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If the Pens win it at home, I predict Sid will hand off the cup to Dupuis and also that the ensuing cheer will be the loudest in the history of Pittsburgh hockey (excluding the clock hitting 0).
Post-Game Talk: Pens 3, Sharks 1: Geno then Murray then Fehr Drop the Microphone
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Go Pens!
Ah well, I find solace in the fact that this year's finals is a heck of a lot more entertaining than the ones the leafs have been in for the last 49 years.
IcedCapp
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You're unrelenting.
The only team in NHL HISTORY to comeback from 3-1 down in the SCF? Your 2016 San Jose Sharks. Led by Joe Thornton.
Oh god, it's washing over me like a golden shower
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Yeah half the office bought onto the Dupuis train. Its a favorite pick.
Knowing how detail-obsessive Crosby is though, i gotta figure he goes with seniority again.
Problem with that theory is Lovejoy holds up the cup before Malkin, Kessel, or Murray. And i think i might spit my beer out if Fleury touches it before Murray does.
BlindWillyMcHurt
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Indeed.
Pressing obligations kept me away from here for game 1 (and I only got to catch the third period)... and they won. So away I stayed. Game 2 win... not posting to the boards. Game 3 loss would have released me from this silly-to-most superstition but my immune system chose Sunday as the day it was gonna take a giant dump and I slept for two days straight.
I'm on board now, though. Trade Malkin. He stinks. (sorry, I'm still weak and pumped full of Nyquil... my game will get better before the puck drops)
PensBandwagonerNo272*
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I thought 1 team of 32 did? Just want someone posted.
But yeah anyway it isn't happening this year. Anyone want to take a huge bet on that with me just send me a PM
I hope we come out focused and take care of business in game 5. This is still a talented Sharks team, and if we give them any life we could regret it.
I said before this game 4 started that we needed a powerplay goal to put that game away and I am so glad we got it. Without that Malkin goal we almost certainly blow that lead and maybe lose in OT again.
Game 5 will be no different. Gotta execute on special teams. The games have been too close.
I said before this game 4 started that we needed a powerplay goal to put that game away and I am so glad we got it. Without that Malkin goal we almost certainly blow that lead and maybe lose in OT again.
Game 5 will be no different. Gotta execute on special teams. The games have been too close.
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As an aside, it sounds like a cliched overused trope, but I truly believe that this year, assuming that the Pens win that last game, the Conn Smythe should go to the entire team. Every player but one who was not a goalie scored a goal.
There was no one player who took this team on its back and pulled them to a cup. Some scored a little more, but the depth and skill throughout the lineup is why this team is one away. The biggest names did well, but no one had a playoffs for the ages.
However the team did some things, like the possession numbers or not surrendering a lead for 436 minutes, over seven games in the conference and cup finals, which may never be duplicated.
There was no one player who took this team on its back and pulled them to a cup. Some scored a little more, but the depth and skill throughout the lineup is why this team is one away. The biggest names did well, but no one had a playoffs for the ages.
However the team did some things, like the possession numbers or not surrendering a lead for 436 minutes, over seven games in the conference and cup finals, which may never be duplicated.
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One team did it in 1942. However that team had two of their final three games at home. None have ever come back down three games to one with two of the final three games on the road.
NeedleInTheHay
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The Sharks have looked very mediocre the entire series, I haven't feared them since the drop of the puck in game 1.
This isn't the weak willed Bylsma teams, no way Sully lets this team blow a 3-1 lead in the freaking Stanley Cup Final.
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There are 5 people to get consideration:
Crosby
Murray
Kessel
Letang
Bonino
IMHO...MVP of the Penguins playoff run has been Matt Murray. I really don't see how that could be disputed. However...I do believe it goes to Crosby because of the name and legacy. Right or wrong, no matter. You can cherry pick enough stats to support Crosby getting it.
Murray is a tight 2nd. Kessel is 3rd. 3rd is a lot closer to #1 though than people realize.
I'm not gonna be surprised if it's Sid, Murray, or Kessel. I'm just excited at the possibility to find out.
Crosby
Murray
Kessel
Letang
Bonino
IMHO...MVP of the Penguins playoff run has been Matt Murray. I really don't see how that could be disputed. However...I do believe it goes to Crosby because of the name and legacy. Right or wrong, no matter. You can cherry pick enough stats to support Crosby getting it.
Murray is a tight 2nd. Kessel is 3rd. 3rd is a lot closer to #1 though than people realize.
I'm not gonna be surprised if it's Sid, Murray, or Kessel. I'm just excited at the possibility to find out.
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Couture will get the Smyth for his playoff leading points and commitment to bringing cheating to the attention of the league
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That's the crux of it for me. I don't care if they give the damned thing to Ben Lovejoy so long as we can find a way to win.
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Also... though it might be consensus that the Sens "Tubby Spartan" shtick was the more cringeworthy of the two... that rendition of the national anthem has to be up there. What an embarrassment. The first few bars were OK. Then both (Hetfield, in particular) proceeded to take a sloppy, noodly, chuggy dump all over it.
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Some on this Board supported the "not allowed to leave your feet to block shots" in general discussions on how to increase scoring. That was all before Sullivan got here, IIRC.
Re the ice surface in SJ, it was bad for both teams, but it's really bad for the league whose TV ratings have suffered during the playoffs. Between that and the inevitable regression by the Refs into allowing DPE obstruction (remember in the first round when they were routinely calling 4-5 penalties per team?), the last couple games probably have been pretty poor watching for potential fans who don't follow the Pens or Sharks.
Having watched the Pens blow a 3-0 lead in '75 and lose again in '93 to a team they should have crushed, in my view, no lead in games is safe.
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Glad to see you're feeling better
HA! Thanks. Still pretty wilty. No biggie, though. Another day or so and I'll have the strength and clarity of mind to really get the teeth and claws out.
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BlindWillyMcHurt
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That's certainly a flattering one, yeah.
re: shot blocking -- frankly I kind of hate it. And I think it doesn't really do much for the general entertainment value of the game. At all. But as someone more eloquent than me put it already -- the Penguins are just playing the hand they have been dealt. I'm pretty confident that they could hang even better in a league that wasn't half-broken and let it's talent shine.
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