Series Thread: Round 2: (2) Pittsburgh v. (1) Washington

[elocomotive]

Some experts saying 4-5 games for Letang right now.

 

[pixburgher66]

Don't care, suspend his ass. Put AHL player Ben Lovejoy on the 1st defensive pairing or whoever else you guys have on the blue line. I wouldn't know because there isn't a notable player among them.

If you wanna star shit talking defensive depth, you're getting into murky waters...Mike Weber is next man up on the other end.

 

[Dacks]

Don't care, suspend his ass. Put AHL player Ben Lovejoy on the 1st defensive pairing or whoever else you guys have on the blue line. I wouldn't know because there isn't a notable player among them.

Aren't y'all playing our castoffs and.. Chorney?

 

[pixburgher66]

Some experts saying 4-5 games for Letang right now.

...DC based experts? I'm not even sure that hit gets four in the regular season, which the league has already said means less in suspension decisions.

 

[Kevin12773]

Orpik was a cheap prick with the pens and continues to be with the caps. That being said eloco is correct in saying Kristopher is a little puss.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

NHL 'ockey > greater than anything else...

BTW...

I believe THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR That a Canadian club has not been fielded in the tournament. FACT!

 

[apachef4]

Him and Murray are beating the Prez Trophy winners 2-0 right now.



Okay, that was funny.

Shit, was that first game just a practice game? This is going worse than I thought!

 

[Darkstone42]

The Letang hit is clearly suspendable. The Orpik hit was clearly more egregious in several respects, though, not the least of which are lateness and the use of the elbow/forearm. Both hits were dangerous and bad, Orpik's checked far more boxes with respect to illegality. That's a pretty significant factor to consider.

 

[Dacks]

Shit, was that first game just a practice game? This is going worse than I thought!

Hey, I got a little stressed at the end of this game. My counting is off!

 

[Dacks]

The Letang hit is clearly suspendable. The Orpik hit was clearly more egregious in several respects, though, not the least of which are lateness and the use of the elbow/forearm. Both hits were dangerous and bad, Orpik's checked far more boxes with respect to illegality. That's a pretty significant factor to consider.

Darkstone said it best.

 

[apachef4]

Hey, I got a little stressed at the end of this game. My counting is off!

It's all good. I just thought yinzer math class got to the number 1. I guess not.

 

[Dacks]

It's all good. I just thought yinzer math class got to the number 1. I guess not.

Not from Pittsburgh, but I do have a Msc in mathematics and I work as a statistician. Beer and stress will do that I think!

First time I've actually been worried about this series, which is odd after a loss. I thought we lost Game 1 on a few bad mistakes, and dominated Game 2 despite the score. This game though... was all Caps. It could be a long series.

 

[esls79]

There were far worse players than Scott Stevens stevens played with an edge. But he was not dirty. Dale Hunter,Chris Simon, Matt Cooke was worse with as far as dirty hits. Forwards need to take some responsibility too skate with your head up. Im not excusing dirty hits the Orpick hit was bad. But you cant expect defensemen to let forwards walk in the zone because their head is down and on the puck instead of the ice. Fundamentals

Old school fundamentals.

To be honest if Letang didn't leave his feet its a good open ice hit imo. Keeping your head up is one of the first fundamentals you learn. Even after leaving his feet it still wasn't that bad. The Orpick hit was dirty. I thought the cheap shot on hagelin after the goal was unnecessary too tho. He was cross checked well after the goal.

Even if Letang doesn't leave his feet that is not a clean hit. Any hit to the head is not a clean hit regardless of whether or not the guy had his head down.

 

[elocomotive]

...DC based experts? I'm not even sure that hit gets four in the regular season, which the league has already said means less in suspension decisions.

I'm just saying "some experts," and the use of the word "some" and "experts" may or may not be used liberally.

 

[Dacks]

Don't think these affect any decisions regarding Letang, but Caps were definitely seeking out their pound of flesh. (Normally I would've given Backstrom benefit of doubt, but he's been throwing crazy slashes on 87 and 71 on every faceoff this series...)

 

[elocomotive]

Congrats, Pens' fans. We'll be back.

 

[apachef4]

Not from Pittsburgh, but I do have a Msc in mathematics and I work as a statistician. Beer and stress will do that I think!

First time I've actually been worried about this series, which is odd after a loss. I thought we lost Game 1 on a few bad mistakes, and dominated Game 2 despite the score. This game though... was all Caps. It could be a long series.

Just so frustrating. Caps get dominated: lose. Caps dominate: lose. We've all seen this movie before. As a Caps fan, you just can't help but think it's replaying, especially against the Pens. But, they've said all along, it's different this year...we'll see.

 

[Gooch1034]

Don't think these affect any decisions regarding Letang, but Caps were definitely seeking out their pound of flesh. (Normally I would've given Backstrom benefit of doubt, but he's been throwing crazy slashes on 87 and 71 on every faceoff this series...)

The knee to the head didn't look intentional. Plus it looks like it was maybe the side of his leg that caught Letang.

 

[elocomotive]

Backstrom came across the ice and tried to dodge two players that slid in front of him. so....?

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Old school fundamentals.

Even if Letang doesn't leave his feet that is not a clean hit. Any hit to the head is not a clean hit regardless of whether or not the guy had his head down.

Mild shoulder forward had his head down forwards need to take some responsibility. Head up is a fundamental that surpasses eras