I was being sarcastic, as 20 years obviously puts you above bandwagon status into either 'fantatical', or 'delusional' status :P
Lotta respect for Mario though.
I don't really see how it is fanatical or delusional. The thing is if you cheer for a team and don't jump on other teams bandwagons when your team is down you end up being a fan forever. I became a fan because of Mario and when he left I found I couldn't cheer for any other team. I have been a penguins fan through some terrible seasons but I think this year we have a pretty good shot.
The thing is, it's not dreaming or wishful thinking on our part. As much as I hate how they are the "trendy" pick this year, the fact is that the so-called "experts" ARE picking them to win it. They added a couple of seasoned Stanley Cup winners in Sykora and Sydor and that's really all they needed. Throw in the fact that Roberts will be there the whole year and that Fleury is a year older and I don't see any glaring weakness.
Throw in the fact that Roberts will be there the whole year
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we will not win a cup with fleury, let's be honest. it would be a bad move to resign him. and if the defense doesn't improve, we definetly won't win anything. and finally, what a screw job last night. i was there. wow. worst officiating in the history of sports!
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we will not win a cup with fleury, let's be honest. it would be a bad move to resign him. and if the defense doesn't improve, we definetly won't win anything. and finally, what a screw job last night. i was there. wow. worst officiating in the history of sports!
Finally, someone else who sees Fluery as overrated...
The officiating may have been bad but there was a significant lack of discipline from the Pens in the second period (didn't watch the third, but seeing as only one goal was scored I'll assume it was a little different).
Finally, someone else who sees Fluery as overrated...
The officiating may have been bad but there was a significant lack of discipline from the Pens in the second period (didn't watch the third, but seeing as only one goal was scored I'll assume it was a little different).
ya there was but the officiating really cost them the game. the too many men on the ice call when the goal was taken away? jersey had more on the ice than we did! they had 6 people on the ice before a face off and it was barely caught, no call. still wondering where crosby tripped someone when he was pretty much attacked in the 3rd. for once their lack of discipline wasn't what cost them the game, believe me. out of all those penalities there were only 2 that should have been called from what i saw. it's was atrocious! the game winning goal was on a play where someone from jersey pushed fleury INTO the net and then put the puck in. it was like the officials wanted to giftwrap the game and give it to the devils. they all should be fired.
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ya there was but the officiating really cost them the game. the too many men on the ice call when the goal was taken away? jersey had more on the ice than we did! they had 6 people on the ice before a face off and it was barely caught, no call. still wondering where crosby tripped someone when he was pretty much attacked in the 3rd. for once their lack of discipline wasn't what cost them the game, believe me. out of all those penalities there were only 2 that should have been called from what i saw. it's was atrocious! the game winning goal was on a play where someone from jersey pushed fleury INTO the net and then put the puck in. it was like the officials wanted to giftwrap the game and give it to the devils. they all should be fired.
Three Pens pushed the guy from Jersey into the goal and Fluery (continually), and he isn't the one who put the puck in the net anyway. The ref was right behind the net watching. If not a goal for Jersey, the Pens should have got a penalty for that.
Two guys stayed on the ice to push around a NJ player when that disallowed goal was scored, no excuse. One eventually went off, but the other (Crosby, no less) stuck on the ice. I missed the tripping call on Crosby.
If Jersey had too many men on the ice earlier, it should have been called as well.
Two guys stayed on the ice to push around a NJ player when that disallowed goal was scored, no excuse. One eventually went off, but the other (Crosby, no less) stuck on the ice. I missed the tripping call on Crosby.
If Jersey had too many men on the ice earlier, it should have been called as well.
jersey had too many men at the same time, no call. it also seemed like the guy from jersey was actually stopping us from going on the bench too in all honesty. i thought roberts was the one that was stuck on the ice. i was on the other end of the arena so it was hard to tell what happened with that goal where fleury was literally in the net.
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jersey had too many men at the same time, no call. it also seemed like the guy from jersey was actually stopping us from going on the bench too in all honesty. i thought roberts was the one that was stuck on the ice. i was on the other end of the arena so it was hard to tell what happened with that goal where fleury was literally in the net.
I think the refs overlooked the Jersey too many men call cause the 6th man was the one being hounded in front of the Pens bench (he definitely ran into the Pens players as they were leaving the ice but it was small enough of a bump to avoid an interference call, and he didn't obstruct beyond the initial bump according to the broadcast..just the bump to get them rowled) and the Pens took offense to it and stuck around.
If they hadn't they would have avoided the call and maybe Jersey wouldn't
have.
Roberts may have been the second one on the ice, there was initially two players on the ice pushing the devil around.
edit - that goal with the giant crowd in the net - I was yelling at my tv cause it was showing the net cam at the time, and all you could see was the devil pushing down on Fluery, and I couldn't believe they allowed it...then we saw the replay a few times and it made a good bit more sense.
Yeah... get rid of a 22 year old, consensus number one draft pick who is coming off a 40 win season after a few bad games.... :rolleyes:
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Fluery is so overrated...
I disagree.... he is still very young, and has single handedly won some games last year for the Penguins. I don't think there is a goaltender with quicker legs in the game.
I'm willing to wait a couple more seasons before I call him overrated.
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I disagree.... he is still very young, and has single handedly won some games last year for the Penguins. I don't think there is a goaltender with quicker legs in the game.
I'm willing to wait a couple more seasons before I call him overrated.
Well he IS young, I'll give you that. I wouldn't get rid of him yet.
He's also single handedly lost some games, hence the inconsistency.
No, the Penguins are not actively seeking a goaltender to supplant Marc-Andre Fleury, but if the kid doesn't close some of the holes in his game, expect GM Ray Shero to take a serious run at renting veteran Olaf Kolzig if the Caps are sellers at the Feb. 26 trade deadline.
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fleury for bryzgalov. ive always questioned therrien, i'm starting to really question him now. defense? offense? goaltending? we have nothing right now. pathetic. ugh it's so frustrating to watch.
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That you've been on the bandwagon for 20 years!
I was being sarcastic, as 20 years obviously puts you above bandwagon status into either 'fantatical', or 'delusional' status :P
Lotta respect for Mario though.
I don't really see how it is fanatical or delusional. The thing is if you cheer for a team and don't jump on other teams bandwagons when your team is down you end up being a fan forever. I became a fan because of Mario and when he left I found I couldn't cheer for any other team. I have been a penguins fan through some terrible seasons but I think this year we have a pretty good shot.
They will be Cup champs this year and will win at least 2 out of the next 4 cups.
Just you wait
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Somebody get that old fart a walker!
He will miss half the season with a groin injury, but he will play hard for those 40+ games he gets in.
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Quiet in here. The 2008 champs looked awful disciplined last night, hahaha!
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Finally, someone else who sees Fluery as overrated...
The officiating may have been bad but there was a significant lack of discipline from the Pens in the second period (didn't watch the third, but seeing as only one goal was scored I'll assume it was a little different).
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Three Pens pushed the guy from Jersey into the goal and Fluery (continually), and he isn't the one who put the puck in the net anyway. The ref was right behind the net watching. If not a goal for Jersey, the Pens should have got a penalty for that.
Two guys stayed on the ice to push around a NJ player when that disallowed goal was scored, no excuse. One eventually went off, but the other (Crosby, no less) stuck on the ice. I missed the tripping call on Crosby.
If Jersey had too many men on the ice earlier, it should have been called as well.
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I think the refs overlooked the Jersey too many men call cause the 6th man was the one being hounded in front of the Pens bench (he definitely ran into the Pens players as they were leaving the ice but it was small enough of a bump to avoid an interference call, and he didn't obstruct beyond the initial bump according to the broadcast..just the bump to get them rowled) and the Pens took offense to it and stuck around.
If they hadn't they would have avoided the call and maybe Jersey wouldn't
have.
Roberts may have been the second one on the ice, there was initially two players on the ice pushing the devil around.
edit - that goal with the giant crowd in the net - I was yelling at my tv cause it was showing the net cam at the time, and all you could see was the devil pushing down on Fluery, and I couldn't believe they allowed it...then we saw the replay a few times and it made a good bit more sense.
Twice I've visited this season to find only crickets...
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Yeah... get rid of a 22 year old, consensus number one draft pick who is coming off a 40 win season after a few bad games.... :rolleyes:
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Fluery is so overrated...
I disagree.... he is still very young, and has single handedly won some games last year for the Penguins. I don't think there is a goaltender with quicker legs in the game.
I'm willing to wait a couple more seasons before I call him overrated.
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Then what?
Well he IS young, I'll give you that. I wouldn't get rid of him yet.
He's also single handedly lost some games, hence the inconsistency.
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