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Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

I've been looking forward to this more than I probably should be as a "responsible" adult.

Ready to see those sweet jerseys in action.

e:
I feel I should mention the last time they wore these jerseys, I was 1. So it's like I'm seeing them for the first time, in a sense.

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Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Ginette Reno posted:

these jerseys own so much i goddamned love em

How long are they gonna make us wait until they add the white variation and make the switch.

Bring back gradient robo-penguin as the third.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

New kid! :siren:

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Oh god, line-matching :swoon:

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Vicas posted:

Well when was the last time the Pens line matched

So much better than "grind these bitches down" and "get to our game out there, eh guys" and "stretch pass, dump and chase Sid"

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Calling Pens' standard second period listlessness/meltdown where Flyers make up most or all the lost ground.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Wow, that was a really bad shift for Martin

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

gently caress you forever MAF you are not a goalie

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Downie really whiffed on that hit

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Read, Bellemare, Akeson, and Raffl all undrafted.

Whoever is doing that extra-curricular talent scouting for the Flyers really ought to get a raise.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Ah, shoulder to shoulder. I was worried that was to the head

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

To take a positive away from an arguable call, nice to see Despres making use of his frame at least

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

toxicsunset posted:

it's been twenty minutes and steve downie hasn't committed a felony yet what are we paying him for

I, personally, was hoping he might show flashes of being that 10-20 goal guy he used to be but that version of him is apparently dead and buried.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

toxicsunset posted:

and I was hoping we'd get rid of a bad goalie and let talented younger players have a chance instead of idiot old goons but here we are

Well we have Ehrhoff and Hornqvist at least.

And dear god someone helpkill me I am agreeing with Mike Milbury (re: his comments on Fleury)

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

toxicsunset posted:

why did sundqvist and kapanen get sent off what did they have to lose by letting them play instead of zach sill or steve downie or spaling (i dont care if he scored he still sucks) or loving craig "why am i in the nhl" adams

Sundqvist I'll give you but Kapanen was like 150lbs and would be murdered playing in the NHL

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

toxicsunset posted:

Sutter and Goc suck

Sutter yes, Goc is stuck centering Sill and Adams (and his numbers support him being a better player than he looks now)

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

drat the NBC stream is way behind

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Abner Assington posted:

Paul Martin is cool. I like him.

I just wish, like Fleury, that I never had to see him play behind the net because he is really bad along the boards. I guess that's a small gripe.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Vicas posted:

I think if you replaced Luke Schenn with an actual puff of air and put MacDonald in that 3rd pairing slot he'd be pretty decent

unfortunately, Flyers

Lest we forget that contract, though.

I'd say worse than Scuderi's but not quite as bad as Clarkson's.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

achillesforever6 posted:

I mean the only reason it exists is because Beau Bennett got injured

And because Hornqvist has 8 points in 4 games with Sid.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

achillesforever6 posted:

Hornqvist is playing really well with Crosby

If nothing else, might be time throw Spaling - Malkin - Downie/whoever together and see if he can't pull another year like when he was shackled with Fedotenko and the corpse of Miro Satan.

If nothing else it'd be a dangerous enough line that there'd be 3 lines to match against rather than 2.

e: Satan was cool. No offense to him as a player.

Fedotenko kinda sucked.

Dear god we need another winger.


And a goalie.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

We need to hire Brodeur to teach Fleury how to play the goddamned puck. Or to take over for MAF, because I am not convinced he would be worse.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Sasha aint ratchet posted:

What happened with Rinaldo? He hasn't played a shift since the first period

Not a thing to really be concerned about.

(Rinaldo is Adams/Downie/Sill bad)

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Pornographic Memory posted:

It's like fleury doesn't want a new contract. If the pens don't renew him who else is gonna take him?

I wish we'd taken a shot at Halak/Fasth/maybe Miller last summer. Really anyone at this point. MAF is a loving train wreck.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

achillesforever6 posted:

Something about the Penguins makes bad goalies look better than they are, like they want to prove to themselves that they can beat Crosby and Malkin

Hey, the Pens/Flyers series pretty much cost Bryz his job

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Just goes to show, a turd is a turd even if it's wearing really fuckin' sweet jersey.

PULL MAF - this motherfucker has cost us too much. Burn him!

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Vincent Van Goat posted:

Would've been nice to see Greiss start, just as an experiment.
^^^^^^^^^ how about the HFboards lunatics claiming these jerseys are cursed? or is that reserved for the powder blues?
Even though the sharks fans hated him, I can't imagine he's worse than this.

Also does the Flyers coach look like Saul from Breaking Bad to anyone else?

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

So the Pens have been phoning it in since the second half of the first period...
I pray we never meet the Flyers in the playoffs ever again if this is how they're gonna play against them. This is embarrassing.

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Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

achillesforever6 posted:

Good thing I'm watching Escape From New York during this game btw

I see we are alike in more ways than Pittsburgh fandom.

Carpenter/Russel is the best pairing since Gretzky/Robitaille (or something... both these things predate me but I love me some John Carpenter movies)

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