Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1: Tampa Bay Lightning (5) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (4)

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Apr 10, 2011 10:15pm
Penguins will play on Wed.
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Apr 11, 2011 12:05am
GAME 1: Wed. 4/13 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 2: Fri., 4/15 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 3: Mon. 4/18 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. - CBC (HD), VERSUS (JIP)
GAME 4: 4/20 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 5: (if necessary) Sat. 4/23 at Pittsburgh, TBD - CBC (HD), VERSUS (JIP)
GAME 6: (if necessary) Mon. 4/25 at Tampa Bay, TBD - CBC (HD)
GAME 7: (if necessary) Wed. 4/27 at Pittsburgh, TBD - CBC (HD)


I hope FSN Pittsburgh (or whatever it's called now) shows them like in the past for you Pens fans, otherwise you apparently have to move to Canada to watch it.

EDIT: Found this on Pens site : ROOT SPORTS (fka FSN Pittsburgh) will broadcast all seven games locally.



Also, this is a warning to everyone about the petty bitching that is on this thread AGAIN. It's not that hard to talk normally about this shit... figure it out, or do everyone a favor and just don't post what you're thinking.
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Apr 11, 2011 1:12am
Looks like I'll have to find a stream as usual.
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Apr 11, 2011 1:15am
Idk I just can't go against the Lightning here. I just feel like the Pens are gonna struggle winning faceoffs against the Lightning and the fact that the main scoring line for Tampa is just destructive and without Crosby the Penguins are going to have trouble containing them. Another thing is Pittsburgh has not came back down after 2 periods yet this year in 20 tries. If you can't do that in the playoffs you're f***ed
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Apr 11, 2011 2:07am
Instead of the Pens/Bolts on VS, it's Red Wings/Coyotes. Watching Phoenix is like watching Minnesota play they're not the most exciting team to watch.
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rock_knutne
Apr 11, 2011 5:34am
ts1227;737859 wrote:GAME 1: Wed. 4/13 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 2: Fri., 4/15 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 3: Mon. 4/18 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. - CBC (HD), VERSUS (JIP)
GAME 4: 4/20 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 5: (if necessary) Sat. 4/23 at Pittsburgh, TBD - CBC (HD), VERSUS (JIP)
GAME 6: (if necessary) Mon. 4/25 at Tampa Bay, TBD - CBC (HD)
GAME 7: (if necessary) Wed. 4/27 at Pittsburgh, TBD - CBC (HD)


I hope FSN Pittsburgh (or whatever it's called now) shows them like in the past for you Pens fans, otherwise you apparently have to move to Canada to watch it.

EDIT: Found this on Pens site : ROOT SPORTS (fka FSN Pittsburgh) will broadcast all seven games locally.



Also, this is a warning to everyone about the petty bitching that is on this thread AGAIN. It's not that hard to talk normally about this shit... figure it out, or do everyone a favor and just don't post what you're thinking.

It's simple, you have three (four if you count the one person who has two usernames twice) that start all the garbage. Grow a set and throw these dumb asses off this site!
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Apr 11, 2011 11:15am
So now the playoff thread is gonna be a disaster just like the regular season Pens thread was.

Lovely.
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Apr 11, 2011 11:22am
rock_knutne;737908 wrote:It's simple, you have three (four if you count the one person who has two usernames twice) that start all the garbage. Grow a set and throw these dumb asses off this site!

WAHHHH BOO HOO! Stop crying all the time.
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Apr 11, 2011 11:56am
I expect Mike Lundin to shut down the pens offense. I think TB in 4 or 5.
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Apr 11, 2011 12:11pm
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Apr 11, 2011 12:43pm
ts1227;737859 wrote:GAME 1: Wed. 4/13 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 2: Fri., 4/15 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 3: Mon. 4/18 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. - CBC (HD), VERSUS (JIP)
GAME 4: 4/20 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. - CBC (HD)
GAME 5: (if necessary) Sat. 4/23 at Pittsburgh, TBD - CBC (HD), VERSUS (JIP)
GAME 6: (if necessary) Mon. 4/25 at Tampa Bay, TBD - CBC (HD)
GAME 7: (if necessary) Wed. 4/27 at Pittsburgh, TBD - CBC (HD)


I hope FSN Pittsburgh (or whatever it's called now) shows them like in the past for you Pens fans, otherwise you apparently have to move to Canada to watch it.

EDIT: Found this on Pens site : ROOT SPORTS (fka FSN Pittsburgh) will broadcast all seven games locally.



Also, this is a warning to everyone about the petty bitching that is on this thread AGAIN. It's not that hard to talk normally about this shit... figure it out, or do everyone a favor and just don't post what you're thinking.

Unless of course you have fucking Time Warner Cable in some areas who won't put Root Sports (dumbest name for a channel ever) on it's lineup.
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Apr 11, 2011 12:57pm
I dont have versus but I have Root Sports. So I guess it works out for me.
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Apr 11, 2011 2:34pm
If Sid and Geno were healthy, this series would be on VS.
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Apr 11, 2011 2:38pm
The_Crosby_Show;738207 wrote:If Sid and Geno were healthy, this series would be on VS.

Very true. When you have limited national availability like the NHL, you have to have the biggest marquee star-caliber match-ups in those Versus slots. With Sid and Geno, Pittsburgh has that. Without, they don't and are pretty much exclusively on local broadcasts because of that.
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Apr 11, 2011 2:48pm
Heretic;738212 wrote:Very true. When you have limited national availability like the NHL, you have to have the biggest marquee star-caliber match-ups in those Versus slots. With Sid and Geno, Pittsburgh has that. Without, they don't and are pretty much exclusively on local broadcasts because of that.

I just don't want to watch the damn Red Wings and boring Coyotes.
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Apr 11, 2011 2:54pm
The_Crosby_Show;738223 wrote:I just don't want to watch the damn Red Wings and boring Coyotes.

agreed. Canucks and blackhawks should be a good series, they've built a good rivalry over the years
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Apr 11, 2011 2:54pm
The_Crosby_Show;738223 wrote:I just don't want to watch the damn Red Wings and boring Coyotes.

I feel that pain.
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Apr 11, 2011 3:01pm
rock_knutne;737804 wrote:No you did not, you said "they ain't shit", which CLEARLY proves you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, their record and the numbers say otherwise. You just prove my point over and over that the only reason you posted on this thread was to start trouble and troll, like you always do.

I gave my opinion on who was going to win, and because I didn't pick pittsburgh it's trolling? You are a fucking idiot rock, typical pittsburgh fans
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Apr 11, 2011 3:06pm
Raw Dawgin' it;738232 wrote:agreed. Canucks and blackhawks should be a good series, they've built a good rivalry over the years

Thankfully the 2 first games will be at 10pm. It'll be interesting to see how Chicago can do against VAN w/o Ladd and Byfuglien.
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Apr 11, 2011 3:07pm
I nominate this to be the Pens Playoff Anthem.

[video=youtube;bg92QpjRcJk][/video]
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Apr 11, 2011 3:13pm
Raw Dawgin' it;738232 wrote:agreed. Canucks and blackhawks should be a good series, they've built a good rivalry over the years

Yeah, and I'd think if any high seed would be ripe for a first-round upset, it'd be the Canucks. It's just hard for me to be overly impressed with a team for having the best regular season record, when their division contains the worst second-place finisher (going by number of points), worst third-place finisher and the worst two teams in the league as the fourth and fifth place teams. Just the sort of thing that makes me wonder if they're as good as their record, or if they've been inflated a bit by having some really bad teams in their division.
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Apr 11, 2011 3:20pm
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rock_knutne
Apr 11, 2011 3:43pm
DeyDurkie5;738242 wrote:I gave my opinion on who was going to win, and because I didn't pick pittsburgh it's trolling? You are a fucking idiot rock, typical pittsburgh fans

You're a laughable troll. Notice how I didn't hilite your actual pick in my intial post, only the absolutely stupid reason as to why you said they would lose. What a clueless dumb fuck, I could care less if you pick against Pittsburgh, you do it all the time and more times than not you're wrong........which bodes well for me!
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rock_knutne
Apr 12, 2011 11:25am
James Neal is practicing today, as is Crosby:

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=559355&navid=DL|PIT|home
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Apr 12, 2011 11:44am
rock_knutne;739190 wrote:James Neal is practicing today, as is Crosby:

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=559355&navid=DL|PIT|home

Until it says crosby is practicing with contact, it doesn't matter.