@pregel40796 @MikeDeFabo There’s not a single player Geno is blocking
English
el_grumpo
2K posts
@MikeDeFabo I feel Geno won't be back. Tanger is under contract so unless Pens buy him out he'll be back. You have to make room for deserving young players. There will be roster turnover. I think Dubas is still on a mission to get younger..
English
@ButtFreemanEsq @golifromczech So we’re in agreement, entirely different and much more standard scenario in Pittsburgh. Mcdavid should take notes and let go of his binky, maybe he’ll get his cup then
English
@grumpo_el @golifromczech Sid still has a safety blanket on every power play, and has another generational center drawing opposing shutdown lines and d-pairs.
English
Pittsburgh won a cup with Crosby getting 19 points in 24 playoff games in 2016. I don’t think the Oilers would have ever even made a WCF with that kind of production from McDavid.
JFresh@JFreshHockey
For some reason I thought McDavid was the same age Sid was when the Penguins reset in 2014/2015 but no he's actually the age Sid was for back-to-back Cup number 2 (after which the Pens have won only one playoff series)
English
@ButtFreemanEsq @golifromczech Lmao except crosby/malkin play together roughly 1/10th as often at even strength. Mcdavid has already played with draisaitl almost 5x more than crosby has with malkin at 5 on 5.
English
@grumpo_el @golifromczech "HOF safety blankie"
Hilarious given this is being said in defense of SIDNEY CROSBY, who has had Evgeni Malkin the 4th best player (behind Kane Sid Ovi) of their generation as his power play linemate for 20 years and every playoffs.
English
@GavalierR @golifromczech Your over here talking about family trees yet can’t read. Hilarious. Enjoy another cupless season bozo!
English
@grumpo_el @golifromczech Yes you’re right, he tends to struggle without Draisaitl, like when Leon got hurt at the end of regular season and McDavid only got…
27 points in 15 games
English
@GavalierR @golifromczech 2 of those are just putting makeup on “mcdavids not having fun”
English
@grumpo_el @golifromczech So the head coach using him with Leon and Hyman in specific game scenarios - 1) being down a goal; 2) other team’s tired 4th line just iced the puck; 3) after a successful PK; or 4) looking to shift momentum - means that McDavid needs a safety blanket? Smart!
English
@GavalierR @golifromczech No it’s a fact. It happens all the time. Mcdavids second most common line combo this year is with Hyman and Leon. The two of them played 285+ minutes together. Last years playoffs alone mcdavid had him for 41% of his icetime. The going gets tough and 97 gets his safety blankie
English
@grumpo_el @golifromczech “I’m just gonna completely make something up because I like my player more than your player” is an undefeated argumentation tactic
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone Sure go ahead and tell me what the penalty is for shooting a puck at another player after the whistle
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone You’re so fucking delusional. Why wasn’t malkin called for a penalty when he shot a puck into the flyers bench? Why didn’t they get called for the illegal uppercut on sanhiem. I’m sure you have an excuse to come up with to make you feel better
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone You want to be a stickler for the rulebook im just telling you how it goes. The flyers get 2 roughing penalties to manthas 1 and clendening gets a holding penalty, the play is blown dead immediately and the penguins win by another goal. Go cry about it some more
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone You’re a pussy for acting like the penguins don’t deserve the calls they didn’t get in this game. Imagine being such a pussy you put an emoji as your profile pic you fucking coward
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone Because that happened after luke committed a holding penalty while the flyers had possession. The play should have been blown dead before letang even put his arm down but the refs just wanted to let the flyers get away with one
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone How the fuck do you think you would get a powerplay from that when the flyers player was held in a headlock lmao. You’re so fucking delusional
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone You’re putting alot of words in my mouth I haven’t said. Of course the penguins get away with things, it’s the playoffs, every team does. Idk and idc what you got going on with other fans im specifically calling YOU a blubbering pussy
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone Acting like you scumbag fans haven’t been complaining all series is just laughable. But now that you win a game, nobody else has the right to get to complain about missed calls. Get the fuck out of here with that hypercritical bullshit
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone No he woulda taken the exact same slapshot from the point on the powerplay we were robbed of. It’s a shame we have to beat the refs as well as the flyers but here we are
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone It wouldn’t have been the same shot because it would’ve changed how the outcome of the rest of the play would’ve ended. Play is called dead there and that last shot doesn’t happen.
English
@golifromczech Leon, the guy he gets reunited with anytime he has a bad shift to make him feel better and completely derail any chance at depth scoring
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone If you want to follow the rulebook the play is blown dead before the helmet comes off to call a holding and letang doesn’t get a penalty at all and takes the same shot regardless. Wah wah wah wah wah shut up
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone Still scored before next whistle dumbass. Play would’ve stopped right then and there. Initiated by clendening but ended up with his head in a head lock lmao. You pens fans are delusional. So it’s okay for your fans to be complaining all series even but flyers fans can’t?
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone 1. The goal wasn’t even scored on the same shift and 2. That exchange was initiated by Clendening committing a holding penalty. They got away with murder for 3 games and now you bozos wanna cry cause it’s not working anymore lmaoo
English
@grumpo_el @danny_lare76 @_piccone The first one where his helmet comes off, did you know the winning goal was scored seconds after this. The goal shouldn’t have happened. There were many penalties on the penguins in this game that weren’t called. Even the commentators were saying shit
English
@TellersJackson @nhl_review If he wasn’t expecting to get punched as he charged at another player and shoved him post whistle (a penalty btw) he is a brain dead idiot
English
@nhl_review I’m so sure Sanheim was expecting an uppercut to the face. Get real
English
Is the sucker punch in the room with us?
Flyers Nation@FlyersNation
Anthony Mantha sucker punches Travis Sanheim. Dude's been arguably the dirtiest player all series and never gets called. Unbelievable.
English
@Smart_Is_Soft @danny_lare76 @_piccone There’s a cross check and a shove to the face after the whistle on the mantha one. Both penalties if we’re doing things by the book.
English
English
@danny_lare76 @_piccone Lmao if either of these were called by the book there would be matching penalties
English
@JeffVeillette @JeffBrewer1 The technology to not have any of this implied has been available for a decade.
English
@JeffBrewer1 It’s not tbh. The conclusiveness is implied. If they used Hawkeye like soccer/tennis it would still have to be implied and the ruling would still go to the initial call.
English
This one is weird in the sense that the refs basically calling the crowd reaction without having a real view is crazy, but also them doing so allowed common sense to prevail.
Because this is definitely across the line, despite being just inconclusive enough to be unflippable
Sportsnet@Sportsnet
😳
English
@shaynagoldman_ @CreaseGiants No it doesn’t. You need to see clearly see the ice between the line and the puck apparently! Nevermind if it’s obviously a goal! Next time a goalie slides completely in the net with the puck under him we’re waving that off too!
English
@CreaseGiants it depends how deep in the bet we’re talking, but m there should just be more angles (and transparency) so there’s less grey area
English
I think it’s a goal! common sense says it’s a goal! but common sense shouldn’t decide games — need definitive proof aka an angle showing a shred of white between the puck + goal line. without that, it’s the right result but wrong process.
T-Hole@the_t_hole
English