Roronoa Zoro
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Good night, fam.What a season. See you next April.
On to the threepeat!
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NHL Stanley Cup 2017 Finals [OT]- To Catch a Predator
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On to the threepeat!
excelsiorlef
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More fun stats: Pens are 5-0 in Stanley Cup finals when beating the Caps is part of the road. Only time where the Pens didn't play the Caps and made it to the finals they lost...
How's that for a fuck you Capitals stat. XD
How's that for a fuck you Capitals stat. XD
Lol see you thenGood night, fam.
http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2017/6/...-predators-stanley-cup-final-fan-mike-milbury
The silver lining is that I've got about 4 months of not having to see or hear from this guy.
I've said on my Preds forum last week, I don't know how this guy has a job. He's about as exciting to watch as the turd that won't flush. He has spent his entire NHL career failing upward. He's like your old man neighbor who hates your kids and dogs and he just won't die.
The silver lining is that I've got about 4 months of not having to see or hear from this guy.
I've said on my Preds forum last week, I don't know how this guy has a job. He's about as exciting to watch as the turd that won't flush. He has spent his entire NHL career failing upward. He's like your old man neighbor who hates your kids and dogs and he just won't die.
Letang will be back! And hopefully healthy! And he'll still remember how to play hockey! I believe!
Delicious.
CreeperBlocks
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I just want new faces in the offseason thread :0
ShadowSoldier89
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Pens have a 100% stanley cup win rate with Phil Kessel on the team.
A Serious Man
Member
Mike Sullivan has never lost a NHL playoff series.
"Greater than the sum of its parts" has never applied more than here, I think. It's really remarkable how well-coached they are.
"Greater than the sum of its parts" has never applied more than here, I think. It's really remarkable how well-coached they are.
excelsiorlef
Member
Pens also win two cups with the same coach for the first time and Murray is the first player ever to win two cups while still being classified as a rookie
Crosby - best player of his generation no doubt, should be on the cover of next NHL game
I bet he is happy that pk didn't win the cup
just imagine how the montreal media would react if pk did win the cup in the same year habs got bounced in the first round of playoffs
pens easilly won the phil kessel trade
I bet he is happy that pk didn't win the cup
just imagine how the montreal media would react if pk did win the cup in the same year habs got bounced in the first round of playoffs
pens easilly won the phil kessel trade
Roronoa Zoro
Gold Member
Crosby - best player of his generation no doubt, should be on the cover of next NHL game
I bet he is happy that pk didn't win the cup
just imagine how the montreal media would react if pk did win the cup in the same year habs got bounced in the first round of playoffs
pens easilly won the phil kessel trade
And the hornqvist/Neal trade
excelsiorlef
Member
I'm "excited" to find out how many Pens are going to be having surgery. They're all fucked lol
Missed the game, just got home
wow, Perds got fucking robbed, that's an awful way to lose the SCF.
excelsiorlef
Member
More fun with numbers. Penguins entered the league in the NHL's 50th season, they won their second cup during their 25th season and the NHL's 75th and now 25 years later they've won during their 50th and the NHL's 100th... Funny how weird shit works like that.
They also won cups on the 100 anniversary of the Cup's creation (though it wasn't awarded for the first time until 1893) and now the 125th ( though again the 125th anniversary of the cup first being handed out will be next year For some reason the celebrated the 125th this year but the 100th in 93 instead of 92.
More pointless numbers XD
They also won cups on the 100 anniversary of the Cup's creation (though it wasn't awarded for the first time until 1893) and now the 125th ( though again the 125th anniversary of the cup first being handed out will be next year For some reason the celebrated the 125th this year but the 100th in 93 instead of 92.
More pointless numbers XD
Crosby - best player of his generation no doubt, should be on the cover of next NHL game
I bet he is happy that pk didn't win the cup
just imagine how the montreal media would react if pk did win the cup in the same year habs got bounced in the first round of playoffs
pens easilly won the phil kessel trade
I dunno, I'm happy with Matthews (Kessel kept the team from tanking all the way), Kapanen Jr and that 30th 1st we turned into Fred Andersen.
I'm sure no Leafs fan is crying over Kessel winning a second cup.
Gunstar Ikari
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https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/874114918928273408
Now that's class. Makes me even more sad that we couldn't win.
Now that's class. Makes me even more sad that we couldn't win.
excelsiorlef
Member
https://twitter.com/Benstonium/status/874112506268188672
Not bragging but this is too funny not to share.
Also more fun stats Pens were outshot in 17 out of 25 games in the playoffs. That's an NHL record for a Stanley Cup Winner
Not bragging but this is too funny not to share.
Also more fun stats Pens were outshot in 17 out of 25 games in the playoffs. That's an NHL record for a Stanley Cup Winner
The Elite
BOSS
I haven't seen it but did someone at least ask if he was going to go for a double double?
I wish.
Yes. Yes, we can. They were one Ottawa OT goal away from not being here. And they got a clutch performance from Fleury in game seven against the Caps the series before that one to get to Ottawa.
This was a really hard-fought Cup win. Pens were on the edge of a knife multiple times.
dr.rocktopus
Banned
That wasn't the point of that trade for the leafs. Tank/get future assets was
I missed the game entirely... couldn't find it on the radio
Congrats Pens, back-to-back is something else in this day and age. They are getting dynasty​ like.
I think the current management still deserves some credit. Kessel, Hags, Bonino, Schultz etc...all acquired under Rutherford IIRC.
fuck the pens
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Yeah, I can't believe how well Rutherford has done after most of us were pretty hesitant on him.That wasn't the point of that trade for the leafs. Tank/get future assets was
I missed the game entirely... couldn't find it on the radio
Congrats Pens, back-to-back is something else in this day and age. They are getting dynasty​ like.
I think the current management still deserves some credit. Kessel, Hags, Bonino, Schultz etc...all acquired under Rutherford IIRC.
fuck the pens
DeaconKnowledge
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Crosby - best player of his generation no doubt, should be on the cover of next NHL game
I bet he is happy that pk didn't win the cup
just imagine how the montreal media would react if pk did win the cup in the same year habs got bounced in the first round of playoffs
pens easilly won the phil kessel trade
It still doesn't look good on the Canadiens. Habs fans are bitching about shipping off PK and him being the leader of a Stanley Cup contending team in one year.
Today fucking sucks.
Symmetry in Nashville missing its two best chances for a professional championship: In Super Bowl XXXIV on Jan. 30, 2000, the St. Louis Rams broke a tie score with 1:54 remaining in the game and the Tennessee Titans couldn't come back. In Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 11, 2017, the Pittsburgh Penguins broke a tie score with 1:35 remaining in the game and the Nashville Predators couldn't come back. Faith Hill sang the national anthem before both games
Symmetry in Nashville missing its two best chances for a professional championship: In Super Bowl XXXIV on Jan. 30, 2000, the St. Louis Rams broke a tie score with 1:54 remaining in the game and the Tennessee Titans couldn't come back. In Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 11, 2017, the Pittsburgh Penguins broke a tie score with 1:35 remaining in the game and the Nashville Predators couldn't come back. Faith Hill sang the national anthem before both games
This proves God doesn't exist. Faith means nothing.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I also thought her rendition of the Anthem was pretty awful
Two out of three anthems in Nashville were pretty bad in these Finals.
good guy Pekka
Gunstar Ikari
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SmackCrackleNPop
Member
I like baseball. But I follow the Angels and Trout is injured. Next year is our year!
excelsiorlef
Member
Not to mention Game 1 and 2 of the SCF were crazy and infinitely loseable yet they found ways.
That wasn't the point of that trade for the leafs. Tank/get future assets was
I missed the game entirely... couldn't find it on the radio
Congrats Pens, back-to-back is something else in this day and age. They are getting dynasty​ like.
I think the current management still deserves some credit. Kessel, Hags, Bonino, Schultz etc...all acquired under Rutherford IIRC.
fuck the pens
Kessel, Hagelin, Bonino, Hornqvist, Cullen, Schultz, Cole, Sheary, Hainsey, Daley, Rowney, Ruhwedel, Streit were all signed, or traded for by current GM Jim Rutherford since he got hired 3 years ago.
It's really impressive to think about when you see the whole list.
This narrative is getting a bit weird now. It's a team sport. You need a deep lineup. But where do Crosby and Malkin fit? The two best forwards in the game. Easily the two highest P/GP among active forwards. This isn't miracle work putting together a team that supports those two. Apart from Kessel, that supporting cast could be the Vegas Knights opening night roster if they didn't happen to be playing alongside two greats.
Gretzky/Messier
Lemieux/Jagr
Forsberg/Sakic
Crosby/Malkin
Combos that will win championships provided management does enough to support them.
Gretzky/Messier
Lemieux/Jagr
Forsberg/Sakic
Crosby/Malkin
Combos that will win championships provided management does enough to support them.
He said generational talents.
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