Pittsburgh Penguins 2011-2012 Thread

• Tiger2003

  

  As much as I hate to say it I believe Philly takes Game 6 and closes out the series. I hope the Pens prove me wrong and alot of other people. Fleury will have to be on his A game for the Pens to win. Also the Pens should not score first.
• killer_ewok

  

  Here's hoping that the Pens' momentum carries over to today.
• Crimson streak

  

  Giroux lasered that one hell of a shot
• killer_ewok

  

  Could be 4 or 5-0 Flyers so Pens are fortunate as they dodged some bullets late in the 1st. Only down two right now. Gotta regroup and find a way to score in the 2nd. No more dumb penalties. Philly almost certainly will make them pay.
• killer_ewok

  

  4-1 Flyers. Down to desperation now.
• Crimson streak

  

  Crosby is getting abused today
• Crimson streak

  

  And the penguins go down
• like_that

  

  Good series win for the Flyers. They relaxed the past 2 games, but put an end to that mess today. Flyers were clearly the better team coming in the series, and they showed it this series.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Pens letting Talbot go sure bit them in the ass.
• like_that

  

  Commander of Awesome;1150016 wrote:Pens letting Talbot go sure bit them in the ass.

  He definitely played like he had a chip on his shoulder against his old team.
• End of Line

  

  Commander of Awesome;1150016 wrote:Pens letting Talbot go sure bit them in the ass.

  How so? The guy didn't do shit for the past two seasons with them. Gets paid a fat contract and decides to show up. Anyways....
  
  Only 3 people on the Pens decided to show up. Malkin, Staal, and Despres.
• killer_ewok

  

  Disappointing end to a good season.
• Automatik

  

  The_Crosby_Show;1150021 wrote:How so? The guy didn't do shit for the past two seasons with them. Gets paid a fat contract and decides to show up. Anyways....
  
  Only 3 people on the Pens decided to show up. Malkin, Staal, and Despres.

  I agree about Talbot. Besides his Cup Final heroics he didn't do shit after. I was fine with him leaving, but he definitely stepped his game up for Philly.
  
  The deck was stacked against Pitts after going down 0-3. I'm just glad they made it somewhat interesting.
  
  I'll be interested to see what the Pens do this offseason. I've heard a lot of rumbling about people wanting to get rid of Fleury. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
• killer_ewok

  

  Fleury had a bad series but didn't exactly get any help either. Be careful what you wish for. No way should they get rid of Fleury.
• like_that

  

  Automatik;1150023 wrote:I agree about Talbot. Besides his Cup Final heroics he didn't do shit after. I was fine with him leaving, but he definitely stepped his game up for Philly.
  
  The deck was stacked against Pitts after going down 0-3. I'm just glad they made it somewhat interesting.
  
  I'll be interested to see what the Pens do this offseason. I've heard a lot of rumbling about people wanting to get rid of Fleury. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

  I remember there was a time people were trying to say Fleury was the best Goalie in the league (better than Tim Thomas). That just brings the lulz now.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  killer_ewok;1150030 wrote:Fleury had a bad series but didn't exactly get any help either. Be careful what you wish for. No way should they get rid of Fleury.

  I agree, if they let him go, that will probably come back to bite the pens in the ass too.
• Automatik

  

  killer_ewok;1150030 wrote:Fleury had a bad series but didn't exactly get any help either. Be careful what you wish for. No way should they get rid of Fleury.

  Agreed, a lot of factors contributed to this choke job. I'll probably be pissed if they got rid of him.
  
  I don't recall anyone saying he was best in the NHL? I sure as hell never thought or said that. He's shown flashes of greatness throughout his career and also total fuck ups....inconsistent.
• End of Line

  

  What the team needs to look like next year:
  
  Kuntiz-Malkin-Neal
  xxxxx-Crosby-Dupuis
  Tangradi-Staal-Kennedy
  Cooke-Vitale-xxxxx
  Jeffrey
  
  Orpik-Letang
  Despres-Michalek
  Stait-Niskanen
  Engo
  
  Fleury
  xxxxx
• Heretic

  

  Man, for what had been a fun and exciting series, yesterday was an anti-climax. Philly just dominated the game from beginning to end. Sucks, but it's not looking to be a good year for favorites. Vancouver and Pittsburgh are out and the Rangers could be following soon. That's both #1 seeds and a #4 whom a lot of people were thinking was as much of a favorite as anything.
  
  That's the great thing about the NHL playoffs...the unpredictability. Just sucks when it's your team getting bumped as part of that unpredictability.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Heretic;1150674 wrote:Man, for what had been a fun and exciting series, yesterday was an anti-climax. Philly just dominated the game from beginning to end. Sucks, but it's not looking to be a good year for favorites. Vancouver and Pittsburgh are out and the Rangers could be following soon. That's both #1 seeds and a #4 whom a lot of people were thinking was as much of a favorite as anything.
  
  That's the great thing about the NHL playoffs...the unpredictability. Just sucks when it's your team getting bumped as part of that unpredictability.

  A lot of the time the seeding doesn't matter - sometimes these teams in the 6,7,8 spots just peak at the right time and make deep runs
• Heretic

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1150807 wrote:A lot of the time the seeding doesn't matter - sometimes these teams in the 6,7,8 spots just peak at the right time and make deep runs

  I know. It creates unpredictable match-ups so often. Hell, I remember that one of the Pens' Cup wins from when Mario was there came against the West's #8 seed. I think I spent the entire playoffs in this "WTF is going on in that conference?" mode.