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Beau Bennett's new years resolution is playing 10 games in a row. Haha. Poor guy. I hope you do it, we need your playmaking ability.
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Mind_Taker posted:Seems like a really good trade for the Penguins. Probably will slot in as a winger for Malkin or Crosby and he is on a cap-friendly deal for a guy who is likely to put up 50+ points (over a full season). Klink is a big (but not especially physical) guy who is decent at puck possession. Good depth guy to have. I'm pretty damned excited about this. Perron is a dude who has the talent to create his own offense which is something the Pens badly need on wing. He's also signed through next year on an affordable contract. I know JR was pretty awful by the end with Carolina but he's done mostly nothing but good things for the Pens so far. The Fleury move is the only questionable thing he's done so far and if Fleury keeps playing like he has (unlikely, but I hope!) then that deal will work out okay too.
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Jan 2, 2015 19:44
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Pancakes by Mail posted:Pens taking Win Now mode to a higher level with their crazy amount of depth injuries seems like it could backfire. This isn't a win now trade though given that Perron is signed through next season as well.
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Jan 2, 2015 19:49
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Misanthrope posted:William DePaoli @TIOPS_DePaoli He's not particularly credible. He's a Pittsburgh Eklund. Has a pay site where he claims to have an inside scoop. I don't use his dumb site so maybe there is some credibility there but I've never heard or read anywhere him breaking a deal.
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Jan 2, 2015 19:56
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Pancakes by Mail posted:It might not be all-aboard Win Now Or Die, but I'd say trading a first rounder for an active player does help the present at the cost of the future. If everything worked out with that first round pick for the Pens that pick would end up as good as Perron already is, and he's 26. This move hardly hurts the Pens' future. a false posted:i'd rather have a 1st than sutter Probably. Sutter is pretty meh outside of the pk and his slight talent at scoring goals. e: In related Pens news Malkin and Adams apparently got into a tussle in practice and Malkin high sticked Adams in the face Bill Guerin style. 
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Jan 2, 2015 21:21
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THE MACHO MAN posted:tbh, I think Perron had more value to Edmonton on the team than a late 1st that they will gently caress up. He's a good top six player on a relatively cheap deal ($3.8 per this year and next) and he's still only 26. I'm surprised they didn't ask for one of the Pen's many d prospects. Pens wouldn't have given up Pouliot but you would think the Oilers would have been able to pry away Dumoulin or Harrington. But I suppose maybe if they do that they get a second instead of a first, and the Oilers do have a decent amount of good d prospects iirc.
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Jan 2, 2015 22:14
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Rotten Cookies posted:New York Islanders. First in the east. Actually it's the Penguins. Suck it  Isles are pretty good though. They scare me since I think they are a bad matchup for the Pens due to their overwhelming team speed. The Pens are an excellent skating team but the Isles are even faster.
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Jan 3, 2015 09:20
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:That's true with all of these guys we're talking about, including the aforementioned Bourque. Lidstrom was ridiculously good but Ray Bourque is the all time leader in shots by like 1000 so I'm pretty sure his corsi/fenwick must have been outrageous most years.
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Jan 5, 2015 00:59
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ThinkTank posted:In case Canuck fans needed even more reason to hate John Tortorella: On the other hand Luongo is a huge baby if not playing in a stupid outdoor game factored into his decision to want to be traded e: Also Mike Yeo is a terrible coach. He ran the powerplay for the Pens prior to getting hired by the Wild and as long as Yeo was here the Pens powerplay was notoriously incompetent despite having Crosby, Malkin, Gonchar, etc. I was shocked when a team picked him up as a head coach. Yeo 
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Jan 7, 2015 19:42
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ThinkTank posted:Torts is the villain here. The crowd were actually chanting for Lou to start. What a stupid move. Do you really want your coach to factor the fans into his decisions
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Jan 7, 2015 19:47
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ThinkTank posted:If he's a terrible coach, then yes. It would be amusing to see that, but I doubt most players even process what fans are saying. I know I never did when I played because I'd just get in a zone - but I played in front of hundreds, not thousands, so mayyybe it's different when that many people are yelling to do something. colonel_korn posted:The season was, for all intents and purposes, over at that point as there was no chance that the Canucks were going to make the playoffs. There had been a huge cloud of negativity surrounding the team since Torts got suspended and the outdoor game in Vancouver had the potential to be a really positive experience. Instead Torts made the inexplicable decision to go with Lack over Luongo, which cast a huge pall over the whole event (and of course they lost for good measure). This is less than a year after management put their support behind Luongo by deciding to trade Schneider. It really was an immensely stupid decision. Not saying it was a good decision to start Lack just that I sure as hell don't want my coach making decisions based on what the fans want to see.
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Jan 7, 2015 20:02
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ThinkTank posted:Luongo was pissed on and jerked around by the team for two straight years and promised to be traded on multiple occasions. MSL had his feelings hurt because he felt he was entitled to a spot on Team Canada because Yzerman managed both teams. One was an ongoing period of alienation from the team that took place over several seasons, the other was a brief spat that was resolved in a few weeks. There is no comparison between the two situations other than the fact that they both asked for trades. I think the common ground between the two situations is that they are both huge babies
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Jan 8, 2015 16:21
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Levitate posted:You'll have to be more specific I think it was Robert "the killer" Bortuzzo
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Jan 9, 2015 01:11
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:That would be a pretty frightening overreaction to whatever problems he could have, and Malkin and Pouliot seem like bizarre targets. Interesting way to end your NHL career. Adams was Dan Bylsma's pet. I recall reading a story about how he was a snitch too who would have coffee with Bylsma and report on the other players. Mike Johnston is playing him like 3 minutes less a game this year than he got last year. It's actually been good for Adams though as he has had his best season in a while. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a lot of frustration over being considered less of an authority on the team, though. If he's being a jackass in practice he can just gently caress off though. We don't need him. The Pens have like 13 guys that can pk well.
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Jan 9, 2015 01:21
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Levitate posted:haha seriously? that's hosed up Yes. Granted Mark Madden said it, and Mark Madden is a notorious blow hard, but I believe it. He claimed three different players told him that story. Words can't describe Dan Bylsma's love of Craig Adams. He'd play him 12 minutes a night and then have him on the ice in any key defensive situation. Yes Dan, put out Craig Adams and Tanner Glass with 1 minute left to defend our one goal lead and then watch them get hopelessly pinned in our end. I can't count how many losses or near losses the Pens had because of that style of coaching.
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Jan 9, 2015 01:34
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darkwolf220 posted:Vrbata gets the call instead of either of the Sedins. Hmm. Pretty sure he doesn't even play with Stamkos. Iirc Johnson is Tampa's second line center and their second line has been siiiiiiiiiick this year.
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Jan 11, 2015 01:43
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Well if we're posting Shane Churla videos then I give you my favorite youtube title ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD9XB5_vbKc
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Jan 13, 2015 03:10
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toe knee hand posted:I saw Pouliot in the WHL a lot last year and I was surprised they called him up. Last year in the WHL, against weaker competition, he often looked pretty bad in his own zone. His offensive play more than made up for it at that level, but I thought he'd struggle at first in pro hockey and would probably need a couple years in the AHL. I didn't see him at all in the AHL, but with the Pens he didn't look as bad as I thought he would, so maybe he's made progress already or his weaknesses just weren't amplified in the NHL like I thought they'd be. He definitely wasn't ready for the NHL. He put up like a 42% corsi. His offensive instincts are still ridiculously good and he managed to create some offense despite getting killed in possession. You can tell that the tools are there to be at the least an awesome powerplay guy. His defensive game still needs a lot of work, and he looked a little slow to me at times. He could use some work on his skating and d-zone work.
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Jan 13, 2015 05:12
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Perron is pretty good. When Hornqvist and Comeau come back the Pens are going to be scary.
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Jan 14, 2015 03:39
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real_scud posted:I will be really, really, really surprised if Yeo is the coach of the Wild for much longer. They just looked like they couldn't give a poo poo tonight and if the players look like that then it means they've given up on the coach. They actually came out pretty hard and outplayed the Pens early. Then the Pens got two quick ones and that was pretty much all she wrote.
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Jan 14, 2015 03:45
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Arcobello has a decent amount of talent. Lebrun said the Pens got him to be 4th line scoring depth that can play top 9 if needed. Makes sense to me. Sill is pretty bad and the 4th line could use an offensive boost. Arcobello gives them that.
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evenworse username posted:So Michel Therrien fans will love this story from the Hamilton Spectator today about the Bulldogs' coaching. Having the same minor league and NHL systems isn't a bad idea, though. It ensures any call-ups can integrate seamlessly with their NHL team rather than having to learn a different way to play.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:24
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evenworse username posted:That absolutely makes sense, yes. Yeah I mean if the system is crap then it's not the greatest thing but at least in theory it's a good practice
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Jan 15, 2015 17:17
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I wonder how much Mike Johnston's system has helped Fleury's numbers. I know the beep boop stats people think teams have little to no effect on a goalie's save percentage but that line of thinking has never made sense to me. It seems like the Pens going from like 22nd in Fenwick to I think 12th this year would help Fleury. I'm sure the new goalie coach has helped a lot too. The fact that they didn't get a new goalie coach earlier is a huge indictment of Shero considering just how much better Fleury looks these days.
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Jan 15, 2015 20:49
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Nice to see Crosby scoring again. Geno and Sid are about to take over that ross lead again until one/both inevitably get injured.
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:Malkin/Crosby battle it out for the Art Ross while Stamkos/Ovechkin go at it for the Rocket, just as nature intended. Voracek and Seguin exchange snide e-mails about their defenses as they miss the playoffs. And then all four of them choke in the playoffs while LA or some other bullshit retard team wins the cup. Hockey.txt
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DJExile posted:No see, the game is in Philly, so it's basically a toss-up Maf is back to not being able to stop a beach ball and I can't see that mixing well with the FLyers powerplay which converts at like 90% on the Pens
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Jan 19, 2015 18:55
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ElwoodCuse posted:What will happen, maybe all at once then the penguins will immediately mentally collapse after that unless they were already playing lovely in which case they'll play even worse
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Mind_Taker posted:I agree and it's weird to say that at the all star break. The bottom 4 of the Metro are terrible except CBJ, but they are way too far behind to catch up at this point. Toronto is doing its annual second-half flameout, and Boston is heating up and likely to stay in the top 8. If Montreal didn't already have a 9 point cushion on Florida I could see them dropping out because their fancy stats suck, but Price is also really good so that negates a bunch of it. I'm just not sure what the Caps' answer is to Malkin. Their top line will do its thing and the Pens' top line will do its thing and then it's up to the Caps' depth to outdo Malkin and I dunno that that would happen. Maybe Holtby could be the difference, but Fleury has been really good this year as well. I could definitely see the Caps winning though. This year the playoffs in the East are completely wide open. Anybody can beat anybody. People always say that but this year it's actually true. There is not one bad playoff team in the East. People read too much into mental block matchups though. The Pens did well against Boston a few years ago in the regular season then got swept in the playoffs. If the Isles and Rangers want to hang their hat on having regular season success against the Pens then they are in for a rude awakening in the playoffs potentially. And same thing with the Pens and Caps. The Caps are more than capable of beating the Pens even if I think the Pens would be more likely to win.
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Zodijackylite posted:I'd make fun of the Panthers attendance numbers, but then I remember that the Rangers boosted attendance numbers in their first season by advertising fake Jewish and Italian players. then in the 90's they advertised fake star players
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sedative posted:@davegisaac: Zac Rinaldo: "I changed the whole game, man. Who knows what woulda happened if I didn't do what I did?" if downie sees that quote he is literally going to decapitate voracek or giroux next time they meet.
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I thought Pouliot looked real good
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Shero did fine at drafting. Having a huge pile of defensemen isn't a problem when all of them are good prospects. Drafting should be done by best player available not by oh we need a winger lets draft one. My issue is they have all of these guys and haven't been giving them a chance to play up until this year. There was no reason Despres shouldn't have been full time last year, for example. Other issue is they insist on holding onto them instead of trying to move them for needs.
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ElwoodCuse posted:There's no way defensemen were the best players available for all those picks. Gee I wonder why our wing depth sucks when there's nothing in the pipeline for it. Of course the defensemen weren't always the best players. But obviously the Pens saw them that way. You have to go by what your scouts consider is the BPA even if that player is not a position you need. Drafting otherwise gets you poo poo like Dylan Mcylrath instead of Tarasenko. You just draft what you think will be the best asset. You can then trade them if you get a glut of players at that position. The problem is the Pens refuse to trade any of their prospects when doing so could probably get them something good. And then you get poo poo like Shero and now Rutherford having too much loyalty to certain players. There's no reason to be this loyal to Craig Adams and Brandon Sutter, both of whom are terrible. That is especially true in the case of Sutter who could bring in value since his perceived value far exceeds what he actually brings a team. But Sutter is well liked by his teammates so he stays. As for Despres yeah Bylsma hated him which is why it's nice to have a coach who actually trusts young players. Look how many minutes Pouliot got last night. Bylsma would never have done that.
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CBJSprague24 posted:...he got a car for being picked last which is the dumbest god drat thing. Can't hurt these poor multi millionaire athlete's feelings
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That Pens-Jets game is gonna be funny if Malkin is still hurt next week.
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Jan 23, 2015 01:13
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DOOMocrat posted:I'm about the furthest thing from a league conspirator, but like the rules won't bend for Sidney Crosby. Or like they won't eat the fine, if it comes to that. They're not bending though? He's being forced to sit an NHL game because he's not going to the ASG.
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Aphrodite posted:I assume it's actually because of the minimum IR term, right? And the NHL is requiring IR to let him sit out the game? Trevor Bird posted:apparently the rule is miss the game or pay a fine. i'm assuming he'll pay a fine. unless he's actually injured or something. Datsyuk and Lidstrom got suspended a game for doing the same thing Crosby is doing iirc. Pretty sure that's what is going on here.
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Duke Chin posted:When did that new avatar come about?!? Not too long after that picture of him all mumpsed up surfaced
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