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Caps vs. Penquins

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KZA
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Crosby/Ovechkin showdown? sounds real good to me. That is all. opinions?
Apr 29 2009 1:20AM
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lineC88
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hell yeah!!

GO PENS!!!!
Apr 29 2009 2:00AM
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yellav
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bruins noob!
Apr 29 2009 3:41AM
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mtsteez03
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no bro its caps and peng. and the caps are gona dominate crosby is a bitch and cant handle ovi
Apr 29 2009 4:29AM
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KZA
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fuck you valley! and fuck ray borque. If you want a piece come challenge me in nhl 95 nigga
Apr 29 2009 9:13AM
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yellav
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challenge accepted. winner gets the big lebowski poster.
Apr 29 2009 1:01PM
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KZA
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hes just my rival in nhl '95 on sega. So yea, fuck ray borque. modano or gilmour will take down all challengers
Apr 29 2009 1:34PM
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MidWestGaper
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malkin vs. ovechkin! they've been rivals with each other for years. that is going to be a sick series
Apr 29 2009 1:40PM
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TSM
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ovi, mike green and semin are gonna tear up those little fucks from pittsburgh
Apr 29 2009 1:44PM
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Jake...
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enough said.

malkin / crosby are going to walk all over ovechkin haha cant wait


Apr 29 2009 1:52PM
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slevin_kelevra
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caps in 6
Apr 29 2009 2:36PM
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Aaaron.
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finally a DC team doesn't suck.

Apr 29 2009 2:46PM
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PagesHouse
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Fuckin penguinsssssss
Apr 29 2009 5:20PM
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ashbug24
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I would love to see the Pens go far!!! GO PENS!!!!!
Apr 29 2009 5:29PM
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loganC
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good call. for sure wont be an easy series for either team. But, GO CAPS!
Apr 29 2009 5:35PM
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Mr.Panda
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i hope crosby does something to piss ovechekin off and get him to try and fight crosby and watch a wingman or defenseman come over and knock his shit in.....  i HATE ovechkin.  im all for a celebration after a goal, but jesus christ.
Apr 29 2009 5:40PM
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gbirrd
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Apr 29 2009 5:45PM
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PhaedeD
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caps struggled with ny which is sad pens crush on ny and im pretty sure pens will crush on caps.
Apr 29 2009 5:46PM
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stickerz
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 WE'RE GOING TO SKATE OVER OVECHKIN'S NECK!!!!!!  PENS ALL THE WAY BITCHES!!!!!!!!

Apr 29 2009 5:53PM
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grubix2
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Gary Bettman has been beating off to this playoff matchup for months.  Everyone needs to take their tampons out and get over the Croby/Olvechkin Soap Opera.  Last time i checked neither one was the leading point scorer this season nor is leading the playoffs in points or goals.  Both players are amazing.  But their styles are totally different.  When Olvechkin has the puck his brain is thinking shoot.  Crosby is thinking pass.

The biggest problem the pens have right now is their powerplay.  They have to capitalize (no pun intended) on the powerplay much more than they did in the Flyers series if they want to win this round.  But then again neither team in that series was effective on the powerplay.  That series was a mismatch of teams, in the sense that the Pens wanted to play a faster finesse game, while the flyers were playing a stronger checking game.  This should be a more interesting matchup in that regard.

In the goaltending category, Varlamov technically has better post-season stats than Fleury.  But he's going to be facing the much better offense of the Penguins.  And will be facing (on average) 10 more shots per game.  In my opinion Caps defense is also a little lacking.  Should be a good series though.
Apr 29 2009 6:28PM
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mmmmm...Pie
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The caps struggled with Lundqvist. NY only won the games in which he played out of his fucking mind. The caps would have dominated that series otherwise.

I see the caps winning this series, especially if Varlamov can continue his solid play.
Apr 29 2009 6:36PM
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pdanger
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PENNSSS!!!!
Apr 29 2009 6:44PM
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teleTay
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word this man has it right!

Cindy Crosby is the biggest whiner ever!
Apr 29 2009 6:50PM
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PhaedeD
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he is a rookie not tough to get off his game.
Apr 29 2009 6:53PM
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uh_lis_uh
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while i think ovechkin is dope, i'm definitely rooting for the Penguins. Malkin and Crosby are the shittttt
Apr 29 2009 6:53PM
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chapz
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haha i hope you did that on purpose... haha duh


i want the caps to take it, just cause the pens had thair chance last year
Apr 29 2009 6:59PM
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teleTay
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capitals won 3-1 in the regular season

i know playoffs is different but cmon Lundquist is amazing

lundquist is the reason caps had to take the series to seven games



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Apr 29 2009 7:00PM
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teleTay
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obviously

Crosby is leagues biggest whiner!
Apr 29 2009 7:02PM
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PhaedeD
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he whines along with ever other top player that isnt a fighter.
Apr 29 2009 7:28PM
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Drew.C
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actually malkin was the lead scoring leader. get your facts right.
Apr 29 2009 7:30PM
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Drew.C
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heres a link too

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/statistics?season=2009&stat=nhlscoring
Apr 29 2009 7:33PM
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KZA
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you whine ryan
Apr 29 2009 7:40PM
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Jake...
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someone has watched the TSN panel one to many times lately. jeez haha.

pick a team and cheer for gods sake.


Apr 29 2009 7:41PM
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GratefulShred
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haha easy man he never said he wasn't...
Apr 29 2009 8:02PM
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An10a_Eng
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did you think of that all on your own? soooooo original. PENS are gonna clean it up in 5
Apr 29 2009 8:09PM
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PhaedeD
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hahahaha if you are home anytime soon hit me up i got season tickets.
Apr 29 2009 8:14PM
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grubix2
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Congratulations.  That was the point I was trying to make... ...i never once mentioned Malkin.  And neither does NHL/TSN/ESPN/NBC/VERSUS.  Malkin is just as good as Crosby and Olvechkin and he is never mentioned.  Read what I said again... the point Im making is that Malkin is the Art Ross trophy winner.  And currently leading the playoffs in points, and 2nd in goals.  But for some reason everyone has their heads up Olvechkin and Croby's collective asses.
Apr 29 2009 8:14PM
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DeucesStreetwear
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gooo pittsburg
Apr 29 2009 8:18PM
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Avifarer
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Yea jesus christ there is 2 guys in the playoff thread who do this all the time. Like 4 paragraph responses to why a team will win and why and why the other team will lose. "Well according to my calcuations the _____s took 0.0042 more shots in the last 4 minutes of the 2nd periods in round 1, thus their pp will be better against the _____'s because their defensemen have 2 broken fingers throughout their line ups"
Apr 29 2009 8:20PM
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Drew.C
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o shit i read it wrong haha, ya i totaly agree though malkin is so underrated because crosby and im a pens fan. i honestly think malkin is better than crosby but crosby is still a better skater
Apr 29 2009 8:23PM
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grubix2
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haha I'm a Pen's fan.  But I've been playing hockey long enough, and just a fan of the sport in general, that I'm able to put my homer attitude to the side a little and do an unbiased analysis.  I'd fucking kill for TSN here in the states.  Hockey is 4th string to Football, Baseball, and Basketball.

Pens in 6

LETS GO PENS!
Apr 29 2009 8:25PM
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rj.
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Apr 29 2009 8:30PM
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grubix2
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Game 1 might have been one of the most exciting games of the playoffs.  So many fucking odd-man breaks.  Fluery and Varlamov are both looking inconsistent so far.

Pens gotta get their powerplay together.  Haven't scored a pp goal in like 30 chances.  Any team watching game films knows that the half-trap sort of thing where the team stacks their defenders across the blueline, and forces the dump, is devastating to the pens powerplay.  The Pens are losing battles down low, and are forced to send in all 3 forwards, normally leaving somebody open for an easy clear.

Personally, I'd split up Crosby and Malkin on 2 different units.  And pair them with at least one fast grinder.  Crosby and Malkin can quarterback the pp fine on their own, they just need some guys to win some battles down low and keep possession.  Sykora and Guerin are looking kinda slow, and their age is showing.  My PP units would be...
 #1
Crosby
Kunitz
Dupis
Gonchar
Orpik

#2
Malkin
Kennedy
Staal
Letang
Eaton

Lets be serious... it couldn't get any worse... 0/30 on the PP?


May 3 2009 9:51PM
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PhaedeD
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i think it was a pretty even game, i would even say the pens may have played a little better. lord valdamort made the save of his life to keep that game from being tied. should be another good one tonight!
May 4 2009 10:44AM
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Chummer3
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Crosby was asked about Oveckin's hat trick tonight, his response.

'"People kept throwing hats," Sidney Crosby said tonight. "I was just asking if he could make an announcement to ask them to stop. I mean, the first wave came and then I think they were all pretty much picked up, and then more started coming. So for us, we just wanted to make sure we kept kind of moving and kept the game going, wanted to try to get back in it. So wasn't complaining about anything."


what a crybaby. way to complain about one of the greatest hockey traditions. he was probably just pissed that he only got one hat thrown on the ice for him. and it was a pity hat
May 5 2009 12:45AM
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mtsteez03
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alex the great!!!!!!!!! sindney who?
May 5 2009 12:55AM
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PhaedeD
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crosby also had a hat trick dont forget. caps goalie is just to insane. hopefully we can win both home games if not this shit is over.
May 5 2009 7:23AM
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grubix2
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Game 2 might have been one of the worst officiated games in a long time.  On both sides.  So many phantom calls, and generally weak calls.  And calls that were blatantly obvious were not called.  I have no idea how the Pens got a powerplay out of that Orpik facewash behind the net, nor was Guerin's ridiculous slash on Semin called.  And some how Clark interferred with Crosby on the boards at the begining of the 3rd?  But on the other side... Ovechkin has scored goals in both games that was a result of interference of forward covering the left point.  Staal was picked in game 1in the high slot, and Semin tripped Cooke as he was sliding over to cover the point.

Malkin is like in ghost mode right now.  The leagues art ross trophy winner has had only 2 assists in the first 2 games.  He makes an appearance in 1 good shift.  Theres no way the Pens can get back into this series if he doesn't show up for game 3 and start taking more shots.  And seriously the pens need to have their douchers, Cooke, Kunitz and Talbot shadowing Ovechkin all game.  Leaving a guy open all the time that takes 40% of a teams shots is damn near retarded.
May 5 2009 1:47PM
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PhaedeD
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i really think malkin might be like hurt or something, he just doesnt seem himself. ya that ovechkin goal during that power play was fucking bullshit cooke would have been right in front of him but he was blatantly tripped.

none the less lord voldemort is amazing.
May 5 2009 1:58PM
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