Behind The Photoshop: J Schiff
J Schiff has been with us longer than any other consistent photoshopper.
He especially made his presence known back in February 2007.
After the jump, a slideshow of his greatness.
Moustache. PENS WIN.
MAF wasn't really tested in this one, only facing 20 shots.
But he has now started the season 4-0.
And he looks good.
No enticing storylines from this one.
Except for Citizen Cane running around being a dick.
GAMEDAY 5 - MAPLE LEAFS
7:00PM
Air Canada Centre
There's something about this team that gives the Penguins a hard time at least once a season.
Maybe it's the business people on their cell phones in the first few rows of the ACC.
Maybe it's the fact that the Leafs usually wear white at home for HNIC games.
Maybe it's the extra media attention or the overpriced beer.
Whatever it is, the Leafs give the Penguins problems, especially in Toronto.
In the last five seasons the Penguins are 3-5-2 when playing in the Air Canada Centre.
They've been outscored 43-34.
Their only two regulation wins are a 6-4 victory on October 13th, 2007 and a 3-2 win on March 11th, 2004.
The also beat the Leafs 6-5 in overtime on February 10th, 2007.
And Brian Burke's Leafs are like the Flyers of Canada, so this might not be pretty, but it likely will be high scoring,
The Leafs have yet to win a game this season, so they'll be desperate and have something to prove.
No Suspension or Fine for Hartnell
From TSN:
Due to a lack of evidence, Philadelphia Flyers winger Scott Hartnell will not face any supplementary discipline for an alleged biting incident in Thursday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Hartnell took part in a conference call with NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell on Friday morning but will face no suspension or fine. Sources say the referees and linesmen did not see the alleged incident and as such, there was insufficient evidence to further penalize Hartnell.
Clearly Gary Bettman and the NHL are once again favoring the Penguins and trying to.... wait... what?
Whatev.... after the jump: Photoshops.
Silence of the Flyers. PENS WIN.
24 hours later, the Pens were good again.
Beating the Flyers just puts a bounce in your step. Never gets old.
What a nail-biter. Not really.
But you just have to make a cannibalism joke right out of the gate.
How great is it for Pens fans from the '80s
not being the least bit worried anymore about playing in Philadelphia?
On a night where the Flyers' organist prompted the CROSBY SUCKS chant
every time he was about to take a faceoff...
...Bing answered by winning 21 out of 24 -- that's 87.5%.
Hard to be a beast on a night where you give up 4 goals, but MAF was beast city.
How do you feel if you're the Flyers right now?
You make some splashes in the offseason.
Then you test the new acquisitions in back-to-back games against the Caps and Pens.
You barely beat the Capitals.
Whoops. Meh.
You lose to the Penguins.
Whoops.
And your goalie that was supposed to push the team to another level?
That's 10 goals against in 2 games versus Eastern elite. Ouch.
All of the aforementioned storylines are rendered null, however,
due to Hannibal Hartnell trying to eat Kris Letang.
He bit Letang on his ring finger.
Closest Hartnell will get to a Stanley Cup ring.
If you think there's more Hartnell photoshops after clicking "Read More,"
you are right.
Snake Bite
Pensblog [AP]
Scott Hartnell took a bite out of Kris Letang's finger.
Recap coming later this morning, but we want to confirm what everyone already knows.
Late in the game Letang and Hartnell got tied up. You cannot get a clear angle, but FSN showed Letang going to the Pens runway.
"He knows what he did. Go ask Hartnell."
"It's a first for me. I want to be certain that you ask him and make sure you get the right answer."
"Just go ask him. I want to know the answer."
Video of the scrum here:
Almost looks like it happened when Pronger and Kunitz got involved,
although Letang can be seen talking to the ref right before that.
Hartnell denied it.
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GAMEDAY 4 - FLYERS
7:00
Wachovia Center
Here's the video the Flyers played before their home opener:
What that video tells us is that Flyers hockey is...
Determined
Ferocious
Punishing
Ruthless
Merciless
Vicious
Relentless
We don't see the words "Talented," "Successful," "Skilled," "Victorious," or surprisingly "Leadership" anywhere in there.
But it does tell you a few things about what the Flyers, and their fans, want out of their team.
They want violence. They want fights. They want brutality.
And, if after all of the bloodshed, the Flyers manage to win that's good too.
We don't have to sit here and give you reasons to hate the Flyers.
You hate them already.
Entrapment. PENS LOSE.
"If the Penguins played football -- and there had to be times last night when they wished they did --
this would have been described as a trap game."
And that's why we started a blog.
There had to be times in this game when the Pens wished they play football?
What does that even mean?
Football's the only schedule with trap games? Bizarre.
He had to reach his Steeler-allusion quota somewhere.
Might as well be in the first sentence.
The Pens lost.
The Coyotes won. What a solid team.
If you don't have Malkins, Crosby, Gonchars, etc., this is how you win games.
Clearly, Gary Bettman is cashing Crosby's checks and paying the refs to call penalties for the Coyotes.
Coyotes need to sell out their arena opening night.
What better way to draw some interest than beating the world champs.
/Caps, Wings, Flyers fan Quantam Leap
If the Pens weren't mentally in this game, for whatever reason,
you might as well look behind the bench.
If the schedule-makers had the Pens play Chicago last night and Philly tonight,
Brent Johnson wouldn't had even seen warmups.
Did Disco send a message to his players to take the night off
by starting the backup goalie against what is a perceived to be a perennial doormat?
Does MAF need a break two games into the season, regardless of games on the horizon?
No, no, we're not throwing anyone under the bus.
Don't remember doing it after Game 5 of the SCF.
We just can't wait for people to start flipping out on Bylsma.
Because people get bored and feel they got to do it.
Disco is a beast. He has a five-year pass in our book.
People the least bit upset who are posting unreal condescending blog- and message-board posts
forget what an 82-game NHL season entails.
Did everyone think the Pens were gonna go undefeated? Man.
We're still glad that hockey's back, period.
As RAGE posted in C-Blog, bridge-jumping is just a way of life in NHL fandom, anway.
Going to the House That Crosby Destroys tonight.
Get the minds right.
