Speculation: Will Jansen Harkins score a goal this season?

[HandshakeLine]

IIRC it was the Thrashers, and the goalie played the puck right to him and he fired it in from the boards.

Yeah it was the flukiest goal ever, it f***ing ruled.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

 

[BusinessGoose]

CTE is no laughing matter.


But in all seriousness, it's pretty difficult to find video of that goal.

The matrix was glitching for sure
@41:30

 

[SomeDude]

The matrix was glitching for sure
@41:30

What was going on in the NHL from like 2000-2005? I feel like we have better quality footage from the 1950’s than that period.

 

[HandshakeLine]

What was going on in the NHL from like 2000-2005? I feel like we have better quality footage from the 1950’s than that period.

Serious answer: people beginning the switch to video and then to all digital formatting, but video formats in the late 90s early 2000s weren't nearly as good as film or what we use now, plus true digital broadcasting of footage didn't occur until 2009, IIRC.

 

[Zbynek]

What was going on in the NHL from like 2000-2005? I feel like we have better quality footage from the 1950’s than that period.

This is my favorite period as a Pens fan for sure. The stakes were hilariously low and nothing mattered. When we won a random game we had no business winning, it was like the Stanley Cup in February. Kelly mf Buchberger. Steve McKenna. Kent Manderville. The absolute Pittsburgh legend in my avatar (if you know, you know).

My friends and I would take turns sneaking out of school so we could get in line early for Student Rush. You could get good seats for 4 for 15 bucks a pop. I went to like 30 games in 2004.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Serious answer: people beginning the switch to video and then to all digital formatting, but video formats in the late 90s early 2000s weren't nearly as good as film or what we use now, plus true digital broadcasting of footage didn't occur until 2009, IIRC.

Fun/random fact
The switch to digital broadcasting was delayed due to the Pens/Wings series. Immediately after that game, the networks made the move.

 

[SEALBound]

I'm betting no. My bigger fear is that he WILL score which will give Sullivan a sense of vindication which will keep him on the roster longer.

Kevin Porter

41

0G

3A

3PTS

-2

0

Sullivan already has a track record of mediocrity on skates

That's on a Stanley Cup winning team with far more talent than this one

Harkins is GOLDEN for the rest of the lineups this year, even if he can't score

Porter is such an interesting footnote in Penguins lore. In 2015/16, he was getting all of those game and sucking ass in the bottom 6. It was his big injury that opened the spot for Sullivan to bring up the younger kids - Sheary, Rust, Kuhnhackl, and Wilson. Without the injury to Porter, we may not have discovered the talent WBS had that was a driving force in the 2016 playoffs.

That and the Dupuis retirement. That's what opened the door for the b2b.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

I'd take Harkins over Carter any day of the week

Carter has scored infinity more goals than Harkins this year. On the other hand, Jarry has also scored infinity more goals than Harkins this year.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

For the sake of clarity it isn't that Harkins is THE problem with this team or even really top ten. It's that the coaching staff consistently looks at a guy like him (in the midst of years of offensive ineptitude) and says "yeah... that's what we want." Certainly not the first time, either.

To be fair that's a lot of NHL coaches, I suppose. Hooray low event, push-it-up-and-down-the-walls hockey.

 

[lokomotiv15]

I voted yes, but only because the poll didn’t specify if it would be in the NHL or the FPHL.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

For the sake of clarity it isn't that Harkins is THE problem with this team or even really top ten. It's that the coaching staff consistently looks at a guy like him (in the midst of years of offensive ineptitude) and says "yeah... that's what we want." Certainly not the first time, either.

To be fair that's a lot of NHL coaches, I suppose. Hooray low event, push-it-up-and-down-the-walls hockey.

You've nailed it.

Harkins is the feverish symptoms of a severe case of botulism that is also known in medical circles as Sullivis Mikalitis. It requires the body to purge itself of this nasty disease.

The issue is the patient is in complete denial that they have a fever or are shitting their brains out resulting in a prolapsed rectum

 

[Josey Wales]

Per the NHL's media Web site, Jansen Harkins (concussion) has been designated to injured reserve.

 

[Zbynek]

Per the NHL's media Web site, Jansen Harkins (concussion) has been designated to injured reserve.

Could this be our Kevin Porter moment?

as described in:

Porter is such an interesting footnote in Penguins lore. In 2015/16, he was getting all of those game and sucking ass in the bottom 6. It was his big injury that opened the spot for Sullivan to bring up the younger kids - Sheary, Rust, Kuhnhackl, and Wilson. Without the injury to Porter, we may not have discovered the talent WBS had that was a driving force in the 2016 playoffs.

That and the Dupuis retirement. That's what opened the door for the b2b.

 

[BillyOcean]

I feel like an ewok dancing at the end of Return of the Jedi

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

I feel like an ewok dancing at the end of Return of the Jedi

We-sa Free!

 

[wgknestrick]

Craig Adams (2 first names)
Jansen Harkins (2 last names)

Both create(d) a wasteland of no goals, no shots, easily punch-able faces, and soon to be fired coaches.

 

[SEALBound]

Craig Adams (2 first names)
Jansen Harkins (2 last names)


Both create(d) a wasteland of no goals, no shots, easily punch-able faces, and soon to be fired coaches.

He's on an Adam's level of productivity now.

His last year here, Adams had 1g 6a in 70GP. Harkins is at 4a in 37GP.

In comparison, Hinostranza has 3pt in 14gp.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

When Chad Ruhwedel, Marcus Pettersson and John Ludvig combined have more goals then you, you f***ing suck.

 

[Icarium]

When Chad Ruhwedel, Marcus Pettersson and John Ludvig combined have more goals then you, you f***ing suck.

Jarry snubbed again, I see.