A meal fit for a King: Penguins GNT

[Ho_Brah]

why is Brown out there?

Why is wearing a "C"?

 

[IPostedWhat]

Tough break for the Kings tonight.

 

[pixburgher66]

Most entertaining game of the year...by far. Wow. Great game Kings fans.


Awesome moment was Bob Errey doing play by play of Kuni's shot before he made each move: "He'll probably go to his move...fake shot...opens the 5 hole." Boom.

 

[Ho_Brah]

btw Gagne what was that?

Great road game by the Pens.

 

[pixburgher66]

btw Gagne what was that?

Great road game by the Pens.

He got off a pretty good shot, Fleury kicked out the right pad pretty quick. Probably still would've been wide or off the post however.

Also, my favorite part of watching Pens games? Getting play by play texts from my Dad. Hey, if we're not in the same room, we're still watching them together. Even if they end at 1:30am. Gotta love Dad/Daughter time

 

[davnlaguna]

Overtime was one of the most open ones I've seen in a while.Hope Crosby comes back soon.

 

[Ho_Brah]

He got off a pretty good shot, Fleury kicked out the right pad pretty quick. Probably still would've been wide or off the post however.

Also, my favorite part of watching Pens games? Getting play by play texts from my Dad. Hey, if we're not in the same room, we're still watching them together. Even if they end at 1:30am. Gotta love Dad/Daughter time

that's cool. I got my 3 year old daughter to chant "Go Kings Go!". Probably the only kid in Hawaii that says that.

oh yeah. see you guys again in 2 years.

 

[pixburgher66]

Overtime was one of the most open ones I've seen in a while.Hope Crosby comes back soon.

Add Sid to the mix, and I'd love to see the Kings in the Finals. As usual, the thought of an entirely healthy Pens team (getting Sid, TK, Michalek, and now Lovejoy back) makes me drool. Oh the possibilities.

 

[pixburgher66]

that's cool. I got my 3 year old daughter to chant "Go Kings Go!". Probably the only kid in Hawaii that says that.

oh yeah. see you guys again in 2 years.

Raising her right Sports are how I have a relationship with my Dad. Not that we'd otherwise have a bad relationship, because he's awesome...but literally every time I call home we talk for a good 30 minutes about the Pens and Steelers. We just ignore Pitt at this point

 

[davnlaguna]

Add Sid to the mix, and I'd love to see the Kings in the Finals. As usual, the thought of an entirely healthy Pens team (getting Sid, TK, Michalek, and now Lovejoy back) makes me drool. Oh the possibilities.

Well now that we don't see the Pens again I want Crosby back.
I just want the Kings to make the second round.
I will be in Maui that week.

 

[pixburgher66]

Also, someone just said this on twitter: "The next game Pens play, Crosby might possibly be playing. Just think of that." I geeked a bit. Still all speculation, but the Pens don't play until Friday. That's 3 full practices most likely, with Sunday/Thursday being a skate only/light day. If he's ready, this'll be the best barometer.

 

[Ho_Brah]

I admit. I have a replica Crosby jersey from 2009.

 

[pixburgher66]

I admit. I have a replica Crosby jersey from 2009.

*shrugs* He's a good dude with a lot of talent. Honestly I'd probably like him a lot even if I weren't a Pens fan. Heck, if I had the money there'd certainly be some other jerseys I'd be purchase for my non-Pens favorites.

 

[flyersfan4706]

I check nhl.com to see how this game ends.

I seem to hate the Penguins more everyday.

 

[pixburgher66]

I check nhl.com to see how this game ends.

I seem to hate the Penguins more everyday.

Jagr has 6 goals, and Crosby has zero. How do you think we're feeling about you?



**not that the Crosby thing has anything to do with the Flyers, but just a depressing thought for us.**

 

[Ho_Brah]

post game rants...

Ethan Moreau with two truly bone-headed penalties, one of which contributed to the first Pens goal. "Veteran presence."

Dustin Penner with a nice no-look backhand pass to the other team.

Dustin Brown with a few of his familiar offensive zone giveaways.

Drew Doughty looking like a talented but nervous rookie with potential.

Jack Johnson playing the best hockey of his professional career.

Matt Greene contributed to both Kings goals. Okay? Matt Greene. My Matt Greene stock goes up, everyone else goes down.

Mike Richards can make as many mistakes as he wants. He's amazing. He almost scored on the 5-on-3. That was probably my favorite moment in the game, when he was in the corner with four Pens and the crowd was going nuts.

0-2-2 qualifies as a slump, I think.

I'm remembering Lombardi's comments from last season about how elite teams don't take nine games to bust out of a slump. We're at four games.

Traditionally, Lombardi would be preaching patience at this point, and maybe he will be again. "Let the kids work their way through it," etc.

Except...

...who are the kids?

Justin Williams, Simon Gagne, Penner, Richards, Jarret Stoll, Moreau, Trent Hunter, Willie Mitchell, Rob Scuderi, Greene, Anze Kopitar, Brown...that's 12 veterans. Scott Parse is...26? 27? Brad Richardson isn't a kid. The only "kids" in the line-up are Doughty, Johnson, Trevor Lewis, Kyle Clifford and Alec Martinez. You can count the goalies if you want.

But I wonder if the whole "kids have to learn to play with expectations" meme didn't become non-operational when Lombardi traded for Mike Richards and signed Gagne, Moreau and Hunter.
Meanwhile, Terry Murray's sound-bytes still sound like they're from the "it's all part of their NHL education" playbook.

Does anybody think Lombardi is going to insist "we're still ahead of schedule" if the team plays significantly worse this season than the last two seasons?

One thing I do know: Lombardi frequently talks about the window a month or so into the season when GMs evaluate what they've got and make adjustments.

Me, I see the same problems as last year. With significantly different personnel. What does that tell you?

 

[rares]

I think the Kings are fine (although I haven't watched the last couple games since they were on at the same time as Sharks games, IIRC)... they'll snap out of it.

Much like with the Sharks, I blame too many personnel changes and them needing to play with each other more, etc.

Plus, they're playing the Sharks next... so that might be the start of a winning streak right there. :p

 

[flyersfan4706]

Jagr has 6 goals, and Crosby has zero. How do you think we're feeling about you?



**not that the Crosby thing has anything to do with the Flyers, but just a depressing thought for us.**

Hell, Id take this Jagr over Kennedy anyday.

It is just how the Pens abuse overtime points. I cant stand it.

 

[pixburgher66]

Hell, Id take this Jagr over Kennedy anyday.

It is just how the Pens abuse overtime points. I cant stand it.

I mean...you can't really call it abuse. I don't think that they play for OT. I mean, we had to come back to win this one. I don't like the shootout as much as the next person, but I also hate the idea of ties.

 

[higgyfan4]

Also, my favorite part of watching Pens games? Getting play by play texts from my Dad. Hey, if we're not in the same room, we're still watching them together. Even if they end at 1:30am. Gotta love Dad/Daughter time

Agreed. My dad is the one who got me hooked on sports. I used to watch games with him all the time. Some of my fondest memories.

Wish he was still here to share them with. He would be so happy seeing the Lions doing so well. He was a HUGE Lions fan.