Ongoing NHL thread - Part III

[elocomotive]

The gauntlet, thrown down it is...

Can't really throw down a gauntlet when one team is the best in the NHL and the other has Ben Lovejoy as a starting D-man. Pittsburgh trying to get physical here. Funny to watch because the Caps not only far more skilled, but much bigger and better hitters, too.

I'd say let the Pens' win because I want to fucking destroy them in the first round. Jersey or Philly wouldn't be as fun.

 

[elocomotive]

Bingo! Best Evgeny on the ice puts one home.

 

[dash]

Jakub Nakladal (1)
Assists: Jyrki Jokipakka, Michael Frolik

/I'm now officially out of "J's" and "K's"

Edit: Now with giffy goodness.

 

[Dacks]

Can't really throw down a gauntlet when one team is the best in the NHL and the other has Ben Lovejoy as a starting D-man. Pittsburgh trying to get physical here. Funny to watch because the Caps not only far more skilled, but much bigger and better hitters, too.

I'd say let the Pens' win because I want to fucking destroy them in the first round. Jersey or Philly wouldn't be as fun.

I bet you would. Maybe you could bump up that H2H playoff record to 2 for 8.

 

[esls79]

Can't really throw down a gauntlet when one team is the best in the NHL and the other has Ben Lovejoy as a starting D-man. Pittsburgh trying to get physical here. Funny to watch because the Caps not only far more skilled, but much bigger and better hitters, too.

I'd say let the Pens' win because I want to fucking destroy them in the first round. Jersey or Philly wouldn't be as fun.

They better not lose to a team full of lamp posts, fire hydrants and pylons.

/and nut punchers

 

[DragonfromTO]

Can't really throw down a gauntlet when one team is the best in the NHL and the other has Ben Lovejoy as a starting D-man. Pittsburgh trying to get physical here. Funny to watch because the Caps not only far more skilled, but much bigger and better hitters, too.

I'd say let the Pens' win because I want to fucking destroy them in the first round. Jersey or Philly wouldn't be as fun.

With a win tonight they'd move up out of the 8th seed though.

 

[dash]

I bet you would. Maybe you could bump up that H2H playoff record to 2 for 8.

And Dacks with a fine return of the Isner serve.

 

[Dacks]

And Dacks with a fine return of the Isner serve.

With a 2 year old, I basically only have time to post about tennis / bother Eloco...

 

[dash]

You can put in the loss column, but another +2 Matthews points. Sigh.

 

[dash]

They better not lose to a team full of lamp posts, fire hydrants and pylons.

/and nut punchers

You forgot hair pullers, esls.

 

[elocomotive]

I bet you would. Maybe you could bump up that H2H playoff record to 2 for 8.

Live in the past... it's where the Crosby/Malkin best days were.

 

[Dacks]

Live in the past... it's where the Crosby/Malkin best days were.

Maybe one day Caps will know what it feels like to look back at the past in fondness...

 

[elocomotive]

Inevitability represented in a hockey goal.

 

[Dacks]

Niskanen! Traitor.

 

[dare2be]

There we go, Caps. Richards cuts the lead to 2-1. Time to get rolling here and give the Penguins a preview of their first round exit.

Already seen it. We've been seeing the same preview of the first round exit for years now...

Gauntlet ignored.

 

[elocomotive]

Maybe one day Caps will know what it feels like to look back at the past in fondness...

Anything more than we once won Cups? ...No?



LMMMO.

 

[dare2be]

Pens are in true 2nd half form. Play .500 throughout the rest of the year, but no wins against winning teams or teams they are fighting against for a playoff spot.

 

[Dacks]

Anything more than we once won Cups? ...No?

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LMMMO.

Not a great time for Pens fans, it's true.

Mind you, a great year for Caps fans is blowing a 3-1 lead in the second round. What new heartbreak will they come up with this season? Always exciting to see!

 

[Dacks]

This is a horrible last minute push...

 

[elocomotive]

Not a great time for Pens fans, it's true.

Mind you, a great year for Caps fans is blowing a 3-1 lead in the second round. What new heartbreak will they come up with this season? Always exciting to see!

This believer holds out hope. And I guess that's a confirmation on the third dip in the past results well.

Weak shit, Dacks. I expect better.

Y'all can hate, but at the end of the day you know your team is a pile.

Any of you Pens fans have anything to say for your dogshit franchise? Your inexcusably awful defensive corp? An unforgivable trade to bring in Kessel? Or the constant things you told me about how MAF was a gamer when I told you he was just another mediocre goalie?

Your shit is weak. Your team is weak. And you've stoked my fire tonight. Thank you!