SUNDAY’S PENGUINS BUZZ
The Penguins took the right approach in going into a meaningless game vs the Flyers of sitting Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, and they likely would have sat a few others if the rules permitted them to make more callups.
The approach with the goaltending position was a different one. Despite being one injury away from potentially having to start Jeff Zatkoff in game one of the playoffs, it didn’t deter the Penguins from starting Matt Murray vs the Flyers.
While the Penguins have felt Marc Andre Fleury could be fully cleared for game one of the playoffs this coming week, players recovering from concussion-like symptoms are always such an unknown, the opportunity to get Murray more experience in a high stakes environment still out-weighed any risks in the coaches eyes of starting Murray vs Philadelphia.
Murray got his neck and the side of his head ran into by Braden Schenn in a hard collision and the Penguins now have their fingers crossed that a second Penguins goaltender isn’t down with a concussion.
“Certainly we regret that he got hurt,” Sullivan said after the game. “When you play hockey, you’re always going to run that risk. The coaching staff felt this was a good opportunity for Matt to gain a level of experience in a high-stakes environment. He hasn’t had a ton of opportunities to play in games, so we thought another game under his belt would be good for him and serve him well in the playoffs.”
Sullivan has developed such great confidence in Murray that the staff had been contemplating starting Murray To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
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Lundqvist left returned and left again, must be a heavy flow
Hockey is on USA Network???
before and after re runs of walker texas ranger i bet
they still play that garbage in the U.S?
As compared to the litany of original canadian programming….
Same is Googling the word litany
lol you make fun of original Canadian content, but you truly dont know how awful it really is lol
I assume it’s mostly documentaries on maple syrup.
You’re so right there. I was in Toronto for a week back in Jan for a tournament with my son and it was absolutely unbearable flipping through the channels in the hotel room trying to find something even tolerable to watch on TV. Ended up having to plug my laptop into the TV and stream my DirectTV just to keep myself from jumping out of the 15th window.
Well alot of channel US feeds and TV shows, so just didnt look hard enough lol
be cause canadian people go to work
while lazy americans are brainwashed by their TV shows and get FAT by the minute once they hit the couch after work while canadians do outdoor activities
less american B.S the better the country can breath
Yeah – nobody works here. all of that programming is created by people not working. Go shove some more poutine in your pie hole, sam.
Anyone know if the game on Wednesday will be nationally televised?
He may just be menstruating
Lundqvist just left practice
I really hope lovejoy is the one to sit with Maatta coming back.
11 out of 12 goals last year vs rags in the playoffs Gayjoy was on the ice
“gayjoy” was also playing out of position in a top 4 role. But i wouldn’t expect you to understand how that makes a huge difference.
Absentees from practice includes Murray, Rust, Bennett and Malkin.
i tough malkin was on the ice clown
You tough correctly. where you went wrong was the you tough he was on the ice during practice, instead of toughing he was on the ice before practice working on things. You need to tough better next time. Clown.
Excellent news on maatta and MAF
as is Maatta.
Fleury practicing.
Maloney out as GM in AZ.
There goes my inside info
Yeah – but here’s your chance to jump in with line combo’s for the Coyotes next year.
“sam’s mom” LMMFAO… nice addition
Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_PGH 5m5 minutes ago
Evgeni Malkin is on the ice. Working on shooting the puck. And he looks pretty good.
Oh boyyyyy
May help with the potential goaltending conundrum. Fingers crossed MAF is ready
For what it’s worth:
Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_PGH 2m2 minutes ago
Marc-Andre Fleury is on the bench, watching Malkin shoot. MAF appears in good spirits.
Seems as if MAF is the kinda guy whose always in good spirits
Beauty… thanks for the update.
Set up a bracket challenge.
League name: TIOPS
Password: penguins
Can you post a link
http://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/#/league/162704
just joined
I homered… I couldnt help it… the match ups are kind of favourable as long as MAF or Murray play… I think the Pens can handle the caps. The winner of that series is finals bound… Stamkos being out makes me have serious doubts about TB and after that… well nothin much after that.
FLA may be a darkhorse
but dont have playoff experiance
And they also may go out in RD 1
Clearly, same can be said for every single team in the 1st round!
That noted with Halak possibly not starting I like the goaltending match up in favour of FLA. It was probably the one series I am most torn on.
lol yes, i wouldnt be surprised if they lost in the 1st rd ill say
TBH if Halak was playing I would lean in their direction… playoff experience for their gunners alone but if NYI has to go with one of the guys they used in Halak’s absence then Lou could easily steal that series. He had a quiet yet strong year. Without the Vancouver media holding him under a microscope I think he will be a tough guy to beat in tn Rnd 1
Rich history of Pens-Caps playoff series. This one could be the best yet.
got to love being american https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g-xB_n1RHw
npls gf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgLHhSn-FEE
Any of you clowns setting up a bracket challenge?
yeah, i think Sam is
id be intrested
I put pens vs kings to the finals on the nhl site
With an american coach? I see you’re finally coming around.
led by canadian captain
That’s the exact reason the playoffs were uncertain a month ago – because of that captain. The Canadian captain has been here the whole time – why didn’t you have them in the finals before?
a good entertaining 1st round wouldve been good tampax vs flordia,isles vs rags and pens vs flyers
Wow Ed Snider dies the morning after the Flyers make the playoffs.
Will this have the St.Louis’ Mom effect?
Just saw that. Unreal, he was great for Philly hockey.
wow
Lauren Hart killed him with her awful singing. Shameful
Ouch but I like it haha. I am torn on this… guy’s a part of the history of the game for better or worse. I feel for his family and those dealing with their loss BUT… he was the owner of the Flyers!
What’s Anders Lee’s range factor?
Playing this game division and almost every corner of the street there is a abandoned hot dog carts
Hey npl which hot dogs will you be scuffing in the playoffs Florida Panthers or Tampax lightnings
I can honestly say you wont see me scuffing hot dogs of any kind. But im sure between now and June ill eat one or two.
lightnings!!
Lightnings and Wilds. What a great Cup Final it would be.
You are on diet? Or your hood ran out of hot dogs
Nah, just don’t feel like scuffing my hot dogs. It’s bad enough when I do that to my shoes.
Don’t bullshiit sam. It’s because your hood ran out of them – otherwise, you’d be scuffing non-stop.
I bet the game of division is very tough for you
I tough it would be tough for him too.
Pens to play the Rangers in the first round. Starting either Wednesday or Thursday
Wednesday at 8pm.
Man. Florida waltzes to the next round with Anders Lee being out.
Old playoff format would’ve made this a lot better
Pens have the biggest bandwagon fan base in the league and biggest. Troll of th league that no one can even come close to.
Yoda you amazed me with the few comments today makes me wonder what type of life you give to your wife and kids if you are married an have kids. And kinda hard to believe you have a season ticket with the pens when you have every single pens roster players
Yeah. Shocking given his tenure here. He’s usually so level headed and poignant.
I’m actually happy yogurt predicted a first round exit. Now we know it won’t happen.
No he predicted pens missing the playoffs ranking them 10 or 11th spot
You’ve also predicted this -a nd said they needed to rebuild.
Sam, I was totally tracking with you until that last full sentence.
When you hate every single pens roster players
Doesn’t matter who’s in goal. Pens in 5. 6 if it’s the Rangers.
the pens just called up jarry. that is not a good sign. it’s going to be jerkoff in game one. the pens were total morons to dress murray yesterday vs the flyers. the flyers always pull goofy crap. looks like another round 1 elimination this season.
I feel bad for your kids.
He has kids?! No way someone had sex with this moron.
I doubt it was consensual.
As they say only in America. So expect all the weirdos, morons., molesters and fat people from your country and arrogant presidents
I like how he announces the Jarry call up like he just broke the story.
Sounded better then your announcement when you broke up with npl
You’re so bad at this.
Is he even married?
Seriously Yoda, I hope you end up impaled in your windshield during a car accident tonight.
Warco FTW!
Oh. And no Anders Lee. Don’t forget. Anders Lee is out.
Anders Lee being out helps the pens a lot, actually
Tavares, Okposo, Nielsen, Boychuk, Cizikas not playing tonight.
Pens are 0-1 without Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Fluery, Maatta, Rust, Bennett, Wilson, Porter and Murray (for 2 periods)!
Jarry re-called.
The coaching staff was going with Murray in game 1 because he has outplayed st blurry this year. It possible blurry isn’t even hurt. They have to lie to the public about blurry losing his starting job because the local morons would rather lose with their patron saint than win with someone else. The st blurry brainwashing propaganda is complete and undeniable in these parts.
Are you serious with this comment. Yoda or you are trying to do the joke of the year on this site
Yoda is trying to do you?
Dudes clueless.
Lmmfao… You’re such a stupidcunt if you really believe a healthy MAF isn’t getting the go.
Murray was excellent insurance in the very OUTSIDE chance that MAF goes all 2012/13. Don’t kid yourself asshole
What we learned when Sid an Letang don’t play pens are 0-1
What we learned……