97BlackAckCL

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Yumcha

Yeah, kinda agree...slow day in the NHL with no games on tap, maybe.



When you win, everything is great...when you struggle (and with such big expectations), well, disagreements become giant issues apparently.

Rounder

Take away Sid's "C". Let's see how Sidney Rosby likes THAT!

Moog-Type-S

^^ "Clever girl!"

Yumcha

Konopka suspended 20 games for drug test fail: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/n...bres-20-games/

Rounder

"idiot"

e30cabrio

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Ya, cause the Rangers played 20 games in 17 nights.

lol

97BlackAckCL

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Meanwhile the West just played game 6's

Moog-Type-S

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Moog-Type-S

Who?

"White lines...."

Moog-Type-S

...and game 6 are played in the arena of the team that has home ice advantage....right?

e30cabrio

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The East is done, seems reasonable the West would not be so far behind.

0&
Your team lost!

Yumcha

97BlackAckCL

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Nope, but your queens just played game 6 last night, after both the Easts game 7's were played

dom

Wait, so the team with their own logo on the ice is on the road right?

dom

Funny how Black Label has simply vanished today he must have flown back home to Finlandia with Raask. <----- on purpose.

Yumcha

Hey Rask...the Habs Tuuka the series.


Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...

dom

So apparently Lucic said "I'm going to fawkin kill you next year"

Maybe I'm naive, probably am with this but I always thought only nice and respectful things were said in the handshake line. Hockey is the only sport that does it, I always just presumed the players would be as classy as it looks. wonder how often douches like Lucic say things like that during the handshake.

e30cabrio

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Not your best work. Try again, you can do better.

Rounder

Official: Blysma and Shero are fired. Presser at 11:30am.

Finally. Get another coach in here (Barry Trotz) and a capable GM that can actually draft forwards.

I liked Dan but he wasn't the right coach for this team anymore. He will get picked up within a week, guaranteed.

Rounder

Either Shero or a new general manager likely will need a new coach, and the Penguins crave specific attributes, the sources said.

The coach will need to have a philosophy that emphasizes toughness and defense but not so much that it stifles the creativity of franchise centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, the sources said.

However, the coach will need to carry enough clout to effectively challenge Crosby and Malkin, who grew disenchanted with Bylsma's methods during this past season, the sources said.

Crosby on Thursday tepidly denied a falling out with Bylsma. Malkin did not address the media.

Crosby, the Penguins captain, and Malkin are viewed by ownership as the franchise's cornerstones, but neither will have a say in the selection of a coach, the sources said.

Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/6...#ixzz31tEi5oEJ

Rounder

hey what was the result of the boston montreal game 7? haven't heard anyone talking about it here? did boston lose? heard some of their players were spitting in their hands before the handshake line, too...

97BlackAckCL

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Dom said Boston was in the Conference Final

Rounder

red Sox?

Yumcha

Mebbe Pens will give Torts a chance.

e30cabrio

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That would be classic!!!

His vitriol will fit riiiiget in there!

Rounder

*insert clip of torts giving the interview calling crosby and malkin two whining babies because I'm too lazy to find the video* here

Moog-Type-S

...and then the Pengoons move forward with their off season playbook straight out of Vancouver 2013.

Moog-Type-S

I don't think you want Trotz.

It's not the regular season win record that is the problem, it's the post season.

Trotz playoff record is pretty pathetic.
Other than a Calder Cup, they guy is MIA in the post season.
1st and 2nd round punts a plenty.

Rounder

WOAH.........just heard coach isn't gone...yet... it's up to the New GM whether he wants to keep him or not. Shero is gone tho.

dom

@ keeping Blysma.

Why give the new GM that baggage?

Moog-Type-S

Who is available that is "better" than Byslma?

Dumping the GM....that makes sense....he never addressed the problems with the team and filled the holes that were needed.

Dump the coach? Why? Is there a better one on the market?
Byslma had to work with the players that were given to him.....a team that was not built for playoff hockey. The GM never addressed the problems for over quite a few years.

If you dump Byslma, you most certainly are going to have to re-tool the roster significantly, for it's not the coach who is to blame for 100% of the failure, it's more to blame on the roster, and the GM who built the team.

97BlackAckCL

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Bylsma is gone, they want it to look like the new GM is the one making the big changes

dom

New GM should get to hire his own coach, period. The chances that Blysma will be 'his' coach are slim to none.

And the Pens need a fresh start, you don't leave a rotting sandwich in the corner stinking up the place. Which is essentially what Blysma is right now.

dom

Most likely. I just see no point in dragging it out. Especially since it may hurt Dan's chances in landing another gig.

dom

And what does that ever have to do with firing a coach? Coach 's don't suddenly get stupid and forget how to coach. They lose credibility, relationships and respect of the players. Sometime you need to bring in a fresh voice.

Yumcha

What are the names rumored to be candidates to GM the Pens...?



I'm sure Kevin Lowe would be great to help Pens screw up their season enough to draft McDavid at #1...

dom

But that had nothing to do with the GM? Nashville was a great team build for playoff hockey.

hypocrite much?

Moog-Type-S

Yea, that worked out really well for Vancouver.



Come on now, be serious.

Moog-Type-S

Somebody forgot about the 2010-11 2011-12 seasons.

dom with the revisionist history in the house!!!