Tag: Penguins

  • Stanley Cup: Bummer

    First off, congratulation to the Detroit Red Wings. After winning the Presidents Trophy enough times, they have certainly earned it. They fought hard, played well, and all that. After that—– Crap. Look, I don’t care what the Red Wings fans think about my choice of teams, and I do not care what the classless fans…

  • Oh, What a Night.

    Game 5 just ended, and I am so tired. I have to be up at 5:15 AM, so I have little to say. The Stanley Cup Finals are still on. That makes me happy.

  • Pens Crap the Bed: SCF Game 4

    Man, what a crap ass game of hockey, FOR THE PENGUINS!!!! I’m mired in the postgame coverage on ESPNews (seriously, they have hockey coverage, must mean there’s no NBA tonight), and these coach interviews remind me of why I don’t want to be a “professional” sportswriter. Actually, listening to the post game interviews by Crosby…

  • Wake Up, Fleury

    I took some crap for posting this before, but I think it holds true more than a year later. The only thing  Fleury diesn’t have to answer for is scoring goals.  I think his worst moment was when he gave hockey fans a reminder as to why a goalie doesn’t usually clear the puck, and…

  • Pens vs. Caps: What a Finish?

    The game on NBC was exactly as billed, right until the end. Backstrom puts it in his own net? Like that? That was put in with purpose. Not just a small mistake, but a hard shot directly into his own net. A mistake like that is a learning experience, but more so when it absolutely…