John Toperzer: GAMEDAY! Pens on the Brink, down 3-0 Pittsburgh enters Wednesday's contest with a makeshift lineup after injuries and suspensions leave team shorthanded.

Ok so TK is getting a shot on the top line. I like it. Guess Crosby will be on the top pp today. I think this pp will be great. Now if our PK could just keep them off the board that would be helpful and no shorties. I think if Pens can get a couple early and MAF makes a few big saves we can win one. After that I don't know. LGP!!!

did sidney hep you write this blog? jc what a whine fest.

will be very different game from first three.
very strict arbitrating will result in a few early penalties on the flyers and a 2-0 score on pp by penguins. low-chance game which will be a bit boring probably, low shots on goal and a good fleury resulting in a 2-1 win for penguins.
flyers will have an easy win in game 5 after that.
the suspension of just 1 game for neal is a joke, should have been 5 at least.
for his sake, there better be no game 5; he will be destroyed by simmonds..

Thanks for putting the effort in with that breakdown. Obviously its slanted towards the Pens a bit just like if a Philly reporter wrote it it would be slated that way.

In the end it comes down to the following..

1. The Flyers are faster and deeper across the board than the Pens.
2. Bryz has played bad but less crappy then MAF. Bryz also managed to make a few huge saves while MAF has not to this point.
3. The Pens lost their composure and became selfish in game 3 ..only way to explain Letang getting thrown out.
4. Im not entirely convinced Malkin is 100% healthy right now. As a Flyers fan he is one of my top 2 players to watch in the world . I am all for giving Couturier a ton of credit but something else seems off with Malkin.

Evil Shero ‏ @Evil_Shero
Martin out for Game 4 for with a moderate case of poopty defense.

Edit: Bylsma is saying 'undisclosed injury' for Martin. Rest of the lineup is a GTD

did sidney hep you write this blog? jc what a whine fest.
- flyershockey

Wow, what a shocker, it took 2 whole posts for a Flyers fan to take a shot and lightly troll.

Thanks for putting the effort in with that breakdown. Obviously its slanted towards the Pens a bit just like if a Philly reporter wrote it it would be slated that way.

In the end it comes down to the following..

1. The Flyers are faster and deeper across the board than the Pens.
2. Bryz has played bad but less crappy then MAF. Bryz also managed to make a few huge saves while MAF has not to this point.
3. The Pens lost their composure and became selfish in game 3 ..only way to explain Letang getting thrown out.
4. Im not entirely convinced Malkin is 100% healthy right now. As a Flyers fan he is one of my top 2 players to watch in the world . I am all for giving Couturier a ton of credit but something else seems off with Malkin.
- opeth_pa

I'd say that pretty much sums it up.

John Toperzer: GAMEDAY! Pens on the Brink, down 3-0
Pittsburgh enters Wednesday's contest with a makeshift lineup after injuries and suspensions leave team shorthanded.
- the-mitch-wilsons

What a whinefest John. Neal should have gotten 3 games.
Asham should be banned for the rest of the playoffs. You guys
get off easy and still take a lead from the Crybaby(#87) and write
this bullpoop!

Wow, what a shocker, it took 2 whole posts for a Flyers fan to take a shot and lightly troll.
- Juice

around the entire league, including pens fans, its acknowledged the pens were out of control. leave it to the pens blogger to go incident by incident to try and defend the penguins or to justify neal taking 2 runs at players. everyone knows officiating in the nhl is bad. pointing out each specific incident, and doing it in a one sided manner, is useless.

Its not a topic that I like, but I bit and put some thoughts to paper:

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=25345&post_id=13345

What a whinefest John. Neal should have gotten 3 games.
Asham should be banned for the rest of the playoffs. You guys
get off easy and still take a lead from the Crybaby(#87) and write
this bullpoop!
- lileapers

So what about the Schenn blatant charge (that was called a penalty, btw) that lead to Martin's injury and caused Asham to snap? (still doesn't make it right what Asham did tho.)

So what about the Schenn blatant charge (that was called a penalty, btw) that lead to Martin's injury and caused Asham to snap? (still doesn't make it right what Asham did tho.)
- ryman1566

Obviously that was Sid's fault.

At least our series hasn't had THIS......yet.

http://espn.go.com/chicag...ats-call-marian-hossa-hit

At least our series hasn't had THIS......yet.

http://espn.go.com/chicag...ats-call-marian-hossa-hit
- ryman1566

Give it time, if there is a game 6.

around the entire league, including pens fans, its acknowledged the pens were out of control. leave it to the pens blogger to go incident by incident to try and defend the penguins or to justify neal taking 2 runs at players. everyone knows officiating in the nhl is bad. pointing out each specific incident, and doing it in a one sided manner, is useless.
- flyershockey

But posting a comment about how much of a whiner Crosby is has value?

Yeah, that logic totally makes sense.

So what about the Schenn blatant charge (that was called a penalty, btw) that lead to Martin's injury and caused Asham to snap? (still doesn't make it right what Asham did tho.)
- ryman1566

Although with ow absolutely horrible Martin has been...this could be a blessing for you guys.

did sidney hep you write this blog? jc what a whine fest.
- flyershockey

Although with ow absolutely horrible Martin has been...this could be a blessing for you guys.
- Juice

It would be so nice if the Pens have seen the last of Martin ever in a Penguin uniform.

Although with ow absolutely horrible Martin has been...this could be a blessing for you guys.
- Juice

Don't confuse administering Last Rights for a blessing in disguise....

Adam Proteau ‏ @Proteautype


Brian Burke says outrage over NHL carnage is "like people complaining about the rain at Woodstock". Brian, you're part of the problem.


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Here. Here.

So what about the Schenn blatant charge (that was called a penalty, btw) that lead to Martin's injury and caused Asham to snap? (still doesn't make it right what Asham did tho.)
- ryman1566

All you need to do is watch the replay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djukr02Sedw
Schenn hits him cleanly as evident by the ref with the hands down in the background, then when Asham slams him with the stick, that is when a penalty is called.

Although with ow absolutely horrible Martin has been...this could be a blessing for you guys.
- Juice

Blessings could be any of the following

-not giving up a touchdown
-holding a lead for more than a shift
-getting something other than a secondary assist from #71
-going a page on this thread without being trolled from a team leading a series 3-0
-proper NHL punishments
-my sheetz MTO being made correctly for the 1st time this week.

I hold zero hope for most of these.

Wish there was a place I could go and talk Pens with other Pens fans without having to read all of this trash from other fans. Pay attention your saying the same poop that he said and he said and he said and he said last week and he said yesterday. See that horse over there it's dead go beat it some more

It would be so nice if the Pens have seen the last of Martin ever in a Penguin uniform.
- acdc1206

if they give nhl team one amnesty contract like the nba did, would his be it?