cheesedanish87
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The 2 Vancouver games last year were awful games for the pens, 2 of the worst games of the year, hopefully they have a better performance this year.
Pre-Game Talk: Pens Ride Into Vancouver Wed Nov 4, 2015 10:00pm - Root, SN at Rogers Arena
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Shady Machine
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That's actually a pretty good point. He seems to give interviews after nearly every game. I wonder if the PR team told him to stop so he doesn't have to keep answering questions about his scoring woes.
Either way, it doesn't bother me. Sid has been faithful giving interviews so many times through the years while Malkin does it when he feels like it. I don't mind Sid deciding to take a back seat there for a while.
The problem with the pens playing the nucks is that the twins won't be touched. They will have an all-skate and do whatever they want, especially on the PP.
Meh, I've almost lost the will to care lol
I've watched periodic snippets of the last few games and its such boring uninspired hockey. We have a star studded line up but they are playing a brand of hockey so dull, it almost defies belief.
I mean, yay for winning. Yay for having the best gaa in the league. Yay for MAF being one of the top 3 goalies in the league right now. But a team that boasts Sid, Geno, Kessel, Horns, Perron and Letang to be: a) in the bottom 10 in the league in scoring and b) bottom 3 in pp% .. well, its sickening to watch.
So meh. Until things get a little more exciting (which as long as HCMJ is still around, I wont be holding my breath), I'll do other stuff and read the boards. You guys n gals are far more entertaining than the on ice product right now
I've watched periodic snippets of the last few games and its such boring uninspired hockey. We have a star studded line up but they are playing a brand of hockey so dull, it almost defies belief.
I mean, yay for winning. Yay for having the best gaa in the league. Yay for MAF being one of the top 3 goalies in the league right now. But a team that boasts Sid, Geno, Kessel, Horns, Perron and Letang to be: a) in the bottom 10 in the league in scoring and b) bottom 3 in pp% .. well, its sickening to watch.
So meh. Until things get a little more exciting (which as long as HCMJ is still around, I wont be holding my breath), I'll do other stuff and read the boards. You guys n gals are far more entertaining than the on ice product right now
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Say what you will about the Toronto media (and most of it bad), but they and the fans hold the team's feet to the fire a lot more than in Pittsburgh. I feel like it's going to take a significant slump (again) or a lot of fan pressure before the front office thinks about the coaching situation.
Or maybe they're just waiting for January 1st when they repeal that dumb rule about coach poaching. (Which is fun to say. Coach poaching. Coooooach, pooooooaching!)
Or maybe they're just waiting for January 1st when they repeal that dumb rule about coach poaching. (Which is fun to say. Coach poaching. Coooooach, pooooooaching!)
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I think this is the most logical assumption there can be, considering the summer media criticism for not requesting pick compensation for shero. I doubt they'll be too gung-ho about departing with an even more valuable pick if they're just two months away from not having to. That's if they even mean to in the first place, considering the factors you highlighted.
Mordax
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I feel your pain...
The 2010 game when Fluery AND Johnson were hurt, and John Curry gave up like 5 goals in 5 minutes being particularly annoying. I was at a bar in my Malkin jersey and the jeering was incessant. Apparently Canucks fans have no sympathy for beating up on a 3rd and 4th string goalie.
I recall getting super drunk and cheering loudly every time Pechurski made a save.
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I can't help but hear this in my head as a B-52s style chorus.
"It's cooooaaach poaching (coach coach poaching!)"
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I feel your pain...
The 2010 game when Fluery AND Johnson were hurt, and John Curry gave up like 5 goals in 5 minutes being particularly annoying. I was at a bar in my Malkin jersey and the jeering was incessant. Apparently Canucks fans have no sympathy for beating up on a 3rd and 4th string goalie.
I recall getting super drunk and cheering loudly every time Pechurski made a save.
That was my first Pens game, i was sitting in the booth like usual. A chick there was wearing a team Canada Lemieux jersey.
Mordax
You make it hard
I went to the 2011 home opener against the Pens, and I was surprised by the number of Pens fans I saw. Same Malkin jersey also got some jeers on the way out after Malkin scored the game winning shootout goal.
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I feel your pain...
The 2010 game when Fluery AND Johnson were hurt, and John Curry gave up like 5 goals in 5 minutes being particularly annoying. I was at a bar in my Malkin jersey and the jeering was incessant. Apparently Canucks fans have no sympathy for beating up on a 3rd and 4th string goalie.
I recall getting super drunk and cheering loudly every time Pechurski made a save.
I mean, be them for a second, all 50 of their hardcore fans must be choked that every time they sniff the finals they embarrass themselves some how and choke harder than a Jenna Jameson classic.
I remember that game, I find it sad that they would be such dicks about it. I bet if the Pens win, they'd pull some BS excuse about something.
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I went to the 2011 home opener against the Pens, and I was surprised by the number of Pens fans I saw. Same Malkin jersey also got some jeers on the way out after Malkin scored the game winning shootout goal.
Living out here for a bit now, it's nice to see so many Pens fans at the game, I will be attending the game (I have family down visiting and managed to get my hands on 6 additional tickets, so there will be 8 of us Pens fans at the game, please don't let me down team).
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I don't know which Canucks fans you are speaking to, because it's a very 50/50 split on hating him entirely, or thinking he's been okay. Anyone calling him a 'stud' is in a certain minority. They may just be the most vocal?
EDIT: Oh, you must be referring to non HFBoards fans. Yep. They're not as educated in analyzing hockey. I facepalm all day when talking to most Canucks fans. They literally just repeat lines they read from the Metro.
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Both really.
It's a fan base that lives in a bubble, they have no idea about the rest of the league.
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He's not a stud. Majority of the numb nuts in our fanbase feel to the need to sugar coat and justify every move made so it looks to be in the Canucks favour. ex) See Virtanen pick.
He is a solid third liner, just not paid like one. Sutter's basically rolling in it just to be a good locker room guy for four years (thanks JB). Personally, I don't mind it because we're going to need to suck in order to replace the likes of the Sedin's with legitimate talent anyway.
On the flipside, what's going on with Plotnikov? He was supposed to form the dynamic Russian duo with Malkin. Was he just overrated?
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He keeps getting pulled out of the lineup at random so it's a bit harsh to judge him yet. Hasn't had enough of a chance to see really. His defensive game is on point and he has made some real heads up plays offensively but yeah, hasn't come together yet.
I have a feeling we'll lose. We've been riding too high (either just winning by the seat of our pants offensively or from Fleury being insanely lucky and making key saves right now) so what comes up...always comes down.
"Wooooo, we just beat two lottery teams. We be hustlin'."
I kid ... mostly. Yes, Im well aware they beat the Preds and Caps.
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I don't think it's fair to make generalizations about an entire fanbase like that (Other than Philly haha). I've been following their board to read about Sutter and it is pretty split. You must know a lot of non HFBoards Canucks fans.
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Anyone that thought he would form a dynamic Russian duo with Malkin was clearly overrating him. He can be a top 6 forward but only as a role player (dig in the corners, get the puck to Malkin, and get to the net). I could see Plots-Malkin-Kessel working out, but Plots needs to get used to the NA game and gain some confidence. He shouldn't be a regular healthy scratch, but our coach makes dumb decisions.
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I'm still trying to understand what Kunitz does that Plotnikov can't. Aside from be Kunitz and make Steiggy squeal with joy when making routine plays.
They better get Plotnikov going b/c this forward depth will start to disappear as soon as next season.
They better get Plotnikov going b/c this forward depth will start to disappear as soon as next season.
It's not quite that dire. Plotnikov is an RFA, though he'll probably go back to KHL if he has no chance to play next year.
Bennett, Perron, and Cullen are the UFAs, but we have a fair shot at re-signing the former two.
We have Fehr, Kessel, and Bonino locked up already. Even if we somehow lost Bennett and Perron our forward depth would still be fairly good next year. Fehr/Bones, Malkin/Kessel, Sid/Horny
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