The Official NHL Thread

[Take 'Em]

Blackhawks in Triple Fucking Overtime!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's go Rangers and have an original six Final Series

[Von Halen]

You senile sumbitch, why the hell would Crosby be wanting to hold THE DEFENDER when he's at the crease, trying to get his stick down to possibly score the goal ?!?!?!

You must not have watched. I hate explaining what happened to fair weather fans. Crosby grabbed the guys arm, dragged him down, and out of the way of the shot. If the guy had remained standing where he was, the puck would have hit him, and been blocked from going in. They replayed it, and the announcers even commented in on it.

Crosby could two hand someone, and they'd take him to the box, and then huddle up, change their minds, and let him out of the box. Just like they did earlier this year. Which, I don't give a fuck what anyone CLAIMS, that has NEVER FUCKING EVER happened, in the history of the NHL!

FACT!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

You must not have watched. I hate explaining what happened to fair weather fans. Crosby grabbed the guys arm, dragged him down, and out of the way of the shot. If the guy had remained standing where he was, the puck would have hit him, and been blocked from going in. They replayed it, and the announcers even commented in on it.

Crosby could two hand someone, and they'd take him to the box, and then huddle up, change their minds, and let him out of the box. Just like they did earlier this year. Which, I don't give a fuck what anyone CLAIMS, that has NEVER FUCKING EVER happened, in the history of the NHL!

FACT!!

You, my friend, have been sucking buggy fumes for too long....

[Romeo Delight]

This conversation can't even be real it is so ridiculous. Buggy fumes...it all makes sense now

[BITEYOASS]

Looks like the Red Wings are acting like their old selves again. By that I mean beating the shit out of the other team's players.

[TFM_Dale]

sid the sis loses again, his gay fan club should be along anytime to explain how it isn't her fault. She only gets credit when they win, no blame when they lose. I'll be glad when the Rangers bounce the bum from the playoffs

[Nickdfresh]

sid the sis loses again, his gay fan club should be along anytime to explain how it isn't her fault. She only gets credit when they win, no blame when they lose. I'll be glad when the Rangers bounce the bum from the playoffs

I heard a Toronto radio commentator said the Penguins are becoming the San Jose Sharks East, and a talented team that is flawed and cannot win in the playoffs. He said to expect a major retooling this year after they get eliminated...

[Romeo Delight]

sid the sis loses again, his gay fan club should be along anytime to explain how it isn't her fault. She only gets credit when they win, no blame when they lose. I'll be glad when the Rangers bounce the bum from the playoffs

Well, again, NYR are the #1 seed and #1 in the league. Pens are victims of the cap and their own success...trying to make a go of it. If they can push it to a game 6 that would be a success

[Romeo Delight]

I heard a Toronto radio commentator said the Penguins are becoming the San Jose Sharks East, and a talented team that is flawed and cannot win in the playoffs. He said to expect a major retooling this year after they get eliminated...

Its not Sidney that is the problem, but Malkin...a poor showing.

[Nickdfresh]

Its not Sidney that is the problem, but Malkin...a poor showing.

Oh, it's the RUSSIAN'S fault!

[Romeo Delight]

No, it's called watching the games....I know making observations on fact is lost on some versus making sweeping and consistently biased generalizations based on innuendo and hyperbole

[Romeo Delight]

Fact is Malkin makes a lot of coin and has been playing very poorly.

I do give him credit for this though:

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/p...s/201503280081

[Romeo Delight]

Career Playoff Statistics

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%
2004-2005 Metallurg Magnitogorsk-Russia 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 0.0
2005-2006 Metallurg Magnitogorsk-Russia 11 5 10 15 0 41
2005-2006 Russia-WC-A 0 0 0.0
2006-2007 Penguins 5 0 4 4 -1 8 0 0 0 10 0.0
2006-2007 Russia-WC-A 0 0 0.0
2007-2008 Penguins 20 10 12 22 3 24 5 1 3 75 13.3
2008-2009 Penguins 24 14 22 36 3 51 7 0 3 104 13.5
2009-2010 Penguins 13 5 6 11 0 6 4 0 1 58 8.6
2011-2012 Penguins 6 3 5 8 -1 6 1 0 0 26 11.5
2012-2013 Penguins 15 4 12 16 -2 26 0 0 1 67 6.0
2013-2014 Penguins 13 6 8 14 6 8 1 0 1 40 15.0
2014-2015 Penguins 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

I guess the good stat for Malkin these playoffs is that he is only -1...that is positive

[TFM_Dale]

sid the sis has it better than a NFL QB. She gets full credit when they win, never any blame when they lose, is this fag the Canadian version of fucking Buddha or what? All hail sid the sis! Give me 10 hail Sidney's! Give me a fucking break.

[Romeo Delight]

In Contrast...Sidney has a 25% shooting % and other positive contributions...being dominant in the faceoff circle being a key one. I know he isn't happy with how he has played either So Malkin, yes YOU "play so bad"

# Pos Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%
14 L Chris Kunitz 4 1 2 3 3 8 1 0 1 6 16.70
87 C Sidney Crosby 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 25.00
72 R Patric Hornqvist 4 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 12 16.70
7 D Paul Martin 4 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 0 4 0.00
12 D Ben Lovejoy 4 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
28 D Ian Cole 4 0 2 2 -1 8 0 0 0 6 0.00
16 C Brandon Sutter 4 1 1 2 -1 2 1 0 0 6 16.70
17 L Blake Comeau 4 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 33.30
23 R Steve Downie 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 0.00
13 C Nick Spaling 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00
39 L David Perron 4 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 10 0.00
4 D Rob Scuderi 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
40 C Maxim Lapierre 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 7 0.00
71 C Evgeni Malkin 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
26 C Daniel Winnik 4 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
44 D Taylor Chorney 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.00
8 D Brian Dumoulin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
19 R Beau Bennett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
43 C Scott Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm?location=/stats2

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I heard a Toronto radio commentator said the Penguins are becoming the San Jose Sharks East, and a talented team that is flawed and cannot win in the playoffs. He said to expect a major retooling this year after they get eliminated...

If you can't use the fact that the Pens top three D-men (Letang, Maatta, Erhoff) are out as an excuse, then I give up.... Show me another team that would survive with out their top D.....

That said, they've still only lost three one-goal games.....

But I can't argue with the Sharks comparison, it's been six years now....

[Romeo Delight]

sid the sis has it better than a NFL QB. She gets full credit when they win, never any blame when they lose, is this fag the Canadian version of fucking Buddha or what? All hail sid the sis! Give me 10 hail Sidney's! Give me a fucking break.

Well, when he scores 2 goals in a playoff game and dominates the faceoffs, I would say he is a major part of the win yes.

Is this hard to understand? Its kind of like when a RB has 150 yards rushing on 15 carries and 2 tds (AP numbers) versus 60 yards on 25 carries and two fumbles...just trying to relate a playoff hockey performance to something you can understand

[TFM_Dale]

You guys act like he is Gretzky, the little homo isn't even Mario.

[Romeo Delight]

I have no opinion on Sidney other than an educated one base on understanding the sport. I don't care if the Pens win or lose...

[TFM_Dale]

An educated opinion? Pretty full of yourself considering we all watch the same game we are discussing. Why exactly is your opinion more meaningful than anyone else's? Because you masturbate to sid the sis highlights? Give me a break man. I can go google some stupid assed stats like anyone else.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

You guys act like he is Gretzky, the little homo isn't even Mario.

Um, Gretzky wasn't Mario either.....

For all of his scoring, Gretzky didn't have half the TALENT that Mario did....

[TFM_Dale]

Mario was awesome, no argument here on that one, sid the sis can't lace the boots of either of them.

[Nickdfresh]

I have no opinion on Sidney other than an educated one base on understanding the sport. I don't care if the Pens win or lose...

Oh please! You're a fanboi. That's fine, but don't pretend you're not nitpicking reasons and sophistic statistics to show us how nothing is Sid's fault. If the Pens were beating the fucking tar out of the Rangers you'd be all over here telling us how great "Sid The Kid" is...

[Nickdfresh]

Um, Gretzky wasn't Mario either.....

For all of his scoring, Gretzky didn't have half the TALENT that Mario did....

Mario was just big and talented whereas Gretzky was average sized and talented...

And by talented, I mean super-talented. Pat LaFontaine ran with Mario in the 90's one year when the Sabres' Mogilny had 76 goals. Was Mario more "talented" (or skilled) than Pat? I doubt it. he was a fuck lot bigger though and could withstand punishment more. People forget that like Gretzky, Mario was surrounded by a great team that could win without him to an extent. Ron Francis anyone?...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Mario was just big and talented whereas Gretzky was average sized and talented...

And by talented, I mean super-talented...

I've heard at least a dozen NHL'ers who played with both of them say that Mario was head and shoulders a better overall hockey player than Gretzky....

[TFM_Dale]

I've heard at least a dozen NHL'ers who played with both of them say that Mario was head and shoulders a better overall hockey player than Gretzky....

Bet those very same NHL'ers said sid is a little sissy too

[Nickdfresh]

Read my postscript...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Mario was just big and talented whereas Gretzky was average sized and talented...

And by talented, I mean super-talented. Pat LaFontaine ran with Mario in the 90's one year when the Sabres' Mogilny had 76 goals. Was Mario more "talented" (or skilled) than Pat? I doubt it. he was a fuck lot bigger though and could withstand punishment more. People forget that like Gretzky, Mario was surrounded by a great team that could win without him to an extent. Ron Francis anyone?...

My memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't Mario come back from cancer, down by like 20 points to LaFontaine, and still win the scoring title?

[Von Halen]

Pens are victims of the cap and their own success...

Success from when? '91 and '92? Or that ONE Cup Sindy has back in '09?

The Pens are the victim of a shitty Captain, and a soft Commie!

Sindy is the Peyton Manning of the NHL! All flash (regular season) and no substance!

[Von Halen]

An educated opinion? Pretty full of yourself considering we all watch the same game we are discussing. Why exactly is your opinion more meaningful than anyone else's?

All Canadian's think they know more about hockey than us Americans. They still haven't realized we took their fucking Cup from them, and we ain't giving it back. They haven't realized that one day, we'll build a real Hockey Hall Of Fame, unlike that shitty one they have in that basement strip mall in Toronto, and then we'll own their history too!

[Nickdfresh]

My memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't Mario come back from cancer, down by like 20 points to LaFontaine, and still win the scoring title?

Well after I think...

[Von Halen]

My memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't Mario come back from cancer, down by like 20 points to LaFontaine, and still win the scoring title?

Even though Mario is Sindy's ghey daddy lover, he was a bad motherfucker on the ice. It is fucking blasphemy to compare Sindy to Mario. The same teams jersey is the only thing they have in common.

But hey, Sindy makes cool go pro videos of his puck handling.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Well after I think...

No, it was 92-'93....

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[Romeo Delight]

I've heard at least a dozen NHL'ers who played with both of them say that Mario was head and shoulders a better overall hockey player than Gretzky....

This is very true. The only knock on Mario is that he didn't apply himself nearly to the extent Wayne did. Wayne extracted 100 % of his talent...Mario maybe 80

[Romeo Delight]

Oh please! You're a fanboi. That's fine, but don't pretend you're not nitpicking reasons and sophistic statistics to show us how nothing is Sid's fault. If the Pens were beating the fucking tar out of the Rangers you'd be all over here telling us how great "Sid The Kid" is...

I really don't have any special affinity for Sid. Although I did just buy my first pair of Reeboks...

You guys are just a bunch of mob mentality hacks who don't know much about hockey is all...the only reason I am participating

[Romeo Delight]

I am a fanboy of this guy...he assists on his own goal Game 7:

[Romeo Delight]

See anyone you know in this picture?

[Von Halen]

Why in the fuck don't they have Don Cherry on ALL the fucking telecasts?? That is bullshit!

[Von Halen]

Ha ha! Fuck the Wings! Up 3-2 with just over 5 minutes left, and they lose!

[Romeo Delight]

Ha ha! Fuck the Wings! Up 3-2 with just over 5 minutes left, and they lose!

That was unreal...