GDT: Game 1: Raising the Banner! Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals

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SUBdrewgANS

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The more realistic lineup for tonight

Kunitz-Malkin-Wilson
Hagelin - Bonino - Kessel
Sheary-Cullen-Hornqvist
Kuhnhackl-Fehr-Sestito

Dumoulin - Letang
Maatta - Daley
Cole - Shultz

Fleury





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Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Oshie
Johansson - Backstrom - Burakovsky
Sanford - Eller - Williams
Winnik - Beagle - Wilson

Alzner - Niskanen
Orlov - Carlson
Orpik - Schmidt

Holtby
 
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Luigi Lemieux

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Fully expect to lose tonight. Cup hangover and no Crosby, while raising the banner in the faces of a long time rival team that the pens just beat in the playoffs. 4-1 loss i'm thinking.
 

molon labe

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Can we have an over/under on how many times we hear "KristoFER Letang" tonight? I might make a drinking game out of it...
 

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Great GDT. LGP! The optimist in me is hopeful we get the W to start this thing off right.
 

Ragamuffin Gunner

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teams almost never win when they have big ceremonies like this so i'm not expecting anything great from the pens tonight. love watching a banner raising tho.
 

molon labe

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They will certainly be focusing on how their newly built 3rd line competes with HBK. Hoping Geno lights fire early.
 

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Dude... GDT is solid! :yo: Let's do this tonight.

I'll be there so won't be around the boards starting 5ish.
 

Mr Jiggyfly

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Wilson is really the only new guy, so I'm hoping he does well and becomes Malkin's poor man's Neal, without the laziness and stupidity.

It's hard to find natural goal scorers and he seems to have that touch, so I can live with his lack of creativity as long as he hustles every shift and Malkin isn't left doing everything on his own.
 

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Of the non-original six teams only Edmonton has more cups than the Pens, with 5 cups.

The Rangers, an original six team, is tied with 4 cups. as are the Islanders.

Since 1967, the teams who have won the most cups are:

Montreal - 10 (although that should have an asterisk as well as they basically owned the Quebec pipeline for the decade after expansion, when most of these took place. None in a quarter century).
Edmonton -5
Pittsburgh - 4
NYI - 4
Detroit - 4
Boston -3
Chicago - 3


Since the original six in the 20's, the most cups are:
Montreal Canadiens: 23
(The Canadiens also have one pre-NHL win, listed below)
1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1993

Toronto Maple Leafs: 13
(Includes wins under previous franchise names: Toronto Arenas and Toronto St. Pats)
1918, 1922, 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967

Detroit Red Wings: 11
1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008

Boston Bruins: 6
1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011

Chicago Blackhawks: 6
1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2013

Edmonton Oilers: 5
1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4
1991, 1992, 2009, 2016

New York Islanders:4
1980-83

New York Rangers: 4
1928, 1933, 1940, 1994

http://proicehockey.about.com/od/stanleycupbunker/a/stanley-cup-wins-team.htm
 

Al Smith

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They will certainly be focusing on how their newly built 3rd line competes with HBK. Hoping Geno lights fire early.

Eller's an upgrade; but setting aside tonight's single game, I don't see that third line competing with HBK over the course of the inevitable next playoff series.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a Caps win tonight.
 

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The GDT has Crosby centering the first line. He is out, right?

He is ... OP explained why in the second post ... but, Jaded, I think it's time we discussed your user name. A 'Not-So' or 'Formerly' should be added, no?
 

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Perfect GDT for opening night!

Lets Go Pens. Tonight begins the journey for back to back Cups!
 

Jaded-Fan

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He is ... OP explained why in the second post ... but, Jaded, I think it's time we discussed your user name. A 'Not-So' or 'Formerly' should be added, no?

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People are confusing Cranky Old Man with Jaded Old Man.

I am not going to be cantankerous simply to live up to a user name. The Pens made certain changes which I found it difficult to argue with, changes that many of us had been crying for for years.

I showed analytics backing up my position, and gave credit where due.

But there will be plenty of times to be Jaded again.

Not trading MAF when they had a chance gave me a very early opportunity to return to form, and I am certain that there will be many more.
 

molon labe

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I am not going to be cantankerous simply to live up to a user name. The Pens made certain changes which I found it difficult to argue with, changes that many of us had been crying for for years.

Props to the lexicon :handclap:

I haven't heard cantankerous in quite a while.
 

Jaded-Fan

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Probably.. Rust also, but I went the optimist route that we have a full healthy roster. Mostly because how can we have this specific of a GDT without it featuring Crosby?

Yeah, that was explained, and it is fine. Nice to see the healthy roster lineup anyways, tonight is about raising the banner more than the game itself.
 

Jag68Sid87

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teams almost never win when they have big ceremonies like this so i'm not expecting anything great from the pens tonight. love watching a banner raising tho.

Sharks had a banner raising last night. They looked like they were skating in quicksand early, but eventually they found their legs and pretty much dominated play against the Kings. So it CAN happen.


I thought both Crosby and Rust were CONFIRMED out for tonight?
 
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