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ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

Wow nice peer pressure Sid

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cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



https://twitter.com/adamstiska/status/743145949028024320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Played college hockey, of course he knows how to drink.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

So who wins in 16 pens vs. 09 pens

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Sharks Eat Bear posted:

So who wins in 16 pens vs. 09 pens

It would be 16 Pens easy if not for the God Mode Geno factor, which makes it a close call IMO.

e: critical factor: 09 attitudes toward headhunting or 16 attitudes? Because probably Cooke would KO 16 Letang within the first 10 minutes of the series

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


16 Penguins are ridiculously fast compared to 09 Pens and you can't fight speed with anything that isn't speed

Neitherman
Sep 25, 2006

He will die without safety brief.


Holy gently caress.

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Citizen Tayne posted:

16 Penguins are ridiculously fast compared to 09 Pens and you can't fight speed with anything that isn't speed

Imagine Gill-Scuderi facing the HBK line.

Aye Doc
Jul 19, 2007



Ginette Reno posted:

Imagine Gill-Scuderi facing the HBK line.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
:smug:.gif

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/743797976116699136

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012




Is he hyper religious or something?

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
If he was we'd have heard something about god's plan for him to win the cup or something

Probably just has family or friends with drinking issues and doesn't want to get involved in it

LumpyGumby
Feb 22, 2012

"Here's the world famous hockey player sitting in the penalty box for slashing..."
-Snoopy Brown
42g - 65a - 107pts
106gp - 317PIMS

ElwoodCuse posted:

If he was we'd have heard something about god's plan for him to win the cup or something

Probably just has family or friends with drinking issues and doesn't want to get involved in it

This. I'm 30 tomorrow and I've never drank either, mostly because alcoholism runs rampant in my family.

That and because it smells like rear end.

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

ElwoodCuse posted:

If he was we'd have heard something about god's plan for him to win the cup or something

Probably just has family or friends with drinking issues and doesn't want to get involved in it

Or is just completely obsessive about his diet. A lot of pro athletes won't touch alcohol, soda, dessert, etc.

myron cope
Apr 21, 2009

It still kinda shocks me that this team had Rob Scuderi and professor Johnston and I was pretty happy that JR lottery protected the pick for the Kessel trade and then they won the Stanley Cup

Nitramster
Mar 10, 2006
THERE'S NO TIME!!!

myron cope posted:

It still kinda shocks me that this team had Rob Scuderi and professor Johnston and I was pretty happy that JR lottery protected the pick for the Kessel trade and then they won the Stanley Cup

I just realized this is the first time in recent memory that a trade with the LA kings didn't completely screw over the other team.

Well the pens aren't the flyers, lol

cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



Nitramster posted:

I just realized this is the first time in recent memory that a trade with the LA kings didn't completely screw over the other team.

Well the pens aren't the flyers, lol

They traded Scuderi to Chicago.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


The Pittsburgh Penguins have won the Stanley Cup.

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

ElwoodCuse posted:

If he was we'd have heard something about god's plan for him to win the cup or something

Probably just has family or friends with drinking issues and doesn't want to get involved in it
I've seen the results from enough Christmas Parties, St. Paddy's Days, late night legion runs and other family friend parties to know that alcohol is not meant for me.

Plus I have trouble giving up pop and candy right now, I don't want to add booze to that list.

Also I say enough stupid poo poo on these boards sober, imagine me drunk posting about the Pirates.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Nitramster posted:

I just realized this is the first time in recent memory that a trade with the LA kings didn't completely screw over the other team.

Well the pens aren't the flyers, lol

Yeah Scuderi went to Chicago for Daley and then to LA for Ehrhoff, but man did Rutherford have some kind of year fleecing people on trades. Kessel for a decent prospect and a first, Bonino plus a lottery ticket for Brandon Sutter, Hagelin for Perron, Daley for the literal worst player in the NHL and the Penguins didn't even eat his entire contract, Jultz for basically nothing. The team was completely transformed in a few months' time, and not just by the coaching change.

The Penguins' sudden and years-overdue willingness to let young guys like Sheary and Rust and Kuhnhackl play instead of burying them behind old never-weres was a welcome development too.

2DCAT
Jun 25, 2015

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Gravy Boat 2k
I wonder what team is going to overpay for Schultz and then put him into a top 4 pairing. I'd like to see him stay, but someone is going to offer him stupid cash.

Schlesische
Jul 4, 2012

2DCAT posted:

I wonder what team is going to overpay for Schultz and then put him into a top 4 pairing. I'd like to see him stay, but someone is going to offer him stupid cash.

No-one.
There are two Schultzes in the league, and neither of them are overpay material.

Although, there is a Jim Benning.

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
Schultz isn't getting overpaid. Now, Lovejoy, there's a guy who's gonna get too much for too long. He's a real nice dude though so good for him.

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.

ElwoodCuse posted:

Schultz isn't getting overpaid. Now, Lovejoy, there's a guy who's gonna get too much for too long. He's a real nice dude though so good for him.

Lovejoy seems... strange in his interviews.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I would like to see the Penguins replace Lovejoy and/or Jultz by just letting Derrick Pouliot play for at least like 3 months and seeing if he steps up or not. I'd rather do that before giving him away pretty much for free, which it feels like is what the Pens are probably going to do.

ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

Tusen Takk posted:

Is he hyper religious or something?

No, apparently he's just never felt the need to drink.

quote:

“I’ve never tried a sip of alcohol in my life. Definitely no beers for me,” Oleksy said. “I don’t even have an explanation. I just never had a reason to try it. To be honest, I can have fun and be in a happy mood without it, so I have no reason to drink.”

http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/nhl/ugly-face-nobody-wants-to-see-that-capitals-27-year-old-rookie-has-stories-and-scars

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Yeah not that it's any of our business if he really had never touched alcohol in his life by age 30 then it's about 100% that he either would rather not tell the media about his tortured family history of alcoholism or would rather not tell the media about his superfaith. I wouldn't want to tell the media about either of those things, either. That poo poo's private.

Schremp Howard
Jul 18, 2010

What attitude problem?
Seeing reports that Calgary has cooled off on trying to trade for Fleury because Rutherford wants their sixth overall pick for it. That's smart on Calgary's end, but I don't think Rutherford is being foolish with his approach either. There is no necessary reason to trade Fleury at this exact moment, so why not shoot for the stars, especially with Andersen off the market?

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Krime posted:

Lovejoy seems... strange in his interviews.

He speaks kind of oddly but he's pretty articulate and honest, and very self deprecating. He's not a great player but he's entertaining in interviews.

ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

Eric the Mauve posted:

Yeah not that it's any of our business if he really had never touched alcohol in his life by age 30 then it's about 100% that he either would rather not tell the media about his tortured family history of alcoholism or would rather not tell the media about his superfaith. I wouldn't want to tell the media about either of those things, either. That poo poo's private.

Nah, sounds like he genuinely doesn't drink alcohol just because he doesn't want to. My cousin is like that. No history of alcoholism in the family, not in the least bit religious, he just doesn't like the idea. His wife insisted he have a sip of champagne at his wedding. The ensuing grimace made it look like he'd been forced to drink poison. It's kind of part of his identity too. He'd just always be DD when people went out, and usually got to drink pop for free all evening and then people would get drunk and buy him food too. He loved it.

Some people just don't drink, all power to them.

Neitherman
Sep 25, 2006

He will die without safety brief.

I'm just a little disappointed that Phil's day with the cup didn't include any acknowledgement of Hot Dog-gate, though I suppose it probably ended up being a sore spot for him in the end (or maybe he doesn't really use the internet in which case he wouldn't know about its existence). Oh well, Good Guy Philip took it to a children's hospital in Toronto and shared it with a bunch of unwell Canadian children so it's still pretty :unsmith:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/phil-kessel-stanley-cup-1.3684253

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Phil Kessel has stuck his dick in the Stanley Cup, and I'm glad of it.

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Technetium
Oct 26, 2006

TRILOBITE TECHNICIAN
QUITE POSSIBLY GAY

Citizen Tayne posted:

Phil Kessel has stuck his dick in the Stanley Cup, and I'm glad of it.

The old ball and cup/

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