Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Gamethread

[Boston Brawler]

Please tie this up, please.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Brutal icing.

 

[Ed Hillel]

That was just about the worst hockey you can play by the Rangers. Everyone just sitting in their heels and praying. It's a 5 on 6, attack the puck a bit.

 
Especially up 2 goals.
 
Brutal icing call.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Right call. So close.

 

[Red Right Ankle]

This is what I love about the playoffs.  It's never easy.

Unless you play TB.

 

[johnmd20]

The Rangers couldn't be playing worse right now. What a panicked bunch of dicks.

 

[johnmd20]

Unless you play TB.

 
ZING!

 

[Ed Hillel]

Can't skate around with it there. Dump it in.

 

[Boston Brawler]

Fuck

 

[johnmd20]

YYYYYEEEEEEES. Big win. That was huge.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Unless you play TB.

 
Glad that series was over so quickly, though.  10 day or so lay-off is too long.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Timonen was too tired to win that race. Should have been an icing.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

I don't care who wins either way, but I hope this goes 7.  A Game 7 between these two teams would be a nice mid-week diversion. 

 

[Red Right Ankle]

A bloodbath IS entertaining, for sure.

 

[MoGator71]

I don't care who wins either way, but I hope this goes 7.  A Game 7 between these two teams would be a nice mid-week diversion. 

Yea I kinda hope this goes 7 too.

I still don't get the Gill choice. He's worse than Gustafsson anyway, but particularly against this Ranger group with guys like Richards, St. Louis, Zuccarello...I'd much rather sacrifice some size to get the more nobile guy in the lineup.

 

[Dogman]

Yea I kinda hope this goes 7 too.

I still don't get the Gill choice. He's worse than Gustafsson anyway, but particularly against this Ranger group with guys like Richards, St. Louis, Zuccarello...I'd much rather sacrifice some size to get the more nobile guy in the lineup.

 
 
That almost sounds dirty.  We like dirty. 
 
I'd agree, Gill seems like a bad choice. 

 

[MoGator71]

Noble or nubile...well, Gus skates more good.

 

[cshea]

Malkin scores his first of the playoffs, 1-0 Pittsburgh early. They've carried the play to this point in the game. 

 

[TFP]

Malkin pots another, 2-0 Pens.

 

[Fred in Lynn]

Pierre is at his dumbest when things are going well for Crosby and Malkin. Desperation/urgency - Who cares?

 

[Greg29fan]

great save by Fleury after a bonehead giveaway by Adams

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Pierre is at his dumbest when things are going well for Crosby and Malkin. Desperation/urgency - Who cares?

Eh, I get what he's saying though. 

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Ballgame.

 

[cshea]

Sutter's a real good player. That trade was a total heist by Ray Shero. 

 

[Greg29fan]

Sutter's a real good player. That trade was a total heist by Ray Shero. 

 
He's played much, much better since his name came up in the Ryan Kesler rumors and the Penguins acquired another center (Marcel Goc).  Responded like you hope someone would.

 

[FelixMantilla]

Sutter's a real good player. That trade was a total heist by Ray Shero. 

 
Sutter, Brian Dumoulin and the #8 pick overall (Derrick Pouliot) in the 2012 draft for the overrated Jordan Staal.
 
No wonder Rutherford is retiring. 

 

[Fred in Lynn]

They're going to give him 5 and a GM.

 

[Greg29fan]

That's from the side.

 

[Fred in Lynn]

Surprised, but agree that it was close and probably not worthy of a major.

 

[cshea]

To be honest, I'm not really sure that was even worth a minor. 

 

[Fred in Lynn]

Yeah, back side.

 

[Fred in Lynn]

He hit him from behind, guys. I think the minor was the appropriate call there, but was just prognosticating that we would come back from the commercial with a major.

 

[Fred in Lynn]

Not going to matter the way Pittsburgh has shown up defensively tonight. And there's that.

 

[cshea]

That'll do it. 

 

[FelixMantilla]

Now it's over. Even Fleury couldn't blow this game.

 

[Fred in Lynn]

What happened to Orpik?

 

[FelixMantilla]

And of course James Neal whacks some guy in the head before the whistle blows for the Crosby penalty.

 

[Greg29fan]

What happened to Orpik?

 
some kind of injury in game 4

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Those are some dedicated fans they have there in Columbus.  I figured half of them would be at the bar by the time the third period started.

 

[TFP]

Wait, how is there a penalty there? That looked like a pretty accidental collision to me.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Did Vitale just wreck his own knee trying to knee Comeau?

 

[mascho]

Did Vitale just wreck his own knee trying to knee Comeau?

Looks like it.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

That looked intentional on Vitale's part.  

 

[Spaulding Smails]

Yeah that looked pretty incidental there.

 

[Greg29fan]

Did Vitale just wreck his own knee trying to knee Comeau?

 
no he was trying to stay in front of Wisniewski and they collided.  Do you guys watch the games or just look for made up things you think the Penguins are doing in a suspect fashion?  I notice no complaining about Beau Bennett getting hit from behind and then charged.

 

[Ed Hillel]

 
no he was trying to stay in front of Wisniewski and they collided.  Do you guys watch the games or just look for made up things you think the Penguins are doing in a suspect fashion?

Who's on the PP again?

 

[Greg29fan]

Who's on the PP again?

 
yes because NHL officials are totally infalliable

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Vitale's going to have a long summer of rehab to think twice about his transgression.

 

[Ed Hillel]

 
yes because NHL officials are totally infalliable

Well, but only Bruins fans saw Vitale stick his leg out there.

Tell us more about Matt Cooke's turnaround.

 

[TFP]

 
no he was trying to stay in front of Wisniewski and they collided.  Do you guys watch the games or just look for made up things you think the Penguins are doing in a suspect fashion?  I notice no complaining about Beau Bennett getting hit from behind and then charged.

 
 

Well, but only Bruins fans saw Vitale stick his leg out there.

Tell us more about Matt Cooke's turnaround.

 
Greg, stop playing the victim. Ed, stop antagonizing. Not every Pens game has to turn into greg vs the world. The play was definitely ambiguous enough to not require us to relive this debate for the 500th time.
 
FWIW, I didn't think Vitale did anything dirty there.