Seeing complaints about the NHL starting its second round before the first was done. Why care?
You're trying to get series started for teams who've been idle for a week & you've got erratic arena availability in the spring. Nobody died because a G1 comes 24 hours before a G7.
Christian Scott,David Peterson,Brett Baty,Mark Vientos,Ronnie Mauricio,Francisco Alvarez and to a certain extent Carson Benge. None of these young Met “prospects” have come to the “Show” and really performed the way the Mets needed them to. Something is amiss in the Organization.
@bobgrove91 These 1st round tussles show just how difficult winning a Stanley 🏆Championship is. Pens and their fans know b/c we have 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Five. Gotta win 16 of these gut wrenching games.
@MarkMaddenX I listened to the entire segment. Great questions and back & forth Mark w Coach. Never hear stuff like that anywhere else in the 412. Nuff said.
@Brian_Metzer@penguinslive Metz, you and Staggy do a bang up job. You guys tell it like it is. Sept 29th can’t come around quick enuff. LGP!!🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Crazy that my 20th season covering the Pens has come to an end. 13 of them spent with @penguinslive in some form. Love that I got to cover the entirety of the Big 3 and that - God willing - I'll be there to see how the team moves forward. Thanks for following - It's appreciated!
@Joe_Brand1@penguinslive Joe, you’re doing an A1 Job. Following the Great Mike Lange isn’t easy but you’ve grown into the “next” Radio Voice of The Pittsburgh Penguins! You and the Ol 29er. LGP!🐧
A crushing end, but what a season. Can’t thank the #LetsGoPens fans enough.
Penguins hockey on the radio is so special because of all of you and there’s not a day I take you for granted.
Already looking forward to next season.
@PenguinsJesus PJ, that said it all. Very good summary of our Pens ‘25-26 Season. One addition to that will be how new ownership operates the Pens. Very interesting off season ahead. LGP. 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆.
That’s a wrap.
It opened with many of us (include me) tanking for Gavin McKenna. Lottery odds, long looks at draft boards, the quiet acceptance of what this was supposed to be. Somewhere along the way, it drifted off script. A handful of players who weren’t meant to carry anything gave people a reason to keep checking in.
Thanks to everyone who followed along. The mock beat reports, the Skinner quotes, the increasingly unnecessary wardrobe changes for Erik Karlsson. The shirts, the hats. It was all very serious work people like myself do on the beat.
Now the offseason arrives with its usual lack of clarity. There is a version where this turns into an Ol’ Yeller summer and a few familiar names are dealt with in ways that feel abrupt. There is another where it’s framed as a retool on the fly. Either path says something about where this is going in Dubas’ plan.
For the playoffs, the rooting interests are straightforward. Anyone playing the Philadelphia Flyers will do. Beyond that, the Buffalo Sabres are my team now. They have waited long enough and tend to treat visiting fans like invited guests, at least when I go up there. Out West, the Minnesota Wild are who I will be rooting for. I’m not sure why, but I feel like they’re due.
The preference, as always, is that the Stanley Cup remains in the United States.
We’ll see what the Pittsburgh Penguins decide to be next. Younger would help. Better would be ideal. The free agent market and draft will point the way, or at least suggest one.
Until then.
@cooljerdoc@ThePoniExpress He already has his reward in life. I have no ill will towards anyone but his act has turned lots of folks off. Really impossible to listen to.
@SteveGelbs Steve, Dave just can’t cut the mustard. When things are going well he is fine. When he doesn’t have his “stuff” stick a fork in him. Comparable to Jon Neise IMO.
David Peterson’s return to the rotation was a dud: 7 ER and he didn’t make it out of the fourth. Now, what the Mets do with that No. 5 spot?
Can you run Peterson out there again? Not many options beyond that. Jonah Tong has been inconsistent in AAA. Myers?
Not a good situation
@MarkFusetti@NHLFlyers It wasn’t at night. It was a noon start on a Sunday. Just a pathetic decision by the 📺/NHL. Playoff Hockey should have no Noon starts on a Sunday Afternoon.
April 22, 2012 — The Flyers finished off the Penguins in Game 6 at home. Lauren Hart & Kate Smith brought the house down with God Bless America that night. We need that magic again. Let’s go @NHLFlyers
@AVCoppola They aren’t rooting for anyone.But wouldn’t blame them if they pulled for 🐧.Five of these 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆lately,Generational Players Galore since ‘84.And one would have to be Social Security age to recall a Philthy rotten trophy won back in early ‘70’s.