#Pens vs #BlueJackets Official Thread! #StanleyCupPlayoffs

[HockeyGenie]

Does anyone have any info on the Sutter injury? I noticed Goc is now on the Neal/Jokinen combo

[theoneandonly]

Not sure... They showed him going into the boards and came up a little lame. Didn't look real bad. How about the knee on knee on Joey Vitale?? Center depth taking a blow tonight.

[Coach]

Wow. 4-3 now

[theoneandonly]

Yikes. 2nd round...

[Crimson's Ghost]

Go Rangers tomorrow.

[HockeyGenie]

Hate to be Mr. Debbie Downer but I feel it's necessary to say that the pens should not be happy after this series. Celebrate tonight, but get back to work tomorrow, because it is the start of something new. If you are content with that series you should not be on the ice. The turnovers, soft goals and stupid penalties hurt them in this series but in the next series versus Philly/New York it will destroy them.

As the 1&only said before, you have to be a realist. And right now this pens team has a lot of work to do.

[theoneandonly]

I'm happy the Pens won 4 games before they lost 4 and I'm happy Evgeni Malkin came alive. However as HG said tomorrow is the start of something new. None of that matters much now.... The good and the bad. Get to start with a clean slate and hopefully make something out of it.


Lets go NYR.

[konjo78]

Hey why don't you guys want to play the flyers? Lower seeded team, look a lot worst they NYR right Now and we have a worst goaltender...

Is there some type of history lately that worries you if the pens play the flyers?

[theoneandonly]

Yes they do look a lot worst than NYR right now and also have a worst goalie. (I'm not a grammar expert or Nazi but your English teacher must be proud). If history serves me right Sid and the Pens typically play well against Henrik though.

I have no problem openly saying the Pens struggle with Philly at times. My goal is for the Pens to win the Stanley Cup this year and I believe NYR provides the best path for that to happen. I certainly think the Pens can beat the Flyers in a 7 game series but I believe they match up better against NYR.

History is a funny thing.... you can typically adjust it just enough to make it fit your point of view. Like I could say... "since 2000 the Pens have beaten the Flyers in 2 outta 3 playoff series". That makes my side of things look better.

[konjo78]

I actually believe you mean since 2001 because the flyers best the pens in 2000, the series with the 5 OT game.


Philly owns a huge lead head to head since then too but they just match up better. Its like mid 2000s Pens were flyers roadblock So they developed a team to beat the pens and then the flyers were the rangers roadblock and they developed a team that beat the flyers!


Personally I would love for a game 7 to happen and I'll be rooting for it but realistically I know the flyers are being outplayed this series and they'll be lucky to win tonight and let alone a miracle at NY for game 7