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You are here: Home / Sports / Pens v. Flyers

Pens v. Flyers

by John Cole|  May 18, 20083:29 pm| 55 Comments

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Crosby is just sick.

Sick, I say. That steal setting up the third goal was just, well, silly.

*** Update ***

It is now 6-0, and the fans are now openly taunting the Flyers.

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  1. 1.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    May 18, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    I knew you would have a thread about it. Yea. That was a thing of beauty. Looks like your Penguins are dominating.

  2. 2.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    May 18, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Heh. 30 seconds into the power play and now its 4-0.

  3. 3.

    Zeke

    May 18, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    And then there were 5 . . .

  4. 4.

    Gene

    May 18, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    5-0 now! Penguins are going to the finals!

  5. 5.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    May 18, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    BTW has Crosby started shaving yet? Jesus he looks like he MIGHT be old enough to have a drivers license.

  6. 6.

    null pointer exception

    May 18, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    I think it is hilarious how all the links on HillaryIs44 site (including why Hillary and why not Obama links) ink to coming soon page.

  7. 7.

    J. Michael Neal

    May 18, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    I’ve seen horses that have less prominent front teeth than Crosby. Incredible hockey player, but he looks pretty goofy when he smiles.

  8. 8.

    Big E

    May 18, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    OK….. Pens win….
    You’ll see the Flyers again….

    Pens still suck French Canadian Moose

    AND

    IT’S STILL PISSSSSSSSBURG

  9. 9.

    passerby

    May 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Wow,

    Taylor Marsh just put her foot down and took her commenters to task for spewing vitriol at Ted Kennedy.

    She closed down the comments for that thread and called them out.

    Sorry I’m not link saavy, but go to TM and scroll down to read what I consider a display of TM’s decency and perhaps a step back from the lemmings’s Hillary precipice.

    T

  10. 10.

    passerby

    May 18, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    Oh, here’s a slice from Taylor Marsh:

    Edward M. Kennedy is an American patriot. I pray for his return to health so he can continue the fight he’s given his entire life.

    After a very long day yesterday, coming home to the comments on the Senator Edward Kennedy post was a sharp blow. I have never been more disappointed in this community during the primary season than when I read some of your comments. They have been deleted, with posting to that thread disabled. It’s the second time in a week I’ve had to disengage comments. We’ve had a lot of trouble in the comments recently and I realize I can’t nor do I want to control anyone, but the lack of humanity from some of you towards Senator Kennedy was embarrassing. I was appalled. That you weren’t was alarming.

    The other aspect is the cowardice of many people to not jump in and rebut what was being said. That’s the only way this community can work, because I can’t babysit you, though after yesterday it’s clear that’s what some of you require. So to those of you emailing me saying your were disappointed, but didn’t have the spine to stand up in the comments yourself, stuff it. You’re just as bad as the people who made the comments.

  11. 11.

    PeterJ

    May 18, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    And here’s a link to it.

  12. 12.

    Threelinepass

    May 18, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Penguins fans can taunt all they want. In the end, they’re still living in Pittsburgh.

  13. 13.

    ron

    May 18, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    it always amazes me when certain players make plays that are ordinary and happen all the time (brett favre comes to mind in football) they are lauded as doing something incredible solely because of who they are. if other players with lesser names do the same exact thing barely anything is said. but then again the majority of pittsburgh fans will never be mistaken for knowing anything about hockey.

  14. 14.

    Nellcote

    May 18, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    Portland Obama rally draws 75,000!

    some pix here:

    http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080518/480/3b6e535391124dd6a14184a82eb44ca8/

  15. 15.

    passerby

    May 18, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    Nellcote, thanks for the link.

    I am awed. But, not surprised.

    I’ve been waiting for this kind of showing to manifest.

    Wow. Just. Wow.

    T

  16. 16.

    Doug H. (Fausto no more)

    May 18, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Taylor Marsh just put her foot down and took her commenters to task for spewing vitriol at Ted Kennedy.

    She closed down the comments for that thread and called them out.

    Colonel Nicholson: “What have I done.”

  17. 17.

    zoe from pittsburgh

    May 18, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    Threelinepass–

    What’s your beef with Pittsburgh exactly?

    (menacing glare)

  18. 18.

    jake

    May 18, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    I’ve seen horses that have less prominent front teeth than Crosby. Incredible hockey player, but he looks pretty goofy when he smiles.

    On the other hand, a hockey player who still has his teeth is a rare thing and should be cherished.

  19. 19.

    dr. bloor

    May 18, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Shorter Taylor Marsh: Who could have predicted?…

  20. 20.

    Kevin

    May 18, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Good riddance to the Flyers. Next up, it’s time for the Dallas Stars to go away.

  21. 21.

    4jkb4ia

    May 18, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    Mets 6, Yankees 2, top of 8th. The utter humiliation continues.

    Congratulations now before I am compelled to root for Detroit.

  22. 22.

    Gus

    May 18, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    I’ll tell you what’s sick: you’re talking about hockey in May, during baseball season.

  23. 23.

    jake

    May 18, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Shocked! I am SHOCKED to find …

    The other aspect is the cowardice of many people to not jump in and rebut what was being said. That’s the only way this community can work, because I can’t babysit you, though after yesterday it’s clear that’s what some of you require. So to those of you emailing me saying your were disappointed, but didn’t have the spine to stand up in the comments yourself, stuff it. You’re just as bad as the people who made the comments.

    An experiment:

    1. Buy a keg or two of beer.
    2. Turn your stereo up to 11.
    3. Hand out beer to anyone who wanders by.
    4. Continue until the cops show up.
    5. Convince the cops that you don’t know where these people came from or why they’re pissing in your neighbor’s flower bed.

    Christ on a Craftmatic. Tell me she isn’t one of the cretins who has been on a banning spree.

  24. 24.

    Kevin

    May 18, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    I’ll tell you what’s sick: you’re talking about hockey in May, during baseball season.

    When the alternative is the Pirates or the Phillies, what do you expect?

  25. 25.

    b. hussein canuckistani

    May 18, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    Colonel Nicholson: “What have I done.”

    Nicely put.
    Is there any doubt at this point that the pro-Hillary blogs are stuffed to the rafters with ratfucking Republicans?

  26. 26.

    Shey

    May 18, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Nah, republican obama bashers take a different tone of idiocy and are more likely to talk about how Obama is a closet muslin and is just waiting for the opportunity to surrender to islamofascism.

  27. 27.

    J. Michael Neal

    May 18, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    Obama is a closet muslin

    That’s actually a very interesting image.

  28. 28.

    jack fate

    May 19, 2008 at 12:04 am

    It is now 6-0, and the fans are now openly taunting the Flyers.

    As a born and bred Buffalo Sabres fan, nothing warms my heart like sticking it to the Flyers. Nice job. Now let’s hope those kids shame Hasek (may his putrid, back-stabbing and vodka soaked soul rot in hell, even though he is the best goalie between the pipes, evAr!) in the finals.

  29. 29.

    Big E

    May 19, 2008 at 12:45 am

    re: jack fate Says:
    “As a born and bred Buffalo Sabres fan, nothing warms my heart like sticking it to the Flyers.

    Buffalow sucks the Big French Canadian Moose
    as much, maybe even more then the Pens in PISSBURGH,

    might be an interesting final to watch … Pens & Wings……

    ;-)

  30. 30.

    Splitting Image

    May 19, 2008 at 12:57 am

    I was visiting my folks for Victoria Day today and someone struck up a conversation with me on the bus about Pittsburgh winning and the Flyers being out.

    On the way home, there was a guy on the train playing the guitar and singing “My Old Kentucky Homestead”.

    Strangely enough, both of these things made me think of Balloon Juice. This probably means both that I am paying too much attention to the Democratic primaries and I read this blog too much.

  31. 31.

    Morris Richard

    May 19, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Gee, the bandwagon jumpers in the hockey hotbed of Pittsburgh have discovered the Penguins again.
    And you have to give the team credit for building a winner the old fashioned way- assemble shitty enough teams year after year, get choices at the top of the draft often enough, and eventually you stumble into once in a lifetime players that even a moron can recognize as talent.
    Now management can show their genius, picking in the bottom of the draft rather than the top. Also , we’ll see exactly how long the team can hang onto Crosby and Malkin (as well as a supporting cast who can tie their own skates) after their first contracts expire. And then the bidding can begin again for the Penguins new hometown. Because them fans in Pittsburgh just love their hockey team.

  32. 32.

    J. Michael Neal

    May 19, 2008 at 1:35 am

    Now let’s hope those kids shame Hasek

    That’s going to be tough, since he isn’t the starting goalie any more.

  33. 33.

    Chuck Butcher

    May 19, 2008 at 4:23 am

    since your email doesn’t like me I’ll blog whore here
    Bakack Obama In Pendleton Oregon
    John, use as you see fit.

  34. 34.

    jack fate

    May 19, 2008 at 8:03 am

    That’s going to be tough, since he isn’t the starting goalie any more.

    Well any way it happens is fine by me.

  35. 35.

    KRK

    May 19, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Thanks for the link and post, Chuck.

    At this point in the race, more than anything, I appreciate hearing about Q&A and general audience impressions in different places. Sounds like it went great.

  36. 36.

    Punchy

    May 19, 2008 at 8:17 am

    The Red Wangs/Pens Final will be outstanding.

  37. 37.

    ripdash

    May 19, 2008 at 8:33 am

    Say what you will about “Sid the Kid”, but he makes this old Haligonian proud. Just check out Wiki for a run-down of his various records, awards & accomplishments.

    For a “city” that’s known for little else, ‘birthplace of the next Gretzky’ isn’t a half-bad nail to hang our hat on.

  38. 38.

    DUDACKATTACK!!!

    May 19, 2008 at 8:57 am

    A Pens / Wings Stanley Cup final?

    I hereby root for injuries.

  39. 39.

    Aaron

    May 19, 2008 at 9:22 am

    “the fans are now openly taunting the Flyers”

    Knowing Philidelphia the way I do, I assumed that Philly fans were the ones doing the taunting.

  40. 40.

    Krista

    May 19, 2008 at 9:34 am

    ripdash Says:

    Say what you will about “Sid the Kid”, but he makes this old Haligonian proud. Just check out Wiki for a run-down of his various records, awards & accomplishments.

    For a “city” that’s known for little else, ‘birthplace of the next Gretzky’ isn’t a half-bad nail to hang our hat on.

    Lovely to meet a fellow Bluenoser, ripdash!

  41. 41.

    Jack H.

    May 19, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Pens/Wings would be a treat to watch. You have to go back a long way to find that much offensive talent on both teams in a final series.
    Pens in 7.

  42. 42.

    ripdash

    May 19, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Krista, cheers & ditto from a fellow herring-choker!

  43. 43.

    Krista

    May 19, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I always thought that “herring-choker” meant you were from N.B. (which does apply, as that’s where I grew up.)

  44. 44.

    rawshark

    May 19, 2008 at 11:45 am

    I first learned to skate when I was 4. I learned that defensive move where you lift the stick and take the puck away by the age of 5. Its not that special. Looks sweet tho. Very embarrassing for the other guy.
    And Malkin’s better.

  45. 45.

    John Cole

    May 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Very embarrassing for the other guy.

    That was kind of my point- he made the guy look like a fool (“That steal setting up the third goal was just, well, silly.”).

    Did you all read my post or just decide to get fired up about the Pens and vent your spleens.

  46. 46.

    rawshark

    May 19, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    Well my spleen’s intact and I like Pittsburgh, it’s the only team other than Boston I cheer for even though they stole our colors, so lighten up. At least I didn’t wait until they reached the eastern conference finals to notice them.

  47. 47.

    BARRASSO

    May 19, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    The pens may have sucked for a decade or so but they were never boring to watch, can’t say that for any other team of the last twenty years so suck it all you other teams. I do think I keep my non-bandwagon cred what with my screen name.

  48. 48.

    J. Michael Neal

    May 19, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    When has Detroit been boring to watch? I can understand fans of other teams being bored seeing them succeed yet again, but that isn’t because they were playing a boring style.

  49. 49.

    rawshark

    May 19, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    BARRASSO Says:

    I do think I keep my non-bandwagon cred what with my screen name.

    I don’t know about that. You may have just joined the bandwagon a long time ago. Maybe after they traded for Barrasso and became a good team that won Stanley Cups. Were you a fan before Lemieux was drafted?
    Anyway, I don’t see anyone beating Detroit unfortunately. I hate Detroit. I guess it comes with being a temporary Avs fan after they traded for Bourque.

  50. 50.

    Big E

    May 19, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    re: John Cole “vent your spleens”

    nah…just sharing bodily fluids ;-)
    and pride with the Flyers charge back from last year’s dismal effort to the prodigious leap forward they made this season…. they rebuilt & came a long way in a very short time….. there will be a long term battles between Richards and Crosby…. making for some excellent cross-state hockey ..

  51. 51.

    rawshark

    May 19, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    J. Michael Neal Says:

    When has Detroit been boring to watch? I can understand fans of other teams being bored seeing them succeed yet again, but that isn’t because they were playing a boring style.

    If he had said fifteen years I was going to say Detroit also. But Pittsburgh has been sick since Mario showed up in ’85. And Detroit sucks. :) Of course Boston hasn’t been any good since ’90 so who am I to talk.

  52. 52.

    Kirby

    May 19, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    GO FLAMES GO!

    sigh

    oh well, maybe next year. Until then, Go Pens. I hate Detroit and Dallas is best watched if you suffer from insomnia.

  53. 53.

    Morris Richard

    May 19, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Barrasso, I’m sure there are a half dozen or so fans in Pittsburgh who stuck with the Penguins through thick and thin. But there’s a reason the team was looking to relocate west not too long ago. The front running fans in Pittsburgh are interested in hockey as long as they have a winner. The organization sucked itself into the best player in the game a generation ago and drew some temporary interest. History is repeating itself with Crosby and Malkin, but as soon as they are gone and the Penguins take their rightful place on the golf course in April, interest will wane, and anywhere will look better to the ownership.

  54. 54.

    the2bears

    May 19, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    Funny, my first comment at a political blog ever… had to be Hockey that drew me out.

    I’m a big-time Flames fan, but I consider both Pittsburgh and The Flyers in my “next tier” of teams I like. My point? I’ve really enjoyed watching the Penguins this year. They look like they’re having so much fun, they’re talented, and they’ve made Hockey fun again.

    Bill

  55. 55.

    Big E

    May 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    official……. Pens vrs. Wings

    I have no real affiliation either way so………..
    I’m guessing Wings in 6….

    should be fun to watch tho’….. buying extra Bourbon and a local smooth Victory Beer to medicate myself for the carnage….

    good hockey to all

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