no less. Absurd.
I agree. WTF is he doing?
If Geno hadn’t played so well last night, we had an article before midnight
“I felt like I was on top of things tonight, to be honest,” Murray said. “I probably could have played the Burns goal a little bit better, but apart from that, they got a few lucky bounces. I felt really good. I felt like I was on top of it. I was great in the second and third, I thought. I made some great saves. Just our start hurt us.”
Really? No seriously, really?
That’s really annoying to hear from a goalie. He did shut the door after the first, but these soft goals need to stop. His fundamentals are horrid when the puck is down low.
I’m suprised nobody corrected him after his last shitty game. He’s just a kid, but he needs to learn to take blame. Compare the Fleury comments after game 5 vs Tampa to this, and you can see the difference in maturity.
Murray has cost them 2 Stanley Cup final games, can they really afford three? If Murray shits pants again in game 6 Pens will have to stick with him in game 7. If there are any thoughts of going with Fleury you do it now. Give him a one-game margin for error.
Yes – they can afford 3. Do you not know how a 7 game series works?
Go back and read my post again. You’re not very smart.
They can afford three. You have to lose four games in a seven game series to lose the series. What you’re thinking of is a “best of 5.” The NHL doesn’t use those.
Too many comments tonight quick Stan make yourself busy and thumbs down everyone’s comments
Always nice to hear from a gutless idiot bandwagon fan that can’t tell his asshole from his mouth.
I love when he accuses other people of “thumbs downing,” as its his Graceland.
Listening to Murray describe each goal is like listening to yoda give him. A pass each game.
Doesnt matter. Goalie play doesnt count. #blameSid.
Oh it counts. It’s just not all that counts. You struggle with that mightily. Always have.
You’re either intellectually dishonest or really dumb. Doesn’t really matter anymore. #umbrance
I’d say the same thing if I only blamed the goalie and someone else was trying to explain to me that there were 18 other people playing. You really don’t have any other defense mechanism that works. That’s what happens when you’re a raging idiot and have to count on your wife to support you. #Sestito
Pens lost because that jinx npl was around for the first 2 goals then I said get lost he disappeared that slob been a jinx ever since he became pens fan since 2010
That’s probably it.
Sheary 3rd star of the game this th becoming joke last game Murray was 3ed star then a game with malkin 3rd star based on 5 shots what’s next game bennett
More proof you really don’t get the game. Nothing shocking.
Pffff coming from a clown that thinks 87 suckss
Not sucks. But he’s played average. I mean. He’s being out produced by a filthy Russian that cares more about the “WC”
Than the Stanley cup, no?
Well he is playing again because WC is over. When it was happening he was a ghost and taking dumb penalties out of anger
Right.
600+ comments new record where is D with new article
Probably shooting a ball hockey vid
Need to get Sestito in there next game. Maloni was right.
#powerplay #maloniknew
Lol at the people shelling out $1,000+ for tickets to Game 5.
It’s nothing few years ago semi final Habs bruins were going for 2500$
Tickets for the game tonight sold for over 100k. The entire country of Canada can’t fathom that type of money.
#Sid #ConnSmythe
Here comes the stupidity. Didn’t take long. #blamesid
Kiss his pusssy. Maloni’s wife is dumber than him #shocker
Break down the game for us Stanch. Full of lame insults but you dont have an oriignal or correct hockey observation in you. Plase explain how Sid lost the game This should be good.
Instant Buzz?
Pens in 7
Agree….with Fleury in net after Blurray chokes away game 6.
We need gaydoggs novel
You forgot to put the bar pic up tonight. It’s your fault.
Sully was good with line juggling but should’ve left sheary on 4th line and tried fehr and kunitz they were playing better . Hungrier sheary looked like a chicken with no head on the ice
You obviously missed when they made Sheary the 3rd star of the game.
The Reason is Murray couldn’t stop a shot from the blueline after Pens killed 4 minute PP in game three
You can’t be pissed if your team doesn’t sweep. You are sounding like an unrealistic fuckface.
(They weren’t going to sweep regardless, psst). Someone tell yoda it wasn’t a sweep opportunity tonight.
Joe puck is talking about game 3.
Yoda was shocked we didn’t sweep tonight.
Fuckfaceeeeeee!
Jones hasn’t given up a free bee all series. The Sharks got a free bee tonight and that turned out to be the difference. Now it’s time for the local media to blame nobody but Murray even though if it was bleary they would blame the D for this loss. Regardless Murray did play like a fuckface in period 1 and Martin jones is a fuckface for being so awesome. I got an early morning flight. I’ll talk to you fuckfaces later.
See y’all fuckface.
Sulllivan can still save the season by putting Fleury in, but it will probably take Murray choking away game 6 Sunday, which I expect him to do.
It was all bleary’s fault tonight.
Only reason this series is still going is Martin Jones.
That fuckface was awesome. I hate him. Pens in 6.
Malkin’s fault for San Jose’s goals – Depaoli
Don’t worry. Stanch will beat DePaoli to the stupid button and blame Sid.
Look at maloni’s wife sprinting to kiss sid’s pusssy. Your filthy whore!
3-2-1. Stupid button.
#powerplay #sestito #zak #somethingspecial
Blessing in disguise. Now Pitt muni doesn’t have to pay for all the vandalism. All the Bernie Sanders supporters were going wilding.
Jones stole this game something that Murray can’t do
Murray sucks. In his short career he’s already approaching Fleury Choke status.
Thanks Murray!
#powerplay
Thanks to our conn Smythe MVP Murray
Haha this Pittsburgh is Jinxed haven won a championship in Pittsburgh since in the 60’s
1993
People standing outside of pens consol are quiet maybe they can just pretend they were at a funeral since there is a church right beside
Fuck you fuckface
Bet it’s louder than Le Mausolee Bell tonight.
Murray played like a fuckface in the 1st. Why does Crosby try to force passes to the point man when his net is empty? That is a fuckface maneuver. Pens in 6
Yes. It’s Crosby’s fault. Ask Stan. That douche doesn’t even know there is a goalie.
Goalie bad! Arrrrrrr!
Well, can’t blame anybody other than Murray for this bedshitting. I’m sure D will blame Malkin.
Stanch will blame Crosby. He’s the Capt. He didn’t score. #dumbfuck
Kiss his pusssy. Can’t get enough. Where’s he been since game 2 anyway?
Finally American fraud scores in this series thanks to empty net
Who is fuckface councilman that remained the street “Murray way”. Impeach that dude
That’s probably what doomed them.
You bet it was. Jinx
Your wife is dumber than you. And shockingly, taken less dickk
I’m going to say it. Maloni was right. Power play bailed us out.
Power play was only reason why they overcame their goalie. don’t expect you to understand. It’s Sid’s fault.
He did really step up. Especially on the #powerplay. You’re a world class tard.
Offside
Martin fuckface Jones… Fucker
Final push let’s send this to overtime!
Nbc trying to get a game 6. The fuckface refs usually put the whistle away at this point.
Was just shocked we weren’t on the pk for the first 10 minutes.
If Sheary was converting at 25% of his pass receptions tonight the pens would be leading.
So many chances blown
Beau Bennett time!
Sharks getting outplayed but our goalie was crap.
Only if they use him on the power play.
Worked last time but I don’t wanna see game seven
Stanch thinks they should dress Sestito. Need the toughness
“Sestito is #somethingspecial” -Maloni
Game 5,6 or 7. Doesn’t matter. Pens are winning.
Mostly because of the power play.
We are getting the 09 version of malkin tonight. That fuckface is fun to watch when he plays like this.
Fuckface..
Switch sheary for fehr or kunitz
Pretend to know what you’re watching.
This series should be over already…Murray blew game 3 and this game so far tonight..
Game ain’t over and sweeps aren’t realistic.
Defend him. Rube.
He looked like st bleury in the 1st. Ain’t over yet though.
Defend him.
Goalies don’t matter. This is Sid’s fault. #umbrance.
“Goalie bad. I got nothing else. I tried to go somewhere with that power play thing” -Maloni
Jones is the difference maker.
As of now he is stealing this one for his team.
Murray gave it away.
Wow, what a shift by Sid and co…. Between him and Malkin alone this game has to tie
Agree zero
I know Maloni doesn’t know what he’s watching, but Malkin has BY FAR been their best player. Seems like he’s on the cusp.
GMJR should win conn Smythe lol
Why? You hate half the guys he brought in fuckface
Fuckface…..
Pens in OT! They are coming on! Great period carried the play.
Sid only has 1 shot? DOMINANCE!!!
Well. Conn smythe isn’t just tonight. It’s for the whole playoffs. Where Malkin has out produced him in one less game. #dominance
I still have Kessel engraved myself
I do too
Dude you are really into the stats board malkin may have a point more then sid but sid play was like day and night compare to malkin. Sid playing way better then malkin this 2016 playoffs malkin is nowhere near conn Smythe convo but of course a clown like you knows nothing but blowing npl
Yeah. Malkin goofed his way to more points in less games. Didn’t win enough face offs. That is so Sam.
One shot but he’s set a ton of shit up… I’m critical of him but can’t be mad up him tonight.
If Sestito was playing, this game would look different.
Jones is stealing this so far, the pens best guys have been their best tho. All of them look dangerous, if this game keeps going this way the Pens will still take it. Murray is settling in a bit here
Agree
#powerplay
I’m not sure how we’re losing. I celebrated about 5 goals for the Pens so far tonight, but the scoreboard only says 2 for some reason.
If not for that power play we’d be…exactly where we are right now.
Kessel and Malkin carrying these guys.
You are a complete fuckingmoron #boxscore
Haha. Lecture more on the power play pool boy. Fuckingmoron
Maloni was right. Power play carrying us.
I wouldn’t expect a guy whose never played a competitive sport to understand the concept of momentum. #powerplaysdontmatter
This argument is always the best. Never mind I’ve played plenty of competitive sports, the arrogance of thinking it matters is fuckingg laughable. You’re such a pud. Power play!
He plays with himself and that’s pretty competitive
Kids making saves, still seems a little rattled.
So 3 goals on 5 shots and Murray still in net he must be suckingg sully since the AHL days then
With Sullivan’s ability to talk to his guys I wouldn’t have taken him out yet either… Short leash from here out but it is the right choice
Playing better than Carey Price.
No we should have never gotten rid of Sill
Now sill was a fuckface
“Goalie doesn’t matter. Sid’s fault” – Stanchion
They matter. They’re just not all that matters. Contrary to your contention. When your wife lets you post.
We are damn lucky to come out down 1 and the 2nd is our period. Not sure i would pull MM, then again cant afford another mistake
but another goal and they are heading back west.
There is 500+ comments and still no new news from D
Pens could still win. Pull Murray now.
4 saves on 7 then a intermission? You really think pulling him when you said this was the best idea?
Make the move Sullivan. Put the savior in!
Zak? He’s not even dressed.
#SomethingSpecial
Looks ready
Ouch period for Murray, I think everyone celebrated too soon.
Parade on hold
Period on hold.
rough period for Murray? I have dated girls with better periods
Were they from gaydoggs bar
Must be the jinx of the bandwagon fans like npl
Thank God for Pens power play. #stanchdontknow
Yeah. That’s probably why they’re winning.
That’s why they are going to win. Keep watching and learn donut boy.
Yeah. The power play. Pretty much why they made it this far. Maloni. So good. It’s like you try to out-dumb yourself.
“Lmao”
Fleury in yet?
Dustin I send a link of YouTube for npl let me know if you approve that guy to be part of Cbauer’s Stanley Cup parade
I don’t want NPL bf video you have
It’s not I promise just watch we might use this guy for Cbauer’s event
I don’t know if bonino is looking like a Amish or an ISIS
There’s a lot of things you don’t know
Not a great period. Clearly missing “Zak’s” specialtude and Sestito’s toughness tonight. But it’s not over yet.
Why would they put Sestito in. You keep making really stupid observations. #pharmsalesboy
Your boy. Need him for toughness. Love you some Sestito
Maloni wants to see Sestito on the power play.
Lmao. You don’t even know what a power play is. Fuckingclueless
Haha. Good stuff. Is that really the best you got? Might be time to let the breadwinner of your family post bud.
“Lmao!”
Tough talk Coming from the guy that thinks umbrance is a word. #donutboy
Wait. Is that you or the head of your household? Did she ok you to post that?
I love that I could pay you to clean my pool and it would bump you into another tax bracket.
It’s over for you. You have no idea what you’re watching. #imakedonuts
Let’s wait for gaydogg and his long novel
MAF comes in saves day YODA strokes out Win Win
Trade fleury Murray will be ready next year . For 60+ games
80 games.
Gotta get Murray out now.
For “Zak”. Also. If they can get Sestito in there….
Powerplaysmatter. #umbrance
Stanch proving again Sam isn’t dumbest poster here
Yes. You’re the dumbest poster here. #SomethingSpecial
According to gaydogg Stan and npl are in his top 7 smartest posters here
According to Sam brad Boyes would have been up for the conn smythe
Gaydogg works in a bar in suburban Pittsburgh.
Stanch still thinks Murray is still in running for CS.
If we would have Sestito in lineup we would have wrap this up other night in 4
Kessel in old habits waiting on blue line
Maybe Sam is right on this one… Murrays been fucken garbage
He makes good saves but most of the time team bails him out and he gets the W. How many times in this year playoffs pens gave away 2-0 leads not because team was bad .its because Murray was bad with soft goals
Money says he bounces back here in the second
More like the team bails him out in the 2nd since pens strongest periods this year is the 2nds
5 shots 3 goals. Mvp numbers
Sharks need TK on order to get shots on net. I mean logo
right now i wouldnt give him the the conn chung award
We can all agree with this performance Murray might not get the conn Smythe
Kessel in beast mode. San Jose gave their best shot, they’re done.
All we need is Captain America to show up lets go Kessel
Holy fuck was that a dominating shift.
Sid looking up at Malkin in the points race #TheLittleThings
2-0 is worst lead in professional sports.
In Pittsburgh 2016 series
Do you have Tourette’s?
#powerplaysmatter
Bad news for you Sam the Russian Bear is here tonight
Parade plans done yet?
Will you have hot dog carts
Like my body its on hold we shall see
I feel like I am watching all star games with so many goals this Early
Damn this is better than the oxy
5 mins and 4 goals this must be a ping pong game
Power plays don’t matter #umbrance
Zak. #SomethingSpecial
Fluke goal by a fraud
You stupid fuckface… Shut the fuck up
Kind of dont feel bad still sitting here recovering not able to go to game maybe taking some Oxy will help this go better.
Same said fleury might play this series let’s see if he is right
He also said St. Louis or Boyes were better than Kessel.
And you said Bennett for Drouin.
John scott for malkin
Hahahaha… You’re such a stupid fuckface
2 of three? Imagine if this was MAF. Yoda? Fuckface?
Parade committee meeting is called off till this shithead learns to use his glove
Wow…horrible start.
Could you imagine if Fleury gave up that goal???
That goal or those goalssss
Murray for con Smythe
Don’t worry guys once again the team will win in front of Murray and make him look like conn Smythe guy
Nice job Mr malkin turn your TV off npl you fuckin jinx
This gets funnier and funnier. Malkin now with more points than Sid in less games. All the little things!
Fleury would have stopped that.
Doubtful
Fucken Murray, that’s a fuck awful goal. Come on yoda you fuckface… What say you?
If I were jimerson, I’d have broken into 3 bars of Oh Canada as a goof. Then proceeded with the only anthem that is required.
Stupid Museum
Where is Cbauer
Kessel Night!!!!
Sam sucks. Go Pens.
I know you do FatFace
Fuckface
So bad at this.
Hey Sam you FUCKFACE… What are you gonna do when Kessel wins the MVP? FUCKFACE…
How much face could a fuckface fuck if a fuckface could fuckface? Sam?
The wheels on SAMs short bus go fuckyourself… Fuckface
Carey price playing tonight?
I need to slow down… I won’t be conscious for puck drop and that would be a horrible waste of a hard on! #canadianbeer
I feel ya brother. I started early too.
here NPL watch your friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs
Boom!!
Number of people watching sam’s YouTube clips? #0
Would you guys dress Sestito tonight?
You almost have to, if you don’t the Sharks will take liberties with Sid and Geno taking them out of the game.
#yodaknew
#maloniknew
if st.bleury gets in the net, he will blow a lead and choke. (game 5, tampa series) #yodaknew
“Blow it up. You can’t win with this team” #yodaknew
http://i.giphy.com/7jQPNLlQwgNPy.gif
you guys think Bennett will injure his wrists tonight after lifting the Stanley cup ?
I think there’s a chance Carey Price gets hurt watching Beau Bennett lift the cup
such a dumb ass you are putting price on the same level of that Fraud
you are soo bad at this
Yeah – I’m sure the masses think I’m bad at this. Probably think I’m on your level. Carey Price! Nice season, bud.
Go hump your Fraud Dipietro Biggest Fraud in NHL History
My fraud. I’m always on here raving about DiPietro. Show me a link. #bradboyes
any of you coming to montreal this weekend for the F1
ah forgot americans dont like F1 or soccer they are behind when it comes to world events
Yeah – both of those things are “new” and “fresh” and America is behind the times.
Is Hertl still out for game 3?
Potential SC clinching match and no pregame article? This site has sunk to a new low.
when pens win tonight i bet we will have Crosby’s 09 picture with the cup lol
Shut up fraud.
You Hack
Yessss! Lol
If they win the Cup….Kessel is the Conn Smythe winner!
more like Con artist winner the fuckker took the year off and only showed up in playoffs
while sid and letang carried the team to the playoffs without them kessel name wouldnt even be mentioned for the Conn Smythe
Imagine his own country does not even have faith in him that they did not choose him to represent his country
Comming out of shape
Bandwagon. Nothing you said there makes any sense. Stop embarassing yourself. Just put on your Kovalev Canadian jersey and jerk off to Orpik. Clown.
here NPL watch your friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs
Boom!
Who led the league in game winner passes last playoff? Did they win the Conn Smythe?
I had a few minutes so thought I’d take a second to correct the errors in Yoda’s explanation of why Murray should win the Conn Smythe because we all know how much he struggles with facts. Let’s start with his claim that Kessel’s 10g-22pts is good but not unexpected or crazy, considering the FACT that only 3 players have put up the numbers Kessel has in the last 10 years there’s nothing expected about that type of production let alone from a player like Kessel who has had and up & down season before becoming the best and most consistent… Read more »
Boom goes the dynamite
letang with 3 game winner assists in this sharks series
he has played the most minutes the guy has been the back bone of the team
3 game winner assists. What an idiot lol
Fat Slob
I tried to look up how many game winner assists other people had, and found out it wasn’t really a thing. Go figure. Sam!
yes murray been good but the question is he really the difference maker for pens wins ? i Doubt it because many time he won games based the team in front of him winning it for him while he gives up few soft goals and pens lose the lead
Not even your mom read that “post”. Brevity of the soul of wit. Trim it down fatso.
Zzzzzzzzzz……
I’m hoping like the rest of you to see this tonight.
https://media.giphy.com/media/11r36C7z6POavS/giphy.gif
I gave this a thumbs up, so some fuckface gave it a thumbs down! I imagine the teams worst fan was the culprit. You guys didn’t even have to vote on it, Sam volunteered to be that guy with this thumbs down… Fuckface
We’re all fans of the same team with differing opinions but some take it to the extreme.
yeah we all root for the penguins but we all seem to cheer for very different things, which is so ridiculous, but here we are.
I think outside of Sam and yoda, everyone just roots for the pens. Sam only roots for Canadian players ands yogurt just roots against fleury.
I root for everyone you clown i only go againt Fraud people that have no business to have the cup success or salary but sadly it happens most of the time americans and russians in that category
so you dont root for everyone. Idiot
Listen to bandwagon Sam sound like the fool that only he could be. “I root for everyone except the frauds (every American) and Russians.” What a tool. The guy you’ve been calling a fraud all all year is first in line to win the playoff MVP. You’re the only fraud here. Clown.
fuckface
FUCKFACE
any canadian. Even retired ones. #StLouis #Boyes
Stan gave it thumbs down because Crosby is in the video
Thank God we got Kessel to carry him. #America
I don’t think Sykora will be there.
Fuckface…
It’s so funny that calling someone a fuckface is perfectly acceptable but calling a whore(wh0re) gets edited. Hell even mentioning dick Tarnstrom is frowned upon but fuckface doesn’t cross the line. Only on TIOPS.
How do you feel about the term cousinfucker?
I live close enough to the WV boarder that it’s a pretty common term in these parts and in some circles it is even considered a compliment.
cock, balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs
got a love this clip guys this russian is as dumb as any american from Florida calling mustard a Mayonnaise
this is the clip of the year BOOM!
You should be the last person laughing at someone else’s inability to speak English you fuckface
Rounds 1, 2, and 3 were all ended by the Pens on HOME ice. I’m ready!
Anyone else feel really good about tomorrow? I just can’t see us losing.
Today is the last day in 2016 that the Pens will not be champs…..unless we get a shit ton of OT’s.
Jinx
Hard not to feel good about it, they’re clearly the better team, as long as Murray doesn’t lose the game there aren’t many other scenarios where they lose.
As long as the team in front of murray bails him out after soft goals the team is okay
Jesus Christ… You are everybit as bad as the anti-fleury crowd. Murray hasn’t been Brodeur but he hasn’t exactly been Fleury circa 2012/13 either. He has been solid when he has to be. He is the beneficiary of a solid defence in front of him but it’s not like he hasn’t been challenged. He stopped three one on one plays last game out… Fuckface
you do realize 2016 team is way better and deeper then the team pens had 2012/13 and better coaching system then your clown idol DB had in place
2013? Debatable fuckface, they were very deep and the coaches failed to use the guys properly but that doesn’t explain MAFs meltdowns in the two years. I love the guy but he absolutely struggled in those years. This is why he hired the shrink and new coach fuckface
Also I love how you point out “my clown idol” when I was one of the more
Outspoken in terms of not thinking he was as good as his cup year had us believe! Fuckface
And the deepest team they’ve had recently was in 08 when that awful coach Therrien was around
#umbrance
common mistake in the 6th grade.
With the Bennett for Druin trade along with the free agent signings of Brad Boyed and Martin St. Louis…. We should be thr Vegas favorites to repeat next year.
Driving home was listening sirusXM radio the one that I cannot afford according I Stan and his limo driver. Jew bettman was on and said he likes the canes organization and won’t be moved. Salary cap will go up maybe 1.5 once season is finish we will know right number. Also added pens ha have the most Frauds and bandwagon fans
And you are leading the pack fuckface
I wonder who’s car he borrowed. #BradBoyes
Once again I never liked boyes never wanted here so I don’t get your joke
Kirk Muller back in Montreal… Now you don’t have to waste your hard on either
You wanted him. So you don’t get it because it isn’t one.
boyes or boys?
Stanch makes things up.
Is that what you’re going with now? Haha! Sestito! “Zak!” Something special!
How does fuckface go uncensored.
Not sure but it’s a lot of fun finding all the “bad words” that we can sneak through lol
#Jew
Wow Kessel is only the 3rd player in the last 3 years with 10+goals, 20+pts, 10+pp pts and 90+ shots in a playoff year. The other 2 (Zetterberg in 2008 and Malkin in 2009) both won the Conn Smythe.
Kessel is also the only person that got snobed from all star games and from his own country
“Kris Letang” and your real favourite teams dman “PK Subban” lol… asshole lol
that monkey is a Fraud
reason he won norris because he is black
that award shouldve been won by letang that year
Good one Sam. Marty St. Louis. Brad Boyes. This and that.
While I agree that Letang probably should have one I will say I don’t get what him being black has to do with anything. Your mom fucks hundreds of black men annually and you still love her no?
Better then yours she does cows in Edmonton
Ouch, it hurts my feelings when you say those mean things!
Snobed
I tried this before but Yoda didn’t have the backbone to accept but I’ll offer it again to see if his balls have dropped yet. If Murray wins the Conn Smythe I will come on after the game and post “I am a total fraud that knows nothing about hockey and Yoda is an all wise hockey genius” and then will self impose a 2 week ban where I will not post but if Murray doesn’t win the Conn Smythe Yoda must come on after the game and post “I am a total fraud that knows nothing about hockey and… Read more »
the only reason you want this bet it is so you can impose a ban on yourself and hide for 2 weeks because you will be too ashamed and humilated to read all of my posts telling of how my prophecies have been fulfilled. i don’t care about the conn smythe. murray doesn’t have to win it for my prophecy to be fulfilled. i’ve been waiting for this moment for years. there is no way i will be able to ban myself for 2 weeks when the pens win a cup with the ADHD goof on the bench.
Prophecies! Oh man, you and maloni have to be the most delusional people on the planet.
Yoda and his blow it prophecies are legendary
Wow, what a high stakes bet. Making a statement on the Internet and not being able to post for two week. What a celebration day 15 will be in your household. What don’t you make a bet were you would have to try to converse with an actual woman in Vegas next year and not a hooker?
Why waste time and money on a dumb whore I may or may not have sex with at the end of the night when I can spend that same time and money on a dumb whore I’m guaranteed to have sex with at the end of the night?
Really??? Fuckface doesn’t get edited but wh0re does?
Fun fact, Murray hasn’t had a 30 save performance in the final game of the Caps series, that’s 10 straight games where the most saves he’s made is 28(3 of those 10 have been less than 20 saves), in those same 10 games is opposing netminder has made 30+ saves 6 times. Extending that farther, going back to the Wash series his head to head numbers it shows that his individual impact has been minimal at best, his numbers have been equal to his opponent on a much lighter workload in most cases. Caps series- Holtby .923sv% on 193 saves… Read more »
91 saves over 4 games… team D like a boss
You’d be better off trying to teach Sam how to use punctuations.
this year, kessel, crosby, and murray have been the pens best players. however, 10 goals and 22 points is good, but not unexpected for kessel or crazy numbers. it’s not like when geno put up 39 points which made it obvious. sid has been the best player on the ice, but his point numbers aren’t incredible. that leaves murray. a rookie goaltender who came out of nowhere to go 14-5 with a .925, and who stole the starting job from an apparent “hall of famer” leading his team to the cup is a huge story. murray is the big story… Read more »
Fraud.
Still struggling with facts.
Regardless of shot total it’s Still more saves than fleury would have made.
First time in many years that there is soo many candidates for the Conn smythe this proves they are all playing as a team and as a group that their play means alot for the wins
My list
Kessel
Crosby only reason i put sid at 2nd because of points if he had same points as chubby eyes closed sid would have it but still he might havea chance to steal it
Letang
Murray
Bonino
Cullen
Haggy
Rust
Bennett
Malkin at number 10
The list begins and ends with Kessel, he’s the only 1 who truly deserves it whether he actually wins it or not.
Too early to make that statement. Could be a lot of hockey left
Yes but it should take an unreal performance in those remaining games to come close to where Kessel sits now.
without corsby and letang carrying this team to the playoffs i am sure your kessel will be only on the top list to win hot dog cart of the year
He’s no Brad Boyes.
corsby for Conn Smythe!!
Worst part about this year’s Conn Smythe conversation is that there’s a decent chance that Yoda ends up being right even though Murray isn’t really deserving of winning the award. The Canadian media isn’t going to vote for a non-Canadian player and they have a lot of votes so Kessel(most deserving), Bonino and Malkin are out of the conversation by default. Realistically that leaves Crosby, Letang and Murray as the only eligible players, both Crosby and Letang have been up & down at times and both have had scoring droughts so that pretty much leaves them with Murray as the… Read more »
In fairness… When he wins the 15th game he will tie Roy, Hextall, and Ward for the most wins by a rookie in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. All three of them won the Conn Smythe, Hextall on a losing team. While I personally feel that Kessels contribution should be enough for the award Murrays overall stats + tying this record will make it easier to digest if Murray wins it.
That noted his .925 is far below the SV% of the last two goaltenders who won… that in itself may play a role here
Again I’m sure they’re going to consider that but comparing a goalies sv% in 2016 that those attained in 1986 & 1987 is very inaccurate and could be considered a lesson in futility, even comparing them to Wards’ numbers in 2006 isn’t accurate because of how much the game has changed in the last decade. Comparing his numbers to the other goalies in the 2016 playoffs is a very accurate comparison though and he currently ranks tied for 7th among the 21 qualifying goalies in sv% and 7th for gaa. So using 1 of Yoda’s favorite defenses, his numbers are… Read more »
I was mentioning it as somewhat of a detractor… the last 2 goalies to win the award were a .940 and a .946
I get that and it’s probably the biggest driving force behind him being considered a serious contender for the award but should the fact that he’s a rookie really trump his actual play? The Conn Smythe or playoff MVP should be decided on a players performance, not a players performance relative to his experience level.
murray=conn smythe.
Faces 22 shots a night whether he needs to or not.
Oh. And you’re such a f’ing fraud.
I’m thinking Phil gets it. I just want to see his awkward interview. O could also see him dropping the cup. Or filling it with ketchup, mustard and relish.
Canada won’t let phil get it. Just adds insult to injury.
Unfortunately I agree. He’s the most deserving but I feel the Canadian media will hold a grudge and refuse to vote for him.
This is ridiculous, if this is true, how would kane win it over toews or crawford? how does lidstrom win it over yzerman, or how about Malkin over crosby?
the only people who dont like kessel are leaf fans, not the writers. Well maybe dave feschuk but he doesnt have a vote.
And also Canadian media and Toronto media are no where near the same thing. Anyone outside of Toronto hates Toronto
I agree with this. They’ll want their canadian golden boy to get it – the one with the same number of points as Malkin with one more game played. But he wins all those faceoffs! Yanic Perreault!
Eats a bowl of beans and wieners out of it lol
I’m not sure yoda is anymore of a fraud than you Stan. You both are singularly focused on one player. At least Yoda was right about Fleury. Not sure many share your perspective about Sid.
I’m not singularly focused on anything. Honestly, you two exclusively share that category. You’re inherently hindered from speaking knowledgeably about any topic including the goaltender, which you both attempt to educate about nearly as a sole topic. And the next time yoda (or you, for that matter) are right about anything will be each of your respective firsts. Zatkoff is something special. #YouCalledIt
Let’s start with the fact we both have been right about Fleury for years. More recently, you moronically argued with me about the importance of the pp in the playoffs only to watch the Penguins win game 4 with a pp goal.
Haha! You haven’t been right about anything. Including me the power play. Certainly in the context of my argument as it pertained to the power play. But even you know that. And you’re an idiot. #DressSestito
Pea brain, Did you not argue the pens don’t need to score on the pp to win? That’s its terminally broken so why waste time worrying about it? #fraud #ppmatter
I argued that they’re not calling penalties and the power play is what it is at this point. Which wasn’t so much an argument as it was a factual statement in every way possible. #SomethingSpecial #DressSestito #StartFleury. Batting 1.000!
And makes one more save than the Mental Midget MAF.
One more all time? Or just in the particular game? Or are you going period by period? Very confusing and largely ill informed. So, kinda status quo.
Using that rational then I guess Cullen is deserving for being better than Adams.
Since when has being sheltered by a dominant team and getting outperformed by you counterpart in all but a few games = MVP?
since tomorrow night when he wins it
Care to place a friendly wager?
Wait didn’t you say the Pens wouldn’t make the Playoffs???? Yes you are Nostradamus.. Pens are winning
because they now have 4 lines….
Doesn’t anyone have a job around here
Any chance Beau Bennett plays Thursday instead of TK…I mean Sheary?
He is saving himself for his big contract Montreal will toss at him this offseason
Him and Carey Price sitting in teh press box together eating nachos with a half empty arena beneath them. I can just see it now.
habs have enough american frauds no need to add more their last 11 forwards in first round that they picked has been americans and last 2 captains.So now you know why habs sucked over the last few years .Maybe jew bettman wants it that way
Yes, Bettman, the face of 30 owners, wants one of the leagues top performing teams financially to suck. You’re such a fucking tool lol. I do find it amazing how prone to league conspiracy you and yoda seem to be.
http://www.forbes.com/nhl-valuations/
Number 2 on the list… bet all other 29 owners are just dying to kill the franchise. Idiot
he wants american teams to win and be strong because they have problems filling up their bandwagon arenas after 25 years you still have fans sleeping in the finals game
canadian teams can suck yet will still have full arenas kinda odd you have best canadian players playing for US teams and canadian teams are full of american frauds
Blame your GM for the make up of the team fuckface. The league is not pulling strings here, you just havent had competent leadership for quite a while. Bergevin may actually be a true fraud… looked great in year one but that well dried up fast.
you fuckin fake canadian democrat
here enjoy your clown PM that you voted him for national embaressemnt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGCpArP6SHw
No, you are a national embarrassment, having a leader with charisma is a non-story. I am more concerned about what he does while running the country. You have no fucking clue what goes on in this respect. Also please speak English when having these conversations.
“embaressemnt” (sic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsw_auIc8-o
I have always wondered sam… is that gym at the kindergarten you attend? If so did you know you were being filmed? You should seek an adult right away.
hahaha you mean the one from your home province?
habs had too many injuries this season they dressed up 15 diffrent defense so this explains why they were bad and no Price along with some forwards too plus they had a fraud semin in the team that didint help the situation along wtih Zac Kassian
Yet even through the injuries you had a coach that was openly criticized by everyone working in the game for the choice of players he would use in the spots of the injured. As for Semin… he was put on waivers on Dec the 15th… how do you fault him for what happened from that day forward? ESPECIALLY as it was a 1.1 million dollar deal?
From TSN at the start of the year
“Two Canadian-based teams – Calgary (15) and Ottawa (14) – have the highest number of Canadian-born players. Edmonton (13), Boston (13), Columbus (13) also have a higher number than the league average of 10.3 Canadians per team. Pittsburgh (four) has the fewest Canadians; Vancouver has just one American on the roster.”
its not alot for teams that have history and pressure habs had full of frauds with gomez and company no clue what the habs organization was all about
The habs organization is about winning 100 championships when theres only 6 teams in the league then doing absolutely nothing when the league fills out
Not to mention having control over a region during a time when that region produced the games top players
Yes… “he needs American teams to win” so he has fixed the league… since 199 fucking 3. I am pretty sure the job would have been done roughly a decade ago dumbass.
Wild name Scott Stevens as their new assistant coach
Wilds
Lightnings
I love that Lemieux’s wife holds her junk while cheering.
“Everybody in the 3-1-3, put your mothafuckin hands up and follow me” -Nathalie Lemieux
https://media.giphy.com/media/CUNpgHYVPAmKk/giphy.gif
how can people give this a thumbs down?
nice observation. that is hilarious!
Fraud
“Suck it San Jose”
That’s actually kind of hot.
Anybody seen mrchady? I would hate for her to miss the game Thursday.
I heard Stan is being nice and will allow rothey to watch the game from his limo
To save Stan the trouble. You’re soooo bad at this.
I think my work is under the assumption I will be here for the game Thursday. In the words of MM…I’m afraid I’ve got some baaad news.
#Blackgaylivesmatter
Based on the title, i thought the Pens were starting Zatkoff Thursday.
NPL, where have you been? Spotty attendance lately due to election day? I’m still convinced you’re one of the Bernie supporters, draped in the Mexican national flag attacking Trump supporters.
I think he is busy between the protest of 15$ minimum wage for his KFC job that he works and the protest about #transgenderlivesmatter
Holy fuck, Same spells one thing right and it’s transgender.
You must be part of that movement to
I’m in Vegas. I just pop in during down time to laugh at you, Sam, and Yoda. Keep up the good work, buddy.
How many escorts turn you down fatso
I actually turned down 2 French Canadians since I know they don’t perform well this time of year.
Probably gone there to attend a drag queen event
Not this time, no.
Ah okay maybe performing this time
Warmer.
Down time? You practically live on this site, spreading your wealth of knowledge as a gay, black, Democrat, non-hockey fan. Seriously, what are you doing in Vegas. You seem to have been there for awhile.
He is pimping his hot dog cart on a corner of a street
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KLoo21e9Epo/T9oYjT3B6pI/AAAAAAAAAJE/cQcoTaEPReM/s1600/Ryan+at+hot+dog+cart+in+park.jpg
And Sam. You are on fire today. Keep up the good work!
Murray was the #1 star last night? According to who? NBC has Malkin 1, Kessel 2 and Cole 3. I guess in Depaoli and Yoda’s heart Murray #1.
yeah, he is a rookie who is 14-4 with a .925. and he is going to win the conn smythe.
Kesselmania!!!!!
Serious question. Will you cry when Fleury is the goalie opening night for the 16/17 season for the Penguins?
I will, and Im not a Murray fanboy. Fleury just makes me cry.
how many times have i have to say every goalie when they are hot they look good but after a season or 2 they become average and only handfull of goalie stays elite for a long time because they are real first round pick materials Murray has soo many weakness its just the team is always bailing him out when he is giving up soft goals how many times in playoffs pens lost their lead because of him. Also he is doing good now what makes you guys think he will be as good next year with 60+games I know… Read more »
Sam, anybody with a brain knows Murray will not be as good next year. The team will not be focussed on blocking shots next year nor will they be protecting the “rookie” goalie.
I would laugh my ass off if he did.
I know who wasnt the No. 1-3 star – Fleury.
One win away from the Pens hoisting the cup and we’re still arguing over the SAM crap. Only if Santiago was here to bring us all together for a moment of peace and gleeful joy when the Pens win. We could have a cease fire on the boards the day after and reminisce on what a ride this season was.
Zero, Game 5 is Thursday. Don’t want you to wake up tomorrow with your game-day hard on.
Thanks, I hate wasting hard ons
I am sure Stan never wasted his hard ons when DB and Orpig was around
He would probably circle around Consol Meusum Center with his Limo after the game to try to pick up either one of them and bring home
Are we seriously having this conversation about the Consol? After their awakening through this playoff? One where the Habs didnt sell a single ticket?
Another zinger, sam. meanwhile, you’re the one the can’t stop talking about them. So jaded.
cant stop talking about it because they were both frauds while few of you here drooled over them as Gods
Orpik was a very, VERY good defender on this team for a long time. After a couple of years of growing pains he became a solid top 4 guy that made players on the other team keep their head on a swivel. It wasnt until the last few years that he started to age fast. He wasnt a fraud he just didn’t have it anymore you fucken idiot. DB is another story, while I think he was incredibly overrated as a head coach he did take this team to a place the great Therrien never could. I thank him for… Read more »
orpig was shitt half the time he was out of position trying to hit a player and was as idiot as malkin and neal always taking dumb penalties and hasnt change a bit since he is gone and single handedly cost the caps their series this year
How was he in 08? 09? You blatantly ignored what I said in regards to Orpiks value during those two cup runs specifically. I know he fell off… I stated exactly that. That doesnt change the fact that he was a huge piece of the teams success at one point and we were lucky to pay him what we did through the years where he was playing great hockey. I guess this outs you a bit as a pretty recent fan of the team… go back to Montreal dude
alot of assitant coaches are better then DB and dying to have a coaching position and its reallly hard to get a coaching job in this league only 30 spots and I am sure all 29 coaches and assistants ask the question How the Fuckk DB is so qualified for that job and they allllll know he is a Fraud. That Fuckingg Clown didnt even know when to take a proper time out only thing he was good as is folding his arms and drink water while the ship sinks and rotate between Bennett and TK for BJ at the… Read more »
Well there should have been a spot available in Montreal but apparently the Bergervin magic wore off pretty quick too. Keeping Therrien is the worst decision he has made to date
because he knows team had too many injuries and at a point habs dressed 15 different Defense this year
Bergevin has Class unlike that arrogant clown Shero
I mean – your’e the only one that brings them up – obsessed much? Orpig must have really broken your heart. And made your ass bleed.
That was actually pretty funny. Good on you Sam.
Wouldnt be surprised if pens blew them out in game 5. Predicting 11-0.
I’m going with 4-2 final score.
5 – 1
Fleury with the shutout #Game5
Fleury had the shutout in game 3. You must have missed it in the box score.
Goalie bad! Arrrrrgghhhhh!
Malkin now ranks third on Penguins all-time playoff list with 10 GWG, behind Jagr (14) & Lemieux (11)
How is it possible this gets a thumbs down?…its a stat
Because sam is a xenophobic moron.
Sam systematically gives everyone who didnt wink back at him in his “ball hockey trick pony tricks” video a thumbs down.
will Bennett play another game with the pens ?
I heard he injured his wrist again while eating pop corn on yesterdays game
Maybe him and Carey Price injured each other with a dutch rudder.
Who gives a fuck, guy got one game… he wasn’t great (wasnt terrible) and the team has been fine without him. So why does it matter here? He has become an insignificant piece of the puzzle as there are a lot of guys that can play in the system that have made him extremely expendable. Personally I hope he signs with the Habs
since 1993 we have enough American Frauds dragging that organization down no need more hope they get rid of Max pacioretty soon
Id love to see Max in a Pens jersey. Bigger body with good speed and scores 30 in MTL. What wouldnt there be to like about him outside of injuries?
Except when they trade MAF and Pouiliot and maybe lose one of Lovejoy or Schultz..
Why are they trading pouliot? do they not like his upside and agreeable cap hit?
No need to move MAF or Pouliot unless they want out, which is unknown at this point. Lovejoy and Shultz are definitely 2 of few decisions they will have to make with Lovejoy being a UFA and Shultz being a RFA but I would hardly call either of those hard decisions and there’s definitely no urgency with either decision. Lovejoy, Shultz and Kunitz are the only 3 players they need to make decisions on and being that all 3 are lesser supporting cast members I don’t see any as major decisions, the rest is all gravy, if there’s an upgrade… Read more »
Kunitz is under contract!
I’m aware but with his age and declining skill they will have to make a decision about his role with the team going forward, again nothing important or urgent but there is a decision to be made.
Just admit you didnt know Kunitz was under contract one more year Jay. Also, they wont be able to afford Shultz and will move his rights.
Saw it mentioned earlier and even though I’m not a fan of talking about the off season during a Cup run and ranted about it just yesterday, I’ll throw this out there, this really should be the quietest Pens off season in a very long time. As Stan mentioned there’s something to be said for brining back the same roster that just dominated the last 2 months of the season and playoffs, basically dare the entire league to find a way to beat us. Couple that with the fact that they have very few players they need to make decisions… Read more »
Everytime an American coach takes over for a canadian coach mid season…the pens win the cup……so next year start with JM as head coach and move sully back mid season…..that formula = cup
Naw, I cracked the code… we need a former Cap – Murphy, Gonchar, Fehr and I need some asshole in Edmonton to promise me the Oilers will win a cup before the Pens do lol
hey dickk head cant say DB and sullly situation is the same when DB took over there was 20 or so game left with same roster maybe few different face .When sully took over pens had 60 or so games left along with alot of new faces.I give props for sully to make team better in short period of time and working his system good with JM. But as for DB the Guy is a Pure Fraud along with Shero
So DB had a tougher job….only 20 games to fix MT’s awful mess…exact same mess he made in montreal this season
Same mess with habs? he had so many injuries include dressing up 15 difffrent Defense this year
If he was that bad why did Kirk muller leave the blues and join the Habs when Blues have more chance to win the cup then habs
Tampax part ways with Steve Thomas. Todd Richards will b joining Tampax as assistant coach
Who is Tampax?
Sam just got his period
That matters to no one except you.
I think pen hardest series was the caps and that is the series that Crosby shut Backstrom down but according to Stan sid took that series off
Sid got shut down by Backstrom, you mean.
I never seen a douche bag like you with so much hate on sid and letang if it wasn’t for those 2 players carrying this team on their back since January while geno and chubby was on vacation .none of you Clowns be here talking about pens playing hockey in June
Pens real playoff started in January. Where was your chubby when team needed him the most in order to make the playoffs when they were a bottom team
So convenient that they started right after Sid decided to show up this season. The first three months didn’t count because he was on holiday, i guess.
how about kessel how long was he off during the season
Does Kessel being on holiday somehow negate the “best player in the world” playing for half a season?
^Irony, if it wasnt for Malkin in the 1st half of the year the Pens may not have been in position to get to the playoffs let alone 4th. If it wasn’t for Kessel who knows if they would be here now. It works both ways dumb ass. Every player named in this thread has had ups and downs but each has played a role in why they are here now. You are too fucken stupid to grasp this. Hell, even Zatkoff deserves his props for game 1 vs NY.
just sucks the only consistent penguin all year long cant play the game and that is Fleury due to the bad timming of his injury and the type of injury
Does suck but it is reality. Murray has got the job done and while MAF will forever be a polarizing figure for some and could not redeem himself he was still part of this year overall. End of the day its amazing how you will speak so amourously for one guy while talking utter trash about another that has been every bit as important in the long run.
I mean – did Sid get shut down or not Sam? 2 secondary assists? What makes it as though he did the shutting down instead of vice versa? You should take sid’s beanbag out of your mouth for a few seconds. Just try and breathe.
How is GMJR grampa doing Guys
Great to see Letang finally get some well deserved respect as an elite defenseman
Very underrated player
Him and Brad Boyes. According to Sam.
I know its off topic but how did Kimbo Slice died ?
Turns out he was Canadian. Died before the playoffs started.
he lived in florida so he must of cross path with NPL and bought a KFC Bucket and had a heart attack
Because the food was super Greasy with added NPL sweat in it
You’re so bad at this.
Ouch, but that made me laugh out loud !
Olli Maatta looking like the old Olli Maatta is a huge sigh of relief heading into next year.
He’s definitely rebounded nicely. I really love the idea of going into next year with largely the same team. Just pounding your chest saying “we’re still looking for someone that can beat us.”
When the games start to matter and playoffs start it won’t be the same team.
With a dash of year two Sprong!
Sprinkle in a healthy Wilson as well, possible contributions from Sundqvist, Pouliot, Simon and Guentzel and this really should be the quietest off season in a very long time.
MAF will be traded for picks or cap space and–with Murray, he’s superfluous and a possible distraction– Pouliot should go as well, since he can’t play D.
Despite how well he played in the playoffs, I suspect this will be Kunitz’s last year in Pittsburgh
A very nice sign. This series is a much better matchup for him with SJ’s style of play and you can tell his confidence grows by the shift.
Just in time for a second bout of cancer.
Diego – what an awful comment. If you are trying to be funny you have failed.
Lighten up KM.
My apologies, you are correct, joking about somebody getting cancer is really funny!
I wasnt joking about him getting cancer again, I was making light of his bad luck.
He’s not right very often to begin with.
Anyone still bittching about that Lovejoy / Despres trade?
My guess is that Eric is still calling it the worst trade in history because Despres was 6’4″ 225# and was only 21yo. He’s probably the only 1 though.
Depres just tripped over his own feet
Sniper got him.
Stan I was going to post how wrong I was earlier but dumb work got in the way. I was one of the village idiots with a pitchfork and torch running after GMJR. This is why I’m a Network Engineer and not a NHL GM.
It was a bad trade. Nothing to do with how well Lovejoy has played. It’s was a bad trade
It wasn’t then. It isn’t now. The trade was fine. It was junk for junk, and then the junk we got ended up outperforming junk classification. Which was a nice surprise.
It worked out in a big way, it was mostly inconsequential then although I did think that Despres had the potential to grow… I was wrong. Kids a bum and Lovejoy has been dynamite overall.
Opinion Poll;
Who is the worst “Penguins Fan” on this page
Type 2a for yoda
Type 2b for sam
I choose the number 2 for both because both are flaming turds
Bumping this to the top for conversation Lets Review the Staal trade… Staal for Sutter, Dumolin and the 8th pick which became Pouliot… Flipped Sutter for Bonino and Clendening… Flipped Clendening w/ Perron for Hagelin (Wonder if Perron would have even been an option with Staal making 6 million… or Hagelin for that matter)… So trading Staal ended helping the Penguins acquire; Nick Bonino – Conn Smythe Challenger until this round, cog in helping to ignite Kessel Brian Dumoulin – Strong skating defender with a decent 1st pass and a surprising ability to simply play solid smart defence Carl Hagelin… Read more »
Odd thing about Kessel is its obvious he preferes with inferior centers basically, hes better carry the load through the neutral zone i guess. Because hes been a different player with bonino and bozak as compared to sid and geno
Much the way Jagr was. They might be wings, but they carry the line. They want the puck on their stick.
he is not used to play with star center yesterday again when sid gave him a nice pass on the power play he chocked again
kessel likes to carry the puck and having bonino slower then sid and geno plays out good for kessel
You’re seriously a joke.
No not correct hes just at his best carrying the puck through the neutral zone, similar to sid and geno
Kessel is what we hoped James Neal would be. creating your own shot makes a hell of a difference
Remember four seasons ago when I was to first to point out that Neal was a waste unless he had the puck on his stuck in the slot. I got crushed on this board. #rightagain.
It was no secret James Neal couldnt create his own shot.
Shut the fuck up dude… guy has been instrumental in this run. How you can honestly be bitching about him right now when his offence has carried this team is incredible.
Because he wanted Brad Boyes.
This really shouldn’t be a surprise, I’very been saying it since September and we all know I’m the most knowledgeable poster on this site. Sorry I just couldn’t resist.
ha
Yet to agree with you so it can’t be true.
If malkin is out of the line up pens will still win a 7 game series but if sid is out of the lineup pens wont win or have trouble to win a 7 game series
Do you agree Mr.Stan
I do not agree. Taking either one of them out of the lineup probably isnt’ helpful. Regardless, in this playoff year, taking Kessel out of the lineup would hurt more.
youll have your other fellow american to play a shift or two Mr. Beau bennett
Other than Fehr, it’s a good thing – because none of the canadians can score.
Canadians are competing each other while the other nations are picking up the left overs BTW how is Pavelski doing ? Since you Judge captains in every series
You’re the best. Competing each other! Just picking up the leftovers! More sam! Please keep making me laugh.
you have an opinion of like a half retarded don cherry in the late 80s. you truly believe only canadians compete
Kessel is giving them what staal gave them, the balance to have 3 dangerous lines, i like bonino and hagalin alot, but without Phil that line (and the team) is no where near the same. Its just funny how different kessel and staal but similar effect
that i agree but many players said sid opens up the ice alot and have players foccused on him and lets the other lines contribute instead
few years ago pens did not have that teams checked sid and malkin and series was over now they do that and they have a good 3rd 4th line that is the diffrence and with this coach even star players are going in the rough corners and blocking shots under DB star players did not want to go to the dirty areas and werent even blocking shots
Remember when I said they needed a guy like Kessel because he could carry a the team when Sid and Geno slump, and then you called him an American fraud and said they needed Marty St. Louis or Brad Boyes? So good. You’re so full of shit.
Brad boyes i never liked that fraud nice try
Also you do remember few years ago idid say would be good if kessel can join pens to play with Sid and people here said impossible to get him .
i also said he is lazy player but playing with sid or in pittsburgh he will be forced to play better Did i say that or not mr Stan
Boyes and St. Louis! And then St. Louis retired the next day! That’s our sam!
i never ever liked boyes i found he was a big fraud since day one
Oh, you like boys alright. In more ways that one.
I’d think Kessel is the conn smythe but its odd, the talk in the media in toronto is more towards sid and letang. usually i dont much stock into media but john shannon is a pretty respected opinion, worked for the league worked for HNIC, and he flat out said dont expect kessel to win. he just sounded so confident it was odd.
even Ryan Whitney was on the radio praising sid and letang as well, compete level just off the charts he says
Hmmm, two canadians, over the american that Toronto couldn’t wait to rid themselves of. Color me shocked.
Ryan Whitney is american and he has no ties to Toronto. And John Shannon is above resenting phil kessel, hes smarter than that. Its not as simple as the canadian vs american debate in which you base your life around
Ryan Whitney doesn’t vote. And I’m sure that’s not John Shannon’s “source.” I’m not blaming Shannon, but if his ear is to the ground, he’s probably talked to several people with a vote – with basically equates to a bunch of old guard canadian writers and Greg Wyshynski. Awesome.
Greg Wyshynski is an american writer for yahoo. Not sure i follow.
Its just a common opinion out there, Gretzky came out blowing sid for yesterday as well. I’m just trying to brace you for your worst nightmare lol fair or not
They win the Cup, I couldn’t possibly care less what happens with the Conn Smythe. It’ll be an eye roller, and bullshitt lifetime achievement award, but there’s only one trophy I truly give a damn about, and it’s sure not that one. I’m just pointing out, there’s a reason that trophy has a big maple leaf on it.
agreed
Again i agree i would give it to Kessel, just the opinion out there seems to be different
Ryan Whitney is an American Mr.stan
Read below, dipshit. Please try to keep up – just once. Switch it up once in a while, and try to follow along.
Should be interesting… I mean yes we have seen them play their asses off especially as late but it has been Phils offence that has carried them.
It’s just the consistency. Especially from a streaky guy like Phil. He outdid himself these playoffs.
Hard work and 2 way play is one thing but timely goals by kessel have been just huge
as i said before even everyone in locker room finds sid is the best player inthe playoff and no one says anything about kessel
Sam polled the locker room.
Oh ya sam you were in the locker room and heard all this right?
There ARE a bunch of naked men there, so it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility that he was in the locker room.
“Ian Cole hangs to the left”
Sam
Well, if Ryan Whitney says so.
Not too late to blow it up
Game 5 again – put Fleury in?
If it was game three – yes
One more game at least!
I think Kessel is huge for them, but he’s not the only forward getting it done. Letang is literally their only top four defenseman playing right now. That’s most valuable to me.
He’s not the only defenseman getting it done. That group has been amazing. This team is the epitome of “team.”
Jacques Martin has turned that no named D into the 2010 Habs, and every team is getting Murried.
Schultz and Kessel – cast off by two canadian teams full of canadian idiots that are sitting home about to watch them both hoist the Cup. That’s the most Canada thing since forever.
I will one up you there stan… I have a number of friends that still think Schultz is garbage lol. Most of the guys I know who like Toronto speak well of Phil
Schultz may ultimately revert back to hot garbage – he’s been great in these playoffs. GREAT. What a key acquisition, especially given the Daley injury.
I think Schultz can still carve out a career now that he has escaped the dumpster fire in this city. Everytime it looks like the Oilers may take that next step they prove that ineptitude is their best quality. Schultz was cast into a shitty situation and by this last year the fans were so all over him it couldn’t have been easy to hit the ice every night. I don’t think he will ever be a solid “top 2” guy or even the “Norris Trophy” guy that MacTavish mentioned but he could still become a very dependable top 4… Read more »
Oh i agree with you – wholeheartedly. I think he’s a nice defenseman. I think he’ll be a nice #4 somewhere, with upside to bring to the PP.
Beauty of this… Sullivan is there to make sure they can still score lol
I’m a huge Letang fan and I do think he’s their most valuable player in the respects that they can’t replace him if he’s not in the lineup but as far as considering him for the CS, I completely agree with Stan, the D corp as a unit has been unreal and all 6 guys have elevated their games which has allowed the team to be who they are so there’s no way I can put it all on Letang even though he’s playing unreal minutes.
then pens can win games without malkin in the line up too since top 2 lines are doing good also before malkin came back from injury team was 16-1 withouth him
In that respect you can say Kessel is a cog of the HBK line as a whole because all three of those guys deserve credit like Kessel does. I’m not against Kessel getting it at all, I’m just seeing Letang as more valuable because of the minutes he eats.
Can’t agree with this Dumo has played like a top four and so has Maatta since the Daly injury. Both will be regular top four next season
If Mattaa spends the off season power skating he will be a force back there
Indeed. Dumo – man – what a pleasant surprise that has been.
Lets Review that trade… Staal for Sutter, Dumolin and the 8th pick which became Pouliot… Flipped Sutter for Bonino and Clendening Flipped Clendening w/ Perron for Hagelin (Wonder if Perron would have even been an option with Staal making 6 million… or Hagelin for that matter) So trading Staal ended helping the Penguins acquire; Nick Bonino – Conn Smythe Challenger until this round, cog in helping to ignite Kessel Brian Dumoulin – Strong skating defender with a decent 1st pass and a surprising ability to simply play solid smart defence Carl Hagelin – One of the games fastest skaters, great… Read more »
Must say Murray had a good game last night and last time he had another good good game was vs the caps
murray is the MVP. without him, you have st.bleury in there.
fleury wouldve won most of the wins murray did too in the playoffs he only stole 2 games one was last night and the other was a game vs caps other then that team in front of him played good and gave him the victories when he was letting in soft goals and giving pens lead away
how many leads pens gave away in the playoffs MR. Yoda its not because team was playing bad its because your Murray was giving soft goals and 7out of 16 games were overtimes that means if the other team score series wouldve been diffrent and you wouldve stop drooling over murray
Your Murray has been good in the playoffs but not Great and if it wasnt for all the puck lucks and the posts pens wouldnt be here specially that he let is the most soft goals in 2016 playoffs
…and they still win the Cup, because they have the puck all the time, and their goaltender faces 22 shots a game.
Fleury would still blow it
Getting tired of typing it but I’ll do it again because it’s warranted.
#fraud
#liar
#intellectuallydishonest
#hack
#BlowItUp
#TearItDown
#CountryClub
Yogurt is a total fraud.
hey yoda are you going pens final game since have season ticket and playoffs tickets
yes, if i can get out of work on time. if not, i’ll give them to my nephew. if i go, i’ll have my vokoun shirt on. if you guys spot me, i’ll buy you a beer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb3pN8SZ5nQ
I personally think Letang sound win the Conn Smythe because he really is this team’s most important guy. Kessel is unreal, but this team rides or dies with Letang not being a lunatic and playing 30 minutes of great hockey in both ends. He’s done that.
he as played the most minutes in 2016 playoffs and is a Key player for the team but accroding to Stan he is not
Kessel should win the Conn Smythe. Top to bottom, their most consistent player. Every. Series.
how about sid he had good series vs rags vs caps he shut down Backstrom
vs tampax he had good important goals and vs sharks he has been dynamite everytime he has the puck the other team is distracted by him
but its true its all about points so kessel has more points so he is the better player according to you and average fans but when you ask any player in pens locker they all say sid is amazing in playoffs and nothing about chubby
The Conn Smythe isn’t awarded to the “better player.” It’s to the most valuable player in the playoffs. Kessel has produced in every series. He’s always the one getting you a big goal. Time and again.
He took the Washington series off. And the first half of the Tampa series. But that’s when you claimed he was doing all of those “little things.” You claim he shut Backstrom down. I claim Backstrom shut him down.
Kessel wins this award!
“The Penguins have had a special run that started on a March night in Columbus.” That special run began on New Year’s Even in Detroit.
The Sharks haven’t led all series but to hear the NHL Mouthpieces the Pens are/were in trouble.
Well, the led in Game 3 – but I get your point.
Sid and Geno now tied in points. Geno one less game played. But Geno has been a monumental disappointment, and Sid is “doing all the little things” and a Conn Smythe candidate. This world baffles me.
you really dont watch the game sid has been one of the best penguin player lately even tho he does not have points every game but cant say same about malkin he has been good at time when he has no points too but no where near like sids game and intensity
LOL. Right on cue. I’m convinced Sam would have gladly paid Yanic Perreault $12 million. The little things!
“lately.” That’s so good.
If you understood the game and didn’t simply judge the game based on the box score then you would understand it.
“goalie bad / good” guy thinks I don’t understand the game! That’s amazing stuff.
You said you were baffled as to why the world sees Sid contributing more than Geno despite a one point difference in production. Just trying to help you out. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
No – that’s not what I said. I said I’m baffled why one is lauded as a Conn Smythe candidate and the other is considered a monumental disappointment (i.e. the ravine in comparison being what baffles me). And that despite a zero point difference in production (not 1), and the one being considered the monumental disappointment producing that in one less game played. But other than than those 3 or 4 things you got wrong because you can’t read or because you choose to ignore them, it was a pretty good argument from the “goalie good / goalie bad” guy.… Read more »
Btw, game winning goal scored on the power play. #rightagain
Hey! Look who woke up and acknowledged we won Game 4.