Pittsburgh Penguins 2010-2011 season thread

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Dec 15, 2010 6:37pm
http://espn.go.com/nhl/standings/_/sort/pointsFor/group/1

Oh my bad after last nights ass kicking of the pens they are now tied for first. LMAO. Nice FAIL.
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Dec 15, 2010 8:00pm
Commander of Awesome;602278 wrote:http://espn.go.com/nhl/standings/_/sort/pointsFor/group/1

Oh my bad after last nights ass kicking of the pens they are now tied for first. LMAO. Nice FAIL.

Cavs 7-17

Zero championships in the LeBron era.
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rock_knutne
Dec 15, 2010 8:08pm
Commander of Awesome;602278 wrote:http://espn.go.com/nhl/standings/_/sort/pointsFor/group/1

Oh my bad after last nights ass kicking of the pens they are now tied for first. LMAO. Nice FAIL.

Ass kicking? Dude, you're here to start trouble because it's fucking obvious you don't have a CLUE about hockey! Just leave.
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rock_knutne
Dec 15, 2010 8:09pm
1-0 Pens, second period just started a few minutes ago.
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Dec 15, 2010 9:50pm
Pens lose 4-1. Wrong kind of streak now. 24/7 comes on HBO in 10 minutes.
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Dec 16, 2010 1:15am
Piss poor effort by everyone not named Crosby, Malkin, and Letang.

Aside from Crosby and Malkin, nobody is able to drive to the net with the puck on their stick or shoot the damn puck. Now is the time to package some bottom sixers for a Brunnete like player.
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rock_knutne
Dec 16, 2010 7:25am
^^^^I wouldn't say it was a piss poor effort but that they just ran out of gas in the third period. No worries after losing two in a row, they're off until Monday and the much needed rest will get them energized. Hopefully Kunitz will be back on Monday night.
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Dec 16, 2010 12:32pm
How about Jarome Iginla?

Pens would have to give up some promising youngsters. I think they have the pieces to do it if they wanted to.

He's not as good as he was about five years ago but still 32 goals last year, 14 goals and 15 assists this year on a team that doesn't have much around him. Power forward who can score and also brings some physical play.
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Dec 16, 2010 2:17pm
^^^We don't have the cap space to acquire Iginla.
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rock_knutne
Dec 16, 2010 2:31pm
The_Crosby_Show;603074 wrote:^^^We don't have the cap space to acquire Iginla.

Bingo! The Pens would have to give up one of their big players in order to free up the cash.
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rock_knutne
Dec 16, 2010 2:34pm
IMO, this team is fine the way they are. Every year you here the same thing...."Sid needs a scoring winger", well Sid and the rest of the team have done just fine without one. I will agree that Sid could be that much better with a big gun on his line (Hossa proved that) but they also won a Stanley Cup with out that type of player and no, Billy Guerin doesn't count.
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Dec 16, 2010 3:01pm
They would probably have to give up Kunitz, Kennedy, Cooke somebody like that

and then one of the young players like Letestu or Jeffrey

probably not worth the gamble since they may be good enough already
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Dec 16, 2010 4:15pm
Go after Brunnete if the Wild are out of the playoffs at the end of the year.

In the offseason I would like them to "poach" a RFA and sign a UFA winger. I want the line up to look like this next year.

Kuntiz-Crosby-Setoguchi (RFA)
Tangradi-Malkin-Ryder
Cooke-Staal-Kennedy
Adams-Talbot-Dupuis
Rupp

Orpik-Letang
Martin-Michalek
Gogo-Engelland
Bortuzzo
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rock_knutne
Dec 16, 2010 7:25pm
Here's the rosters for the Pens/Caps Alumni Game next Friday:

Pittsburgh:

Mario Lemieux, Paul Coffey, Ron Francis, Bryan Trottier, Larry Murphy, Gary Roberts, Billy Guerin, Phil Bourque, Rob Brown, Rod Buskas, Jay Caufield, Bob Errey, Dave Hannan, Francois Leroux, Troy Loney, Greg Malone, Gilles Meloche, Craig Simpson, Frank Pietrangelo, Gary Rissling, Rick Tocchet, Kevin Stevens, Peter Taglianetti and Warren Young.

Washington:

Peter Bondra, Michal Pivonka, Scott Walker, Sylvain Cote, Greg Adams, Don Beaupre, Alan Hanglesben, Nick Kypreos, Yvon Labre, Gord Lane, Craig Laughlin, Mark Lofthouse, Denis Maruk, Alan May, Paul Mulvey, Robert Picard, Errol Rausse, Pat Ribble, Ken Sabourin, Blair Stewart and a few others to be added.

LOL, the Caps Alumni squad doesn't have a chance.
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Dec 17, 2010 12:02am
Too bad Jagr can't comeover from Russia and be a ref ;)
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Dec 20, 2010 3:18pm
Lines for the game tonight:

Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis
Cooke-Malkin-Talbot
Conner-Letestu-Kennedy
Rupp-Adams-Asham/Godard

Orpik is a GTD.
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Dec 21, 2010 12:28am
Pens win 6-1
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Dec 21, 2010 1:26pm
Geno looks to be back to his old form with 5 goals in the past 3 games and 5 points last nights.
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Dec 21, 2010 5:10pm
That was one of the "funnest" games I've ever attended.
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Dec 22, 2010 1:34am
Caps fans were chanting "We Want Pittsburgh" at the end of their game tonight. Be careful of what you wish for.
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Dec 22, 2010 10:24am
Caps fans are idiots. It still burns me that the NHL gave those losers 20,000 tickets for the Winter Classic. This is the franchise where their fat-ass owner blocks ticket sales from the Pittsburgh area so his lousy Verizon Center won't look like a Pens home game.

Give them the 1,500 tickets that Buffalo gave Pens season ticket holders for the 1st Winter Classic.
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Dec 22, 2010 1:04pm
GoPens;609881 wrote:Caps fans are idiots. It still burns me that the NHL gave those losers 20,000 tickets for the Winter Classic. This is the franchise where their fat-ass owner blocks ticket sales from the Pittsburgh area so his lousy Verizon Center won't look like a Pens home game.

Give them the 1,500 tickets that Buffalo gave Pens season ticket holders for the 1st Winter Classic.
How can you be ripping on an owner for wanting only home town fans in attendance? If i were a fan and an owner came out and said i don't want rival fans in my building, i'd be stoked.
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rock_knutne
Dec 22, 2010 8:50pm
^^^^^I see "strap" is back. :rolleyes:
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Dec 22, 2010 10:13pm
Pens win 5-2 over Florida

at Washington Thursday

since Nov. 17 the Pens are 14-2
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rock_knutne
Dec 22, 2010 10:39pm
^^^^That's an extremely impressive record through 16 games. What's also amazing is they have a two game slide and come back with two very impressive wins just like that. It was like someone shot them out of a cannon. This could be another special team come year's end.