News from Around the NHL 2

chaosof99 · Post #4801 by **chaosof99** » Tue May 16, 2017 11:09 am

Good News for anyone who has ever had the displeasure of watching a game on ROOT Sports Pittsburgh: Steigerwald will no longer terrorize your experience. They hired Steve Mears as their now hockey play-by-play guy. I am not familiar with Mears, but I can still say with 100% confidence that this is an improvement.

vonbonds · Post #4802 by **vonbonds** » Tue May 16, 2017 1:32 pm

He.Was.The.Worst.

He might be the reason I hate the Pens so much.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4803 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 16, 2017 7:46 pm

At the very least, he's one of them; similar to Jack Edwards.

They just have a way of adding salt to an already gaping, infected wound. And that's not a compliment. They're fucking assholes who appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4804 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Wed May 17, 2017 6:22 pm

Chiarelli has been nominated for GM of the year.

As if the NHL wasn't already enough of a fucking joke.

Hovercraft · Post #4805 by **Hovercraft** » Wed May 17, 2017 8:39 pm

Fleury and the pens are getting owned. Down 4-0 after 10 minutes.

GoneFullHextall · Post #4806 by **GoneFullHextall** » Thu May 18, 2017 12:54 am

that may be the last game for MAF as a Penguin.
4 goals on 9 shots.

Hovercraft · Post #4807 by **Hovercraft** » Thu May 18, 2017 6:46 am

As bad as it looked for Fleury, his D was playing awful in front of him. He was hung out to dry on a couple of those.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4808 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Fri May 19, 2017 5:40 pm

Looks like Johansen's out for the rest of the playoffs.

Sorry, PF. It was good while it lasted.

Konecny HypeTrain Captain · Post #4809 by **Konecny HypeTrain Captain** » Sat May 20, 2017 11:41 am

Canada in the finals, be nice for them to win it.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4810 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Sun May 21, 2017 5:47 pm

Pickard v. Lundqvist...

I think everyone knew how that was going to play itself out.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4811 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Mon May 22, 2017 11:26 pm

So, is Laviolette the first coach to go the SCF with three different teams?

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #4812 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Mon May 22, 2017 11:50 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:So, is Laviolette the first coach to go the SCF with three different teams?

Just him and Scotty, I believe.

PredsFan77 · Post #4813 by **PredsFan77** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:38 am

Rogers Pancreas wrote:Looks like Johansen's out for the rest of the playoffs.

Sorry, PF. It was good while it lasted.

PredsFan77 · Post #4814 by **PredsFan77** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:40 am

vonbonds wrote:I've never wanted a team I don't root for to win the cup as much as I want Smashville right now.

chaosof99 · Post #4815 by **chaosof99** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:07 am

edgar_dong wrote:
Rogers Pancreas wrote:So, is Laviolette the first coach to go the SCF with three different teams?

Just him and Scotty, I believe.

Apparently there are four:
Dick Irvin (Chicago 1931, Toronto a couple of times in the 30s and Montreal a number of times in the 40s and 50s)
Scotty Bowman (three times with Blues, five times Montreal, Pittsburgh 92 and thrice with Detroit)
Mike Keenan (85 & 87 Flyers, 92 Blackhawks, 94 Rangers)
Peter Laviolette (2006 Hurricanes, 2010 Flyers, 2017 Predators)

MiD · Post #4816 by **MiD** » Tue May 23, 2017 2:32 am

nice, sucks that RJo is done for season

jester · Post #4817 by **jester** » Tue May 23, 2017 11:14 am

I like all the "Why did we fire Lavy?" hot takes coming out today ...

Lavy is a great coach, but it was time ... it was time the previous season. He's a closer (and a very good one), not a developer.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4818 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:42 pm

jester wrote:I like all the "Why did we fire Lavy?" hot takes coming out today ...

Lavy is a great coach, but it was time ... it was time the previous season. He's a closer (and a very good one), not a developer.

Can't disagree with that.

But I will always maintain that he did the best he could with the goaltending situation being what it was.

PredsFan77 · Post #4819 by **PredsFan77** » Tue May 23, 2017 5:47 pm

yall fired him like 10 games into the season right?

jester · Post #4820 by **jester** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:27 pm

PredsFan77 wrote:yall fired him like 10 games into the season right?

3, which was ridiculous. But the writing was on the wall the prior season.

jester · Post #4821 by **jester** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:30 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:
jester wrote:I like all the "Why did we fire Lavy?" hot takes coming out today ...

Lavy is a great coach, but it was time ... it was time the previous season. He's a closer (and a very good one), not a developer.

Can't disagree with that.

But I will always maintain that he did the best he could with the goaltending situation being what it was.

Eh ... He does shoulder a good bit of blame for the Bob/Bryz debacle.

Kilgore Trout · Post #4822 by **Kilgore Trout** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:57 pm

jester wrote:
PredsFan77 wrote:yall fired him like 10 games into the season right?

3, which was ridiculous. But the writing was on the wall the prior season.

No shit. Should've been fired in time to let a new coach have a full offseason or given more than 3 games...that was classic Flyers shit decision making.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4823 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 23, 2017 8:29 pm

jester wrote:
Rogers Pancreas wrote:
jester wrote:I like all the "Why did we fire Lavy?" hot takes coming out today ...

Lavy is a great coach, but it was time ... it was time the previous season. He's a closer (and a very good one), not a developer.

Can't disagree with that.

But I will always maintain that he did the best he could with the goaltending situation being what it was.

Eh ... He does shoulder a good bit of blame for the Bob/Bryz debacle.

Absolutely not, Jester. (Told you this already.) Holmgren's shitty, gargantuan finger-prints are all over that mess.

And we'll leave it at that because I don't think anyone here wants to revisit his goaltending management decisions from 2009 to 2012.

jester · Post #4824 by **jester** » Tue May 23, 2017 11:23 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:
jester wrote:
Rogers Pancreas wrote:Can't disagree with that.

But I will always maintain that he did the best he could with the goaltending situation being what it was.

Eh ... He does shoulder a good bit of blame for the Bob/Bryz debacle.

Absolutely not, Jester. (Told you this already.) Holmgren's shitty, gargantuan finger-prints are all over that mess.

And we'll leave it at that because I don't think anyone here wants to revisit his goaltending management decisions from 2009 to 2012.

Holmgren shoulders a great deal of blame as well ... but I fully agree with Meltzer (who discussed this today) that Lavy's ridiculous management of Bob as a rookie in the playoffs directly contributed to Snider demanding that Holmgren make a major play (for Bryz). All three deserve significant blame for that mess ... just like I think Lavy deserves blame for (along with Pronger) managing the locker room dynamics of the squad rather poorly as things progressed. My bona fides in shitting on Holmgren are well established, and I liked Lavy here, but he had his notable warts.

I mean, seriously, go back to those playoffs and imagine Lavy showing a bit of confidence in Bob and how that might have altered history. As said, he's a very good closer ... but he has limitations when you don't have a ready-for-prime-time roster. A weakness a lot of elite coaches have.

CantSeeColors · Post #4825 by **CantSeeColors** » Wed May 24, 2017 6:44 am

Kilgore Trout wrote:
jester wrote:
PredsFan77 wrote:yall fired him like 10 games into the season right?

3, which was ridiculous. But the writing was on the wall the prior season.

No shit. Should've been fired in time to let a new coach have a full offseason or given more than 3 games...that was classic Flyers shit decision making.

It's not like berube would have used that time to install some grand master plan, though

Kilgore Trout · Post #4826 by **Kilgore Trout** » Wed May 24, 2017 11:02 am

CantSeeColors wrote:
Kilgore Trout wrote:
jester wrote:
3, which was ridiculous. But the writing was on the wall the prior season.

No shit. Should've been fired in time to let a new coach have a full offseason or given more than 3 games...that was classic Flyers shit decision making.

It's not like berube would have used that time to install some grand master plan, though

True that. I was thinking they might have found a better candidate on a more traditional timetable.

Konecny HypeTrain Captain · Post #4827 by **Konecny HypeTrain Captain** » Wed May 24, 2017 11:14 am

COME THE FUCK ON OTTAWA WE JUST NEED ONE FUCKING GAME

GoneFullHextall · Post #4828 by **GoneFullHextall** » Wed May 24, 2017 12:46 pm

Kilgore Trout wrote:
jester wrote:
PredsFan77 wrote:yall fired him like 10 games into the season right?

3, which was ridiculous. But the writing was on the wall the prior season.

No shit. Should've been fired in time to let a new coach have a full offseason or given more than 3 games...that was classic Flyers shit decision making.

what can you do.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4829 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Wed May 24, 2017 8:58 pm

TSN has been working over-time trying to spin the Subban trade in another direction, and down-play his contribution to the Preds. Somebody's been taking notes!

CantSeeColors · Post #4830 by **CantSeeColors** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:20 pm

I'm obviously not a fan of the pens taking a lead there, but if it had to happen, I enjoy that it's entirely the fault of phaneuf's stupidity

Konecny HypeTrain Captain · Post #4831 by **Konecny HypeTrain Captain** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:43 pm

COME THE FUCK ON SENS!!! I just got home to catch some OT hockey I'm either gonna be really happy or my green spot is going to take a serious hit.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4832 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:53 pm

Karlsson's stat-line is absurd right now.

Konecny HypeTrain Captain · Post #4833 by **Konecny HypeTrain Captain** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:56 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:Karlsson's stat-line is absurd right now.

Konecny HypeTrain Captain · Post #4834 by **Konecny HypeTrain Captain** » Thu May 25, 2017 11:05 pm

Playoff hockey most intense shit in sports

Konecny HypeTrain Captain · Post #4835 by **Konecny HypeTrain Captain** » Thu May 25, 2017 11:53 pm

Fuck this world

DeadPhish · Post #4836 by **DeadPhish** » Fri May 26, 2017 7:27 am

well damn

GoneFullHextall · Post #4837 by **GoneFullHextall** » Fri May 26, 2017 12:58 pm

meh.
whatever.
just not worth it to get mad to the point where rage takes over.

vonbonds · Post #4838 by **vonbonds** » Fri May 26, 2017 1:14 pm

That fucking franchise has had Mario, Jagr, Crosby and Malkin for something like 2/3's of their franchises existence..fuck them with the fire of a thousand suns

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4839 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Fri May 26, 2017 9:28 pm

Meanwhile... in Philadelphia: Barry Ashbee (eye), Bernie Parent (eye), Jim Watson (back), Pelle Lindbergh (died), Tim Kerr (shoulder), Brian Propp (concussion), Dmitri Tertyshny (died), Eric Lindros (concussion), Mikael Renberg (abdomen), Keith Primeau (concussion), Joni Pitkanen (abdomen), Kim Johnsson (concussion), Mike Rathje (piriformis syndrome), Todd Fedoruk (concussion), Derian Hatcher (knee), Ian Laperriere (concussion), Chris Pronger (concussion), and then there's Jonathan Kalinski (leg), Marc-Andre Bourdon (concussion), and the venerable Eric Wellwood (leg).

Am I missing anyone?

CantSeeColors · Post #4840 by **CantSeeColors** » Fri May 26, 2017 9:35 pm

You forgot Ray emery's bones eating themselves

jester · Post #4841 by **jester** » Fri May 26, 2017 11:18 pm

CantSeeColors wrote:You forgot Ray emery's bones eating themselves

Dying ... his bones were dying.

chaosof99 · Post #4842 by **chaosof99** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:42 am

Rogers Pancreas wrote:Meanwhile... in Philadelphia: Barry Ashbee (eye), Bernie Parent (eye), Jim Watson (back), Pelle Lindbergh (died), Tim Kerr (shoulder), Brian Propp (concussion), Dmitri Tertyshny (died), Eric Lindros (concussion), Mikael Renberg (abdomen), Keith Primeau (concussion), Joni Pitkanen (abdomen), Kim Johnsson (concussion), Mike Rathje (piriformis syndrome), Todd Fedoruk (concussion), Derian Hatcher (knee), Ian Laperriere (concussion), Chris Pronger (concussion), and then there's Jonathan Kalinski (leg), Marc-Andre Bourdon (concussion), and the venerable Eric Wellwood (leg).

Am I missing anyone?

Not really missing, but I think Lindros' collapsed lung incident also deserves a special mention. You see, it's only completely fair for one franchise to get four of the best players to ever play the sport and for another franchise to have one of the best players in its history die and another almost die at the height of their careers.

I guess the Pens also have the story of Michel Brière which is also exceptionally tragic.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4843 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Sat May 27, 2017 12:42 pm

I see your Michel Briere, chaos, and raise you Claude Laforge.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill-Mel ... r/45/76231

GoneFullHextall · Post #4844 by **GoneFullHextall** » Tue May 30, 2017 9:52 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:Meanwhile... in Philadelphia: Barry Ashbee (eye), Bernie Parent (eye), Jim Watson (back), Pelle Lindbergh (died), Tim Kerr (shoulder), Brian Propp (concussion), Dmitri Tertyshny (died), Eric Lindros (concussion), Mikael Renberg (abdomen), Keith Primeau (concussion), Joni Pitkanen (abdomen), Kim Johnsson (concussion), Mike Rathje (piriformis syndrome), Todd Fedoruk (concussion), Derian Hatcher (knee), Ian Laperriere (concussion), Chris Pronger (concussion), and then there's Jonathan Kalinski (leg), Marc-Andre Bourdon (concussion), and the venerable Eric Wellwood (leg).

Am I missing anyone?

probably could include John Leclair who's back started to betray him at a young age.

chaosof99 · Post #4845 by **chaosof99** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:28 am

Wow, those Preds fans. Respect

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4846 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:06 am

The bar I was at last night was pro-Nashville, and it was awesome.

GoneFullHextall · Post #4847 by **GoneFullHextall** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:11 am

chaosof99 wrote:Wow, those Preds fans. Respect

the Monarchs do that chant, of course they stole it from UNH.
But it was never that loud and long. that was amazing.

JLHockeyKnight · Post #4848 by **JLHockeyKnight** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 7:09 am

chaosof99 wrote:Wow, those Preds fans. Respect

I went to a game in 2009 and they did it then. They've done it for years. Surprised it took that long for people to catch on (you aren't the only one, I've had multiple people bring it up online or in person).

FlyHigh · Post #4849 by **FlyHigh** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:01 am

Yeah it was also a big thing at college hockey games a while ago, probably still is I guess.

That NSH crowd is just insane though, these games have been great.

GoneFullHextall · Post #4850 by **GoneFullHextall** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:54 pm

being a part of an atmosphere like that is something I would never forget.
Imagine if Nashville wins game 5. it would be pure insanity in that building.

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