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2015 Penguins Thread -now with 100% more Kessel and a STANLEY CUP!
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they are just waiting and praying the Pens will fold and they are not. Everything that is being thrown at them, they are overcoming. It's pissing them off and I love it!
They've been waiting for the Pens to fold since the 1st round. Heres what I think. The 1st round the Pens peaked, came down rounds 2 and 3. Just enough to win. They will peak back up. Pens are due for a few blowouts in their favor. I want to see them bank in their opportunities
The competition has certainly have gotten stiffer, but the Pens have remained consistent with their speed and playing all four lines. There's a better chance of SJ getting frustrated and losing their cool to bury themselves. We've seen a little of that last night. I would certainly welcome a blowout or two. .
Yep........texted my son during the game that he's given up more than I think I've seen all season. Goalies just don't give those up anymore. He'll learn though not to get so far out of position and that you can't get back fast enough at this level.
Crosby is, as RF Jr. put it........"Playing like the best player in the world" right now.
The first PP last night was very good. And yeah, SJ was getting frustrated already.....they wanna be bullies. Gotta make that pay.
Awaiting Barry Melrose's excuses. Thought JR was going to cry already. All game, it seemed like we were listening to a Sharks broadcast of how well they passed or deflected a puck. Sickening
The Maple Leafs suck as a franchise. Guess it was contagious.
X2 sometimes it sounded like you were listening the the Sharks hockey network....
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Former Sharks' draft pick comes back to haunt San Jose
"We had some spurts here and there," said Sharks' coach Pete DeBoer. "But they played their game for longer stretches than we did tonight. That's what happens. You don't deserve to win when you don't outplay the other team."
The focus now will be on whether the Sharks can respond the way they did in the Western Conference finals, when they lost Game 1 to the St. Louis Blues in a similar fashion -- on the road, poor start but better finish despite the defeat -- and then wound up winning four of the next five games to take the series. Is a repeat possible?
"There's nothing that I saw tonight that I'm going out of here thinking we can't come out and compete and play much better on our end," DeBoer said. "They're a good team. It's the two best teams in the league . . . I think part of it is us fixing our execution. We've been pretty good about that throughout the playoff trail of getting that stuff fixed."
True. But the Penguins are not the same team as the St. Louis Blues in one important respect: Pittsburgh has wheels galore. Their forwards are here and gone before you can say "here and gone."
This caused big problems for the Sharks in Monday's first period. For a while, you wondered if the beloved Los Tiburones were going to be left in Penguin dust. During those opening minutes, you'd have thought the Sharks were the slowest and most careless team in four time zones.
The Penguins shot out of their dressing room like a shook-up can of Iron City beer that someone popped open and sprayed all over Consul Energy Center.
And the Sharks?
"We stood around and watched," DeBoer said.
Pittsburgh outshot the Sharks, 15-4, while they were doing that first-period spectating. The Penguins kept crossing the blue line with speed and unloading. But the Sharks scrambled enough defensively to stave off a goal and the scoreboard stayed at 0-0 until shortly after a Pittsburgh power play nine minutes into the game. This allowed the Penguins to gain momentum and not long after, they scored twice in a little more than a minute to take a 2-0 lead.
"We knew they were going to start fast," said the Sharks' Joe Thornton said. "And they did. I think that early power play got them going and they were just jumping."
During a mid-game television interview, DeBoer hinted that the Sharks had been nervous out of the gate, which created the first-period issues. DeBoer backed away from that a bit in his postgame news conference when someone asked if the Sharks had been struck by the Stanley Cup jitters.
"I don't know," DeBoer said. "You know, guys are dialed in, they want to play well. Everyone's heart is in the right place. It's something. Is it us traveling? Emotional letdown after the last game? Other than the travel, they (the Penguins) are dealing with the same things. They were better than us. We've got to fix that."
Sharks centerman Logan Couture, always the biggest truth-teller in the Sharks room, was far more blunt.
"We obviously weren't prepared to go," Couture said. "I don't need to say that. You saw it yourself. It was ugly."
Fortunately, between the first and second period, the Shark players managed to calm themselves (probably with DeBoer's verbal guidance) and the second period was entirely different. The Sharks managed the puck better, drew a power play that led to a goal by Tomas Hertl, and then tied the score at 2-2 on a beautiful wraparound by Patrick Marleau.
The third swayed more back and forth -- but the Sharks missed their best chances and the Penguins seized the one that mattered. Defenseman Brent Burns had his stick knocked out of his hand by a Pittsburgh shot and eventually the puck made its way to the Penguins' Nick Bonino in a soft spot behind the Sharks' Paul Martin. With 2:33 left in the game, Pittsburgh took the 3-2 lead and rode it home.
"We'll respond," Thornton promised.
To do so, the Sharks have some problems to fix. The line centered by rookie Chris Tierney struggled all night to defend or control most of the Pittsburgh lines it faced, especially the one centered by Evgeni Malkin. Sidney Crosby, the Penguins' top center, was the presence you'd expect him to be.
What else? Bonino, the winning goal scorer, was a 2007 Sharks draft choice that was traded away in 2009 and may be at least be slightly motivated to show his former team what it missed. Bonino still has the jersey given him by the Sharks on draft day hanging in his closet, as a reminder.
The Penguins are a handful. But if the Sharks can do what they did against Nashville and St. Louis -- gain more puck control (as happened in the second period) and wear down Pittsburgh's defenseman over a long series, the result may be the same as it was in the first few playoff rounds.
If so, then Monday's first period -- which is essentially what cost the Sharks' the game -- will be a blip on the radar. It would be a shame if this Stanley Cup hinged on one team standing around and watching during the first period of the first game.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mark-pur...ve-time-erase-game-1s-costly?source=autofeed#
"We had some spurts here and there," said Sharks' coach Pete DeBoer. "But they played their game for longer stretches than we did tonight. That's what happens. You don't deserve to win when you don't outplay the other team."
The focus now will be on whether the Sharks can respond the way they did in the Western Conference finals, when they lost Game 1 to the St. Louis Blues in a similar fashion -- on the road, poor start but better finish despite the defeat -- and then wound up winning four of the next five games to take the series. Is a repeat possible?
"There's nothing that I saw tonight that I'm going out of here thinking we can't come out and compete and play much better on our end," DeBoer said. "They're a good team. It's the two best teams in the league . . . I think part of it is us fixing our execution. We've been pretty good about that throughout the playoff trail of getting that stuff fixed."
True. But the Penguins are not the same team as the St. Louis Blues in one important respect: Pittsburgh has wheels galore. Their forwards are here and gone before you can say "here and gone."
This caused big problems for the Sharks in Monday's first period. For a while, you wondered if the beloved Los Tiburones were going to be left in Penguin dust. During those opening minutes, you'd have thought the Sharks were the slowest and most careless team in four time zones.
The Penguins shot out of their dressing room like a shook-up can of Iron City beer that someone popped open and sprayed all over Consul Energy Center.
And the Sharks?
"We stood around and watched," DeBoer said.
Pittsburgh outshot the Sharks, 15-4, while they were doing that first-period spectating. The Penguins kept crossing the blue line with speed and unloading. But the Sharks scrambled enough defensively to stave off a goal and the scoreboard stayed at 0-0 until shortly after a Pittsburgh power play nine minutes into the game. This allowed the Penguins to gain momentum and not long after, they scored twice in a little more than a minute to take a 2-0 lead.
"We knew they were going to start fast," said the Sharks' Joe Thornton said. "And they did. I think that early power play got them going and they were just jumping."
During a mid-game television interview, DeBoer hinted that the Sharks had been nervous out of the gate, which created the first-period issues. DeBoer backed away from that a bit in his postgame news conference when someone asked if the Sharks had been struck by the Stanley Cup jitters.
"I don't know," DeBoer said. "You know, guys are dialed in, they want to play well. Everyone's heart is in the right place. It's something. Is it us traveling? Emotional letdown after the last game? Other than the travel, they (the Penguins) are dealing with the same things. They were better than us. We've got to fix that."
Sharks centerman Logan Couture, always the biggest truth-teller in the Sharks room, was far more blunt.
"We obviously weren't prepared to go," Couture said. "I don't need to say that. You saw it yourself. It was ugly."
Fortunately, between the first and second period, the Shark players managed to calm themselves (probably with DeBoer's verbal guidance) and the second period was entirely different. The Sharks managed the puck better, drew a power play that led to a goal by Tomas Hertl, and then tied the score at 2-2 on a beautiful wraparound by Patrick Marleau.
The third swayed more back and forth -- but the Sharks missed their best chances and the Penguins seized the one that mattered. Defenseman Brent Burns had his stick knocked out of his hand by a Pittsburgh shot and eventually the puck made its way to the Penguins' Nick Bonino in a soft spot behind the Sharks' Paul Martin. With 2:33 left in the game, Pittsburgh took the 3-2 lead and rode it home.
"We'll respond," Thornton promised.
To do so, the Sharks have some problems to fix. The line centered by rookie Chris Tierney struggled all night to defend or control most of the Pittsburgh lines it faced, especially the one centered by Evgeni Malkin. Sidney Crosby, the Penguins' top center, was the presence you'd expect him to be.
What else? Bonino, the winning goal scorer, was a 2007 Sharks draft choice that was traded away in 2009 and may be at least be slightly motivated to show his former team what it missed. Bonino still has the jersey given him by the Sharks on draft day hanging in his closet, as a reminder.
The Penguins are a handful. But if the Sharks can do what they did against Nashville and St. Louis -- gain more puck control (as happened in the second period) and wear down Pittsburgh's defenseman over a long series, the result may be the same as it was in the first few playoff rounds.
If so, then Monday's first period -- which is essentially what cost the Sharks' the game -- will be a blip on the radar. It would be a shame if this Stanley Cup hinged on one team standing around and watching during the first period of the first game.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mark-pur...ve-time-erase-game-1s-costly?source=autofeed#
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******* - have to get retribution on the ice, take em out
Sharks' Patrick Marleau dodges NHL suspension for head shot
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(1/3) Dept of Player Safety determines no Supplemental Discipline is warranted for Patrick Marleau’s hit on Bryan Rust in Game 1 of the SCF.
(2/3) Main points of contact: shoulders, chest. Rust low, off-balance, reaching.
(3/3) Marleau does not “pick” the head, elevate or extend. Head contact is with Marleau’s back.
http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/05/31/st...harks-patrick-marleau-no-suspension-head-shot
Sharks' Patrick Marleau dodges NHL suspension for head shot
NHL Player Safety @NHLPlayerSafety
(1/3) Dept of Player Safety determines no Supplemental Discipline is warranted for Patrick Marleau’s hit on Bryan Rust in Game 1 of the SCF.
(2/3) Main points of contact: shoulders, chest. Rust low, off-balance, reaching.
(3/3) Marleau does not “pick” the head, elevate or extend. Head contact is with Marleau’s back.
http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/05/31/st...harks-patrick-marleau-no-suspension-head-shot
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They cant afford to play stupid and put SJ on the power play.
This is absolute horse ****, and anybody with eyes will tell you that Marleau led with his shoulder, and lifted,, not his ******* back.
It was a whitewash of a head shot that they didn't want to tarnish the spectacle that is the Stanley Cup.
**** Marleau. Greasy **** sucker went for the KO cause his team couldnt keep up with our youngins. Jackass. Hope he gets knocked 6 rows into the stands and for good measure I hope someone at Console is eating nachos and a jalapeno lands on his wounds
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Evgeni Malkin is officially a dad. Welcome, Nikita Malkin!
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Malkin and his fiancé, Anna Kasterova, welcomed their first child, son Nikita, into the world this morning. What a considerate little boy - being born on an off day!
http://www.pensburgh.com/2016/5/31/11821038/evgeni-malkin-is-officially-a-dad-welcome-nikita-malkin
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Malkin and his fiancé, Anna Kasterova, welcomed their first child, son Nikita, into the world this morning. What a considerate little boy - being born on an off day!
http://www.pensburgh.com/2016/5/31/11821038/evgeni-malkin-is-officially-a-dad-welcome-nikita-malkin
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hey, at least he got rid of that blonde puckbunny
Kasterova isn't bad looking at all. Go Geno!
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The Inside Scoop: Rust Update; Fehr an Option
RUST DAY-TO-DAY
The Pens had eight players take part in their practice: forwards Sidney Crosby, Beau Bennett and Oskar Sundqvist, defensemen Derrick Pouliot and Steve Oleksey and goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury and Jeff Zatkoff.
One player that didn’t take part in the optional session was forward Bryan Rust, who left Game 1 with an upper-body injury after receiving a blow to the head from San Jose’s Patrick Marleau.
“He’s still being evaluated and he’s day-to-day,” head coach Mike Sullivan said.
Rust, who scored the game’s opening goal for his rookie franchise-record sixth of the postseason, returned briefly during the third period, but then left the game again and did not return.
“We rely on the medical staff to take the necessary steps with our players and that’s what they did,” Sullivan said. “I get information from (head athletic trainer Chris Stewart) on whether or not a player is available or not throughout the course of the game.
“Our medical staff does a terrific job as far as taking the right precautionary measures. Our philosophy has always been the health of our athletes is first and foremost. Our guys take that very seriously. And I think our guys to a terrific job so we trust them.”
Sullivan wasn’t interested in discussing whether or not the league should take any further disciplinary action on Marleau for the hit.
“I don’t really have an opinion on it,” Sullivan said. “I shared my opinion last night. We’re just going to play hockey. The league does their job; we’re going to do our job. We’re just going to play.”
If Rust is unable to play, one option for the coaching staff would be reuniting Eric Fehr with Evgeni Malkin, a tandem from earlier in the playoffs.
“I’m comfortable with wherever they put me,” Fehr said. “They’ve put me in enough situations all year. Wherever they put me I’ll be happy to play.”
While certainly an option, Sullivan wasn’t tipping his hand.
“That’s a lot of hypotheticals for me,” Sullivan said. “Coaches don’t really live in that world."
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884547&cmpid=pit-fb-penguins
RUST DAY-TO-DAY
The Pens had eight players take part in their practice: forwards Sidney Crosby, Beau Bennett and Oskar Sundqvist, defensemen Derrick Pouliot and Steve Oleksey and goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury and Jeff Zatkoff.
One player that didn’t take part in the optional session was forward Bryan Rust, who left Game 1 with an upper-body injury after receiving a blow to the head from San Jose’s Patrick Marleau.
“He’s still being evaluated and he’s day-to-day,” head coach Mike Sullivan said.
Rust, who scored the game’s opening goal for his rookie franchise-record sixth of the postseason, returned briefly during the third period, but then left the game again and did not return.
“We rely on the medical staff to take the necessary steps with our players and that’s what they did,” Sullivan said. “I get information from (head athletic trainer Chris Stewart) on whether or not a player is available or not throughout the course of the game.
“Our medical staff does a terrific job as far as taking the right precautionary measures. Our philosophy has always been the health of our athletes is first and foremost. Our guys take that very seriously. And I think our guys to a terrific job so we trust them.”
Sullivan wasn’t interested in discussing whether or not the league should take any further disciplinary action on Marleau for the hit.
“I don’t really have an opinion on it,” Sullivan said. “I shared my opinion last night. We’re just going to play hockey. The league does their job; we’re going to do our job. We’re just going to play.”
If Rust is unable to play, one option for the coaching staff would be reuniting Eric Fehr with Evgeni Malkin, a tandem from earlier in the playoffs.
“I’m comfortable with wherever they put me,” Fehr said. “They’ve put me in enough situations all year. Wherever they put me I’ll be happy to play.”
While certainly an option, Sullivan wasn’t tipping his hand.
“That’s a lot of hypotheticals for me,” Sullivan said. “Coaches don’t really live in that world."
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884547&cmpid=pit-fb-penguins
Mrs. Malkin. Hope she let's Geno get some rest.
I think Rust will be fine btw. Pisses me off too. But gotta continue playing Pens hockey
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Listen to the epic Hockey Night Punjabi call of the Penguins' game-winning goal!!!
Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!
Boninoooooooooooooooo!
hahahahahahahaha!
(VIDEO)
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/n...punjabi-s-viral-epic-goal-call-131701296.html
https://twitter.com/hashtag/BONINOBONINOBONINO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw
Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!Bonino!
Boninoooooooooooooooo!
hahahahahahahaha!
(VIDEO)
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/n...punjabi-s-viral-epic-goal-call-131701296.html
https://twitter.com/hashtag/BONINOBONINOBONINO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw
If anyone's noticing the Pens are at their best when they harass their opponents in the opponent's defensive end as they try to exit. The Pen's forwards are fast enough to get in deep and harass and still be able to get back should the tactic not work. But I've lost count of how many turnovers and chances they've generated by doing this. Even on the PK.....it's led to a short handed opportunity or two.
That and a hard working, grinding forecheck were what was missing in period 2. Gotta keep that FC going if at all possible....probably pretty draining physically but it may only be for three more games if they play that way.....rest up on the beach next week boys! You can even drink from the Cup!
That and a hard working, grinding forecheck were what was missing in period 2. Gotta keep that FC going if at all possible....probably pretty draining physically but it may only be for three more games if they play that way.....rest up on the beach next week boys! You can even drink from the Cup!
I want Game 2! Going to San Jose and split there, I'd start spit shining that big silver, shiny trophy. One game at a time! Win tonight!!!
Hope Rust plays and is alright. We need his speed and nose for the puck.
Hope Rust plays and is alright. We need his speed and nose for the puck.
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