4 Pittsburgh Penguins v. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning Series Thread

[pixburgher66]

Wait...Kunitz is gonna be suspended?

 

[puckhead]

Random thought that occurred to me:

1-3-1 is a palindrome.

That is all.

boob

 

[Darkstone42]

Wait...Kunitz is gonna be suspended?

He should be. He threw a pretty bad elbow to the head of Simon Gagne. I thought it was at least a 5-gamer.

 

[Darkstone42]

boob

That too.

 

[pixburgher66]

PP late in the period. Time to take care of business.

 

[joe_baran]

Puck, ping-ponging a bit. Come on luck, where are you!?

 

[joe_baran]

Cripes... what has Neal done to be so snake bitten?

 

[pixburgher66]

So. Freaking. Close.

 

[pixburgher66]

If the PP continues to function like that, the goals will come.

 

[Darkstone42]

Rollie robbed Neal on the doorstep. He even lifted that puck a bit, but Roloson lifted his pad, too.

 

[Dacks]

He should be. He threw a pretty bad elbow to the head of Simon Gagne. I thought it was at least a 5-gamer.

Seriously? Maybe I need another look at the play, but the last time I checked, there is a penalty for elbowing, and it's 2 minutes....

 

[evolver115]

I'm biased, but if kunitz is suspended, then Downie should b as well for launching himself into Lovejoy.

 

[Darkstone42]

Seriously? Maybe I need another look at the play, but the last time I checked, there is a penalty for elbowing, and it's 2 minutes....

I think taking into consideration how intentional it looked, the league's commitment to cutting down on head shots, and Gagne's history of concussions, that it's a very suspendable hit. The penalty is for accidentally elbowing a guy, and I don't think that play fits the description laid out by the wording of the penalty.

I thought it looked awfully similar to Cooke's elbow, personally. I also didn't think the Downie hit was anything more than charging, because it didn't look to me that he got up at the head.

 

[pixburgher66]

He was trying to get into the play! Vinny turned into HIM!

 

[joe_baran]

You figure this has two obvious results. Momentum for the Pens or a tie game.

 

[pixburgher66]

Freaking bull. FREAKING BULL. I'm peeved that two bloody penalties have tied the game.

 

[Darkstone42]

I thought that was a decent call. Martin did grab him, and they did go down. He took a player out of the play when he didn't have the puck.

 

[Darkstone42]

TK answers! Yeah!

 

[joe_baran]

BINGO TK!!! thank the gods

 

[pixburgher66]

I thought that was a decent call. Martin did grab him, and they did go down. He took a player out of the play when he didn't have the puck.

I could've been a softer call, but Vinny turned into him while Martin tried to go towards the puck.