Post-Game Talk: Stars 2, Pens 1 - The Razor Made It Bearable Edition

[Darth Vitale]

Which Burke?

I have a hard time believing Brian's reading tweets from a Pittsburgh beat writer. Although, he did sue someone named "slobberface" for badmouthing him on a Leafs message board, so maybe. Still, he's out in Calgary and Calgary's an aggressive, goal scoring club, so it doesn't fit.

If it was Patrick, I fully believe that happened. They need to get that dope out of the NHL offices ("as you see here, such and such makes a right cross-over when the puck hits off the boards, which indicates"...Jesus, just shut the f up. You don't know what that indicates). I liked him better when he was founding charities and getting fired by them.

Or possibly he meant Burkle, not Burke?

 

[billybudd]

Or possibly he meant Burkle, not Burke?

Eh. Penguins have a reputation for complaining to the league about not enough powerplays and Ron Burkle has a reputation for not talking to reporters dating back to his supermarket days.

Patrick Burke is exactly the sort of a hole who would call an obscure beat writer and try to bully him into pretending there are still goals being scored in the NHL. Check out his twitter feed or watch one of those suspension videos. If the Pens are "arrogant," the word's insufficient to describe Burke's little boy.

 

[Darth Vitale]

Eh. Penguins have a reputation for complaining to the league about not enough powerplays and Ron Burkle has a reputation for not talking to reporters dating back to his supermarket days.

Patrick Burke is exactly the sort of a hole who would call an obscure beat writer and try to bully him into pretending there are still goals being scored in the NHL. Check out his twitter feed or watch one of those suspension videos. If the Pens are "arrogant," the word's insufficient to describe Burke's little boy.

OK. I don't know any of these guys, just thought might be a typo / possibly Burkle has a lot to do with the marketing-focus of this team. Hard to imagine guys like Lemieux by himself would bring in someone like Moorehouse for example, or make arrangements with the Trib for "official sponsorship". That smacks more of a business tycoon than hockey player turned business man. But either way anyone who tries to control media message -- especially in the world of sports where it shouldn't matter enough to try -- is a dewsh. Almost as big a dewsh as the media people who allow it to happen instead of saying "**** you, my job is to report the facts as I see them, not manage reputations for your business benefit."

 

[billybudd]

OK. I don't know any of these guys, just thought might be a typo / possibly Burkle has a lot to do with the marketing-focus of this team. Hard to imagine guys like Lemieux by himself would bring in someone like Moorehouse for example, or make arrangements with the Trib for "official sponsorship". That smacks more of a business tycoon than hockey player turned business man. But either way anyone who tries to control media message -- especially in the world of sports where it shouldn't matter enough to try -- is a dewsh. Almost as big a dewsh as the media people who allow it to happen instead of saying "**** you, my job is to report the facts as I see them, not manage reputations for your business benefit."

Oh, there's no question Morehouse--formerly Hillary Clinton's branding specialist--is Burkle's--Bill Clinton's BFF--guy and that the brand management angle is, indirectly, his thing, not Mario's.

Ken Sawyer was Mario's guy and when he was running things, our marketing was Malkin and Letang making Pierogies with a hot chick while porn music played.

It's just not in the Penguins' interest to get the trib to pretend the NHL isn't difficult to watch as a brand with how it's reffed and coached right now.

 

[Darth Vitale]

Oh, there's no question Morehouse--formerly Hillary Clinton's branding specialist--is Burkle's--Bill Clinton's BFF--guy and that the brand management angle is, indirectly, his thing, not Mario's.

Ken Sawyer was Mario's guy and when he was running things, our marketing was Malkin and Letang making Pierogies with a hot chick while porn music played.

It's just not in the Penguins' interest to get the trib to pretend the NHL isn't difficult to watch as a brand with how it's reffed and coached right now.

Ah, the good ole days. "Make yum yum?"


Good point about NHL interests being involved too.

 

[Pancakes]

Honestly at this point I just want to make sure we get into the playoffs. There's a lot to be frustrated about with this team but anything can happen once you get in. This team is more than talented enough to go on a run.

 

[roquay]

Honestly at this point I just want to make sure we get into the playoffs. There's a lot to be frustrated about with this team but anything can happen once you get in. This team is more than talented enough to go on a run.

They are if MJ puts the right lines together. If Kunitz (and I'd say Comeau too) is in the top 6, it's just another obstacle we have to overcome.

 

[vodeni]

Eh. Penguins have a reputation for complaining to the league about not enough powerplays and Ron Burkle has a reputation for not talking to reporters dating back to his supermarket days.

Patrick Burke is exactly the sort of a hole who would call an obscure beat writer and try to bully him into pretending there are still goals being scored in the NHL. Check out his twitter feed or watch one of those suspension videos. If the Pens are "arrogant," the word's insufficient to describe Burke's little boy.

yes he said Patrick

 

[Kristopher Letang]

If we miss the playoff, I swear I'm going to laugh my ass off cuz that's going to be to biggest joke on earth.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I would be shocked and extremely disappointed in this team if it managed to miss the playoffs. That being said, maybe it's exactly what this organization needs to see happen before it's willing to continue to make big changes in personnel and in overall atmosphere.

 

[cygnus47]

I would be shocked and extremely disappointed in this team if it managed to miss the playoffs. That being said, maybe it's exactly what this organization needs to see happen before it's willing to continue to make big changes in personnel and in overall atmosphere.

It's the atmosphere that worries me the most.

Our team had stretches this year where things should have come together but we couldn't get it up for more than a game or two. We had a way better puck moving team with what should be a better system but we still fell back into bad habits a month into the season and haven't really come out of them. We're still not supporting the puck as a team even though that was literally the number 1 issue.

Not only that, but we still haven't come back to win a game from down heading into the 3rd and we've only won 3 games being down after the 1st. It's an odd statistic, but seriously, not once? Shootout losses happen, but not once? And our bottom 6 is light years ahead of what it was last year personnel wise but they still can't get anything going, they're not even getting the boys amped up.

There's something really off that makes me think this team may need to consider moving some of the core.

 

[billybudd]

I wouldn't have minded missing the playoffs if we still had all our picks. Half expected it, actually.