NHL/AHL/ECHL/WHL Talk

Originally posted by Nellinator
Penguins are too young (although they looked very impressive against Boston) and Fleury isn't as good as some of you seem to think, he's a super bright prospect and I love him, but not yet. Tampa Bay doesn't have the depth, Atlanta has too many Europeans, not enough leadership, and too young of a goalie.

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Decent enough inference. I wont punch your balls for the blasphemy. Thing about Fluery is that he is a hot and cold goalie like Barrasso. He plays just like tommy borrasso. When he is hot HES a brick damn wall. When hes cold, he faulters. The most impressive thing overall when speaking about the Pens, is there inability to be pressured. The momentum shifhts NEVER seem to effect their game play. That is a big aspect of any hockey team.

you say they are to young. That is what makes a championship team. youth and talent. I am taking the liberty in saying the pens are as fast if not faster than buffalo considering on how much they score off of the rush. Even with their youth, they have a veterans to idolize on the team. REcchi is a major player on this team of champions. recchi is very underated. He is silent scorer. Gonchar is another important veteran. The youth is what will take them to the cup.

god dammit people, you are instore for magic on ice with this penguin team. you lucky bastards get to become penguin fans for the first time.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Penguins are too young (although they looked very impressive against Boston) and Fleury isn't as good as some of you seem to think, he's a super bright prospect and I love him, but not yet. Tampa Bay doesn't have the depth, Atlanta has too many Europeans, not enough leadership, and too young of a goalie.

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Decent enough inference. I wont punch your balls for the blasphemy. Thing about Fluery is that he is a hot and cold goalie like Barrasso. He plays just like tommy borrasso. When he is hot HES a brick damn wall. When hes cold, he faulters. No Fluery is not overated. thre 35 shot games in a row with 32 saves in each, naw he's star. The most impressive thing overall when speaking about the Pens, is there inability to be pressured. The momentum shifhts NEVER seem to effect their game play. That is a big aspect of any hockey team. DOnt forget about thibault.

you say they are to young. That is what makes a championship team. youth and talent. I am taking the liberty in saying the pens are as fast if not faster than buffalo considering on how much they score off of the rush. Even with their youth, they have a veterans to idolize on the team. REcchi is a major player on this team of champions. recchi is very underated. He is silent scorer. Gonchar is another important veteran. The youth is what will take them to the cup.

god dammit people, you are instore for magic on ice with this penguin team. you lucky bastards get to become penguin fans for the first time.

I was an Penguins fan before Crosby.

I was a fan when Lumiuex played.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Typical Canadian.

Saying a team wont win because it has Europeans on it, and not realizing that Vancouver (a Canadian team I might add) is filled with Europeans, especially considering thier captain is Swedish, thier top three scorers are swedish and thier main guy in the back is Chezch.

The only thing that they have thats Canadian is Luongo.

But also considering that the Canucks have always faltered in the playoffs, and that Luongo hasnt played in the playoffs, I wouldnt be soo sure...and that they have too many Europeans on it.

And North American player percentages statistically increase in the playoffs towards the finals every year. The tough get going and the Kovalchuks of the NHL disappear. You need a tough team of role players to win the Cup and very few Europeans are tough role players. There are exceptions, but that's the general way of things.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
Decent enough inference. I wont punch your balls for the blasphemy. Thing about Fluery is that he is a hot and cold goalie like Barrasso. He plays just like tommy borrasso. When he is hot HES a brick damn wall. When hes cold, he faulters. No Fluery is not overated. thre 35 shot games in a row with 32 saves in each, naw he's star. The most impressive thing overall when speaking about the Pens, is there inability to be pressured. The momentum shifhts NEVER seem to effect their game play. That is a big aspect of any hockey team. DOnt forget about thibault.

you say they are to young. That is what makes a championship team. youth and talent. I am taking the liberty in saying the pens are as fast if not faster than buffalo considering on how much they score off of the rush. Even with their youth, they have a veterans to idolize on the team. REcchi is a major player on this team of champions. recchi is very underated. He is silent scorer. Gonchar is another important veteran. The youth is what will take them to the cup.

god dammit people, you are instore for magic on ice with this penguin team. you lucky bastards get to become penguin fans for the first time.

Watch in the playoffs:
Armstrong (tough as nails)
Whitney (big all situation d-man)
Orpik (best hitter)
Staal (another one of my favourite prospects that will make them great in a few years with his great defense, penalty killing, and size... with scoring to boot).
Crosby (he's got to be great if they have a chance)
Recchi (the only real veteran with good playoff experience in winning 2 cups... 34 points in the 1991 playoffs when the Penguins won the cup=unreal and great again in last years playoffs)

These are going to be key to them. Fleury isn't quite there and if the World Juniors told me anything, it was that he's gonna need some experience before he settles into a good playoff goalie (although perhaps the WJs are all he needed). I see them getting past the first round, but depending on who they face, the second round is gonna be tough for them.

On another note, Laraque really impressed me in that Boston game. He offered to stay here in Edmonton for dirt cheap but they said no. I thought it was a huge mistake and it was. Laraque is underrated as a player and he is some much needed toughness for the playoffs. They will be wise to dress him come playoffs.

Originally posted by Smasandian
I was an Penguins fan before Crosby.

I was a fan when Lumiuex played.

Your forgot Malkin also.

I'm not convinced he's gonna be a major factor. I don't think he'll be invisbile though because he's big and strong enough to be effective, but I don't think he'll adjust well to the closer checking. I'm predicting he'll revert to his natural playmaking in playoffs instead of the uncharacteristic goal scoring he has done this year.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Your forgot Malkin also.

and thorburn
Malone
Ekman
ruutu
cairns
melicar
talbot
and scuderi

All of these players are silent factors in the pens chemistry.

thorburn- garbage man
Malone-maitenance
ekman-fast winger whom plays very well under pressure.
cairns-decent defender whom has been showing alot and i mean alot of potential
talbot-good center who can win his share of face offs while at times proving to be a great playmaker
scuderi-fast defensemen with experience
melichar-underraterd defensemen who also offers expereince, he sets up alot of the scoring rushes

It may be true that this current pens team is under experienced in the scheme of things. One thing that can be as strong as expereince is momentum and chemistry. This team has a rare chemistry that is usually the result of years of experience.

the team has also proven to be a threat after long game streaks. They can win even after playing a grueling schedul of back to back games while going into a third with one days rest. I think they have more than enough expereince on their team to guide the young prospects talent. I think the Pens are as much a candidate for the cup than any other. They can beat the best of the best while making it look easy. this is why they are making their way to the top of the points board

At any rate, i think it is to Early to accurately predict any teams cup chances. The first round usually always tells you everything you need to know for who can make the cup.Your all luck bastards anyway, to have the chance of being able to see this team in action come playoff time

pens 4, boston 2

HELL YEAH. EAT IT BOSTON FANS

To be fair, Boston has been absolutely horrendus lately, they aren't competing with anyone really.

Boston has two good players:
Savard even though he doesn't play defense he is one of the top five playmakers in the league and Bergeron who needs to get on a better team, he's got way to much on his plate for such a young guy. He's very promising.

I once worked with Savard's sister.

I play hockey with Steve Goertzen's (from Colombus Blue Jackets) brother 😄

I'm actually a big Savard fan. As much as I normally value defensive hockey, he is simply an outstanding passer. I've liked him since his Calgary days.

The sister's pretty hot too.

Speaking of hot woman and hockey players, how the heck does Mike Ricci have such a hot wife?!? He must be the ugliest man to ever live.

And for rageRemorse 5-4 Leafs over the Pens. Leafs are my second favourite team so woot!! They look like they could make the playoffs.

What about the romantic link between Sean Avery and Elisha Cuthbert.

I hadn't heard of it before, really funny though. Even Tie Domi has/had a hot wife (not to mention his daughter...).

Originally posted by Nellinator

And for rageRemorse 5-4 Leafs over the Pens. Leafs are my second favourite team so woot!! They look like they could make the playoffs.

to bad they couldnt hold a 4-1 lead late in the third period. The pens may have lost, but still kicked the Desperate leafs team in the balls by racking up a point. Leafs have always been a fun team to watch.

Originally posted by Nellinator
To be fair, Boston has been absolutely horrendus lately, they aren't competing with anyone really.

yeah, and getting owned by the Pens two games in a row makes them even worse.

TO sucks.

Well here we are once again everyone. the familiar territory that is PITTSBURGH PENGUINS VICTORY. Yes, of course the Penguins put down the senators in dramatic fashion none the less. With mere seconds remaining Talbot scores the game winner. I'm just surprised he waited so long to put one in, but i understand they have to give the fans suspense, because we all know that the Pens could have put it awat far earlier.

Well all you lucky bastards have one more chance to catch the penguins in regular season action, before they begin on the crusade of vanquishing your home teams in the playoffs. So it seems we as hockey fans all have one more week to be friends before the playoffs start. dont forget to to tune in on saturday at 7.30 to behold the prodigies that are the Pittsburgh Penguins. FRICK THE DEVILS