It's almost impossible to not dig into last year's
But last year is last year.
You had a girlfriend last year, but then she banged some dude she works with.
Things change.
Flyers fans being whiny bitches is what doesn't change, however.
Tampon sales in Philadelphia are higher than any other part of the country.
Is the Flyers' level of suck enough for the Pens to job them again?
do it
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OCTOBER 14th -- PITTSBURGH
The birth of the Dupuis Shot™.
NOVEMBER 13th --
PITTSBURGH
OUR
RECAP
Scott Hartnell flipping out like an idiot.
DECEMBER 13th --
PHILADELPHIA
OUR
RECAP
Flyers 4 for 6 on power play.
JANUARY 13th --
PHILADELPHIA
OUR
RECAP
This was that game where the Pens played that 1999 Devils trap.
Just throw this one out, just like throwing the 4-for-6 PP game out.
Evens out.
FEBRUARY 21st --
PHILADELPHIA
OUR
RECAP
The "Biron is still a joke" game.
Watch to the end.
MARCH 22nd --
PITTSBURGH
OUR
RECAP
Balls. French Toast got lucky.
Pens went 4-2 against Philly this season,
Is there a reason to do statistical breakdowns? No.
Everyone and their mother will be doing those.
in bed. together.
The series will come down to, what else, special teams...
more specifically, the Pens PP against the Flyers PK.
The Pens power play has been more sterile than your dad.
The Flyers PK doesn't have an electricity bill.
They've been lights-out all year.
Of course, the Pens' 82.7% PK does hold a candle to the Flyers' 83%.
But the Flyers have 16 shorthanded goals, leading the NHL.
Those 16 shorthanded goals cannot be overlooked.
That's an average of one shorty every five games.
Against a struggling Pens PP that will be pressing to produce?
Could be vomit city.
Not to say the entire series boils down to this garbage,
but it's the one thing we're checking out.
*The Flyers went 81 games without giving up a shorthanded goal.
Whoops. They gave up one on Sunday against the Rangers.
Yeah,
sorry.
We
aren't on a high horse and feel we got to break down the entire series for
everyone.
Just
not what we do.
Instead, we read what other people say and job
them.
Case
in point: SEAN LEAHY at the Alex Ovechkin blog on Yahoo.
He gives the FORWARDS advantage to the
Pens.
DEFENSEMEN
goes to the Flyers.
blah blah blah stuff stuff stuff
And then we get to something
bizarre.
Sean
finds who has the advantage in CAPTAINS:
It's almost like he went out of his way to find praise for Mike
Richards.
Hey
, we hate Mike Richards. We hate his
family.
But
we recognize he has talent, but not really.
"Richards plays an intense, physical game and is valuable on both ends of the ice."
Substitute Crosby's name in there. It
fits.
Actually
, that's just a bunch of canned compliments you can give to dozens of NHL
players.
Snore
.
"He does everything he's asked to
do
and
doesn't care about statistical milestones."
This whole paragraph about Mike Richards was supposed to
be
building
the case on why his captaincy is more valuable than Crosby's.
Crosby doesn't do everything he's asked to do?
And the veiled jab at Crosby when referencing caring about milestones?
Jesus.
Granted, SEAN probably wanted to overcompensate a little toward the Flyers,
since he is Penguin-biased at heart.
But that is just
bizarre.
Oh
, Sean picked the Pens in 6.
"Yes We Can" bumper stickers are in early stages of
production.
Details
soon.
Richards sucks.
Eric P.'s friend.
wallpaper city. right-click,
view.
or
drag into tabs bar.
By the way, we are placing a moratorium on the Summer's Eve Douche
photoshop.
Don't
send one.
go pens