Good win. Looks like they are back on track. It was especially pleasing to see the Pens not retaliate when the Rags started banging them around with some questionable hits. They just kept on skating.
2015 Penguins Thread -now with 100% more Kessel and a STANLEY CUP!
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very good win, holding any team to 17 shots on goal will give you a great chance to win. Murray was very good, now can he do it on a consistent basis? He'd have a great game in the regular season, then he'd follow it by giving up 3 first period goals. The Rangers did get away from what they did in game two, chip the puck behind our D at the blue line than forecheck, they were trying to be to fancy entering our zone, I expect them to get back to chipping and forechecking in game 4. We looked like we wanted it more.
Yes Murray looked good - but without the D he'd have been sunk. Together they made the Rangers look ordinary.
Great Offensive game plan, looked like the foot was buried on the gas petal all night long.
Great Offensive game plan, looked like the foot was buried on the gas petal all night long.
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NHL - hair on fire.....
The NHL is investigating Andrew Shaw for yelling “******” at a ref during Tuesday’s game against the Blues
Andrew Shaw suspended one game, apologizes for 'insensitive remarks'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...iscipline-homophobic-slur-20160419-story.html
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Is '**********' still acceptable?
The NHL is investigating Andrew Shaw for yelling “******” at a ref during Tuesday’s game against the Blues
Andrew Shaw suspended one game, apologizes for 'insensitive remarks'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...iscipline-homophobic-slur-20160419-story.html
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Is '**********' still acceptable?
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I kept seeing it referred to as "homophobic." Not sure I understand that.
Well well, those filthy philly ******** didnt get swept
Eh. I say good for Andrew Shaw lol. Tell those refs who "blow" calls. Damn "cocksuckers"
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Calling a ref a *** probably wasn't the smartest thing to do
Ha - Rangers fans are having a **** fit Letang WASN'T suspended for his high stick to the mouth
How NHL excused nasty hit that knocked out 3 Ranger teeth
Inexplicably, the Rangers were told by the league that there was no suspension and no hearing for the vicious act — deliberate or not — because the play was the result of a hit on Letang from the Rangers forechecking forward, Dominic Moore, thus forcing the stick up into Stalberg’s face. It was an interesting explanation in the midst of a series, and league-wide playoffs, that has been ripe with disciplinary inequity — which, mind you, is different than bias.
“We might feel that it seems deliberate,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said after his team’s optional practice at the Garden on Wednesday. “The NHL doesn’t see it that way, and the referees on the ice at the time didn’t see it that way. We just have to deal with it and focus on the next game.”
Letang lamented the hurt he inflicted on Stalberg, and made it clear that he had no intent to injure.
“I went in the corner trying to clear the puck, my stick was up and I got hit at the same time,” Letang said. “Not in a million years would I try to hit somebody in the face like that.
“When he was skating by the bench I said sorry. I didn’t know if I hit him or I hit Dominic behind me. I got hit, and I went off balance and I was leaning forward. I just said sorry to the guy.”
http://nypost.com/2016/04/20/how-nhl-excused-nasty-hit-that-knocked-out-rangers-3-teeth/
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D was better....much more active. And Cullen turning into the steal of the century.
Oh waaaah.
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I would have had Letang suspended - just because it looked bad - but they said it was the shaft of his stick and not the blade that hit him so it wasn't intentional
Letang in trouble?
High stick on Stalberg looked ugly, but intent debatable
It’s almost impossible to fathom why neither of the two referees, Dave Jackson or Kelly Sutherland, would have raised his arm for a penalty. All of the league’s high-sticking rules require the player to be “responsible for his stick,” meaning intent doesn’t need to applied to making a call. Except for the follow-through of a shot, the burden is on the player holding the stick. What’s more, if a player is bloodied by an unintentional high stick, the minor penalty automatically becomes a double-minor.
http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/04/20/will-letangs-high-stick-warrant-suspension/
Letang in trouble?
High stick on Stalberg looked ugly, but intent debatable
It’s almost impossible to fathom why neither of the two referees, Dave Jackson or Kelly Sutherland, would have raised his arm for a penalty. All of the league’s high-sticking rules require the player to be “responsible for his stick,” meaning intent doesn’t need to applied to making a call. Except for the follow-through of a shot, the burden is on the player holding the stick. What’s more, if a player is bloodied by an unintentional high stick, the minor penalty automatically becomes a double-minor.
http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/04/20/will-letangs-high-stick-warrant-suspension/
Agreed. I'm hoping they rough up the caps a bit
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I would have had Letang suspended - just because it looked bad - but they said it was the shaft of his stick and not the blade that hit him so it wasn't intentional
Letang in trouble?
High stick on Stalberg looked ugly, but intent debatable
It’s almost impossible to fathom why neither of the two referees, Dave Jackson or Kelly Sutherland, would have raised his arm for a penalty. All of the league’s high-sticking rules require the player to be “responsible for his stick,” meaning intent doesn’t need to applied to making a call. Except for the follow-through of a shot, the burden is on the player holding the stick. What’s more, if a player is bloodied by an unintentional high stick, the minor penalty automatically becomes a double-minor.
http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/04/20/will-letangs-high-stick-warrant-suspension/
Looks very bad, on his emergence from a hit, and he seems to swing through. Yeesh. Should have been penalized and maybe suspended.
In the old days, guys would never do that because they knew they'd get it back next shift or two.
Stalburg should watch where he's skating, he won't run into as many sticks.
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The press wants Letang's head
Why Kris Letang wasn't suspended by NHL for neck slash on Stalberg
While we don’t believe Kris Letang momentarily decided to play Tee-Ball with Stalberg’s head, there’s no question the position of his stick was dangerous (but it's sadly predictable that it wasn’t penalized late in a tightly contested playoff game). The other point of view on this is that the Department of Player Safety exists to penalize reckless plays as much as they penalize intentional ones. And they've suspended for less.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...layer-safety-hearing-for-slash-154651639.html
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Penguins star’s vicious neck slash on Rangers — and refs missed it
http://nypost.com/2016/04/20/letangs-missed-cheap-shot-may-have-been-suspension-worthy/
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Why NHL’s pass for reckless Penguin is wrong in every way
http://nypost.com/2016/04/20/disciplinary-challenged-nhl-lets-letang-penguins-off-the-hook/
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I fully expect to see Letang or someone laid out tonight - they will be looking for retaliation
Why Kris Letang wasn't suspended by NHL for neck slash on Stalberg
While we don’t believe Kris Letang momentarily decided to play Tee-Ball with Stalberg’s head, there’s no question the position of his stick was dangerous (but it's sadly predictable that it wasn’t penalized late in a tightly contested playoff game). The other point of view on this is that the Department of Player Safety exists to penalize reckless plays as much as they penalize intentional ones. And they've suspended for less.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...layer-safety-hearing-for-slash-154651639.html
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Penguins star’s vicious neck slash on Rangers — and refs missed it
http://nypost.com/2016/04/20/letangs-missed-cheap-shot-may-have-been-suspension-worthy/
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Why NHL’s pass for reckless Penguin is wrong in every way
http://nypost.com/2016/04/20/disciplinary-challenged-nhl-lets-letang-penguins-off-the-hook/
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I fully expect to see Letang or someone laid out tonight - they will be looking for retaliation
I don't get why a lot of things are called , and others aren't. During the regular season, Letang gets a forced vacation. Gets a break in the playoffs. I don't get why NHL refs will intentionally try to even up the number of penalties, or not call something during a PK that they would ordinarily call. Why does one drop of blood mean 4 vs 2 minutes? Why do they swallow their whistles in the last few minutes? I believe if one intentionally head hunts, either with a stick or shoulder, they should get an automatic 10 game suspension. That **** would end. But they don't.
In some ways, the NHL operates like the WWE. Does it help sell tickets? Maybe. It also puts their players at risk....especially the skill players. I would like to see that change.......but it would involve adopting a more European brand of hockey, and less Canadian. Unfortunately, the Toronto overlords would not allow that.
In some ways, the NHL operates like the WWE. Does it help sell tickets? Maybe. It also puts their players at risk....especially the skill players. I would like to see that change.......but it would involve adopting a more European brand of hockey, and less Canadian. Unfortunately, the Toronto overlords would not allow that.
He should be suspended, but I'm not going to ***** to much, remember Staal last post season using Sid's head as a piniata, and Dubinsky the year before and nothing was done.
I think it will be an ugly game too. I do see the Pens coming out victorious though. Not sure if someone would be willing to drop the gloves with Letang. The guy can fight
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Nobody wants to get suspended in the playoffs for a retaliation attack - we have that going for us
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where was all this when Simmonds tried to de-head Murray?
**** the media, and NYC.
**** the media, and NYC.
Let's Go Pens!
Take this series over
Take this series over
A shut out in MSG. I love it. Dominate performance. Questionable calls both sides as usual. But in the end, the Pens were the better team
Great game. If anyone needs tickets I have 2 for Saturday in the Burgh! Sec 227 $230 for the pair
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