Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers [Open Thread]
by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 6:15 PM EDT
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (5-2-1) vs NEW YORK RANGERS (7-2-1)
IN NEW YORK @ 7:00
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NOTES
Get your SPG picks in for a chance to win a Penguins wall clock courtesy of Carrolls Cove.
Rangers beat Columbus last night. Nothing much to brag about there. They basically started the season off hot and as of the past week or so turned back into the Rangers we know and love.
Lundqvist got the start last night, but I wouldn't doubt his back-to-back start tonight. Valiquette is a highly capable backup though. Given Henrik's record against the Pens I'd rather Valiquette sits.
Matt Cooke is back.
Hal Gill is out.
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Rangers putting on a lot of pressure already
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No PP-goal, but I’ll take it.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Other than the goal – that was a pretty bad power play.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree. And technically it was still a bad power play. He just got out of the box when he scored.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PS
New book :
The Code; the unwritten rules of fighting and retaliation in the NHL.
Really shines a more understanding light on hockey fights. I’m only three chapters in, but it’s a very interesting read. Almost reads as if you’re sitting at a bar with the author and he’s telling you all about fighting.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounds good. I’ll add it to my list – which is just getting longer and longer, and nothing’s getting read. (Well, a lot is getting read, but mainly school-related stuff. )
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ross Bernstein
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bah. Reading in school is overrated. I never read anything for school and still graduated with a 3.5.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
er, 3.5 out of 4.0. I think you guys do it different up in the Great White North.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what the abstract, introduction and conclusion are for.
There’s no standard up here – we have an 10pt scale here, all the school I’m applying for grad school at use a 4pt scale and I know a school that has a 4.5pt scale. I had to google how to calculate my gpa on 4 for the applications I’m working on. (I’ll just cross my fingers its right)
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My extremely proficient use of plurals and grammatical rules in that comment should really prove how equipped I am to continue on at higher education.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha no worries. I’ll put in a good word for you.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MSG is really on the “the Staal’s are brothers” theme tonight.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It was the same way with the Canes game the other night. Recycled information makes me nauseous.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only saw one period of that one – so it wasn’t too bad around here.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully it was the third period.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Pens, more specifically Malkin and Crosby, have to realize the days of charging down the middle are gradually coming to an end.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I think Crosby has always had a little more success with it than Malkin, but regardless, it’s starting to cause some major turnovers. Still, watching Crosby charge down the middle and spin around 4 defensemen looks so good on a highlight reel.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No kiddin. One of his best came against these very Rangers.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
YES! What a goal!
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree. That was just a good display of keeping it in the zone and getting it toward the net. Good things happen that way.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just find it amazing how someone like Sid can crash the net without being obstructed. No one touched him and he could just slip in and find that puck. The D-man has to push Sid out of the crease.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if the Rangers don’t score here, this game might very well be a lock
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you know what? I also don’t get what Therrien has against Sydor. He scored the first goal and looks solid on D. He even just poked away that drive into the Pens’ zone.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He does look good – but I read somewhere that things haven’t been good between them since the whole Mark Recchi thing last year (which Roberts and Orpik and others didn’t like either). Plus, the fact that he’s now basically trade bait – he wants to move and the Pens are just holding on to him and waiting, scratching him a lot. It seems like a waste to me – because he’s a solid defenseman.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“All that talk about Crosby working the officials? Well, he’s still working them.” Paul Steigerwald
Most obnoxious broadcast team to listen to.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t even get what that’s supposed to be saying. Is that a compliment or an insult?
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I naturally take it as an insult. They have some of the most biased broadcasters in the game.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I just want to see the Pens kill this clock off.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to see Jordan Staal score a goal – but I get the sentiment. Just hold on to the lead. Don’t blow it in the third.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome work by Crosby on the back check…
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
bah. F’ing Rangers.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Also let the record show that I despise their goal song. It sounds like a short bus choir.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think now is a good time to score a few goals and lock up this game.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Rangers have some life right now. I don’t like it much.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Crap. This is the sort of things that poses as a rally point.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s a bad penalty. Someone on the ice at that time has to serve it right?
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know who they sent, but I’d hope it’s someone who will pose as a threat on a break-out pass.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
kill kill kill
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NICE block, nice kill
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
MSG commercial:
“Rangers head out to Long Island to take on the hated Islanders.”
Classy. Even Pittsburgh commercials don’t say “hated Flyers.” At least the ones I’ve seen…
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who could hate Rich DiPietro and his bad hip?
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, he’s back now. If he’s healthy enough to play he’s healthy enough to be hated.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
VOMIT VOMIT VOMIT
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
come on, get the empty netter here
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OH MY GOD
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
all they had to do was ice that puck down in the Rangers’ zone.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
er, freeze it
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and now we go to overtime for the millionth time
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
seriously
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
These game are just ridiculous lately
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d prefer two. And they had it…
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice try Letang. That worked last year…you need a new move.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So annoying
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well they’re all going to get a nice lecture from Therrien about sucking in the third. Hopefully it’ll be better on monday.
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s amazing they could play so well in the third the other night and then completely bomb it tonight.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah – it’s a bit of a mystery. Consistency hasn’t been the story of the season so far.
Anyways, I have to get going, have a good weekend!
by Dayna on Oct 25, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you toooo thanks for stoppin in.
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by FrankD on Oct 25, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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