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I wonder how long before the ‘Matt Cooke appeals’ news comes along, (not that it might make a difference really).
PensBurgh penalty - Lavender - 2 Minutes for saying, "Woo! Offense," every time Zbynek Michalek touches the puck.
Even assuming Kunitz can play next game (which who knows) we could be looking a roster of something like:
Kunitz-Staal-Kennedy
Conner-Talbot-Dupuis
Tangradi-Jeffrey-Rupp
Wallace-Adams-Godard
Ouch. At this point I would love to see Sterling or Johnson get a callup, but to be honest I don’t know if Cooke still counts against the 23 man roster or not.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
What do you think about line of Tangradi-Jeffrey-Dupuis?
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As a top line? I sure hope not.
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Discussing line combinations is like discussing the arrangement of deck chairs on the Titanic at this point.
And before anyone lays into me for being “negative” and “not adding anything to the discussion”, you know who you are…
a) don’t bother
b) The team needs to buckle down and play possession hockey. Forget pretty plays, forget stereotypical Penguins hockey. Brutal forechecking and positional defense is what will win games for them.
What the hell has happened?
Since the calendar turned to 2011, it’s like someone just took a massive wrecking ball to our season.
Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
It’s the Winter Classic’s fault.
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by GoPenguins on Feb 9, 2011 3:23 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Absolutely. Also, let’s never, ever vote for Crosby for All-Star Games again.
"Darling, you say Brooks Orpik 'checked' that guy. He did not 'get under him and put him into the wall'."--Beloved to me, Winter 2007
by GreenEyedLilo on Feb 10, 2011 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
Anybody out there on PensBurgh with skates and sticks handy
that can play the wing a bit?
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
I volunteer to play on Feb 26th!
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
Against the Leafs? Wow, you are a Pens fan!
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
Being on the ice doesn’t necessarily mean helping the team. I could pull a few McCabes in between staring at everyone on the ice :P
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
Lol. Now that I think of it, the Leafs could use a D-man now…
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
OH BTW I TOUCHED CHRISTIAN HANSON’S HAND TWICE AND WENT ALL FANGIRL TODAY
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
Lol, sweet!
So, I guess you enjoyed the game? =P
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
I bought a Kadri shirt because they didn’t have Reimer and it was $33 and they wouldn’t give me a student discount because they didn’t know how to swipe the student card into the machine-thing, I predicted the score of the game, we won, I laughed at Wade Redden, I went to the place RIGHT BESIDE where they go to the lockerroom, went fangirl when Kadri came out and wanted him to sign the shirt but the security lady wouldn’t let me, my friend got the adorable mascot to sign his plush toy for his girlfriend, I sat beside Craps dude but turned him into a Leaf fan for a day, I touched Hanson’s hand twice (once when he was getting off the ice after the game, the other time when he was getting off the ice after getting first star), the bus detoured at Tim Horton’s when we were going back to school, and I spilled hot chocolate all over my Schenn jersey.
So yes, I enjoyed the game :P
And props to you if you read the entire run-on sentence up there :P
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
That was impressive use of the comma. :P
So you touched his hand twice but didn’t talk to him? officially NOT jealous. :P
by leaflover4ever on Feb 9, 2011 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
I didn’t even have eye contact with him, because I was staring at my hand going OMG :P
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
laaaaaaaaaame.
I am only impressed if you talked to them. :P
by leaflover4ever on Feb 9, 2011 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
I have to agree.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
meh
I’m still excited :D
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
haha, I would be excited too.
more excited if I talked to him, though. ;P
by leaflover4ever on Feb 9, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
Wow…that’s a lot of stuff. And woo-hoo, I get PROPS!
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
props, yes; brownie points, not after what happened last time >:(
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
I thought I could have brownie points, just not actual brownies. =(
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
ok, fiine.. 87 brownie points for you then
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
aren’t those like little girl scouts or something? Speaking of which… where are my cookies!
There's an 87% chance this post is sarcasm...
COOKIEZ
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
Well, if he doesn’t want ’em…
/devours cookies
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
fact
the only thing better than chocolate chip cookies are double chocolate chip cookies
The universe moves depending on where Sidney Crosby is on the ice - IHeartPenguins
I want to be a Toronto Maple Leaf forever - Phil Kessel
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
So, no Sid, Geno, Letestu, Kunitz, or Cooke now. Yeesh.
Shero’s gotta make a move soon, because the AHL guys really aren’t playing very well.
You’d think he’d think a bit considering we’re so low on players and maybe not get suspended and make it even harder to win in following games. Clearly not
Never been a Cooke fan, although I did actually enjoy him on 24/7, which suprised me
That’s part of what bothered me so much about the hit last night. Not only did it fuel the fire about Cooke being a dirty player, but it’s not like we can afford to lose any more players for any amount of time…
~Silver
by SilverFlame11 on Feb 9, 2011 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Good. He deserves the suspension. Problem is, we can’t afford to lose any more
players.
Hockey keeps us sane. Life would suck without it.
Let's go Pens! Let's go Canucks!
Crosby for Hart.......Letang for the Norris ..........KesLord for Selke.
Get well soon Sid!
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Sounds about right. But, this punishment, once again, shows the inconsistencies of the NHL’s discipline policy.
My Thoughts on the Pens & Twitter
"A player's game is a composition. Sometimes it's a line, sometimes a paragraph. Right now, Crosby's game is a novel." -Scott Burnside
Yep
The only thing the NHL is consistant at is being inconsistant.
Hockey keeps us sane. Life would suck without it.
Let's go Pens! Let's go Canucks!
Crosby for Hart.......Letang for the Norris ..........KesLord for Selke.
Get well soon Sid!
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by PensFanInDenver on Feb 9, 2011 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Whaddya expect when the guy deciding is throwing knives at a dartboard...
…blindfolded?
Wel, that’s how I’m imagining the scene in Colin Campbell’s office, anyway.
I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.
Some quotes...
"It was the worst hit I’ve ever had from behind," Tyutin told The Columbus Dispatch. "I wasn’t surprised, not when you see (Cooke) in the highlights all the time for dirty hits."
The suspension is warranted…but I’m completely with Bylsma on this:
“The player looks him right in the eye, knows he’s coming and makes sure he keeps his number turned toward him,"
by PensBetterThanYinz on Feb 9, 2011 5:01 PM EST reply actions
Looks him in the eye by peeking back when Cooke is near the blueline?
Riiiiiight.
I lost a bit of respect for Bylsma after seeing that statement. Sure, he’s got to stick up for his player, but don’t be so blatantly self-serving as to offer up BS like that. That’s almost as bad as Boudreau’s crap after Cooke gave Ovie a taste of his own medicine the previous game.
I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.
He’s not defending Cooke, nobody is at this point, he’s criticizing these numb skulls that put themselves in vulnerable positions KNOWING full well there’s a forechecker bearing down on them.
That does not excuse Cooke’s hit by any means but if I park my car on the train tracks and the train doesn’t slow down, does that make me any less of an idiot?
by PensBetterThanYinz on Feb 9, 2011 5:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
See, my mind is changing on this one. Why in the world should Tyutin put himself in a position to be hit? I think if I were playing, I’d want to minimize legal contact as much as possible to protect my body and to keep me fresh for late in games.
So yeah, I’m putting myself in positions where it would be illegal to check me. Yes, definitely. I see no reason to do otherwise.
And you have that right
but don’t complain when your career is over because you put yourself in vulnerable position.
There's an 87% chance this post is sarcasm...
Just curious
So how does this fit in with the typical “he took a hit to make a play” praise mentality?
by GnarlyVarly on Feb 11, 2011 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
Tangradi and Wallace have been sent back down
Which means we’re looking at something like:
Kunitz-Staal-Kennedy
Conner-Talbot-Dupuis
(Asham?)-Jeffrey-Rupp
? -Adams – Godard
What are we missing? Don’t they need one or two more forwards during the suspension? Are they planning on seven defensemen or something?
Even so it’s unlike them to not want an additional forward available
I believe in Geno.
Eric on twitter just said it’s probably a paper move — but I didn’t think they needed to make a one day paper move in this situation. I’m still confused.
I believe in Geno.
You don’t just save the money on paper – those guys are on two-way contracts. The amounts they’re owed every day in the bigs aren’t inconsiderable sums.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 9, 2011 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
Sure but is it worth that money to have them driving around instead of resting and preparing to play tomorrow?
Maybe it is, but then why not send them to Wheeling? I’m still really confused.
I believe in Geno.
If it’s a “paper-only” transaction, they don’t actually leave the team, they’re just off the books for payroll purposes for the duration of their reassignment.
I believe that they can still practice with the team.
Every dollar of cap space counts, especially as Malkin has yet to hit LTIR, which he will eventually, so the team needs to bank as much cap space as possible now.
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My understanding is that they have to drive there and report, as Tangradi did at the beginning of the season when he was assigned to Wheeling in a paper move.
I believe in Geno.
I believe this is correct, which does make the reassignment more perplexing. Perhaps they simply want to call up a different couple players?
That’s what I’m thinking, too. That is a long drive to turn around and come back the next day. Unless they had to get some stuff anyway (Tangradi mentioned he had nothing with him) and Pens decided to shuffle around for a bit of capspace. But, seriously, they’ve got tons of cap space now with Crosby and, soon, Malkin on LTIR. Perplexing
Another mystery: Tangradi deleted his twitter account.
Also, I hope there’s a good reason because if my bosses told me to spend a day driving so that they could pay me less, I would be very upset.
I believe in Geno.
I wonder if a lot of fans have been riding him lately.
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I bet he did it out of frustration.
Let’s face it, he’s struggled in the NHL; he looked out of place most of the time during his first stint and he looked even more lost in this last stint. He’s 21, so there’s still a lot of time, but I bet he thought he’d be a mainstay this season.
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"A player's game is a composition. Sometimes it's a line, sometimes a paragraph. Right now, Crosby's game is a novel." -Scott Burnside
by AllieLXXXVII on Feb 9, 2011 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
I think frustration is a likely explanation. His twitter account was very tame, and he didn’t update it very often, so I can’t imagine that the team had a problem with his tweeting. He has never said anything remotely controversial. To me his twitter account was similar to other professional hockey players’ accounts (excluding Biznasty). Infrequent updates showing a little personality but about very mundane things like the Cheesecake Factory.
But maybe he doesn’t feel like talking to, or hearing from fans right now, since he is having a frustrating season and just got sent back down again (maybe on paper, maybe for real).
I believe in Geno.
Also, this makes me lean more toward thinking this might not be a paper move.
1) They have the cap space to keep them up.
2) They went to WBS not Wheeling.
3) Jeffrey also doesn’t have to go through waivers, and he was not asked to drive around to save cap space
4) Tangradi deleted his twitter account
I believe in Geno.
Does anyone think this means we probably traded for someone?
and gave up some draft picks/prospects?
This is assuming it’s not just a paper move..
If they needed the roster spot to add someone without trading away NHL talent, he’d probably be high up on my list to go back down.
There's an 87% chance this post is sarcasm...
Based on twitter reports and my best guess it seems like what’s happening is this:
- Tangradi and Wallace back to WBS indefinitely
- Vitale called up to Pittsburgh
- Asham back from IR
- Kunitz still out for a few games
I believe in Geno.
Amending to add: Since the news about Vitale comes from a friend of his on twitter, not an official source, it’s possible that there will be more than one call up announced tomorrow.
So it might be that Asham is not back, or that even if he is, Vitale and another player will be called up.
I believe in Geno.
I wonder why Vitale
I don’t follow WBS at all, but just looking at the stats(besides the fact that he’s a center), there are better players in WBS that haven’t gotten a chance up here yet than him.
There's an 87% chance this post is sarcasm...
I guess the suspension is deserved, but I’m still a bit surprised by it. Mainly, because the NHL usually grades on the result of the hit, not the hit itself.
Cooke did get off the hook for a potentially suspendable offense against Ovechkin in the last game, though, so I doubt that helped him much in this case.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
ARE YOU F#$%ING KIDDING ME!!!! ADAMS!!! JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST YOU HAD 24 SQUARE FEET AND YOU MISSED IT ALL!! - OlenWhitaker
Went away to Leafland for a day. It was nice, even though they lost. And I became a Certified Grabbo Lover.
Agreed.
The NHL is more than puzzling these days. From their negligence on the seriousness of concussions, to their judgment of intent, to their handing down of punishment.
What a garage league.
My Thoughts on the Pens & Twitter
"A player's game is a composition. Sometimes it's a line, sometimes a paragraph. Right now, Crosby's game is a novel." -Scott Burnside
Cooke’s hit was only dirty because the player turned his back to him. At that speed how is Cooke supposed to back off. The guy saw him coming and turned his back to him approximately 1 second before getting hit. How is this dirty? More just stupid on Tyutin’s part.
"Those goals just rip the heart right out of your stomach." - Edzo
But, you never know, it probably wasn’t intentional. How can you suspend something that wasn’t intentional?
/sarcasm
My Thoughts on the Pens & Twitter
"A player's game is a composition. Sometimes it's a line, sometimes a paragraph. Right now, Crosby's game is a novel." -Scott Burnside
I’m still pissed at Cooke for doing anything even remotely questionable. As often as he’s crossed the line, he knows where it’s at—it’s not like he can claim ignorance. It was massively selfish of him to take himself out of play like this when the team’s so short on forwards. I didn’t like him for a while after the Savard hit, but I got over it—after all, he wears that jersey with the skating penguin on it, and other teams have their pests, and I’ll certainly accept his goals and assists. It’ll be a while before I like him again.
"Darling, you say Brooks Orpik 'checked' that guy. He did not 'get under him and put him into the wall'."--Beloved to me, Winter 2007
’m still pissed at Cooke for doing anything even remotely questionable. As often as he’s crossed the line, he knows where it’s at—it’s not like he can claim ignorance. It was massively selfish of him to take himself out of play like this when the team’s so short on forwards. I didn’t like him for a while after the Savard hit, but I got over it—after all, he wears that jersey with the skating penguin on it, and other teams have their pests, and I’ll certainly accept his goals and assists. It’ll be a while before I like him again.
I agree with you 100%. I say this respectfully, but those of you who mention Tyutin’s responsibility in this fiasco remind me of parents who point fingers at the victim when “their baby” is being blamed for a negative action.
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