Pittsburgh Penguins v. Montreal Canadiens [Open Thread]
by Hooks Orpik on Apr 11, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (44-28-9) vs MONTREAL CANADIENS (41-29-11)
IN MONTREAL @ 7:30
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CANADIENS BLOGS: Habs Eyes on the Prize
NOTES
The Pens website is listing a "normal" lineup for Pittsburgh, as in expect Hal Gill, Marc-Andre Fleury and Max Talbot to be back in which would leave Philippe Boucher, Mathieu Garon and Miroslav Satan all in street clothes. That could change though, so I guess we'll play wait and see.
The Canadiens have aspirations for the #7 seed and to avoid playing Boston, a bitter Northeastern Division rival. PIttsburgh could end up with anywhere from the 4th to the 6th seed depending on how things settle out between the Hurricanes and Flyers.
It's playoff time and if you weren't expecting intensity you need to wake up. Hockey in the spring, it's about to turn up a notch.
Also up for grabs is Evgeni Malkin's chance to clinch the Art Ross Trophy, which is awarded annually to the leading scorer of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Oh wait, that trophy is league wide, but unless Alex Ovechkin scores four more points than Geno tonight, Malkin will win the Ross for the Penguins for the 13th time in the last 21 seasons. Malkin's win would make him the 4th different Penguin to pace the league in points (the others, of course are Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Sidney Crosby).
Ironically this would tie the Montreal franchise, tonight's opponent, who currently lead the league with having four different Art Ross winners since the trophy's inception in 1948. If you're a trivia buff those four players are Elmer Lach, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Dickie Moore and Guy Lafleur.
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i’m really looking forward to this game. Even if the pens win they’ll be facing the flyers and if they lose they’ll be going up against the devils.
Lifes rough, wear a helment
Yeah, I’d almost rather see them lose!
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GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Here’s the right one
http://channelsurfing.net/watch-sports-2.php?w=623181&i=NHL
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Beautiful. Thanks Frank!
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Who just shot off to the dressing room? I saw a white helmet leaving the ice
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Did you see what happened to him? Hit by a puck…fall awkward?
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Where was the high stick? I didn’t see it.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Talbot’s stick. They’re going to question whether it was above the crossbar
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Yeah, think you’re right. Great PK nonetheless. Montreal’s PP torched Boston 3 times a few nights ago.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah. He could’ve waited another second or two for the puck to drop a bit lower, but that’s coming from someone sitting on their couch at home and not the guy on the ice…
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All right. End of first. Not all that bad. The D is really controlling the Habs who got a really lucky break on that one goal. Overall I have to say the Pens are looking pretty solid
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I agree. Looked like the Pens were really carrying the play for the 1st 15. Both teams missed a couple of good chances. Really liked how effective they were handling Montreal’s PP.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Least enjoyable thing about watching HNC: Don Cherry. I think I’ll turn on Bill O’Reilly to listen to someone who’s less of a blowhard.
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I despise Cherry’s existence. I don’t know what people see in him sometimes. I admire his work with charities and such but it doesn’t make him any less of an idiot on TV
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Many of the Canadians I know feel the same way. Cherry believes every hockey player should be Gordie Howe, and he doesn’t really understand any player who does anything different from what Howe did.
And yeah, Don, we get the xenophobia, really. Fine, Americans don’t know anything about hockey because they’re not Canadian, and all European players are soft.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy had an amazing week last week. I think 2G, 7A or something like that.
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Yeah, needs to be much better than the first one.
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Great play by sid to keep that puck alive before. Looked pretty intense
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Plenty of passing around the perimeter. Isn’t there something that comes between a pass and a goal?
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Yeo: “Clearly you couldn’t do my job. It’s pass, pass, pass, pass, fake shot, pass pass pass, shoot wide, pass pass pass shoot (blocked) pass pass pass even strength.”
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Aw, the end of someone’s stick was superimposed on the net, and I thought the puck had gone in. sigh
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No, I managed to catch myself before I started my customary “YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH”.
Thankfully.
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YEEEEAAAHHH isn’t that bad when it’s cut short. WOOOOOOOOO is because it just sounds like WOOOOOO—-OOOOohhhhhhh
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Ya know, this game is not one that Pens fans should point to when people complain that NHL refs are trying to help us win. Seems like a lot of ticky-tack calls going against the Canadiens, even if the Pens are playing a good game.
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Unfrigginbelievable. Looks like he wants to play in the postseason
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It’ll almost be like he’s a rookie again. Considering he didn’t exactly play in the postseason last year.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel like I’ve said something like this 100 times this season, but if it weren’t for Price, this game would already be out of hand.
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It would definitely be 3-1 at least.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
As an aside, for anyone who hasn’t been there, Montreal is a first-rate tourist destination. Awesome city, great nightlife. I would love to spend a weekend up there next year and get to a Habs game.
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I went there in 2006. I was a bit infuriated by the Frenchies but the city itself was great.
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Yeah, I was visiting a Frenchie when I was there, so I had someone to smooth over my complete ignorance of French.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It was obnoxious on their part. I tried to comply with my very choppy French. In one instance i struggled through an order at A&W and then after I made my order she said to the next person, “Bonjour, welcome to A&W. How can I help you?” She even glared at me while she did it…
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Well, I live in Boston, so those kinds of things don’t seem unusual to me anymore.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Hah. I may actually try and visit Boston this summer. Never been there before and wanna do up one of the “to-do before I die” items on the list: Drink beer in an Irish pub in Boston.
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Cool. It’s a pretty awesome city, actually. And you won’t have to look far to find that Irish pub.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s do it up this period. Come on. Get a quick one here.
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Thank you Fleury. The only reason we’re not down 2-1 right now.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
What a pathetic call. Laraque sold it. He even looked over to the ref…
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Weak call! He didn’t hit him from behind or cross-check him.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone know how many pts Ovechkin has tonight. Looks like he scored a goal in their game.
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Sorry. Meant to frame this in the form of a question.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks. Looks like that game is about over now. Your 2009 Art Ross trophy winner: Evgeni Malkin!
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Elvis has just left the building.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure he’ll put on the sunglasses and skate around with 2 sticks as soon as the game is over.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Good game. Great PK. I’d love to see the PP work it like that next week but if the PK wants to join the fun too then I won’t complain.
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They had great energy all night; none of those long stretches of scrambling around and looking disinterested. They weren’t going to whip Montreal like they did the Islanders (better team, with a passionate home crowd behind them), but they played a solid 60 minutes. And Fleury was pretty much flawless.
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by holiday park on Apr 11, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Back from Chicago...
….where I mocked thy baseball nemesis!
Anyone care to give a quick recap? Geno put this scoring title to sleep? ;)
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