Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal Canadiens, Round 2, Game 4
by FrankD on May 6, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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I think it goes without saying, but I'm going to say it anyway - this game is huge. If the Pens can take two on Bell Centre ice then they have a chance to close it out at home in Game 5. But I also don't think I have to remind you that the Habs, when down 3-1, are not exactly down for the count. Let's stay positive though.
Good news all around for Pens fans the other day when news came out of practice that Jordan Staal is skating again. The comments emphasized it best, but I'm going to say it again here - he's a beast. He defies science. He was manufactured, not born.
With that said, he likely won't make a return for this series. Yet I wouldn't be the least bit shocked if he did. OK, I'll be shocked, but given the fact that it's Jordan Staal and not Kris Beech, I won't be AS shocked.
My favorite part from Thursday night's win, other than the obvious winning part of it, was the post-game show on Versus. Not the entire thing of course, but one particular line. One of the roundtable announcers said something about how the Pens can beat you any way they want. Regular season I would have disagreed. I'd have said something like, "Well, they will probably beat you, but the score will be something like 5-4 or 4-3." It'd be offense leading the way, with the defense playing just good enough to prevent that one other goal.
But with the way Marc-Andre Fleury played the other night, combined with how he's played over the past few seasons in the postseason, I'd say they are 100% right. The Pens can win it any way they want.
Now they just need to do it.
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Penguins 3-2 Gonchar
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 8:05 AM EDT reply actions
You’re from Pittsburgh. This game isn’t huge. It’s yuge. With a capital Y.
Penguins 4-1 Crosby
by Link_Gaetz on May 6, 2010 8:06 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I've got to hand it to Frank...
It ain’t easy to get Jordan Staal and Kris Beech into the same sentence.
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
how about...
Then Kris Beech brought Jordan Staal his order of Swedish Meatballs and hoped for a good tip.
my my, hey hey rock 'n roll is here to stay...
by Jordan O.T.eopold on May 6, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
haha thank you. I try to work Kris Beech in any time the situation permits. Often the butt end of an injury joke of sorts
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In no way am I endorsing this result. i would be very upset if it comes true.
Mtl – 2-0 – No Penguins goal scorer.
I’m just trying to gain some points in the standings. Sorry. I do think there’s a reasonable possibility of a Montreal win though. On of those super frustrating nights where no matter how many shots the pens get Halak sees everything.
by Steve In on May 6, 2010 9:28 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I can see selling your soul to gain 2 points in the standings of a meaningless contest ;-)
Just kidding. I really hope you lose out on this one, but let’s face it, it could happen.
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Steve can pick whatever he wants… but for a pick like that we get to reserve the right to say nasty things about him and raise questions about his lineage and masculinity…
it’s a fair trade
On a side note, damn i hope we don’t get shut out
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Habs, I’m guessing, will not go for broke in the first trying to get a lead, since they’re not good at that style.
I expect we’ll see Offensus Interruptus from the outset tonight. We need to do what we finally got around to doing in Game 3 – support the puck, connect on the power play, and it would be nice to bag the odd even-strength goal.
GO GUINS!
nice work
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I try
but in hindsight the ellipsis should have come before the second Kennedy. You have my permission to reply with “FAIL” if you wish.
FAIL
Just kidding – it worked regardless.
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 7, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Darn it Frank, you beat me to it. I wanted 3-1 Crosby… The one day I decide to go on a date…
here goes, Penguins – 3-1 – Crosby
sorry but Sid’s my homer pick (since game 2 Ottawa) and I really see a close game… Looks like we’re score buddies again Frank.
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Penguins 4-0 Letang
He was too quite last game. I think he’ll bring his A game tonight.
Alex Ovechkin - I've got nothing to say....
Letang
Good call.
If we see Tanger dropping into the off-wing circle, carrying the puck, and dashing up and down that off-wing on dynamic exchange with a forward, we’re winning the game.
It’s been tough for Tanger because of the trap, the wedge they create divides the forwards from the D. Later in Game 3, however, we had trailers in the play, D on the heels of our forwards.
If we do that, they can’t trap effectively. Just a matter of very conscious puck support all around.
Tanger has got to be one of the most under rated defensemen in the game.
by rudemechanical on May 6, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Letang has been showing why he deserved his contract. He has been playing the best hockey of his career so far, especially defensively, but he is now all of a sudden getting his shots on net, too. What we thought was his true form in the regular season was just a long slump.
Tanger
He is smart in the D zone. He not only has excellent skating, passing, shooting skills, he has a real hockey IQ. Tanger sees the ice really well.
He’s also highly unusual for a defenseman – even for a skilled defenseman – in that, when he gets closer to the net, he thinks like a sniping forward.
You’ll never see him put his head down and wind up, like so many defensemen do. I mean, this guy drifted into the off-wing circle (his offensive office), waited out the goalie, and rather than slap the puck, he drag-snapped it into the upper right hand corner.
That’s Jari Kurri stuff. We saw inklings of how good his finishing abilities are when he started converting all those shootout shots. He’s just very unusual, very talented.
Kudos to Shero for wrapping him up.
by rudemechanical on May 6, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Penguins 3-1 GoGo
my my, hey hey rock 'n roll is here to stay...
by Jordan O.T.eopold on May 6, 2010 10:51 AM EDT reply actions
I agree with gilathiel
Penguins 2-1 Malkin (2 OT)
"90% of the game is physical. The other half is mental." - Yogi Berra
If that’s true, then I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
No Staal pick? Where’s the love?
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
spook, i’m sorry that my catlike reflexes beat yours. hey-o.
staal plays tonight, i am coming right back here and changing that. however, sidney needs a little love too.
STAAL FOR SELKE. SIDNEY FOR EVERY OTHER ONE.
by katielynn906 on May 6, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
changing it too if Jordan plays. I think I called it in an earlier post. And Sid gets plenty of love. Even if it’s not the first goal…
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well, he needs a little love from me, what with j-staal’s injury and glorious return, he’s been on the back burner a bit. =)
STAAL FOR SELKE. SIDNEY FOR EVERY OTHER ONE.
by katielynn906 on May 6, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
just too bad that what Sid does for us doesn’t show up on the stat sheet and then he gets ripped for it.
I remember the versus telecast where they were coming down on how Sid was getting frustrated…
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Seriously guys, if yo go changing picks on me I’m not responsible for missing it.
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Will anyone else join me in asking FrankD to change the Penguins score in the intro from 7-2 to 7-0. Using 7-2 is admitting defeat. If Lemieux is going to score 7 points all by himself then Tom Barrasso is also going to earn the shut-out.
Barrasso’s out. Wregget is in net tonight.
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Penguins - 4 - 2 Fleury
That’s right I said it.
"You're killing independent George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Thanks!
"You're killing independent George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by Art Vanndelay on May 6, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, though I think your worlds may be colliding with that Fleury pick ;-)
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
you’re a brave man… Shall we hit Vegas after the game?
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Gitteee-Up!!!
"You're killing independent George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by Art Vanndelay on May 6, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Penguins - 3-1 - Letestu
Hope my boy plays tonight! He looked good Tuesday and I think he’ll score an early first period goal.
I'm beting on Staal playing tonite
The reason a lot of people think this is a miracle, is because they don’t understand A)the surgery to repair this small tendon was simple.B)he is a young guy in good health and predictably his cut is healed C)if he has no pain, which most likely he won’t , because paradoxically it may be more painful for him to walk that to skate, where the toe does not move as much he’ll be ready. There’s no sense in holding him back if he is ready, because it is not the kind of injury that would worsen, say like a muscle injury or a joint. HE IS PLAYING.
Blysma was right day to day. Again borrowing fro Elliot Friedman, If an NHL coach was the White House press secretary on Nov. 22, 1963, he would announce John F. Kennedy as “day-to-day with an upper body injury.”
just as an fyi, y’all, per the pens’ twitter, staal and billy g practiced today.
STAAL FOR SELKE. SIDNEY FOR EVERY OTHER ONE.
update from the nhl on twitter:
-billy g is out.
-staal is a game time decision (what a man.)
-rupper is doubtful.
STAAL FOR SELKE. SIDNEY FOR EVERY OTHER ONE.
Rupp? That makes me sad.
Leafs fan living large in the Pitt and pretending like the drought is over. Go Pens!
I don’t think Rupp has been verify effective as of late. He seems to have a lot of turn overs and is always a step behind the play. He seems to be a notch below where he was when he was at his best in the regular season. Its time for Rupp to bring it and maybe a day in the press box will be good motivation. That being said I’d still take him over Feds.
I actually think Feds has taken to his 4th line role pretty well.
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Guerin is hurt?
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Montreal 3-1 Letang
Again, I’m doing this for you. Since my prognotications on the winners have been opposite to reality sinice game 2 against the Sens, me picking the enemy means the Pens keep winning. How can you argue with that logic?
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if you throw in an extra “Crosby Sucks” chant for good measure and we got us a deal :>
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pens 2-1 kennedy
Have you ever seen Mike Tomlin and Omar Epps in the same place at the same time?
by cleveland sucks on May 6, 2010 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
Penguins 5-2 Dupuis
And maybe a hat trick for Crosby tossed in?
Oh man I hope they win >_<
I’ll be watching this and the Sharks game this time. No way can I miss out on either one.
Pens-3-2-Letang
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
Penguins — 4-3 — Cooke
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……
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Find a new theme.
Leafs fan living large in the Pitt and pretending like the drought is over. Go Pens!
You know what would be funny, we advance and play boston, game 1 shift 1 Cooke hits Savard and it;s a clean hit but he still knocks him out of the game. I’d probably laugh til the end of the game.
No matter how clean it could possibly be it wouldn’t be in the eyes of Bestbostonsports
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So true
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
It would probably be an elbow-bite-from-behind combination, where Cooke clearly left his feet for the hit.
I mean … how could it not be?
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>:(
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You are finally on my side!
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Your grasp of sarcasm, or lack thereof, is a bit disheartening.
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So is yours.
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
You dont get it. I was being sarcastic back.
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
no, I do get it.
But this is getting childish. I will now refrain from conversing with you any further.
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Harsh dude. I’m just joking, I did not know you took this serious. I’m sorry.
If you don’t want to talk to me, sorry. Your loss.
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh…. haha.
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
>:(
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
What bandwagon?
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
No!
lol
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Crosby?
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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice pick, but this time I see Halak and the D being drawn to Geno, so he dishes it back to Gonch who blasts it in the net.
10 wins to go.
Let's go Pens!
by PensAreYourDaddy on May 6, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
OK I'm going to do it
Pens 2-1 Crosby: scores early and tells the Montreal media to stfu and the fans to sit down.
I've told [a 9 months pregnant] Nathalie that she can't have the baby on a game night. I'm not missing a playoff game. -Mario Lemieux in 1993
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