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Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

maatta coming back is the best possible outcome the pens can expect from this game

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Pungry
Feb 26, 2011

JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.
good work: 2 shots on this PP, both straight at the crest

communist kangaroo
Oct 2, 2006

those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, i have koalas.
Orpik is trying to smoke everyone

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Sharks Eat Bear posted:

maatta coming back is the best possible outcome the pens can expect from this game

Don't worry, if he doesn't come back Scuderi can play 30

z0331
Oct 2, 2003

Holtby thy name

communist kangaroo posted:

Orpik is trying to smoke everyone

Maybe he really hates his former team.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Fleury plays as though he's never quite sure where the posts are

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.

Eric the Mauve posted:

Don't worry, if he doesn't come back Scuderi can play 30

At least the puck he flung on net actually hit the goalie.

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Just catching up, what the hell was that Stephenson penalty?

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

that was icing?

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

z0331 posted:

Maybe he really hates his former team.

He hardly laid a hit like that the last 2 seasons he played as a Pen so I'm not sure where this is coming from.
I hope he plays out his whole contract.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

Eric the Mauve posted:

Fleury plays as though he's never quite sure where the posts are

"acrobatic"

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.

z0331 posted:

Maybe he really hates his former team.

Didn't he come out and say it wasn't fun playing there?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
The shitstorm after the inevitable Ovechkin cheapshot is gonna be so fun

communist kangaroo
Oct 2, 2006

those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, i have koalas.
we've established that ovechkin plays hard, not dirty

Chad Sexington
May 26, 2005

I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

He hardly laid a hit like that the last 2 seasons he played as a Pen so I'm not sure where this is coming from.
I hope he plays out his whole contract.

That's basically all he's been good for in D.C.

cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



That many Pens powerplays and the caps didnt score????

hitachi
May 2, 2003

Hail to the King, baby

Chad Sexington posted:

That's basically all he's been good for in D.C.

He's good for a turn over in his own zone leading to a scoring chance about once a game too~

Hypnobeard
Sep 15, 2004

Obey the Beard



Could we hear a little bit more about the parents of the players? I like genealogy.

communist kangaroo
Oct 2, 2006

those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, i have koalas.

hitachi posted:

He's good for a turn over in his own zone leading to a scoring chance about once a game too~

Set The Tone

z0331
Oct 2, 2003

Holtby thy name
Ok seriously how does Pierre know all this crap? Is he like the other stat guys who have people handing them dumb facts to fill air time or does he literally know where every single player played and when?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

cenotaph posted:

That many Pens powerplays and the caps didnt score????

Caps aren't really trying to score, they're focusing most of their attention on, er, "playing hard"

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

For gently caress's sake Pierre no one cares about who is winning faceoffs

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.
:lol:

Missed shots - 8

Hypnobeard
Sep 15, 2004

Obey the Beard



Good Soldier Svejk posted:

For gently caress's sake Pierre no one cares about who is winning faceoffs

They have to say something positive about the Pens, and is not like they're scoring yet

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
The Penguins system apparently actually calls for them to take tons and tons of shots from along the side boards down low where they have about 3 square inches of uncovered net to shoot at. At what point do we start to agree their comically bad shooting percentage isn't bad luck, it's a hopelessly dumbass system that revolves around very low percentage shots?

Ergo Propter Hog
Jul 21, 2014



Eric the Mauve posted:

At what point do we start to agree their comically bad shooting percentage isn't bad luck, it's a hopelessly dumbass system that revolves around very low percentage shots?

Nobody thinks it's bad luck

cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



I remember last year Johnston saying something about not shooting from the points because you get too many big rebounds that turn into odd man rushes and I thought to myself "the penguins are not a team that needs to be told not to shoot."

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Bryan buddy, cancer sucks, great to see you fighting, hope you guys get a pile of donations tonight for HFC, and honestly he looks really really good right now but holy poo poo this team.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Eric the Mauve posted:

The Penguins system apparently actually calls for them to take tons and tons of shots from along the side boards down low where they have about 3 square inches of uncovered net to shoot at. At what point do we start to agree their comically bad shooting percentage isn't bad luck, it's a hopelessly dumbass system that revolves around very low percentage shots?

I have no recollection but my assumption is that most of the Pens goals this season have been scored off the rush rather than from a cycle, because they have just zero gameplan in the offensive zone. They're getting pressure but it's just amounting to nothing.

Hypnobeard
Sep 15, 2004

Obey the Beard



:stare:

z0331
Oct 2, 2003

Holtby thy name
Pretty fun game if you ignore the goony bullshit.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

cenotaph posted:

I remember last year Johnston saying something about not shooting from the points because you get too many big rebounds that turn into odd man rushes and I thought to myself "the penguins are not a team that needs to be told not to shoot."

Those are the words of a man who has no idea how to win hockey games in the NHL.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

jesus crosby don't fight

z0331
Oct 2, 2003

Holtby thy name
Rivalry!

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

LOL

myron cope
Apr 21, 2009

could the penguins be any worse

three power plays in a row including an extended 5-on-3 and nothing happens at all

loving poo poo gently caress

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

:swoon: Kuznetsov

z0331
Oct 2, 2003

Holtby thy name
Goddamn.

Hypnobeard
Sep 15, 2004

Obey the Beard



Holy poo poo :eyepop:

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communist kangaroo
Oct 2, 2006

those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, i have koalas.
pierre looks like one of those clown punching bags that always pop back up

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