***Official Lord Stanley's Cup Playoff Thread: Getzlaf 15 charges four game 6 tickets, a limo, and five steak sandwiches to Cav's room. FBG CORNHOLE A (1 Viewer)

[Drunken Cowboy]

Oh, I thought this was tradition to boo relentlessly during this part of the presentation.  

You can boo Bettman, but the Crosby sucks chant is across a line. I have seen the Pens win 5 cups on teh road and I thought ever other city had class.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Won some money on the game tonight as well.  Had a good feeling and made the bet (despite my posts after game 5).    

 

[sho nuff]

Yep.  And there weren't a lot of fans left just now, but to be fair, a lot of people in Nashville probably didn't know they had a team until the last few months. 

Yeah...um...no.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Meanwhile, it's time to get fired up for the NBA Finals.

Or, the Red Sox are playing a Sunday night game on ESPN. I think it's already in the top of the fifth inning.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Won some money on the game tonight as well.  Had a good feeling and made the bet (despite my posts after game 5).    

Glad it worked out for you, but I would be on the "emotional hedge bet" train if I were in that position.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Meanwhile, it's time to get fired up for the NBA Finals.

Or, the Red Sox are playing a Sunday night game on ESPN. I think it's already in the top of the fifth inning.

Pomeranz blowing up my ratios tonight was a wet blanket to the night.      

 

[RokNRole]

You don't know what is going on do you?

He is drunk

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Good news, though. I hear if the Warriors win tomorrow night, LeBron wants to opt out and sign with the Pens on July 1.

 

[irish eyes]

Nashville fans may want to expand their vocabulary. You can only say sucks so many times. As bad as the country singers singing the anthem. That is all, good night

 

[RokNRole]

has anyone ever dropped the cup during an exchange?  its rather large.

I have always wondered something similiar  when I'm with my girlfriends but it's never happened. Probably not with all the adrenaline.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Nashville fans may want to expand their vocabulary. You can only say sucks so many times. As bad as the country singers singing the anthem. That is all, good night

Your team just won the Cup. Maybe tone down the anger a notch.

 

[Zegras11]

Nashville fans may want to expand their vocabulary. You can only say sucks so many times. As bad as the country singers singing the anthem. That is all, good night

gfy

 

[Dickie Dunn]

My apologies if that last post came out a little harsh. You root for a team for so long only to have it end it heartbreak, and, you know ...

 

[sho nuff]

irish eyes

irish eyes

irish eyes

YOU SUCK!!!

 

[Billy Bats]

So when do trades start getting announced??? A lot of #### going down this offseason. Somebody start a thread.   

 

[fred_1_15301]

Nashville fans may want to expand their vocabulary. You can only say sucks so many times. As bad as the country singers singing the anthem. That is all, good night

Dude

 

[Billy Bats]

7.5/10

Dude that's way old, here's another one.  Not as good, but still good.  

One more.

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

IIRC the only time the Cup won on visiting ice was dicey with the crowd was in Vancouver.  I was in Detroit in 2009, those who stayed to watch the Pens skate around golf clapped when they were handed the cup.  To me you have to stay and see that, even if your team loses. 

The Detroit 2009 crowd was great.

 

[JAMES!]

I would love to see one NHL team celebrate in a unique way when winning the Cup. Or celebrate in a unique way when scoring a goal for that matter. Bunch of white, northern american robots. Scream Yeah! Kiss the cup. Skate in a small circle. Pass it to Gordie.

Most memorable moment of the night was the fan screaming at Milbury.

 

[fred_1_15301]

The Detroit 2009 crowd was great.

Yup but Detroit had also won the cup the year before and they're pretty used to winning.  

 

[RokNRole]

Man I am glad I'm still technically unemployed and don't have to go to work tomorrow. That was a very exciting game and I am hammered

 

[RokNRole]

I would love to see one NHL team celebrate in a unique way when winning the Cup. Or celebrate in a unique way when scoring a goal for that matter. Bunch of white, northern american robots. Scream Yeah! Kiss the cup. Skate in a small circle. Pass it to Gordie.

Most memorable moment of the night was the fan screaming at Milbury.

What kind of original celebration do you imagine?

 

[JAMES!]

What kind of original celebration do you imagine?

Any

 

[Steeler]

Your team just won the Cup. Maybe tone down the anger a notch.

My enjoyment of this thread increased 10 fold when I put that dude on ignore.  The constant negativity is unreal.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

What kind of original celebration do you imagine?

Here you go.

 

[RokNRole]

Here you go.

I endiorse those wholeheartidly

 

[Abraham]

Fun ser8es.  Sorry to see the no goal happen because it changes the game even though Pittsburgh was probably better.  

Oh, Crosby is a #####.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Fun ser8es.  Sorry to see the no goal happen because it changes the game even though Pittsburgh was probably better.  

Exactly. No way of knowing how that game plays out if the Preds go up 1-0. Same for the Subak goal overturned in Game 1.

Still, the Pens were the better team the last two games. I'm not sure if the Preds hit the wall or where the version that dominated Games 3-4 went.

 

[RokNRole]

Here you go.

I endiorse those wholeheartidly

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Chara kind of stumbled when he first hoisted it in 2011. Then again, I think the Cup weighs more when it's lifted that high.

 

[RokNRole]

When you go out in space everything is light years but down here it's all MPH (or KPH if you live in a third world country). Things move slower here because there is less gravity and Chara is like 7'6 so his arms reach high.

 

[Tom Servo]

Heck of a run by the Preds.

For the second year in a row, the Capitals were the second-best team in the playoffs.

They'll hang a banner for that.

 

[Tom Servo]

Still, the Pens were the better team the last two games. I'm not sure if the Preds hit the wall or where the version that dominated Games 3-4 went.

I did see an article that said during the course of each series their shots and performance went down each series after Chicago.

 

[Godsbrother]

Please don't give it to Crosby. Good player, but Guentzel is more deserving, IMO.

Guentzel had the goals but Crosby was outstanding.  I think it was a closer call between Crosby and Malkin.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Pens got blasted in two of their series' and still won.  really good goaltending and a couple of the best players in the world will do that. 

our Preds blew it.

 

[MarvinTScamper]

Yep.  And there weren't a lot of fans left just now, but to be fair, a lot of people in Nashville probably didn't know they had a team until the last few months. 

Teams where Nashville had a higher attendance as a % of capacity 

Philly

Buffalo

St Louis

Vancouver

Ottawa

San Jose

Anaheim

Colorado

Florida

New Jersey

Columbus

New York Isles

Arizona

Caroline

 

[Tom Servo]

Pens got blasted in two of their series' and still won.  really good goaltending and a couple of the best players in the world will do that. 

our Preds blew it.

 

[rockaction]

Pens got blasted in two of their series' and still won.  really good goaltending and a couple of the best players in the world will do that. 

our Preds blew it.

I agree.

Wow. Had the Pens in five simply because of Crosby, Malkin, and Kessel. Hard to keep up with that. 

It's like when Belichick talks about defense. If you're on defense, you're just not as good as the top offensive guys, says he. 

Perhaps that's not iron tight. 2000 Ravens excepted. That was ridiculous.  

But the Pens clearly were better this series, no matter what stats say. 

 

[MarvinTScamper]

it was why I picked the Pens.   For Malkin to be as ridiculously good as he is, and not even be considered the team's superstar....enough said. (I think he's their best player by a lot)

 

[JaxBill]

So when do trades start getting announced??? A lot of #### going down this offseason. Somebody start a thread.   

league schedule next few weeks

Next big day is Sunday 18th when expansion lists announced. They'll probably get leaked earlier though.

 

[Tom Servo]

Cool graphic showing Cup-winning team's uniform. 

1919 -

 

[Coeur de Lion]

it was why I picked the Pens.   For Malkin to be as ridiculously good as he is, and not even be considered the team's superstar....enough said. (I think he's their best player by a lot)

As great as Malkin is, he's not close to Sid, really. Playing with Sid gives him so much more room to operate d/t not facing top lines and defensive pairings. He's also not the 200 foot player that Crosby is. They're both spectacular, obviously, but Crosby is several rungs higher IMO. Crosby is as good as anyone in NHL history outside of Gretzky, Howe, Orr, and Lemieux IMO.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Pens got blasted in two of their series' and still won.  really good goaltending and a couple of the best players in the world will do that. 

our Preds blew it.

Pens were definitely the better team in games 5 and 6 with the Cup on the line. Agree that they stole the first two games, but they pretty clearly found another gear as the series went on that Nashville couldn't match.

 

[Tom Servo]

As great as Malkin is, he's not close to Sid, really. Playing with Sid gives him so much more room to operate d/t not facing top lines and defensive pairings. He's also not the 200 foot player that Crosby is. They're both spectacular, obviously, but Crosby is several rungs higher IMO. Crosby is as good as anyone in NHL history outside of Gretzky, Howe, Orr, and Lemieux IMO.

 And I'm a huge Malkin  fan. 

 

[MarvinTScamper]

 And I'm a huge Mallon fan. 

I'm a huge fan of both Crosby and Malkin.  And at his peak, Crosby is/was much better and certainly more complete.   I just think Malkin in their current form is better.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Pens were definitely the better team in games 5 and 6 with the Cup on the line. Agree that they stole the first two games, but they pretty clearly found another gear as the series went on that Nashville couldn't match.

game 6 was even at best.  5 on 5 Preds had the slight advantage and in all situations they had better scoring chances since they had the big PP advantage.  Preds dominated this series at even strength and in close situations.  as did Washington. 

similarly, Ottawa was one shot away from doing the same thing to Pittsburg after the Pens controlled play there.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

game 6 was even at best.  5 on 5 Preds had the slight advantage and in all situations they had better scoring chances since they had the big PP advantage.  Preds dominated this series at even strength and in close situations.  as did Washington. 

similarly, Ottawa was one shot away from doing the same thing to Pittsburg.

Yeah, we can agree to disagree. I'm admittedly not neutral here, but I thought that the Pens were the better team overall in both games 4 and 6 (and I doubt we'll be disagreeing about game 5 LOL) after the Preds looked much better in the first 2 games particularly.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

I'm a huge fan of both Crosby and Malkin.  And at his peak, Crosby is/was much better and certainly more complete.   I just think Malkin in their current form is better.

IMO the past year or so has been as close as it gets to a "peak" for Crosby, personally. Best player on the ice for two Cups, two Conn Smythes, a Richard trophy (and who knows on the Ross if he hadn't had that concussion to start the season), and being the best player at the World Cup with a gold medal in between.   I won't be at all surprised to see him win the Hart in a week and a half either. McDavid is obviously electric, but he's not the all around player that Sid is yet.

 

[MarvinTScamper]

IMO the past year or so has been as close as it gets to a "peak" for Crosby, personally. Best player on the ice for two Cups, two Conn Smythes, a Richard trophy (and who knows on the Ross if he hadn't had that concussion to start the season), and being the best player at the World Cup with a gold medal in between.   I won't be at all surprised to see him win the Hart in a week and a half either. McDavid is obviously electric, but he's not the all around player that Sid is yet.

yep, he's damn good.   Of course, the arguments you're making about the last 2 years....well, he's benefitted from having the best player in the league on his line....  

 

[Bill Brasky]

Yeah, we can agree to disagree. I'm admittedly not neutral here, but I thought that the Pens were the better team overall in both games 4 and 6 (and I doubt we'll be disagreeing about game 5 LOL) after the Preds looked much better in the first 2 games particularly.

game 4 was closer relative to 1-3 but still decidedly in favor of the Preds in 5 on 5 close high danger chances and overall possession.