Finish Him. PENS WIN.
Beating the Flyers always puts a hop in your step.
And this wasn't just a beating.
It was a dismantling.
If you're not going into back-to-back games with the World Champs with the intent of seeing how you stack up, you might as well pack up your season right now. For any other team, Carcillo's goal that cut the deficit would've woken up the entire bench. Instead, nothing happened.
What most people overlook about the Flyers is that their defense is incredibly bad. If this was 1999, people might be intimidated by Chris Pronger. But now he is so slow, he can't even take cheap shots. And people wonder why we think the Flyers are done? Chris Pronger is all you got? Malkin made him look like a midget.
Jordan Staal was out of his mind. You're top three centers combine for seven points, it is a good night.
But now the beauty begins. Enjoy this one for 24 hours. The pride of the Philadelphia Flyers is on the line Thursday night. After losing like this on the road, they get a chance to immediately to redeem themselves...in front of their "home crowd." Should be good times.
Stay tuned till after the recap for one of the worst columns in journalism history.
It involves Ron Cook, fighting, and little boys.
GAMEDAY 34 - FLYERS
7:00 PM
Mellon Arena
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
If you have any questions for Mike Lange, Phil Bourque or Bob Grove join the Penguins Radio Network Facebook page.
You can submit questions via the discussion tab for the Crash the Net segments or Penguins Hotline after the game.
No Penguins fan needs to be given a reason to hate the Flyers.
And no one needs any motivation to get up for a game against them.
The fingers are being secured as we speak.
There's a rumor going around that the Flyers have been starving Scott Hartnell for two weeks so that he'll be hungry for this game.
Of course Hartnell is the only professional athlete that takes the phrase "hungry for a game" literally and tries to eat someone.
It will definitely be tough out there, but the Pens are up to it.
The Flyers will no doubt be looking at this game as a chance to prove themselves.
It's the first time the Flyers will be in Mellon Arena this year.
Also, remember that tonight's game is on Versus, not FSN.
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A Time To Hate
[Another sick job by Benson]
Playing the Florida Panthers was nice and all. But now the fun begins.
Until 2010, the Pens play some of the most annoying teams, with the most annoying fan bases. In short, this is what it is all about.
And it all starts with the Flyers.
If you haven't track the Flyers this year, you're missing one of the great meltdowns of the season. They fired John Stevens, and hired Peter Laviolette. But that hasn't done shit.
As our fellow bloguin blog [Flyers Goal Scored By] states, there is some major issues in the locker room:
I would never think to challenge all the hard work that these guys talk about putting in. There's no doubt they work their bodies into incredible shape. But when does a player that is highly touted from the time he is 12 years old ever find the time to put in the mental work that turns you into an adult? When do they ever face adversity? On Saturday night the Flyers dressed 12 players that were drafted in the first 2 rounds of the NHL Draft. Meaning that year, and in fact all of their formative years, they were one of the best 50 hockey players in the world. The WORLD. They've always been the best. When faced with problems they don't know how to handle they skate harder, ride the bike longer, and study the opposition closer.
And he even makes some valid points. A Flyers blogger? Whaaaat?
This is where people like us get to make fun of Mike Richards, and quite honestly it feels great.
The Matrix of Leadership, god almighty himself, has failed. Isn't funny that where Flyer fans and Certain NHL announcers proclaim Mike Richards the leadership king of the world, he can't even control his own locker room.
And then there is this from some rumor site. [The philly four]
According to the source Jeff Carter had an affair with Scott Hartnell's wife and the entire locker room is split over the situation. If this is true the question must be asked, could a trade of one of the two players be the only remedy for such a problem? Also in other Flyers Wives gossip, Danny Brierre is rumored to be close to getting a divorce with his wife.
What a mess. This is what losing does when you have high expectations. It just snowballs into one thing after another.
With all that said, the Flyers could save their season this week. Two games against the Pens, and two wins would spark them.
And the exact opposite is true for the Pens. We've become accustom to ending the Flyers season, but doing it in December? Yea, that would be something.
And that is why these next two games, the hate will flow.
It is good to be back. If you think Chris Pronger is about to do something stupid, you're not alone.
After the jump:
- a Christmas song by Alyonka.
- Pens changing their powerplay
- Semin's nickname is jizz
Buries It.
Best piece of the season by Danny Potash.
Mario coaching his son, Austin and jobbing some ref.
via Ghostwalker:
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Could someone put the FSN segment with 66 coaching his son on youtube?
His jobbing of the ref needs to be seen by the whole world. What a coach.
Email us pleasssssseeeee
Go Pens.
"I think Next Game I Will Score." PENS WN
"I think next game I will score," he said. "After that, I can start feeling better and better every game."Malkin, in an interview with the [trib] Saturday December, 12.
[thanks to nosrac1778]
If you read that Trib article, you get a little more in depth stuff about how Malkin thinks he is in a slump.
He basically said, he is trying for the perfect shot, and he has to stop.
That is what good players are about. To jobber fans, they just think if you shoot the puck on net, it will go in. To a superstar like Malkin he wants to put it top shelf, he wants to destroy the goalie by saying that I can put it anywhere I want to.
No idea why this photoshop is here, but it was funny.
Players go through little funks throughout the NHL season, it is natural. The goal of the NHL season is to be firing on all cylinders by like March. As the playoff get closer, the real players rise. If anything we all should be pumped.
Malkin is fine toning his game, the Pens survived a injury scare, and they still are near first place in the conference.
Guys like Dupes, and Rupp have helped the Pens through. How good has Dupuis been?
And things are about to pick up.
The next eight games:
That is a business schedule. The Pens could nearly bury the Flyers, and we all know the Flyers are looking at those games as games that could save their season. The Sens are playing well, and the Sabres and Devils are the Pens main competition in the East right now other than the Caps.
We apologize for the lack of a recap, but we have been stuck at southpointe all morning thanks to Mother nature being on her period.
So whatev
go Pens.
GAMEDAY 33 - PANTHERS
7:30 PM
Mellon Arena
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
If you have any questions for Mike Lange, Phil Bourque or Bob Grove join the Penguins Radio Network Facebook page.
You can submit questions via the discussion tab for the Crash the Net segments or Penguins Hotline after the game.
Ahhhh Florida.
Somehow, they always manage to make things difficult for the Pens.
And it's not like the Penguins haven't been trying to get the upper hand.
Twice this year the Pens needed more than 60 minutes to defeat the Panthers, despite firing over 40 shots in each game.
And they've even tried some more unorthodox techniques in the past.
They tried getting Crosby to fight.
They signed Tom Fitzgerald to the team's staff, almost solely to prevent game seven loses like that one in '96.
There's even a rumor going around that Burkle and Mario paid Keith Ballard to hit Tomas Vokoun in the head.
Or maybe not.
But somehow the Panthers keep making things difficult.
If You Get Bored This Weekend
Puck Daddy is having a pretty cool [Photoshop Expo]
Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Dec. 23 at noon EDT. E-mail contest entries (.jpgs preferred) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . .
The Yahoo! Sports rules of profanity and PG-13 content apply. We're looking for originality, creativity, wit; but please, at least attempt to make these appear to be actual things (floats, balloons, marchers) you'd see in a parade. (And we really, really want more balloons.)
And since we are bored, we will throw something into the pot. If you make one, work Charlie into it. Best one gets a special treat.
The coveted Talbot "Sshhhhh" shirt. We're getting our hands on a few. We'll have the story on that next week.
Whatever someone comes up with, it will be hard to beat the newest entry by our boy Duff of Bruce Boudreau.
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