Pittsburgh Penguins 2010-2011 season thread

• like_that

  

  rock_knutne;668964 wrote:^^^^And all five are wrong!

  
  Thanks for proving my point.
• rock_knutne

  ^^^^There's nothing to prove you fool! The Washington Capitals are in no way, shape or form a team that traps. May they try to squeeze the life out of a game when they're leading late, yes, every team does that but they don't come out and run a trap as a means to win. Again, if you think that they're a primary trapping team like Montreal, then you have no clue!
• Automatik

  

  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/582013-washington-capitals-ovechkin-and-holtby-leaf-the-way-in-win-over-toronto
  
  "It is time to finally admit that Washington is a trapping style team that looks for opportunity off creating turnovers. There aggressive and hectic fore-checking style is leading to more and more chances in front of opposing goalkeepers."
  
  Article from 2 weeks ago.
• like_that

  

  rock_knutne;668993 wrote:^^^^There's nothing to prove you fool! The Washington Capitals are in no way, shape or form a team that traps. May they try to squeeze the life out of a game when they're leading late, yes, every team does that but they don't come out and run a trap as a means to win. Again, if you think that they're a primary trapping team like Montreal, then you have no clue!

  -I proved that your mentality is if no one agrees with you, then they must be wrong.
  
  -You are putting words in my mouth now. I never claimed they are a trapping. Just stated they played the trap vs the pens, which they did.
  
  
  Just admit you were wrong. Is it that hard to not have a 5 year old mentality?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;669044 wrote:-I proved that your mentality is if no one agrees with you, then they must be wrong.
  
  -You are putting words in my mouth now. I never claimed they are a trapping. Just stated they played the trap vs the pens, which they did.
  
  Just admit you were wrong. Is it that hard to not have a 5 year old mentality?

  
  
  This is why you're 1st team.
• rock_knutne

  Automatik;669024 wrote:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/582013-washington-capitals-ovechkin-and-holtby-leaf-the-way-in-win-over-toronto
  
  "It is time to finally admit that Washington is a trapping style team that looks for opportunity off creating turnovers. There aggressive and hectic fore-checking style is leading to more and more chances in front of opposing goalkeepers."
  
  Article from 2 weeks ago.

  
  That's not a trap. They don't set up a picket fence at the blue line.
• rock_knutne

  like_that;669044 wrote:-I proved that your mentality is if no one agrees with you, then they must be wrong.
  
  -You are putting words in my mouth now. I never claimed they are a trapping. Just stated they played the trap vs the pens, which they did.
  
  
  Just admit you were wrong. Is it that hard to not have a 5 year old mentality?

  
  I'm not wrong, you on the other hand are fucking clueless!
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  No one said they play a trap all game like the devils of old, but use the system when necessary. They've been playing a trapping style or modified trap with 1 to 2 forecheckers. it's possible to play a trap of 2-2-1, you just end up with 3 players in the neutral zone not 4. You can still have and aggressive fore check even with one player. It's a trap as long as they isolate the player with the puck coming through the NZ. So yes as stated before, Like That, Auto, CoA, Crosby Show, and me have shown you that you're wrong.
• End of Line

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;668695 wrote:Hey crosby show...why would you rock a player who's out for the year as your avatar? Just wondering...if i were you i'd rock a picture of johnson breaking dipietros face...

  
  I like the pic b/c of the colors mainly. I'll change again soon anyway.
• End of Line

  

  Rock. The past couple of weeks Washington has played a form of a trap when they've gotten a lead on someone. It's an aggressive trap not a Lemaire style trap.
  
  Also, since when the fuck has Atlanta been a trapping team!? This is news to me.
• Automatik

  

  rock_knutne;668904 wrote:the Capitals are not a tarpping team, end of story, end of discussion.

  
  The article suggests that they might be converting and they have used the trap in some shape or form this season. I've seen them employ it on several occasions. Does this mean they can be labeled as a "trapping team"? No, but they definitely use it if the opportunity is right.
  
  You're wrong, but of course I don't expect you to admit it.
  
  Thats all I will say about that. Who the fuck goes on a 3 pages bitchfest about whether a team traps or not anyway lol.
• rock_knutne

  You're all wrong!
• rock_knutne

  Moving on..........................Pens host the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight.
• rock_knutne

  Radio reports are saying Crosby is out until at least March. An earlier report from a canadian website suggested Sid would be lost for the year, Bylsma put that to bed yesterday saying he expects Crosby to be back.
• Automatik

  

  rock_knutne;669731 wrote:You're all wrong!

  lol as I expected.
  
  I will be very very sad if Sid is gone for the year.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Automatik;669786 wrote:lol as I expected.
  
  I will be very very sad if Sid is gone for the year.

  Savard was just shut down for the year because of his second concussion in less than a year. Crosby played with a concussion and then took another hard hit so i'm not sure if that's classified as two concussions or one really bad one, but either way the second hit only made things worse. It wasn't as bad as when booth, savard, or patrice burgeron all got hit, but maybe the two hits on top of each other made it just as severe. I'm sure the pens are just being overly protective with the franchise player.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  i dont understand how in baseball/hockey a concussion can equal out all year, yet in football it might not even mean out the next week. Doesn't make sense, makes me think the NFL is wreckless.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Commander of Awesome;669804 wrote:i dont understand how in baseball/hockey a concussion can equal out all year, yet in football it might not even mean out the next week. Doesn't make sense, makes me think the NFL is wreckless.

  Valid point...i have no idea the difference in severity. But you always hear about football players having to "man up!" and play no matter what. When cutler went out all you heard was other players and former players saying they would've need to be dead not to play, so i think a lot has to do with the mentality of the game.
• gerb131

  

  Looking forward to tonights game vs my CBJ. After a thrashing to start the 2nd half they have dropped the Wings and Oilers and stand only 8 points out of a playoff spot. We need this one to continue the momentum and some payback from the drubbing you gave us not too long ago in Nationwide.
• End of Line

  

  Too bad this won't happen again.
  
  
• Heretic

  

  Commander of Awesome;669804 wrote:i dont understand how in baseball/hockey a concussion can equal out all year, yet in football it might not even mean out the next week. Doesn't make sense, makes me think the NFL is wreckless.

  
  The only thing I can think of would be how hockey is played at a more consistently fast pace (ie: not the standing around and walking back to the line between plays) where there's more of a chance of getting regular hard hit. Like, you see a few utter blasts in a football game, but in hockey, guys are getting crunched against the glass all the time. It also might have to do with a player's brain's ability to process how to make accurate, pin-point shots and passes on ice. Like to where if a concussed guy still has cobwebs, I could see that hugely effecting his ability to even do routine things on ice. No idea if I'm right, but it just seems that the nature of the game could make concussions have more of an affect on a hockey player's ability to function.
• GoPens

  

  Looks like Mike Green of the Caps got a concussion from that puck to the head shot vs. the Pens.
• like_that

  

  Heretic;670273 wrote:The only thing I can think of would be how hockey is played at a more consistently fast pace (ie: not the standing around and walking back to the line between plays) where there's more of a chance of getting regular hard hit. Like, you see a few utter blasts in a football game, but in hockey, guys are getting crunched against the glass all the time. It also might have to do with a player's brain's ability to process how to make accurate, pin-point shots and passes on ice. Like to where if a concussed guy still has cobwebs, I could see that hugely effecting his ability to even do routine things on ice. No idea if I'm right, but it just seems that the nature of the game could make concussions have more of an affect on a hockey player's ability to function.

  
  That's a good theory. I also just think it's simply because the NHL is smarter when it comes to protecting their athletes. They also have more room to keep their guys out. In the NFL one loss could be the difference between playing in the playoffs or sitting at home. In the NHL it's normally going to take a streak of losses to lose your playoff spot.
• gerb131

  

  @ The Crosby Show, it could happen again it just wont be with Sid on the ice.
• rock_knutne

  1-0 CBJ midway through the first period.