Legionnaire11
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I'd say it's puck luck that it bounced right to Crosby, but that's what makes the great players great, they know where to be. Still sucks.
He never recovered from that 3.5 minute shift.Josi looked a bit like a guy wearing cement skates in that OT.
His two 3.5 minute shifts.He never recovered from that 3.5 minute shift.
No shot on that was awful!That fail on the 3 on 1 killed us
That shift had enough stops in play that we can't blame it or the 40 minutes of real time after it. He was a bit off all day.He never recovered from that 3.5 minute shift.
They were crying all game. Not as bad as Philly fans but still pretty bad. One guy figured he’d tell me Forsberg was a dirty prick and so was the entire team to my back when we were walking up in the aisles in Intermission. I think he just said it because that was the name on my jersey, but I figured a yinzer being able to read and pronounce “Forsberg” was progress, so good for them.Pittsburgh fans can go sit on a tack
It shouldn't surprise me, but there are homers arguing it was deserved because he was a scrub trying to "mug" a star player.My last comment in this thread.
F@$k Malkin!
I hope he does get a few games since Boro never returned.
I think they should have called the penalties differently, but trying to be objective I would absolutely support Forsberg or Josi or Duchene doing something like that if some thug/scrub player was mugging them. Star players should not feel obligated to fight toughguys. If they're coming at you, it's fine to use your stick to defend yourself. Just if it goes wrong, sure, you might get penalized, and/or they might get hurt. That's the risk each side takes in that situation. Star player might get a load of PIMs, thug might get a mouthful of composite. Fair enough.It shouldn't surprise me, but there are homers arguing it was deserved because he was a scrub trying to "mug" a star player.
I seem to come to this realization every few years, but I find my enjoyment of the sport is inversely proportional to how much time I spend reading message boards related to it.
I think they should have called the penalties differently, but trying to be objective I would absolutely support Forsberg or Josi or Duchene doing something like that if some thug/scrub player was mugging them. Star players should not feel obligated to fight toughguys. If they're coming at you, it's fine to use your stick to defend yourself. Just if it goes wrong, sure, you might get penalized, and/or they might get hurt. That's the risk each side takes in that situation. Star player might get a load of PIMs, thug might get a mouthful of composite. Fair enough.
Only problem here is Malkin didn't get the right penalties. Two minutes for slashing, major and game misconduct should have been his punishment for defending himself. But I'd be fine with Forsberg or Josi or Duchene taking that penalty smorgasborg and doing the same thing in a similar situation. (Although I feel like in that situation anybody who tried mugging our stars would soon be hearing from Jeannot and friends too... Pens might not have that kind of backup. )
First video on the main page thread shows Boro was going straight at him. He didn't get very far but those outstretched mitts were going to be collaring Malkin soon. Vicious by Malkin, but again, I would support our star players proactively and viciously defending themselves from an oncoming thug like that.I mean at least from the videos I've seen nothing really justifies Malkin's reaction. A bit of a bump going out of the zone doesn't deserve a crosscheck straight to the face as retribution. It's not like Boro was giving him repeated shots in front of the net or something.
First video on the main page thread shows Boro was going straight at him. He didn't get very far but those outstretched mitts were going to be collaring Malkin soon. Vicious by Malkin, but again, I would support our star players proactively and viciously defending themselves from an oncoming thug like that.
Of course, I also support Borowiecki going after an opposing star like that too. It's his job.
All in all, it's just hockey on both sides. It's just the refs who dropped the ball on the penalty calls.
Pens fan here. Malkin should have gotten a double and should get a few games suspension. But Boro not totally innocent. But agree Malkin deserves suspension of some sort. That kind of viciousness is just awful. Shame on him.You're talking about after Malkin already broke Boro's stick? It just seems to me that Malkin wanted to initiate things just as much as Boro did so he doesn't get to turn around and play the superstar just protecting himself defense.
Either way yeah it's something that happens in hockey but Malkin should get a couple game suspension and additional rep as a guy who has a temper and throws cheap shots when it flairs up. The missed penalty calls is what really kills that situation, because we didn't get the benefit from the whole thing that we should have.