How 'bout them Penguins? How 'bout them Penguins!

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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    No way! He's gonna give a hometown discount!
    If he leaves he'll go to either the wild where he has his second home or phoenix to be with his dad again.


    the green pastures of new york can get tempting ,,,especially if he wins a cup this year
  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    the green pastures of new york can get tempting ,,,especially if he wins a cup this year

    If you got the money he may come knocking. But don't you guys have cap issues with the big signings of drury and gomez? I guess if Jagr leaves you can sign a couple good players.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    If you got the money he may come knocking. But don't you guys have cap issues with the big signings of drury and gomez? I guess if Jagr leaves you can sign a couple good players.


    not to get into the off season talk yet ,, but of course cap can be an issue

    actually brooks orpik will look good also ;)

    enjoy your shot at the cup

    we will begin to discuss this in a few weeks
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    not to get into the off season talk yet ,, but of course cap can be an issue

    actually brooks orpik will look good also ;)

    enjoy your shot at the cup

    we will begin to discuss this in a few weeks

    Orpik is as good as gone... as a solid, physical defensive d-man, unfortunately there will be offers out there well above what's in the pens budget.

    Malone will probably be back, unless someone offers him money he can't refuse elsewhere. He is from here, he is comfortable here, and is a leader in the clubhouse on a team that will compete for years to come... I just don't see him leaving for money alone.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Orpik is as good as gone... as a solid, physical defensive d-man, unfortunately there will be offers out there well above what's in the pens budget.

    Malone will probably be back, unless someone offers him money he can't refuse elsewhere. He is from here, he is comfortable here, and is a leader in the clubhouse on a team that will compete for years to come... I just don't see him leaving for money alone.


    yes orpik will be playing with staal ;)

    and malone will be the winger for one of our centers ;)
  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    Penguins Vs Redwings! this is going to be awesome. Personally for me the redwings are my second favorite team.
    This will be a great series. I hope it doesn't turn into a bunch of 1-0 games. With the offensive firepower on both teams i'd like to see some offense.

    Let's go Pens!
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    Penguins Vs Redwings! this is going to be awesome. Personally for me the redwings are my second favorite team.
    This will be a great series. I hope it doesn't turn into a bunch of 1-0 games. With the offensive firepower on both teams i'd like to see some offense.

    Let's go Pens!
    Theoretically the games should be pretty high scoring.
    Despite the fact that Pittsburgh's opponents to-date have been lackluster most of the time (expected a lot out of the Rags, didn't happen), I think their chances are pretty good.
  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    Rygar wrote:
    Theoretically the games should be pretty high scoring.
    Despite the fact that Pittsburgh's opponents to-date have been lackluster most of the time (expected a lot out of the Rags, didn't happen), I think their chances are pretty good.

    I agree. I haven't seen anything from the penguins that concerns me. But the red wings haven't really shown any flaws either. This really could go either way. No clear cut favorite to win in my eyes.
    But I still think the penguins will win. The first game is huge, They've never been down in a series yet and have never started on the road.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    I agree. I haven't seen anything from the penguins that concerns me. But the red wings haven't really shown any flaws either. This really could go either way. No clear cut favorite to win in my eyes.
    But I still think the penguins will win. The first game is huge, They've never been down in a series yet and have never started on the road.
    I think I said last week that the games might be entirely decided on who makes the mistake first ;)
  • Stelly
    Stelly Posts: 170
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Orpik is as good as gone... as a solid, physical defensive d-man, unfortunately there will be offers out there well above what's in the pens budget.

    Malone will probably be back, unless someone offers him money he can't refuse elsewhere. He is from here, he is comfortable here, and is a leader in the clubhouse on a team that will compete for years to come... I just don't see him leaving for money alone.

    I think Malone is LONG gone from Pittsburgh. There's a hometown discount, and then there's flat out getting paid. Pitt will not pay close to what he'll get elsewhere, especially with Staal and Malkin's deals on the horizon.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Stelly wrote:
    I think Malone is LONG gone from Pittsburgh. There's a hometown discount, and then there's flat out getting paid. Pitt will not pay close to what he'll get elsewhere, especially with Staal and Malkin's deals on the horizon.

    Maybe you're right... But I think that if he does get a fat contract somewhere, he will be viewed as a bust. I like Malone a lot as a player, but to put up the stats that his new contract would suggest, he has to play with an great play-making center.

    He is a beast on the PK, and has great hands in front of the net, but if he is counted on to generate offense, then he will struggle to put up good numbers.
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  • nothingman44
    nothingman44 Posts: 1,496
    go pens:)
  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    Penguins, march of the penguins. This waiting is slowly killing me. In a good cant wait until saturday kind of way.

    Lets go penguins.
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    you ain't seen nothin' like the mighty guins
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  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    Two hours a way from game one.

    Lets go penguins.
  • kenshunt
    kenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    righteousbabe wrote:
    Two hours a way from game one.

    Lets go penguins.
    Why is Pittsburgh not playing the legend gary roberts tonight ?
    London 2005
    Toronto 2011 night 2
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  • pjfan1223
    pjfan1223 Posts: 19
    Been a Penguins fan since I was a small tike. Definately remember the 91,92 championships. Can't stop the rolling train!! Penguins in five!
    Give me Pearl Jam or give me death!
  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    That most certainly sucked. I wanted 1 out of 2 in detroit,so they have to win monday.
  • kenshunt
    kenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    kenshunt wrote:
    Why is Pittsburgh not playing the legend gary roberts tonight ?
    Well i guess they could have used him, Gill looked like a pylon last night.
    London 2005
    Toronto 2011 night 2
    Hamilton 2011
    London 2013
  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    kenshunt wrote:
    Well i guess they could have used him, Gill looked like a pylon last night.

    Gill looked pretty bad, and I agree with you, Roberts has to be playing, he has so much heart, and that is what the penguins were missing last night. Oh well, it is only one game, they have to win tomorrow.
    I think they have to use the point more and quit worrying about taking it all the way in with their forwards. The wings D are too good for that. Take shots from the point and get some rebounds and deflections. They have to get some shots.
    Let's go Penguins.

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