Pens V Bolts

[Orangesteel]

Here we go; sans Sid. Bolts are stacked (like they were last year; still can’t believe they couldn’t beat the Craps at home in game 7 last year).

[fractalsteel]

Tampa has lost their last two games. Vasilevskiy is out.

I'm looking at the NHL landscape and I see that the three teams that won 8 of the last 9 Cups are floundering at this stage and the have-nots during that period are playing well.

Penguins projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist

Jake Guentzel -- Riley Sheahan -- Phil Kessel

Dominik Simon -- Derek Grant -- Bryan Rust

Garrett Wilson -- Matt Cullen -- Zach Aston-Reese

Jack Johnson -- Kris Letang

Brian Dumoulin -- Chad Ruhwedel

Olli Maatta -- Jamie Oleksiak

Matt Murray

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Juuso Riikola, Daniel Sprong

[Orangesteel]

Horny!

Great goal after Geno was robbed

[Louis Lipps Service]

Finally getting a chance to watch a game for once!

Things going pretty well.

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[Legacy User]

i'm liking the unis

[Orangesteel]

Playing good gritty hockey right now and Murray was some early legit saves.

[Orangesteel]

i'm liking the unis

Ditto. Might need to get one.

[Louis Lipps Service]

i'm liking the unis

Ditto. Might need to get one.

I've been complimenting a new jersey. Almost got a Hagelin jersey a few weeks ago. Dodged a bullet on that one. Next thought is a Horny jersey. Should be with us a few more years and has a good enough body of work that if he does go somewhere else, it'll still be a cool jersey to have.

Other route I was thinking was a Ron Francis #9 throwback, if I can find one. Only thing keeping that from being the first choice is I don't know if I want a bunch of uninformed yinzers yelling at me that I got the wrong number all the time.

[Louis Lipps Service]

Man, bad luck on the Malkin penalty, stupid penalty on Kessel, and then a penalty on Cullen that was as rare as it was stupid.

And the inevitable result of a goal.

[Orangesteel]

Well are the Pens we have seen as of late. Great opportunity to blow all of that great work they did for 19 minutes.

[fractalsteel]

Just like that, 19:30 of great hockey then 3 bad penalties and the lead cut in half.

The start of the second period is going to be rough.

[Orangesteel]

Cullens and Kessels were stupid hockey. You cannot use your stick like that. Really shitty plays from two old dudes.

[fractalsteel]

Down 2 Centers to start the second period so I'm guessing it will be Sheahan to start. Bolts have so much time to get their PP setup.

I can't believe Cullen pulled that stunt. For a guy that rarely does dumb shit on the ice that might be the worst I've seen from him as a Pen.

On the positive side, it was nice to see so much possession time in the OZ that first period 5 on 5.

[Orangesteel]

Great fucking job pens! Goddamn is that frustrating to watch.

[Louis Lipps Service]

If I was Sullivan, I'd be probably be in the back of a police car with charges of manslaughter already filed against me.

A great period of hockey wiped out by complete idiocy.

[Orangesteel]

And really if there is one team right now you cannot do that against, it’s Tampa. They are so lethal on the PP

[Louis Lipps Service]

Horny's had enough of this bullshit.

[Orangesteel]

Yessss! Horny!

[fractalsteel]

Nice response.

[Orangesteel]

Horny's had enough of this bullshit.

Haha yep!

[Louis Lipps Service]

Starting to think we should consider not taking penalties.

Just a thought.

[Orangesteel]

Fucking A Murray that’s one you gotta stop

[Orangesteel]

No screen whatsoever. Come challenge the shot

[Louis Lipps Service]

Fucking A Murray that’s one you gotta stop

That was a laser directly to the corner from not all that far out.

I can't put all that much blame on Murray for that one.

[Obviously]

Four PP goals for TB? Really?

[Louis Lipps Service]

Not a fan of that call, at all.

[fractalsteel]

Come on Malkin, you have to play that smarter.
Playing with fire.

[fractalsteel]

Woo! A kill.

[Orangesteel]

They have to win this game. I mean this is absurd.

[fractalsteel]

Top guys played a lot of minutes through the first two.

I have seen enough of Wilson/ZAR and Grant. If this is the best we have coming out of the farm then the future is fucked. Look what Tampa has done with the draft the past half decade.