2012 Penguin postseason thread.

[zulater]

16 wins for the Cup!

[steelerdude15]

Lets go Pens!

[vasteeler]

normally its tough for me to root against the pens.......not this time. go flyers

this should be a brutal series

[zulater]

normally its tough for me to root against the pens.......not this time. go flyers

this should be a brutal series

Go to hell. Find another thread, this is for Pens fans.

[vasteeler]

Go to hell. Find another thread, this is for Pens fans.

wow!!. no need to be an ass

[zulater]

wow!!. no need to be an ass

How the hell do you reconcile being a Steeler fan and Flyer fan? Just doesn't go together. Be like someone liking Alabama football and L.S.U basketball. Doesn't seem to mix?

But more to the point, I live in Flyer country. Bad enough I got to put up with undoubtedly the worst fan base in all of American sports on a daily basis. I really don't expect to see it here on what is clearly a largely segmented pro Pittsburgh message board.

That said I was out of line, sorry. I carry a lot of emotion with my fandom. I'm jazzed up for this series and just I'm not into rationale discussion with an enemy fanbase.

Post as you like where you like, but if this series goes where i think it's going I'll probably end up putting you on ignore. ( which I'm sure you wont mind being as I'm an ass ) I get enough shit from the surrounding folk where I live. On this thread I'm looking for commiseration or celebration from fellow Penguin fans.

Again sorry though.

A couple weeks after the season is concluded I'll shelve it all. But for now, I'm not looking for the Flyer fans point of view.

[bayz101]

wow!!. no need to be an ass

Yeah, I thought that was messed up too. Maybe he was just messing, but either way, not very homely

[steelerdude15]

Yeah, I thought that was messed up too. Maybe he was just messing, but either way, not very homely

Emotions are going to fly in this thread for this series. Huge rivalry so expect some hostility for a little while.

[zulater]

Yeah, I thought that was messed up too. Maybe he was just messing, but either way, not very homely

That said I was out of line, sorry. I carry a lot of emotion with my fandom. I'm jazzed up for this series and just I'm not into rationale discussion with an enemy fanbase.

Guess you missed where I posted this?

[bayz101]

Go to hell. Find another thread, this is for Pens fans.

What a polite young man you are

You know, i'm a Pen's fan myself, but I didn't notice anywhere where it said "Pens fans only"

[zulater]

It's a shame offsides goals aren't reviewable.

[steelerdude15]

Come on guys, hold them!

[zulater]

I knew that was coming. Blysma should have called his time out before when it first started slipping away.

We'll be lucky to get it to overtime.

If we lose this game the series is all but lost. You can't lose a 3-0 lead at home and win a series.

[zulater]

I'll watch to the end, but that's probably it for this series. A sweep wouldn't surprise me.

[zulater]

Just getting dominated down low.

C'mon Pens! Lets Go!

[zulater]

When we still had a two goal lead, there was a point where we were just getting dominated down low, but Fleury kept making saves and getting stoppage's. That's when Blysma should have called his time out, and got this team it's equilibrium back. Nice we took that time out into overtime.

[zulater]

Someone has to make a play! Let's go Pens!!!!

[zulater]

Hate to do a XT. But game set match. Season is over.

[salamander]

Hate to do a XT. But game set match. Season is over.

Hard to disagree considering this is exactly how the Pens played against the Flyers all season.

[steelerdude15]

Hate to do a XT. But game set match. Season is over.

As much as the lose sucks, we can still move on.

[steelerdude15]

Words can't describe how I feel right now. That's pretty damn bad that you have a three to nothing lead and collapse like that. I'm speechless. Just watching that game, the Pens got sloppier as the game progressed. Talk about inconsistent.

[steelerdude15]

Biggest issue: letting the foot off the pedal, you can't do that. Why? Why do teams in all sports do this?

[zulater]

Biggest issue puck possession. They just dominated the puck for long stretches of the 3rd period. Blysma really was an idiot not to use a time out to try to stem the tide before it was too late.

[steelerdude15]

All I can do is shake my head. I really hope that they learn from tonight. I hope they learn NOT to let off the pedal.

[zulater]

All I can do is shake my head. I really hope that they learn from tonight. I hope they learn NOT to let off the pedal.

That wasn't it at all. They shut down our power play and Malkin's line. Malkin can't play without the puck. I'd say the Flyers controlled the puck 65% of the time Malkin's line was on the ice. The power play generated some chances. But not enough. Their kill was better than our will.

Of course even as lousy as we played if an offsides goal is disallowed ( as it should have been) or Staal's wrister goes in instead of clanking off the post ( would have put us up 4-1) we would have won.

I don't know if that encourages me going foward of makes me think it's just not our year?

[steelerdude15]

That wasn't it at all. They shut down our power play and Malkin's line. Malkin can't play without the puck. I'd say the Flyers controlled the puck 65% of the time Malkin's line was on the ice. The power play generated some chances. But not enough. Their kill was better than our will.

Of course even as lousy as we played if an offsides goal is disallowed ( as it should have been) or Staal's wrister goes in instead of clanking off the post ( would have put us up 4-1) we would have won.

I don't know if that encourages me going foward of makes me think it's just not our year?

I mean, we can't let one game decide the season. Especially since it was only game one. I hope this lights a fire under their asses.

[X-Terminator]

I don't know if that encourages me going foward of makes me think it's just not our year?

I'm thinking it's not their year.

Now do you see why I was so angry with them for blowing their chance to beat out the Rangers for 1st overall? Although, they don't really match up well against the Sens given that they allowed 19 goals in their past 3 meetings, so that may not have been good for them either. Playing the Flyers in round 1 was a nightmare scenario that I desperately wanted them to avoid at all costs.

[X-Terminator]

Looks like I made a good decision to not watch the game tonight, which means I'm not watching Friday night, either. My blood pressure is thanking me for it.

This is exactly why I did not want the Pens to face the Flyers. For some reason they love letting them back into the game, and the Flyers being a very good team, they take full advantage. If the Pens don't win Friday night, this series is over.

[steelerdude15]

Looks like I made a good decision to not watch the game tonight, which means I'm not watching Friday night, either. My blood pressure is thanking me for it.

This is exactly why I did not want the Pens to face the Flyers. For some reason they love letting them back into the game, and the Flyers being a very good team, they take full advantage. If the Pens don't win Friday night, this series is over.

Just can't let of the gas pedal. Just can't do it.

[salamander]

Moving on. It was only game 1.