Offseason - Day One
by FrankD on Jun 5, 2008 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintOn any other day, you wake up from a loss the night before and have the common knowledge of knowing you can shake it off next game. You can put the 5-1 behind you, throw the 3-0 shutout out the window. But today is different. Today is the first day of a very long and painful offseason.
The offseason is a time for players and coaches to take a break from the overwork of the season. But don't expect Pensburgh to slow down at all.
Now prepare yourselves - if I were accepting an award you'd probably all want to punch me right now.
I want to take this time to thank all Pensburgh users, both new and old, for their commentary during the season. Also big ups to residential fight expert Dunman for his continuous fight coverage throughout the season. Rumor has it there's a fantastic fight finale contribution on the way.
Thanks to my AGM friends who trekked over to Pensburgh and joined in on the threads. Hope to see you around again next season.
Fellow SBN Hockey bloggers, Pens bloggers, general hockey bloggers, fans and friends alike; thanks.
Read on for Pensburgh's offseason plans.
I have a bunch of things lined up for the offseason, and I hope you guys check back and keep up on your Penguins info. One of the features I plan on debuting will have player profiles on some of the most memorable players to wear Pens uniforms. I also plan on posting up memorable video clips and interviews with authors/writers (hopefully players too). I have the first one of those on schedule for next week.
Of course, we have all that "Who do we re-sign" talk to get to eventually. I reiterate - eventually. For the time being, let's just congratulate our team for a stellar season.
Key dates:
June 20/21 - NHL Draft (will have a special, potentially even LIVE BLOG syndication option for this).
July 1 - right around the time you can expect contracts to heat up
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Will it be televised? I have only ever watched the NFL draft (and a little of the NBA). Part of the reason is that there are very few players that will be playing in the NHL their first season after being drafted. Most will be in minor league play for at least a while. So, I haven’t really looked for the NHL draft, but I didn’t know it was televised. As far as MLB goes, you couldn’t pay me enough to watch that (the game or the draft).
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jun 5, 2008 12:06 PM EDT reply actions
That seems to be the sentiment surrounding the draft every year. “Why should I watch if these guys won’t play?” I admit, I feel that way sometimes to. But I just pretty much go for the first round, which if anything is the round you’ll see guys who have a good chance of starting the following season. The NHL Network should be televising it, and if I remember correctly CBC will have a running ticker up on their website. I’ve missed last year’s coverage, as I was in Philadelphia for the weekend. But it was still kind of cool to pick up the Enquirer there and see James VanRiemsdyk, Philly’s first round pick and 2nd overall, on the cover of the sports section.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
No CBC in Atlanta
and, apparently Dish Network doesnt carry the NHL network. Oh, well.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jun 5, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Neither does Optimum – which really annoys me. But I’m saying you can load up the CBC website and get the widget feed as the draft goes on. If you’re really interested it’s cool for, like I said, at least the first round.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
I look forward to reading over the long, hot summer. Let me know if you ever need any additional help.
Of course. I’ll be doing a bunch of ‘remember whens’, so if I miss any or you want to add some of your own, you can always have yours posted up to the front page. That offer stands for everyone.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
Is it bad that I’m already excited for next season? I feel like the Pens should be in the race again. Only 11 more months until next years playoffs.
try 10
playoffs start in April!
Hmm, I don’t know about that. I still think it’s closer to 11 months than 10, considering it’s only the 5th of June. But to be honest, I didn’t really do any formal calculation. So we can agree to disagree, or we can have a cage match.
Either way, I hope we don’t face the Red Wings again . . . at least we didn’t lose to a crappy team. I’d much rather get beaten by a quality opponent.
Well, we’re set to play them at least once next year with the new NHL schedule. Should be a fun, over-hyped rematch.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
nah, you should be excited. They put on one hell of a show this year. Personally I’m a bit perturbed but far from disappointed. Both teams earned that chance to play and Detroit came out on top and deserved it. The Pens got this far amidst a truckload of injuries; they have nothing to be ashamed of. Next year should be just as good, but hopefully 4 wins better.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
You got me. But I don’t think you understand what I was going for- I want them to win 6 of 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals next year. Just to make a point that they can.
In actuality, you caught my math mistake. I forgot to carry the one, times it by zero and add 4. Doh.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
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