Penguins/NHL
ON PENGUINS 5-2 LOSS TO BLUES
The Penguins played well enough to earn their first three game winning streak in over 10 weeks. They outshot St. Louis 38-25 in the game, including 30-20 5 v 5 and had 53 shot attempts to the Blues 30 at even strength. They just didn’t finish minus enough chances (story of the Penguins season) nor get the goaltending.
Pittsburgh was 0-3 on the power play and are winless in their last eight games when they don’t score a power play goal.
Most of the talk out of this one, though, is going to be on the goaltending.
The Penguins made an interesting decision coming into the back-to-back situations. They opted to start Marc Andre Fleury vs Carolina in the game where the percentages were much higher for a Penguin win. Starting Jeff Zatkoff tonight in the tougher matchup and the second of back-to-backs the Penguins were pretty much conceding.
The game getting away from the Penguins in the third period because Zatkoff couldn’t come up with timely saves was far from a surprise.
Pittsburgh is now 2-7 in the second game of back-to-backs.
Despite the numbers, six quality starts on the year, Zatkoff is a problem for the Penguins. Pittsburgh has won just three of his 10 starts and there’s nothing about him that is NHL caliber. Matt Murray the organizations No. 1 prospect continues to prove he’s too good for the AHL. At 21 years old, though, the Penguin brass remain strong believers that Murray playing every night is most important for him.
Is the Penguins position in the standings going to change that thinking and should it?
It has to be a serious discussion coming out of the All-Star break next week.
The Penguins have seven back-to-back situations remaining this season, including this week (Jan 23-24). With Fleury’s workload somewhat down at this point of the season due to the concussion he suffered, it’s not outrageous to say he goes on to start 31 of the remaining 37 games. He’d still be at 63 games, right around his normal mark (Averaged 64 starts last two seasons).
That said there would be obvious concern of wearing Fleury down going into the post-season but with points being so important the rest of the way, the Penguins are going to have little choice but to start Fleury in at least 80% of the games from here on out.
Bringing Murray up changes that.
Fleury 24 starts, Murray 13 starts the rest of the way sounds like a win-win for everyone involved. That said the guess here is Zatkoff gets two more starts before the Penguins would strongly consider a change at the backup goaltending position.
Bennett injured yet?
At least he played today. Unlike your precious McDavid
New hidden article below…
The penalties really drained vancouver
Not having McDavid hurt more.
Power play specialist
Only 1 goal was on the PP. what about the other 4?
Dumbfuck specialist ^
No new article, just instant buzz LAZY HACK
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Good to see Sid being able to finish on that empty netter…
That was a nice tip by sid and great awareness by hagelin
It’s like you finishing up your last bite of your burger
Fuck all this sid and geno scoring. We need them playing more defense. Somebody get MJ back behind the bench asap!
The comeback kids…. errr I’m mean veterans are back?
Russia and America taking over.
Lazy Russian.
BB injured yet?
He is, shoulder.
Funeral home or a museum?
Russian Party actually
So the Flyers game was a turning point?
BAHAHAHAHA…. Suddenly we have a instant buzz about the cancelled game. Good stuff D
Where do you think all his articles come from? He just rehashed prior discussions we all had on thus site.
Well seeing as this page is a mother fucking joke, for those not on the good insider paysite, tomorrows game is officially postponed. No make up date is set at this point
HACK hack
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No need to broadcast we know you are Gay npl
So nice of you to post that picture of a Gay man.
On a positive note, Dejan’s site is loaded with content. No one comes here for the content. We come here to mercilously attack each other. We could do that on Dejan’s site too. Let’s go! Who’s with me …..
Then stop posting here.
Assclown, I come here to tool on knobs like you. Why would I give that up for content.
Tool on knobs, mmmmmm, sounds erotic. I’m in.
D, any word on whether the Pirates will be able to sign Barry Bonds? With Van Slyke and Bonilla the Pirates could be really good.
Today’s game between the Anaheim Ducks and Washington Capitals at Verizon Center, NHL Game No. 704, has been postponed due to the severe snowstorm impacting the Washington, D.C., area. A makeup date will be announced as soon as it can be confirmed. A decision regarding Sunday’s Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals game at Verizon Center, NHL Game No. 720, will be announced Saturday morning. bunch of Pusssy Montreal gets 15 to 20 inch of snow and bell center will still be sold out i guess Americans are not too equipped for storms too busy that their time and money is… Read more »
Spot on. The Capitals aren’t playing because the country had devoted it’s resources to war instead of a hockey game. When was the last time a Canadian team won the cup? Maybe they should allocate some of their resources to weight watchers and tissues so fat babies like you are supplied.
Youre an idiot… even for Canadians 2 and half feet of snow with 100 K winds is a bad time. Quit being such an insufferable cuntbag
Oh and this is coming form a prairies boy… you dont fucking know winter. On average we deal with colder temps and more snow than you people get. Even I would admit that whats hitting the US right now is a lot.
You know when I was in the Navy my destroyer had to go and rescue a Canadian warship that broke down in the middle of the Pacific. So I guess it’s a good thing we’re spending money on military spending so we can bail Canada out, as per usual.
Who used to always call D a hack??? He was the real prophet, this is pathetic
i think it was you, no?
Not originally. Not sure if it was deathbyemu or someone from a previous poster no longer on this site, I’m just picking up the slack
D is caught in the snow storm
REALLY? This team beats Philly for the 1st time in a long time… Kessel gets two goals and all we get is… not even an instant buzz? This is fucking ridiculous
I’m so angry at D… I’m gunna… Gunna… Argghhhhh!!!
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All good… DKs page has three articles related to the Penguins happening over the past 24 hours and into Sunday. Thats a real page
Go ahead and dislike all you want, its just another FACT that people out here cant seem to grasp. The DK page is vastly superior… they have editors and everything. Only fuckwads I can think that believe it to be a debate… Yodirt and fatsam
its not me ZeroTool I dont waste my time with that , but hey if you want ill give you thumbs down on both of your posts
Martin St. Louis.
At least you know you’re fat
The fact that he hasn’t seen his penis in years probably tipped him off.
He thinks you mean “phat”.
Time to look forward to Vancouver. Anyone else relieved that we’re getting them while McDavid is still on the shelf?
Depends. Is St. Louis also out?
He is – shockingly, still hasn’t played a game this year. Yo uhave to hand it to Daniel Sedin – still lighting it up without McDavid.
This is absolutely the worst hockey website on the Internet. Nice job, D. And I’m not talking about the content.
What content?
Habs GM said MT and the staff won’t be fired and blame is on him not building a team for MT. So succkkk on that gaydogg and zeroFool
Good. Cause I want to keep pointing out how terrible he is. Awful awful coach.
Said he won’t be fired…until after this season. Looks like they’re surrendering. Typical frenchies…
Yes Sam because coaches have NEVER been axed after getting a vote of confidence from management before.
HAHAHA… when you read the CBC article its clear why he will finish the year, Price is out till at least Feb. No point in bringing a new coach into a losing situation. Way to cherry pick the scenario you fucking clown
http://www.tsn.ca/michel-therrien-and-life-on-the-hot-seat-1.425375
can be that fat pig Npl since he thumbs down to every ones posts except for Stans
I guess we can post npl ex bf cheating on him
If he’s my ex, how is he cheating?
JewNiggerBallsack!
I guess no?
Wooooo
Do we still have a moderator?
Pens win != new article
What everyone will say when Instant Buzz “recaps” this game…
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Fleury always looks so relaxed and comfortable against the Flyers…
Now kessel may disappear for next 20 games
Great game by Kessel tonight. And on a related note, Martin St. Louis baked his first casserole. Good nights all around.
Think D is waiting for Matt Murray to be called up next year to make this article seem more timely? I wonder if you can adjust the time stamp…
I think D is waiting for you to leave this site on your own and not him banning you
That reminds me, remember when you got kicked off and cried to D until he let you back on? Loser.
Waiting for a DePaoli article like…
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Kessel sucks sam pens trade him no goods garble garble
I must be signed on under both accounts again
Stop talking to yourself
Double hotdog!!!
Suck it Samantha!
Hotdog!!!!!! Big PP goal
2nd goal in last 13 games quite impressive stats for that thief
How many does Marty St. Louis have? Because you wanted him instead.
lets see how fast this Consol will turn into a funeral Home
Can’t even compete with Le Museum Bell the past month.
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hack
Waiting for a new article from D is like….
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this makes me laugh every damn time.
Kessel = Tourist
a hot dog eating fat boy tourist
Chubby not fat boy . we cant put kessel and npl in the same category YET
Why dont you two morons just fuck and get it over with. so much repressed homo-erotic urges, semen must be rotting your brains.
it is noon right now. do you guys think phil kessel is already shaking in terror to face the flyers tonight. trade that woman right fucking now!
For Farnham! Who yogurt claims is the missing link!
where did i ever say farnham was the savior? all i said was that farnham brings more than any player on the pens current 4th line for minimum wage. letting him go was dumb but it still wouldn’t change the fact that the pens would be in 11th place regardless.
He’s inconsequential. This is how dumb you and sam are. Bitch and moan about how much better this team with be with Farnham, Despres and Bortuzzo, or a retired Marty St. Louis. Meanwhile, he complains about the best player on the team, and you bitch about the goaltending. Do you see how dumb that is? Do you see how an inverted road cone full of vanilla pudding has more common sense then the two of you combined? Good.
bad news guys apparently BB is practicing with the team and will be available before all star break . that clown will be injured again .he is only good to make AHL players life misrable he comes to nhl player gets send down then he gets injured player gets recalled this dude is costing the team all kinds transportation.Trade this fraud with Chubby to colorado and get nathan
he will be hurt by march. what a shame.
Ya the chances of him staying healthy is remote but its absolutely good news he is skating… he was actually good this year and can only improve things when he is on the ice you dumbass
I have a much bigger problem with the frog on the blue line making $7.25M missing games than the young RFA taking up next to zero cap space.
I have a much bigger problem with the chubby American that is making 10m just to spin around the ice every night .
Last i check letang has more points in lesser games than the American Fraud
he had his longest streak staying healthy this year
And letang stays healthy when?
Same content on this site for three days. What a fucking joke DePaoli.
Blackhawks trade Garbutt to Ducks for Sekac
Rob rossi first time on sirusXM radio he thinks Flyers will make consol a museum tonight
Jonathan Drouin – another canadian pissbaby that whined the minute he didn’t get what he wanted and took his ball home. What an embarrassing group of people. Allan Walsh can suck a D too.
NiggerJew!
Can we stop the arguing and all agree that “Samtheman” sucks dlck?
Nobody is as talented as you fool you were even forced to change to Sam to please your ne hubby Micheal Sam
Yes is the only answer
Stars might be interested in Phaneuf .A player that pens missed out this summer . Coudlve got Phaneuf over Chubby this summer at least Dion can play alot of minutes make solid transition plays and can be there when letang is down and also can play the power play and receive one timer Passes unlike Chubby cant see the puck coming to him fast because of his double Chin .
Sounds like advice from the master – is that what you started to notice when you ballooned up, porkchop?
reason this team is not as it is .its because they have too many americans in the roster .less you have the better
The reason this team is where it is circles around the captain taking the first half of the season off. The canadian captain.
if letang dresses tomorrow vs the flyers, he is going to get concussed. it’s such a joke how rutherford put together the softest roster possible. the pens are going to get beat up tomorrow night and it’s going to really suck.
Farnham solves all of that. Team is nothing without Farnham.
dont worry pens have Gayjoy and Cole to drop the gloves if needed
2 players pens got over despres and Bortuzzo that were soft
Despres and Bortuzzo – two other guys that don’t even set foot on NHL ice – but that’s what Sam wants! Players that can’t / don’t play! Stupid frog.
stan wants dumb *** overrated american players instead .
cole and gayjoy are the answer . i cant imagine Gayjoy is still in the nhl
No Letang at practice again today. Who didn’t see THAT coming? Useless frog is useless.
Where did you see that?
My brother was there.
My guess is he will play. Seems like he was still feeling some discomfort from the hand injury he played through vs St Louis. If its still bothering him taking a practice day off to make sure it feels better for Philly isnt a bad idea
How do we disagree with this statement?
maybe he has been best penguins lately that he did not need to be on the ice.
Unlike Chubby useless on the ice
Id take injured Letang any day over that Chubby American .because even if heis often injured when he is playing he is affective unlike a none injured Kessel he has a lot of Tourist games. just example check the points letang has and kessel has and look how few games letang played . I guess the american is stealing paychecks more than Letang
27-28 and already 2nd team he is playing under same contract by 30 he will be gone to his 3rd team under same contract
Just goes to show how some of these french canadians have no heart – too much France in them.
Porkchop prefers guys that don’t play and retired players. Feels it’s much easier to win games wth large cap hits soaked up by people that don’t set foot on the ice. That’s french brilliance personified.
Or maybe he’s the most brittle vagina ever, and notices that making $7.25m over the course of 60 games is way better than doing it over 82 games, porkchop.
Another dynamite showing tonight by Therrien and the Habs at the le museum bell!
13-18-4 without Price…lol. Do you remember when Sam told us fools how much the Pens were missing that stellar coaching?
yeah take fleury out for few months and you will see how long sully will last .and habs issue is not goalie the team not scoring
Does that not prove the point further you ignoramous? The fact that missing Price isnt the issue but the teams inability to score because of curious personnel decisions is means it falls directly on Therrien much like it did Johnston here you fucking moron.
Sully! Your boy toy. I love how you use your pet name for him.
Le Museum Bell.
Hockey talent by country:
USA
Russia
Sweden
Finland
Kazakhstan
Canada
To be fair, Canada probably has a slight edge on Kazakhstan.
Slight – if that.
Sam blows Therrien and Hartley. Both having bang up years. Nearly every Canadian team outside the playoffs. Shy of poutine, Canada has nothing.
Canada has their star players outside canada to educate you morons some hockey
Good one porkchop. Hartley!
i’m going to say something that i almost can’t believe. st.blurry>fat phil hot dog boy kessel
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Fleury is no Farnham.
that’s true. farnham never cost his team 2 cups by playing the worst at his position in NHL playoff history.
Worst at his position in NHL history! More yogurt! More!
Who gives a shit. This team could play two goalies and they still aren’t a cup contender
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trade kessel already. This chubby is not used to play quality passing games or a team play he is a Lazy solo artist.
Trade him to colorado
You’re “chubby,” quit trying to re-assign your nickname.
can’t trade him. jim rutherford is a major share holder in the oscar meyer hot dog company.
That’s hilarious, Yogurt.
i know…thank you very much…thank you.
if only half of the scoring chances chubby wouldve scored from the beginning of the year he would easily have 24 25 goals by now
It probably souldn’t surprise me that most people don’t understand why the goalie rotation was the way it was but for some reason it still does, even with Fleury in last night it’s 50/50 at best against a good team on the backend of a back/back and using Zatkoff in the Carolina game would have turned a win into a 50/50 game, by using Fleury in the Carolina game you ensure that you get at least 1 win out of the 2 games as opposed to making both games 50/50 and potentially losing both. Obviously Sam and Yoda are way… Read more »
you are a clown having so many star players even if you put jerkoff you should win vs canes
You have no room to call anyone a clown.
I understand why MAF got Carolina for those exact reasons, I just think it may be time to move on from Zatkoff.
Exactly
and if in your logic that was the case that means pens dont have faith on their backup goalie and desperate to win easy games with Fleury. which is sad
You’re an ass hat! Zatkoff should of started against Carolina. End of story!
Didn’t mean to offend you by leaving your name off the list of people I’m not surprised didn’t understand mrchady, don’t worry I promise I won’t slight your lack of hockey knowledge again.
I agree with what you said, jay. You guarantee yourself the points you know you can get. Either way, anyone bitching about Zatkoff is retarded – scoring 2 goals is the issue. You could lose 3-2, 12-2, 9-2, 5-2 – it doesn’t matter. The “2” is the issue. It’s not like they lose 7-5 and Zatkoff looked like a sieve.
Inner division game also. Those are more important.
Zatkoff reminds me of that American fraud goalie that people used to drool over BJ that garbage goalie was so unless every game he played he was getting pulled and fleury was playing he had no proper days off that. When flyers series started fleury was mentally drained
Everywhere you go and everything you say brings society down a level. I’m just glad you are up in that American suburb known as Canada and not embarrassing us in the States.
must be the joke of the year .USA is an embarrassment to the world .People make fun of you ,your dumb ass shows and president .Clowns .anything that U.S does is negative to the world bunch of arrogant Greedy. Mofos that are only good to destroy the world .War ,Economy,Pollution, Food Waste.and fat fuckss like Npl and the list goes on
Shut up porkchop. A gluttonous fat ass like you needn’t lecture Americans on excess.
Wrong again you fat fucking turd
http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-approval-ratings-around-world-2015-6
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33249752
HEY… he is a suburb of Canada known as Quebec, c’mon here
lol, I mistyped he’s in and he is… Fruedian slip that I am fine with
D pens won’t bring Murray up this year if they do it will be next season. This organization has been dumb enough to abuse fleury over the years they won’t change this year
Kingpuck, you hearing any trade chatter?
I’m hearing chi wants saad back, they didn’t think he would sign for that low
Jan Hejda
The geezer is going to trade Murray anyway. He won’t be the pens backup.
I would like everyone to stop assuming the pens will be in the playoffs. They are not in the top 8 right now and their blueline is garbage.
I don’t think that anyone is going to take the advice of a paid flyers blogger
yinzer
Right. I’m a yinzer. Because i talk like your uneducated ass does. Go fish, paid Flyers blogger.
DePaoli wants to see them lost 3-2 instead of 5-2. That’s cute.
This loss happened because of Sully. He should’ve used jerkoff vs canes and fleury vs blues
I like how Sam calls him “Sully” like he’s sleeping with him.
I like how Stan calls hornqvits horny it’s like they are fuckk buddy’s
I’ve literally never called him that. Nice try, porkchop. But we can see you calling him Sully. Lord knows what you call him over pillow talk.
Or trade fleury and rebuild.
MAF might start getting both of tilts in the coming back to backs if they keep faltering in the standings. These games are becoming must win as it gets closer to the end of the season with the Pens looking so far off from a lock yet alone to even make the playoffs.