Game 2 Recap: Bankrupt in Luck; Pens get chances but fall 3-1 in Detroit
by Hooks Orpik on May 31, 2009 10:49 PM EDT
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Last year after two games in Detroit the Red Wings mopped the floor with the Penguins and won the two games a combined 7-0 and outshot Pittsburgh 70-41. While the score may have been 6-2 lately, it's been anything but one-sided.
Billy Guerin rang it off the post early in the game, Sidney Crosby beat Chris Osgood but found metal as well. Either of those go in and we've got a new game. Unfortunately the Penguins have been more bankrupt in the luck department than a Detroit automaker.
The Red Wings played their usual game of puck possession and play as solid five man units, exactly what you'd expect from them. Detroit's played two good games, Pittsburgh has matched them in effort, shots and emotion but just haven't gotten the breaks to score with them. Also you have to give the Red Wings a lot of credit for playing strongly in back-to-back nights when many experts figured them to be tired or at a disadvantage.
Pittsburgh's been down 2-0 before this playoffs, so nothing is decided just yet. The Penguins get the benefit to go to home ice, get their favorable matchup and crowd to hopefully help turn this thing around.
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Dammit
I go out of town and come back to find out Pens lost both games this weekend? Good lord. Kill Detroit on home ice. Do it!
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
by texacogirl on May 31, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
im sure the guys will do thier darndest. 1/4 is what has kept this series 2-0. thats how close the pens are. maybe going back home will make a differance.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
1/4" rather. so many posts the first 2 games its rediculous
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
SHENANIGANS I CALL ON THE LEAGUE
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by oldtimehockey09 on May 31, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions
SHENANIGANS!
But thankfully the Pens’ luck is not NEARLY as bankrupt as a Detroit automaker. We’d be really screwed if that were the case. Right now our luck is in the same spot as that of the ‘06-’07 Phoenix Suns when they faced the Spurs in the playoffs.
P is for Latrobe.
Nice Comment:
Comparing The Champions to GM now, are we?? We’ll see what happens in this series. -GO WINGS!!!
Yea, I gotta say gragging the Detroit economy is REALLY low. Lets not be like those classless morons from Carolina and grag a city’s situation into it. And, as a transplanted Pittsburgher, I don’t think we get to make fun of failed industrial economies, just sayin’
Life is about one simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying
Well if the gov’t stepped in to bail out GM in the past, ie. the struggling industry, then perhaps that means the NHL will step in and bail out Pittsburgh, ie. the struggling team.
Just making a sarcastic metaphor is all…
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same here
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Now that’s some good posts. That was a funny one by FrankD. I think this is going to go a bit in this series. Matter of fact I think the Pens are going to win tomorrow night. We have a lot in common as cities with Pittsburgh. Both blue collar cities. You fans are a lot more classy than over at the Hawks site. The Pens could win the next four games and I would not call your team scum like they do over at second city Hawks sight. The one thing- Crosby and Malkin have to play their game and not let the Wings get under their skin and cause them to focus more on revenge instead of winning. And your goalie has to play better. I still like the Wings. But us here in Michigan know this series is far from over.
The Hawks site did seem a bit brutal toward the Wings but I would suspect nothing less. Safe to say Wings/Hawks is comparable to Flyers/Penguins? Seems like there’s a lot of animosity between the two.
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or pens/caps
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
if there was one team i hated growing up it was the dale hunter lead caps. him, bondra, iafrate, that entire lot seemed like a bunch of dirtbags to me
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I despised Petr Bondra. Although my father met him in a DC bar one time and said he was a pretty nice guy.
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look up penguin killer in the dictionary and petr bondras mug is right there.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know, Dupuis played really well tonight, fighting for pucks in the corner and setting up some good chances. It’ll be interesting to see who will play, him or Boucher.
12 down, 4 to go. Let's go Pens!
He was doing some good back checking on some of his shifts.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
by Phantaskippy on May 31, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
he did a good job of letting hossa have all the time in the world to put the puck in front of the net on the 2nd goal too. just because your stick breaks doesn’t mean you just skate to the bench and get a new one at your own accord
yes def.
ya he should have stayed on hossa so he couldnt take that shot, dupuis left hossa wide open on the boards
Should’ve hit him Hines Ward style, break his jaw a bit.
The above line is not serious. Please don’t take it so.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
by Phantaskippy on Jun 1, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Dupuis was relevant in that game. That was a visitor scorer and as a scorer for the Iowa Chops, Anaheim’s former AHL affiliate, I conceed that we tend to watch the hometown boys more than the visitors. Dupuis was in corners, he was skating hard, he created chances, and he did hit. The scorer shit the bed on that job.
I also love how the NBC mornons kept talking about how the Pens were at a disadvantage with dressing only 6 D, ah, hello that is the norm?!?!?!? Detroit only dressed 6 D as well. God, idiots!
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That was definitely Pierre McGuire’s lame contribution. Since he wasn’t being heard by the boys upstairs calling the game, he had to chime in with it time and time again even though it made no sense.
And we wonder why/how he was overlooked for the Minnesota GM job…
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Deja Vu
Think about it. It could be taken two different ways. It could mean last years finals, where we went down two games to none. We eventually lost in six to these same Detroit Redwings. It could also be referring to the Conference Semifinals against the Washington Capitals this year, where we ended up ahead three games to two and eventually won the series in seven games. What do you think? I have my opinion, and I think I am right.
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I’ve got a feeling this will be like the Caps series. Pittsburgh could have won one if not both of these games, just like vs. the Caps. Its not a series till the home team losses. Pittsburgh must win both games, if they lose either one they will NOT win the Cup.
Life is about one simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying
What disheartens me is when Detroit starts to roll, there is nothing we can do to counter it, and you just know a goal will be scored.
It reminds me of the NBA, when The young Pistons were trying to get past the Celtics, or when The Bulls where trying to get past Detroit.
We are trying to force the end of a mini dynasty, but Detroit still has enough gas left to pull these games off.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
per TSN
says in their recap that malkin will not be suspended
by pnguinsfan8771 on May 31, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions
till it comes from the league i wont buy it
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by oldtimehockey09 on May 31, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
the turning point in this game
i think its safe to say that the turning point in this game was the goal that made it 2-1. not because it was off of 2 blatant no calls but because it clearly took all the air out of the pens. the guys stopped pressing the play after that
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by oldtimehockey09 on May 31, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions
I'd bet my life
On the Pens winning both in Pittsburgh. They’re playing too well to not start getting some breaks at the moment of truth.
Also, Zetterberg has frozen two pucks for Osgood in two games. Both times the call was missed.
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agreed, the pens have played soundley the first two games but just couldnt get any bounces, problem is they are getting out manned in key areas like the corners.
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by oldtimehockey09 on May 31, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
If anyone knows anyone who knows anyone else who might be able to get ahold of Mike Tomlin, get the message to him that we would like him to visit the Penguins before Tuesday night. They managed to survive through Bill Cowher’s defection. It would be nice for someone to tell them that Pittsburgh is officially still behind them.
This is frustrating, but they haven’t let me down yet.
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by pascaldupweevil on May 31, 2009 11:48 PM EDT reply actions
If they called a ton we’d be saying let them play.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
by Phantaskippy on Jun 1, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Bob Errey and the refs
Thought it was funny that he said the refs wouldn’t call only 3 penalties in this game…well he was right…they called less than 3
keep trolling. little sisters of the poor? creative. sad but creative
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions
agreed.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
lol. wow that was quick. away with another troll. ty whoever banned him
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions
another redwings fan giving you a bad name ah.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
requesting moderator status since im on here all the time anyway
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions
Petr Sykora
I know he was slumping earlier, but doesn’t this seem like a good time to dress him again and see if he can contribute again? He’s a veteran, proven scorer with a great attitude and synergy with Malkin.
OMG
I totally forgot about him! Adams is needed for PK and a right handed face-off guy, Dupuis brings energy, the ability to PK, and can play a top 6 role. But, Satan has vanished like “a fart in the wind” this series. If he is healthy, why not?
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I thought Satan did alright last night.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
by Phantaskippy on Jun 1, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Wings in 4, 5 max
Wings will win again because they have a front office that knows how to draft, develop, and acquire winning talent through all four lines. Say what you want, Pens are a two-man show and that’s not going to cut it in the finals. Pens need depth they don’t have. No matter how much Bettman wants Cindy to hoist a cup over his head, the bottom line is that nobody deserves the cup, it must be earned, and the entire Wings organization understands that. No big stars, just a winning attitude throughout. BTW, it didn’t help that Cindy hoised the Conference trophy over his head. Wings learned a long time ago that’s not the end game… Good luck, win one at home so the Wings can get their fourth win in front of the home crowd.
the bottom line is that nobody deserves the cup, it must be earned
Well at least we finally got a troll who contributed something of relative intelligence. Only that quoted line, of course.
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No matter how much Bettman wants Cindy to hoist a cup over his head
obviously this isnt the case since twice is as many games there have been penalty shot calls blown not to mention another goal off a non called offsides and slash breaking a stick. but belive what you want
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Saw plenty of non-calls both ways, including screw jobs against the Wings in the Anaheim and Chicago series. For sure though, covering the puck in the crease is a PS. But you wouldn’t have scored anyway so it’s irrelevant. What is relevant is that Bettman won’t rest until his annointed league savior wins the cup, no matter how Bettman tries to make it happen. C’mon, two games back to back because he thinks the Wings are old and won’t be up for game 2? He can use the NBC/NBA excuse but he hasn’t seemed to have a problem with Versus until this weekend.
go to the tv schedule thread on this blog and youll see my comments. obviously you seem to think that the league tilts infavor of the pens obviously tonight wont dissuade you from that even though the calls were there and not called yet again.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, there is a clear bias toward the Pens and a clear bias against the Wings. For the Pens because of Cindy and “will this be the year?” For crying out loud, the kid’s been in the league for what, all of four years? He can’t even grow a playoff beard yet. And aginst the Wings because everybody outside of Detroit and Don Cherry is sick of always seeing them win. They don’t win on a fluke or on a single prima donna, they win on years of cultivating talent and instilling an expectation of winning all the way down to their Grand Rapids affiliate. This has been outrageously successful (and I know you can’t argue that) and I don’t know who can argue that a winning formula isn’t fair. I would say it might just make sense for other organizations to emulate the Wings organization, I’d be fine with it, it would raise the bar throughout the league. But the league’s clear bias in all their pre-series hype seems to imply that the cup is somehow owed to Crosby. Good luck with that, the only trophy he’s going to hold is the Conference Championship one he hoisted the other day. And the Wings and Pens can meet again next year and the result will still be the same until Mario decides he can’t put the weight of the organization on Cindy’s shoulders and needs three other lines to help out.
obviously with the drafting on geno, staal, fluery it proves he understands that. nevermind bringing in kunitz, gill, gonchar, guerin, fedetenko proves that also. but continue to think that there is some kind of bias against the red wings. thats quite posisbly the most insane comment i have ever heard other then “the fundementals of the economy are strong” from john mccain.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
The league is a business, and that business wanted this match up, they hyped Crosby because he’s a star with a big fan-base that they have invested a lot in.
“But the league’s clear bias in all their pre-series hype seems to imply that the cup is somehow owed to Crosby.” What the heck does that mean? By hyping the series and focusing on Crosby (whose having a monster playoffs, and they hype no matter what anyways) they are implying he deserves the cup? That obviously means they are doing everything in their power to make him win. Like calling penalties on the wings, oh wait no they aren’t. So they are doing what to show bias? Advertising. Apparently those TV spots are hampering the wings and forcing the Pens to play better. That’s awesome, wait till they come back to Pittsburgh, all of our ads are pro-Penguins, no way you can win.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
by Phantaskippy on Jun 1, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
thats probably one of the funnier rebuttles i have ever read. im jealous
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
The reason...
That the games were back to back is Conan O’brien debuting on The Tonight Show. I believe its in the broadcasting contract that NBC will carry 3 or 4 of the 7 games. NBC’s advertisers are probably paying triple or more what Versus advertisers are. You better believe they’re not going to broadcast something that might go into OT or 2 or 3 on a weeknight the first week of christening a new Tonight Show host for the first time in 17 years. Which means they must broadcast weekend games. I’m sure Bettman and his media department love all these angry emails, right? They were strong-armed by NBC to keep it the hell out of Conan’s way, and the evidence is pretty clear. This is pass/fail for NBC and a ton of advertisers, and I don’t doubt that there is an amount of money at stake here that the NHL wouldn’t touch in an entire season.
By the way, who owns Versus? Oh yeah, it’s NBC.
Please, take your “conspiracy to exalt Sidney Crosby” garbage elsewhere. It already makes little sense coming from Philly and Washington and Carolina fans, but understanding to a degree because frankly, Crosby is standing directly in their path. I would expect more from fans of a team with 4 championships in 10 years or whatever the actual number is.
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by pascaldupweevil on Jun 1, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
oh man, i wanted to do it…
/sigh
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
right now im wishing a regulation goal was 4’ by 6 1/16" wide. anyone else?
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions
lol
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
funny thing is...
You know you’d all do the exact same thing if it was Fleury.
by Casey Richey on Jun 1, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
no we’d be laughing our butts off and call maf out on it actually. after watching the play last night after i had calmed down quite a bit i can see why the goal was waved off but really flopping around like you just got stuck with a cattle prod is more then slightly lame. i would expect that from hossa but not osgood
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, pal. That was an absolute embarrassing swan dive. I used to catch. I was run over by a 250 lbs fatass when I was blocking home plate. I held on to the ball just fine even though my world had just been rocked by a shoulder to the chest. Talbot nudges Osgood, and he falls back, flails his glove in the air, puck goes flying…
Never seen MAF destroyed like that.
Hah I had a similar situation when I played catcher. Got a concussion but still got the out.
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danny b postgame
you can tell dan is hot when he goes to his postgame. no tantrum but boy i iwsh he would have
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go to nhl.com and look for the postgames. it may be on penguins.nhl.com also
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
its prolly his shortest ever. like 3minutes long.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
They guy from MLive.com transcribes them pretty quickly too if you can’t get the audio to work and just wanna give a read.
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i still contend that this series is earily similar to the caps series. 2 games, bad bounces in both and down 0-2. its obvious but its worth stating that the pens need to hold home ice. i thought overall they played a much more complete 60 minutes but the wings just took advantage of oppertunities when they presented themselves. If they can get three or four past the tom brady of the nhl, then they can start to build some mo and head back to detroit with the series tied
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I agree with you, 100% this time.
Detroit is still not getting production from the people they need to get goals from to win series. They’re not playing great hockey. Osgood has been shaky, and he’s not unbeatable. The Pens are outshooting the Wings, and were arguably the better of the two teams in Game 2. We head home, we win game 3. We win game 4. And now it’s time to impose our will in game 5 at Detroit. The first team loses at home is in trouble.
Detroit is still not getting production from the people they need to get goals from to win series
When will you understand? WE DON’T NEED TO. EVERBODY on the Wings delivers. The Pens simply don’t have that. If Cindy and Malkin aren’t scoring, the Pens aren’t winning. If Datsyuk, Zetterburg, Hossa, or Franzen aren’t scoring, the Wings have a dozen who can step in and bury the biscuit. Wings in 4 or 5.
The Wings have had the fortune of good bounces fall their way in droves the first two games of the series. Last night alone, the Pens rang 4 shots solidly off posts, and once again outshot the Wings. Your argument about the Wings’ superior depth winning games is bankrupt when, if the bounces weren’t falling your way, the Wings would be leaving Detroit tied 1-1 at best. And conceivably down 0-2 at worst. If your top guys continue to lay bagels and Detroit falls out of favor with lady luck, consider this series over. Pens in 6.
The problem is
I think the problem is the Pens aren’t going in front of the net. They aren’t playing there game. There have been rebounds, but nobody to corral them, and there is nobody in front of Osgood to screen him. They are making him look like a god send in net because there is no pressure in front of him to make a blind save. Of course breaking a stick an impeding someone doesn’t help, but Dupuis just sitting there and crying instead of trying to stop him didn’t help either.
If the Pens stop hitting metal instead of net we would be tied.
Another thing to add is that the Pens have started to sustain offensive zone pressure, which will get people to the front of the net. I thought Crosby and Malkin had a lot better showing in Game 2, as well as Staal. Detroit is prone to running around when they can’t get the puck out in 5-10 seconds. The wings are great at putting pressure on the puck, but need to get it out quick. They commit themselves to blocking off passing lanes, and overloading the puck carrier. There’s a lot of space on the ice if the Pens can get to it. I think the Pens are starting to adjust. Game 3 will also have better matchups the Pens can exploit. I have a feeling we’ll see a very different game.
You guys are all in denial
Pens need more than two guys who can score.
Pen’s game plan: Cindy and Malkin need to start scoring goals
Wings game plan: Use best players to contain Cindy and Malkin
Now with the stars preoccupied, it’s the Pen’s remaining lineup against the Wings remaining lineup. It’s not rocket science, Wings will win every time. There’s a reason premier players forego big contracts to come to Detroit for a year or two, and we know it’s not the economy or the weather. It’s because they don’t HAVE to be a star here, they can just play hockey and have an above-average chance to win the cup every single year.
Did you even watch the games? Because i don’t think you did, a goal bouncing off the backboard? A soft wrist shot from the blue line goal? Hossa karate chopping dupuis stick, no call, then a backhand goal as hossa lays on Fleury…too many to count non-calls on interference on the wings. You are getting all the lucky bounces while we are shitting the bed on open netters, Guerin twice…we are running fine with you we just need some luck thrown our way.
First of all, it was Holmstrom on Fleury and he was only there because Malkin cross-checked him into Fleury.
by Casey Richey on Jun 1, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Like I said, you’re in denial, and you still will be after the season’s over and Cindy’s got nothing to show for it. You can look at plays through whatever glasses you want. The bottom line is the Pens are being man-handled and don’t have an answer. Funny, I didn’t even see Malkin score that goal in yesterday’s game. We knocked it in our own net. Do we cry about it? NO!! It happens in hockey. You don’t whine, you play through it. The Pens have been whining and not playing through it.
...you have a valid point sir
The Pens lone goal yesterday was an own goal, hard to argue they played just as well as we did.
by Casey Richey on Jun 1, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Ya might want to point out, MrNorris, that the Wings were flopping around in their own zone like dying chickens, and had just been thoroughly dominated on the PP. A goal was inevitable, be it an own-goal or a wicked wrister from the slot.
If you were watching the game from an even-keel perspective, you’ll also notice the Wings were outshot again, and were the benefactors of 4 posts. The score was not representative of who carried play.
lmao
its funny when you guys (i’m not referring to you specifically) credit franzen with intentionally banking a shot off of fleury’s leg, when odds are he was aiming for cleary’s stick.
then you say luck when stuart puts the puck in, when the puck prolly woulda went in earlier if he wasnt there. both teams should be considered to be taking advantage of good bounces in both situations because they put themselves in good postions.
and if you wanna even CLAIM we didnt play as well as you guys yesterday cuz our only goal was an own goal…then i guess we played dead even for game one, since 2 of your goals were own goals. detroit did deserve the win & played better than the pens, but thats a dumb reason to list.
There is no point in arguing with you, you are not looking at unbiased. I have people at work here in Raleigh saying wow you guys are getting jobbed out there, why aren’t they calling penalties, and how are they allowed to get away with that stuff. What do i say to these caniacs here who we just man handled? They are the red wings they get to do that?
The pens get a bounce thier way and minus a lucky bounce your way and this is 1-1…we did play good, just not good enough.
we did play good, just not good enough
Finally, a logical comment not draped in emotion. Nobody said the Pens didn’t play well. They just didn’t play well enough to defeat a team with many more years experience in this same situation. Stop making excuses about it should be this or could be that. It isn’t, so just get out there and play and make a series of it for crying out loud.
They will go out there, the scores don’t reflect how close these two games were, and i love the fire Malkin showed doing his best Bam-Bam impression on Zetterberg. The mellon is a magical place, we know how to play in our sloppy arena, so i can’t wait for 3&4, then you’ll be here whining about what was not called i guarantee. Because you know Bettman will have a chat with those refs about thier lack of calls, you know he wants Crosby’s name on that cup.
OMG...
You can read people’s minds? Quick, what am I thinking right now?….. you got it tacos. Also, what will tomorrow’s lottery numbers be, since you have this extra sense and all.
Life is about one simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying
You say Pens fans are finally approaching with a sensible comment and yet you keep making this whole “NHL is on Cindy’s side” rationale. Maybe when you get off that nonsensical rant we can have a civilized conversation.
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Just curious…why are Wings fans here? You have your own blogspace where you can chat amongst other Wings fans. Obviously as Penguin fans we’re disappointed with how the first two games have gone and are going to be a little abrasive right now. You coming here isn’t helping. We get it. Detroit is good, you guys are happy, blah dee freaking blah. Now please go away.
Because if we weren’t here to provide some balance, it would just be a circle jerk. Too many people drinking the same kool-aid
I Am Mighty Wings Fan
Must spread my arrogance, and elitist attitude to the entire world. Bru-ha-ha. Bru-ha-ha.
so go insult them on your site
instead of equating them to us, since we are not the ones posting on your site.
It’s kind of funny how you don’t see that you’re doing the same trolling that they are.
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first off, i’ve yet to really insult anyone. Second, I’m not trolling. I came to see what my buddy Hooks wrote and then just read through some comments. and the people i’ve responded to on here are the ones that come to our site.
I hear you, and I have no problem with respectful back-and-forth between fans, but when ‘Cindy’ comes out…yeah, I get a little frustrated. I don’t visit your site and post, but if I did I wouldn’t brag or say immature stuff like that. We’re all for good discussion here, as long as it’s mature.
I don’t think Mr.Norris is trolling but some other Detroit fans sure are. It’s just really asinine and immature. I’m not about to get ban happy on every Wings fan that comes around but I really thought we could try and rise above the typical Yahoo PuckDaddy commentors.
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They see me trollin', they hatin'...
In the last series, Second City Hockey had tons of Detroit fans that were only members of their site and there to give them crap. Not even people that were members of our site at all, hopefully that hasn’t continued in this round but i wouldn’t be surprised and i appologize
oh it has continued with zeal.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You don’t really have to apologize. It’s not like you’re sending them our way (unless you are, in which case you and me – playground, 3pm). To be fair I’ve referenced them to your site but they just seem intent on trolling and content with being idiotic. Like any outrageous Pens fan on any other team’s blog/boards they just make the respective fan bases look bad.
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yep
see detkidrock
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
…and I’m not referring to you, of course, but to some of the other less savory Wings fans that have graced us with their presence.
If Bettman didn’t make it so blatantly obvious he was his Cinderella boy, he wouldn’t have this problem. I actually feel bad for him. Bettman thrusts the future of the NHL on him, and Mario places the future of the Pens franchise on him. He is definitely a great player but still needs some maturity that will take years until it matches the responsibility heaped on him. Whacking Maltby’s skates at the end of game 1 out of frustration doesn’t indicate he’s there yet. But I’ll make the first move and stop calling him Cindy, the next move is up to him.
If you stop calling him Cindy that would be much appreciated. Not because it annoys me so much (frankly I’m kinda used to it) but because it would do wonders in our perception of just clustering you with the other fans in the league that have their issues with him. You’re obviously a hockey fan and from what I can gauge someone with a bit higher IQ than the average opposing team’s commentor. I’m all for civil conversation and would like to see that for the remainder of the series.
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you know what i just realized
this joker probably has another account on sb
one to push the envelope with us incase he gets kicked out & the other for his norm with detroit
buuurah blah blah
timmmah!
:D
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Dom Deluise 1933-2009, Cannonball run
by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
“and Mario places the future of the Pens franchise on him.”
I’ve never seen anyone feel bad for a player because they were good enough to build a team around. I hope Sid appreciates it.
I’ll be sure to try and feel for the plight of Gretzky, Brodeur, etc. as they all unfairly were asked to lead a team and a franchise simply because of how good they were. that is unfair, thanks for pointing it out.
Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?
by Phantaskippy on Jun 1, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
thats twice in the same thread phanta has made me envious of the extreme sarcasim and excellent rebuttle. i need to re-evaluate my approach to this whole blog thing
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Dom Deluise 1933-2009, Cannonball run
by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya we’re dissapointed, but i am uplifted by how Malkin went nuts at the end, i’ve never seen him like that. I hope he carries that rage until tomorrow and just goes off scoring 2-3 goals. Crosby needs to calm down the boys and tell them to stop standing there with thier arms in the air with the wtf face on after a penalty is not called, your not getting the call this series so move on and quit standing around.
i stand by my flesh ripping gorilla discription last night. dude was flamin hot mad
" I AM CAPATIN CHAOS, and this is my trusty Sidekick cato. Say hello Cato"
Dom Deluise 1933-2009, Cannonball run
by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 1, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that should be real uplifting. Last team I saw loose their cool at the end of a game was Chicago. We all know what happened to them.
by SterlingForbes on Jun 2, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
dont know how many times we can say this is not over.
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jun 2, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Dupuis Play
The guys over at Abel to Yzerman have it pretty well captured in a video of the “slash” by Hossa
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/a2y/comments/more_fun_with_hockey_sticks/
Hard to refute that.
definitely not a slash
but again, post a video of the Hossa hooking Dupuis immediately prior to this.
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