black label

Didn't interfere enough to warrant a penalty, fine, or a call from the league.

97BlackAckCL

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You've made your point, Doan isn't as big of a douche as Thornton. Doan crosschecks people in the front instead of jumping them from behind. Congrats

black label

Nope, you've proved the point. The pengoon fans see identical situations different ways depending on where their player stands.

Despite all your attempts to dodge the actual topic and admit it :wink:

97BlackAckCL

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They're not identical situations, not even close

Yumcha

Both Fleury and Rask are no-name goalies cuz they didn't win the Jennings Trophy.

Yumcha

And by virtue of Crawford of winning it, he's better than Fleury and Rask.

black label

Player A lays a questionable hit on player B causing a concussion, there is no call on the ice. Player C challenges player A to fight after the questionable hit.

The only difference is player A on the Penguins ran and hid and refused to man up after his questionable hit.

Rose colored double standards, a pengoon tradition.

Yumcha

Goalie A wins Cup but does not win Jennings. Goalie B wins Cup but does not win Jennings. Goalie C wins Jennings and doesn't matter if wins Cup.


Goalie C namebrand goalie.

Yumcha

Single standard right there.

97BlackAckCL

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Yet again, you ignore everything I say. A shoulder on shoulder hit is a legal hit by the rule book. Interfering with a player and crosschecking them are both penalties. Not the same situation. You can suck on my rosey colored double standards

black label

Players interfere with each other constantly during the course of a hockey game. There is a threshold where it becomes interference. The threshold wasn't crossed as determined by the refs and agreed with by the league.

You know as well as I do if letang and Doans roles were reversed you'd see this completely opposite as you claim to now. You just probably won't admit it. You keep going back to shoulder on shoulder as legal, Doans play was legal too hence no penalty call.

By the way Doan could have pulled a bullshit move, keep his gloves on and let the pengoons take the roughening minor, he had more class. That's the only real difference between Doan/letang and Orpik/eriksson.

e30cabrio

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I think you meant obviously.

Yumcha

^ Obviously.

e30cabrio

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Turris!!!!

lol

black label

B's pulled off the "piss off dom hat trick".

1)They beat the leafs
2)Finlandian goalie gets the win
3)Let the game go to OT and force the leafs to pick up a point.

e30cabrio

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I know I talk ish when others say this (especially in a blow out) & I'm sorry but I really wanted Hank to get teh shut out.

e30cabrio

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Obviously!

lol

black label

Today though, I'm the leafs number 3 fan (just behind Riddick Bowe and Rob Ford but right in front of dom).

Go Leafs, go Flyers, go Caps.

black label

Lol, how many times are the pengoons going to run the goaltender before they realize it's a penalty.

e30cabrio

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3.14159 to infinity x?

Obviously.


lol

black label

Well, we may never know... They did it twice in about 1:45 but the game ended before we could find out if they'd do it again. If I had to guess, I'd go with 7. After their 7th consecutive goaltender interference penalty they would figure it out.

Yumcha

Yow...just noticed Pens are now in a wildcard spot with the Bruins! Did not notice they've been slumping recently.

black label

It's more interesting than that. The wings also have 95 points and occupy 3rd in the Atlantic but have a game in hand on the b's. Both Ottawa and Detroit will play their game in hand tonight (not against each other). After tonight Pittsburgh will have a game in hand on the caps (who are currently 2 points ahead of Pitt).

The bottom 4 in the east race may be fighting down to the wire.

e30cabrio

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It is getting really gooood. (looking down) lol

e30cabrio

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Nau I need Florida & Detroit to win!

black label

Detroit winning will not affect the rags at all. Even if the caps win every game they have left and Putin annexes an extra standings point for Ovechkin, that still can't even tie the rags.

Fuck Detroit, let'em lose.

Why ya buggin indeed.

e30cabrio

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I want Washington to lose?

Obviously.

lol

e30cabrio

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So much for my wants.

lol

black label

You should of bet with the ambassador of Finland. He knew it, fuck Detroit. Now watch the maple syrups crush the senators hopes of making the playoffs (and doms hopes of McWaffles on next years menu, 1 more season of Kraft Dinner for him).

Everything's turnin' up black label

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Oh Sickest TL

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oh man patches looks like he's got a concussion... this is not good at all. fuck my life

black label

911: Please state your emergency...

e30cabrio

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Looking for the wins/points record I find all teh Rangers records are negative.

Largest Goal Differential: Detroit Red Wings 15, New York Rangers 0 on January 23, 1944.

Most Consecutive Playoff Games Played Without a Power Play Goal: 10 games, by the 2013–14 New York Rangers

Most Consecutive Playoff Power Play Chances Without a Goal: 36, by 2013–14 New York Rangers

Most Stanley Cup-clinching overtime losses: 2, by the Toronto Maple Leafs (1933, 1940), Montreal Canadiens (1951, 1954), Detroit Red Wings (1934, 1966), Boston Bruins (1953, 1977), Philadelphia Flyers (1980, 2010), and New York Rangers (1950, 2014)

e30cabrio

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This is teh funnay (unless Peng00n fan)

How the Rangers need to handle Stanley Cup expectations | Yardbarker.com

The Rangers do a good job here cycling around the faceoff circle to separate the Penguins from their defensive assignment, leading to a goal

As a result, what ends up happening is that the Penguins end up more focused on the puck than anything else and try to block the shot. They basically come to a complete standstill and don’t try to backcheck at all, especially Evgeni Malkin (#71 in white) who simply lets his defensemen try to take care of the situation. What they didn’t take into account was a Ranger player potentially jumping on the loose rebound, which Derek Stepan picks up and Martin St. Louis banks in as he crashes the net. Let’s see how many of the Penguins here are in both the wrong spot and looking at the puck instead of the play:

The Penguins here end up so badly out of position that they’re all in a line and don’t pick up St. Louis who is parked right on the doorstep ready to put in a rebound.

…Oops, there’s FOUR of them. Just like ducks in a row, there are four Pittsburgh Penguins in a line all looking down at the puck instead of covering Martin St. Louis who follows up the shot by Anton Stralman and banks in the goal that motivated the team to win this series in 7 games and go all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. This is the kind of energetic start to their game that the Rangers absolutely need to have as they head into the playoffs. Have a tight forecheck, keep skating, get the puck to the net, and jump on the rebound. They need to come out, set the tone for the whole game, and the opposition who they’re messing with. With home-ice advantage, they have their crowd behind them to help them out. Most of all, the Rangers need to want it more. If they play like this with a ton of confidence, there isn’t anything this New York Rangers team won’t be able to accomplish. This should be an absolutely thrilling next couple of months.

97BlackAckCL

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I mentioned the tail spin a few pages back. They're in complete collapse mode now. They appear to be channeling the Maple Domchas. At this point, I kind of hope they miss the playoffs, because I'm sick of the disappointment every year. I think missing the playoffs would force more of a rebuild than if they squeaked in and got eliminated in the first round

Yumcha

Yeah, I just read their injury report...with Ehrhoff and Letang out, you're basically out your #1 and #2 d-men...and like most good teams now, all the offense starts with the transition from the blueline and to the forwards.

Without that key part, eek. When are those two due back?

e30cabrio

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WTF???

Rob Ford appointed to Hockey Hall of Fame board

Rob Ford appointed to Hockey Hall of Fame board - Sportsnet.ca

Yumcha

Obviously.

97BlackAckCL

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Yep, Ehrhoff came back and then went right back out with a shoulder, Letang is out indefintely from a "legal" hit, no timetable for either to return, those are 2 of our 3 best puck movers gone...

Yumcha

K...not to be the doom and gloom, but...if those 2 are gone for an extended period, Pens qualifying for the playoffs is like the joy of getting to play an additional 4-6 games tops. Sorry, dude...I don't see them getting past the 1st round without their #1 and #2 d-men.





It's not like Rutherford is an Einstein-genius GM like Deano who can make gold outta ...or beer out of cat piss...