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Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Oh boy it's time to watch the Pens get shut out again!!

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Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
If Olli Maatta started playing better I would be cool with that

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I would like to take this opportunity to inform Comcast that I will continue to watch hockey five skippy seconds at a time for the rest of my life if I must, but I will never ever let you rear end in a top hat thieves have a single cent more of my money than I have to. Also, t:mad:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Duke Chin posted:

Wait, Zatkoff again? What happened to MAF?

Hotbrained by Kunitz in practice, out at least 2 weeks

Kinda surprised the Pens decided to wait until tomorrow to debut Murray in the team's third game in four nights, i.e., everyone will be worn out and playing even worse defense than usual

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Download speed 28Mbps but even in low-res hockeystreams skips every five seconds

But Comcast is totally not illegally throttling specific video streaming sites, nope nothing to see here

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Vincent Van Goat posted:

I'd much rather start him vs Carolina than the Bruins.

Dunno, the one thing Carolina does have is speed, I don't know that they're a great matchup for the Pens. The Bruins always shut the Pens out but they're not an offensive powerhouse. And the 3rd game in 4 nights thing is always a big deal. I think they'd be taking it easier on the kid if they'd started him tonight :shrug:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Duke Chin posted:

Make sure all adblockers are disabled for hockeystreams.com

There aren't any ads but he confirmed a while ago that something in there screws with the feeds :shrug:

Right, I heard this and have it excluded from the adblocker

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Man how many billions of dollars did Disney spend on marketing Star Wars?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
:siren: HOLY poo poo A PITTSBURGH PENGUINS HOCKEY GOAL :siren:

Connor Sheary :allears:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Wait wait. Sheary was in the slot like 5 feet in front of the goaltender when Sid fed him the puck. Isn't that illegal?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Real talk, Johnston would have sent him back down tomorrow morning as punishment for not playing The System

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Yeah that took about as long as expected

You kinda get the feeling the Bruins are just gonna coast and score when they need to

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
You guys want to start a pool on how long until Sprong is traded for a mediocre veteran goalie? With a bonus for correctly guessing which goalie maybe! Put me down for 10 days and Cam Ward.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Pornographic Memory posted:

"He scored a nice goal but I look at other aspects of his game and see he's still a minor league player."

Well if there's anyone who's qualified to know a minor league player when he sees one, it's Mike Johnston

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Ginette Reno posted:

not a chance that happens

you're right... it'll probably be Pouliot

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Look Around You posted:

i can't get over just how bad zatkoff is at positioning. He's always lunging and flailing at pucks and never just makes a save by being in the right place at the right time. It's so nervewracking to watch

Must have learned goaltending from watching old Ken Wregget clips.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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I really don't know why the Pens decided they hate Pouliot but he looked really good for a 21 year old defenseman last year when the rest of the team was in the shitter. Is it really all about the DUI thing? Is his personal life completely out of control behind the scenes?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Ginette Reno posted:

Did you watch the preseason? Words cannot describe how terrible he was. He had one of the worst camps I've ever seen a guy have. His demotion was well deserved.

I did not. So, yeah, he has personal/effort issues I guess?

How has he been in WBS? Like everyone else he might be expected to play better with Johnston's retarded system out of the way.

I feel like it's inevitable they're going to give him away and he's going to develop into a #2 d-man for someone else.

e: I like the main unis better than the 3rds :shrug: I still think home team should wear white though, it's been almost a decade and I'm still not over it :colbert:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Grebo posted:

I missed 2 minutes of the game and Bruins scored. Should I just turn the game off?

I mean I assume you like watching ice hockey but if you're prone to getting frustrated by the Penguins playing bad then you might consider putting on another game, yeah.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
"oh poo poo, Kunitz is winding up" said no goalie ever.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Vincent Van Goat posted:

According to Reebok, they're getting new uniforms next year, so we can hope.

I really dread this because after a long trend toward cool and good uniforms, the last two years or so 90% of the new uniforms that have been rolled out in all sports have been rear end-ugly.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Zatkoff's reflexes look pretty good and so far his rebound control has been mostly okay. He's just horrible at positioning, like has he never been exposed to pro coaching?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I'm 98% sure this team is never getting anywhere near the Cup again with this core and there really isn't anything anyone can do about it. I am SO loving GLAD they at least won the one Cup because if they hadn't done that I can't even imagine the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth that would be going on in PAS by now.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Nobody wails on the back boards like Torey Krug

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Sasquatch has definitely lost a step but he can still reach halfway across the ice, with that kind of reach he may stay useful until he's 45

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Hey look it's another :effort: goal allowed by the Penguins, this is my shocked face :geno:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Refs feeling sorry for the Pens apparently

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Pornographic Memory posted:

Plays like that are why Im just not that wild about Warsofsky, he was just helpless there

I mean you don't expect much of anything out of a random waiver wire pickup, by those standards he's been better than expected. Of course he's going to do dumb poo poo in his own zone or he wouldn't have been waived.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Furnaceface posted:

Trevor Daley is garbage. He only looks good because you are comparing him to the other garbage around him.

Also I think the Rangers finally hit double digit SOG. 10 minutes into the 3rd period.

It's because we're comparing him to the worst defenseman in the NHL, who the Hawks hilariously just traded for

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
LOL

ZATKOFF IS SO BAD

THE PENS ARE SO BAD

:suicide:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Starting to think these next few months will be Mike Sullivan's last as an NHL head coach

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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The front office and coaching staff are all going to be fired and replaced this offseason but the core of players is going to remain the same and I've just kinda lost hope that anything's ever going to change with these guys. I dunno, maybe I'm just in an irrationally pessimistic mood right now. I hope so.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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The fact Zatkoff still hasn't been pulled is the best evidence yet that a trade for a goalie is happening any day now

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Duke Chin posted:

Well then they really must not want anything of value for Zatkoff :rimshot: (I'm assuming they'll just waive his rear end)

He'll go back to being the backup and Murray will be sent back down.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
It's not the getting embarrassed by Boston that bothers me so much, I mean the Pens have been doing that for years. It's the painfully clear fact that no one on the team gives a poo poo. At all.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Zatkoff still not pulled :laffo:

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
and the absolute worst thing about this poo poo (by which I mostly mean the timing of MAF's injury) is it's making Mike Johnston look good.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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Vincent Van Goat posted:

Why bother with 5 minutes left

~The Story of the 2015-2016 Pittsburgh Penguins~

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
So is it time to speculate on whether Sullivan will last the season or if he'll be fired soon and replaced with Jacques Martin?

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Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

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This post is 100% speculation out of my rear end but ownership is trying to sell the team and has to be seething at the team making GBS threads all over itself. It wouldn't shock me at all if Rutherford were fired in the near future. Which is why unless MAF is really truly coming back within a week, a trade for a goalie is inevitable, and very likely before Christmas. I don't think Rutherford's going to let Zatkoff start another game.

e:

Ginette Reno posted:

up next is the panic trade of Derrick Pouliot for some UFA rental

Yep. I think that is exactly what is going to happen within the next few days.

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