***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 (3 Viewers)

[fred_1_15301]

You foresee them playing a lot of 6-on-5 the rest of the series?  Because that's how they scored both their goals. 

Still an impressive feat, no?  They had some other opportunities throughout the game (e.g. Rust breakaway which I believe was after Crosby went down?).   Fleury is playing great and the defense is blocking tons of shots (like last year).  This team still looks pretty well built for the playoffs.  Maybe they're not as talented as the Caps but they're playing well and they're up in the series.  

BTW, right now the best future odds in the series is Pens win in 6 or Pens win in 5.  

 

[chet]

I do have a #66 Canada jersey.  signed

 

[chet]

Bickell

 

[Billy Bats]

If you're talking about me, I'm a hockey fan, and I don't care which team is doing the after the whistle crap.  If the officials don't let it happen, it stops.  They allow it, so the players keep doing it, and they keep pushing the envelope a little further each time.  Play the game the way it's supposed to be, from whistle to whistle.  Don't shove your gloves under someone's visor to try to get them to throw a punch.  Don't take a cheap shot after the whistle, hoping to get retaliation that gets a penalty.  Play the game the right way.

 Perhaps you should try watching figure skating? No offense but this sounds like some liberal minded bull####. It's the way the game has been played since its inception,  it's not going to change anytime soon.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

 Perhaps you should try watching figure skating? No offense but this sounds like some liberal minded bull####. It's the way the game has been played since its inception,  it's not going to change anytime soon.

The fact that the game has been played a certain way forever doesn't mean that it is good for the sport as a whole or OK, either. The NFL has cleaned similar things up and as a result we are generally seeing better football IMO -- the HOF QBs extending their careers and not missing time, far less head shots and concussions, etc.

Any way you slice it, and whether you hate Crosby or not, the best and most marketable player in the league was put in jeopardy of missing the rest of the playoffs by two illegal shots to the head from the sticks of opposing players, and that isn't good for the sport as a whole at all.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

The only illegal thing on the Crosby hit was him flopping when Ovechkin barely touched him.  Flopped right into Niskadin's protecting himself.  What different was Niskadin supposed to do?  Drop his entire stick?  

Maybe Crosby should slice off a few more fingers of other players so he'll be the only whiny ##### on the ice. 

Pens fans upset about refs???  They had zero penalties called on them in game 1.  That's ZERO.  They did nothing wrong.  Nothing.   They are the NHL's golden boys.  And the NHL didn't even think Nickadin's hit merited anything.  That's the NHL, which would enjoy the Cup sitting permanently on a wall in PIT.

 

[Copeman]

The only illegal thing on the Crosby hit was him flopping when Ovechkin barely touched him.  Flopped right into Niskadin's protecting himself.  What different was Niskadin supposed to do?  Drop his entire stick?  

Maybe Crosby should slice off a few more fingers of other players so he'll be the only whiny ##### on the ice. 

Pens fans upset about refs???  They had zero penalties called on them in game 1.  That's ZERO.  They did nothing wrong.  Nothing.   They are the NHL's golden boys.  And the NHL didn't even think Nickadin's hit merited anything.  That's the NHL, which would enjoy the Cup sitting permanently on a wall in PIT.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Per NHL radio on Sirius, it's a concussion, ruled out for game 4.

 

[Copeman]

Per NHL radio on Sirius, it's a concussion, ruled out for game 4.

Crosby and Sheary, both.

 

[Bill Brasky]

oh man, just like the good ole days.  new faces, same insanity.  have to love the playoffs.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

The fact that the game has been played a certain way forever doesn't mean that it is good for the sport as a whole or OK, either. The NFL has cleaned similar things up and as a result we are generally seeing better football IMO -- the HOF QBs extending their careers and not missing time, far less head shots and concussions, etc.

Any way you slice it, and whether you hate Crosby or not, the best and most marketable player in the league was put in jeopardy of missing the rest of the playoffs by two illegal shots to the head from the sticks of opposing players, and that isn't good for the sport as a whole at all.

Right or wrong, I think a lot of people would disagree with you on this one. Particularly when it comes to being able to "legally" hit the quarterback or play defense in the secondary.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Crosby and Sheary, both.

they should ban Hornqvist for life for that Sheary hit.  has no place in this game.  clean it up, Gary. 

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Right or wrong, I think a lot of people would disagree with you on this one. Particularly when it comes to being able to "legally" hit the quarterback or play defense in the secondary.

It's a give and take on which I can see both sides. I personally fall on the side of keeping the best players on the field as much as possible.

 

[Bill Brasky]

legislate falling down out of the game!  think of the children!

 

[Don Quixote]

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/pittsburgh-columnist-wants-ovechkin-banned-calls-trotz-loser-134313509.html

hfs.  this is amazing.  irish eyes doesn't strike me as a journalist but the evidence here is overwhelming.

 

Transcript revealed.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

legislate falling down out of the game!  think of the children!

At least try to be a little bit funny if you're going to keep on with this long after you've made your position clear. Otherwise you're just being a doosh.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I ask this being pretty ignant of what is (and what used to be) a penalty.  

Was this not a legal hit?

From Puck Daddy a couple of years ago ...

"The Samuelsson hit was seen as a dirty one, although it wasn't penalized."

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Hope you are right, but not feeling too good about it right now. Murray, Letang, Crosby, Sheary, Kunitz, and looks like maybe Hagelin and Hornqvist too now is quite a bit to overcome, 2 -1 lead or not.

yesterday, Pens fans thought the series was over and they were planning the Cup victory parade.

now they seem to think the season is over.

what a huge turning point!

 

[Coeur de Lion]

legislate falling down out of the game!  think of the children!

And BTW, Tie Domi says to tell you to stop embarrassing yourself:

https://mobile.twitter.com/thereal_tiedomi/status/859385679050158081?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

 

[Bill Brasky]

good thing Johansson got up when Daley hauled him down in overtime.  he fell right into MAF and looked banged up after so that is boarderline for getting the torches out and running that evil goalie out of the league.  falling into a guy is the worst thing to happen to hockey since tucked Bondra jerseys.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

yesterday, Pens fans thought the series was over and they were planning the Cup victory parade.

now they seem to think the season is over.

what a huge turning point!

Losing the best player in the game will have that effect. Same thing as if the Cavs lose LeBron or the Patriots lose Brady. It's a huge deal.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

And BTW, Tie Domi says to tell you to stop embarrassing yourself:

https://mobile.twitter.com/thereal_tiedomi/status/859385679050158081?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Tie Domi lecturing people on the correct way to play the game? 

Although it gives me a good reason to post this hilarious clip of Domi sucker-punching Ulf Samuelsson. (Neat how this all ties together, isn't it?)

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Losing the best player in the game will have that effect. Same thing as if the Cavs lose LeBron or the Patriots lose Brady. It's a huge deal.

Nice to have guys like Malkin and Kessel to fall back on though. Two truly elite scorers right there. Injuries happen in the NHL playoffs all the time.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

at Tie Domi. wonder what Claude Lemieux thinks of the play.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Tie Domi lecturing people on the correct way to play the game? 

Although it gives me a good reason to post this hilarious clip of Domi sucker-punching Ulf Samuelsson. (Neat how this all ties together, isn't it?)

Well yeah, that's the point. When Domi of all people thinks it's a dirty hit...

 

[Limp Ditka]

Tie Domi

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Nice to have guys like Malkin and Kessel to fall back on though. Two truly elite scorers right there. Injuries happen in the NHL playoffs all the time.

Hope that you're right...

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Hope that you're right...

The Caps were terrible in that game last night. Holtby stole it for them imo.

 

[Bill Brasky]

what are they saying over at fftoday?  is it less dooshy over there?

 

[Coeur de Lion]

The Caps were terrible in that game last night. Holtby stole it for them imo.

Pens weren't so hot either until the second half of the 3rd. I agree that Pittsburgh can still win this series, but IMO that hit took them from favorites to repeat back to among the rest of the pack.

 

[sho nuff]

what are they saying over at fftoday?  is it less dooshy over there?

About hockey?  Not saying much.

Less dooshy?  Nah...Im pretty much equally dooshy here and there.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

The Caps were terrible in that game last night. Holtby stole it for them imo.

Pens weren't so hot either until the second half of the 3rd. I agree that Pittsburgh can still win this series, but IMO that hit took them from favorites to repeat back to among the rest of the pack.

 

[Limp Ditka]

what are they saying over at fftoday?  is it less dooshy over there?

No posts in the playoff thread since 4/30. The only way I couldn't survive over there would be due to boredom.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

what are they saying over at fftoday?  is it less dooshy over there?

I wouldn't know, but I'd bet that all of your replica "Central Division Runner Up" banners would look equally great over there, so you should go check it out.

 

[Bill Brasky]

I wouldn't know, but I'd bet that all of your replica "Central Division Runner Up" banners would look equally great over there, so you should go check it out.

plural?  wait, they have more than one? 

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Runner-up banners? No wonder Brasky has been a closet Caps fan all along.

 

[JaxBill]

IMO that hit took them from favorites to repeat back to among the rest of the pack.

Agreed. Case in point - the series odds are now

Pens -130

Caps +110

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Runner-up banners? No wonder Brasky has been a closet Caps fan all along.

To be entirely fair, the Wild did make it to the conference finals once, didn't they? The Caps do their choking in the earlier rounds.

 

[Bill Brasky]

I've been reduced to being a Caps fan for arguing common sense?  jfc, maybe I should rethink this.  or at least check what Tie Domi thinks first.

 

[JaxBill]

Crosby and Sheary are huge losses but a small consolation is that at the Pens get to dress 12 forwards in Game 4. They spent over half the game with 10. 

Malkin and Kessel looked totally gassed by OT.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Pen fans had no problem with this hit..........so just shut up now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRMz6A6r5fs

 

[IC FBGCav]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7roY1pRkQY

Legit but dirty.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Lost in all of this ... I've been coming here or following Twitter or watching games, when I should have been getting all of my NHL news from FFToday and something called "Upgruv".

 

[northern exposure]

And BTW, Tie Domi says to tell you to stop embarrassing yourself:

https://mobile.twitter.com/thereal_tiedomi/status/859385679050158081?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

My memory isn't so good. How many Lady Byngs did Domi win? 

Too bad there aren't more skilled players like Domi around today. 

 

[Bill Brasky]

Lost in all of this ... I've been coming here or following Twitter or watching games, when I should have been getting all of my NHL news from FFToday and something called "Upgruv".

 

[Coeur de Lion]

I've been reduced to being a Caps fan for arguing common sense?  jfc, maybe I should rethink this.  or at least check what Tie Domi thinks first.

Common sense? Ovechkin getting nothing on the initial slash to the head and Niskanen deserving less than a major for the cross-check to the head that knocked Crosby out cold isn't really an unbiased, common sense type of opinion.

 

[Billy Bats]

The fact that the game has been played a certain way forever doesn't mean that it is good for the sport as a whole or OK, either. The NFL has cleaned similar things up and as a result we are generally seeing better football IMO -- the HOF QBs extending their careers and not missing time, far less head shots and concussions, etc.

Any way you slice it, and whether you hate Crosby or not, the best and most marketable player in the league was put in jeopardy of missing the rest of the playoffs by two illegal shots to the head from the sticks of opposing players, and that isn't good for the sport as a whole at all.

Sounds great. Except I've been talking about the little crap going on after the whistle. 

Nothing I've said had anything to do with the Crosby situation. 

Eta: I know you're hurting, T&P, we've been trough a superstar with head problems. (Started by a giggling Kasperitis and friends, karma anyone?) I don't enjoy seeing the best (any)players hurt either. 

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Sounds great. Except I've been talking about the little crap going on after the whistle. 

Nothing I've said had anything to do with the Crosby situation. 

My bad then, I agree that the little annoying stuff after the play isn't a huge deal. 

 

[Bill Brasky]

Common sense? Ovechkin getting nothing on the initial slash to the head and Niskanen deserving less than a major for the cross-check to the head that knocked Crosby out cold isn't really an unbiased, common sense type of opinion.

you're right, I rock so much red.

FWIW, Ovechkin could easily have been a 2 min minor, never said different.

aftermath major call, happens all the time now that the omg his head culture has taken over.  if what you think happened actually did there would be a suspension today.

now let me get back to pinning my Ovie flathead on my wall.

 

[northern exposure]

at Tie Domi. wonder what Claude Lemieux thinks of the play.

Better check in with Sean Avery, Matt Cooke and Raffi Torres too!