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81

Phantom Pain wrote:

We need Bryz to return to his 2006-07 form when he won a cup in Anaheim

11 GP 3 shutous and a below 2 GAA

:thumbup:

i'd settle for a March 2012 version

Phantom Pain

81 wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

We need Bryz to return to his 2006-07 form when he won a cup in Anaheim

11 GP 3 shutous and a below 2 GAA

:thumbup:

i'd settle for a March 2012 version

Or that

But like you said each series changes..this series is just beyond crazy

fife

pen coach fine 10,000.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=393367

kind of funny that a coach gets more a fine than a player who smashes a guy face in the boards

81

this extra day between games sucks.

pjhawks

81 wrote:

this extra day between games sucks.

agree. much prefer the rhythm of every other night. although after the flyers win wednesday it's going to be about 8 or 9 days before they play again.

Johnny Abruzzo

pjhawks wrote:

81 wrote:

this extra day between games sucks.

agree. much prefer the rhythm of every other night. although after the flyers win wednesday it's going to be about 8 or 9 days before they play again.

Always fun to watch other teams play after your team has already advanced.

I think last year they started accelerating 2nd round games once the series were set, which is hard to do with the reseeding thing.

Phantom Pain

81 wrote:

this extra day between games sucks.

I agree..can't believe one extra day makes it so tough to wait

Pitt flew back home..for safety purposes

Johnny Abruzzo

Phantom Pain wrote:

81 wrote:

this extra day between games sucks.

I agree..can't believe one extra day makes it so tough to wait

Pitt flew back home..for safety purposes

I love when teams do shit like that - you know our city is in their heads.

81

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

81 wrote:

this extra day between games sucks.

I agree..can't believe one extra day makes it so tough to wait

Pitt flew back home..for safety purposes

I love when teams do shit like that - you know our city is in their heads.

what is it, like a 30 minute flight? i wouldn't make too big of a deal out of this.

Johnny Abruzzo

So, the Flyers have swept their first best-of-7 series of the playoffs twice.

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The Fixer

I've been busy as shit lately. Just wanted to chime in and say how awesome this series has been. The richards and especially carter trades are looking like absolute steals at this point. schenn and couturier have been incredible.

Gotta put the pens away tomorrow. don't give them any semblance of hope.

Then someone kill crosby on the ice. I really hate that whiny little bitch more than any athlete ever.

Dr. Delight

What time will news of the fines/suspension(s) come out, 2:00?

81

Dr. Delight wrote:

What time will news of the fines/suspension(s) come out, 2:00?

who knows.

i'd guess mid to late afternoon.

The Fixer

81 wrote:

Dr. Delight wrote:

What time will news of the fines/suspension(s) come out, 2:00?

who knows.

i'd guess mid to late afternoon.

I will be shocked if neal gets a suspension. ahsam is definite, but I'm guessing neal gets off. nhl wants this series to continue and neal has arguably been their best player

81

zero doubt about asham.

i was thinking last night, i don't remember seeing a match penalty called before

i can see both sides on neal. you can argue that hit on couts was somewhat accidental. i don't remember the cluade head shot...

Dr. Delight

The Fixer wrote:

81 wrote:

Dr. Delight wrote:

What time will news of the fines/suspension(s) come out, 2:00?

who knows.

i'd guess mid to late afternoon.

I will be shocked if neal gets a suspension. ahsam is definite, but I'm guessing neal gets off. nhl wants this series to continue and neal has arguably been their best player

I would normally agree with you on this, but since Neal has 2 separate hearings and has also been suspended in the past, I dont think he escapes punishment here. I'm thinking he will get a game for both of his actions.
One game in the least.

Dr. Delight

81 wrote:

i can see both sides on neal. you can argue that hit on couts was somewhat accidental. i don't remember the cluade head shot...

81

Dr. Delight wrote:

81 wrote:

i can see both sides on neal. you can argue that hit on couts was somewhat accidental. i don't remember the cluade head shot...

ah yes.

thanks

i think he gets a game....maybe if the incidents are reviewed seperate he slides, but when you look at the two hits combined...

The Fixer

81 wrote:

Dr. Delight wrote:

81 wrote:

i can see both sides on neal. you can argue that hit on couts was somewhat accidental. i don't remember the cluade head shot...

ah yes.

thanks

i think he gets a game....maybe if the incidents are reviewed seperate he slides, but when you look at the two hits combined...

I really don't think the giroux thing was that bad. he may have charged, but giroux kinda ducked into the hit. the hit on couturier was just plain dirty. I think it deserves a suspension, but I don't think he's getting one. the ruling on weber set the precedence for neal to get off with a slap on the wrist

Dr. Delight

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=393426

You can add Mario Lemieux to list of people who are disappointed by the performance of the Pittsburgh Penguins thus far in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Sources close to the team's majority co-owner told The Pittsburgh Tribune that he was 'embarrassed' by the actions of Arron Asham and James Neal and was disappointed by his club's lack of discipline in the series against the Philadelphia Flyers, which the Penguins are currently trailing 0-3.

Neal had two separate hearings on Tuesday - one for his third period hit on Flyers rookie Sean Couturier and the other for a hit to the head on Flyers forward Claude Giroux. Neal was given a charging penalty for the latter hit, which saw four players - including Neal - receive 10-minute misconduct penalties.

Neal, who shares the team lead in playoff scoring with two goals and five points - is a repeat offender. He was suspended two games last season for a hit from behind on Derek Dorsett and was fined $2,500 this season for a high-stick to Montreal's P.K. Subban.

Asham, who was been offered an in-person hearing, was assessed a first-period match penalty for cross-checking Brayden Schenn around the chin and punching him in the head when Schenn was down.

The actions of his players in Game 3 is not the type of play that Lemieux has typically supported.

It was a little more than a year ago that Lemieux took issue with the league for what he felt was a lack of disciplinary action after the Islanders defeated the Penguins 9-3 on February 11 in a game that saw the officials hand out 346 penalty minutes. Following that game, the league suspended Islanders forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games and Matt Martin for four while handing the team a $100,000 fine.

At the time, Lemieux didn't feel that the league did enough, and released a statement which read:

"Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be. But what happened Friday night on Long Island wasn't hockey. It was a travesty. It was painful to watch the game I love turn into a sideshow like that.

"The NHL had a chance to send a clear and strong message that those kinds of actions are unacceptable and embarrassing to the sport. It failed.

"We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players. We must make it clear that those kinds of actions will not be tolerated and will be met with meaningful disciplinary action."