Grenouille
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What an embarrassing display of "hockey" the Canucks employ.
What an embarrassing display of "hockey" the Canucks employ.
NHL 2011-2012 Season
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The Craw
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Don't know why that play got a penalty shot. He got a decent shot off. I thought they only gave penalty shots if the player didn't get a decent shot. Reffing in general seems to be going down hill lately. Too many WTF moments with refs lately.
Well, at least somebody is scoring goals. Wake me up when the Pens either get Crosby back or trade Fleury. Cuz they can't seem to win with what they got.
Well, at least somebody is scoring goals. Wake me up when the Pens either get Crosby back or trade Fleury. Cuz they can't seem to win with what they got.
CriterionCollector
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Why you upset? Calls no longer going the Pens way? BTW Neal broke his foot last night. Sorry for the bad news.
The Craw
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Calls have never gone the Pens' way. As much as Pens haters wanna believe they get special privleges, they don't. And i may be a Pens fan but i follow several other teams. I try to watch 1 or 2 games every night. it helps me keep an unbiased and open mind on hockey and the NHL in general.
Staal and neal are out for weeks,season over
maybe this will allow crosby the time off he needs to recover 100 percent
The Craw
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Yeah, it's over. Crosby should just stay out til next season. He shouldn't have even come back when he did. Just take a year off.
BadMoon
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I hate the Penguins. But I really hope he makes smart decisions. It's not worth the risk.
Grenouille
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Obviously there is a big age difference, but it reminds of Marc Savard. He rushed back way too soon and is now for all intents and purposes retired now.
Savard also may have one of the saddest twitter accounts going. His depression is pretty evident.
Savard also may have one of the saddest twitter accounts going. His depression is pretty evident.
BadMoon
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Eric Lindros comes to mind as well.
I was about to pop in and ask how Crosby was coming along from his latest setback but I can he's not doing super great.
This is what I worry for Crosby is his career will go the way of Lindros. That would suck for the NHL big time.
This is what I worry for Crosby is his career will go the way of Lindros. That would suck for the NHL big time.
BadMoon
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Agreed. He's so talented.
ebor
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so was Mike Bossy when he went down with the knee...
Gretzky replaced him, and look what happened...
the game pauses for no one
Eli26
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WOW! Bad comparison.
Wayne Gretzky was dominating and getting 200-plus point seasons and winning Stanley Cups when Mike Bossy was still playing and putting up lofty totals in his own right. A young French Canadian would give Gretzky a run for his money in 84-85 and then-on in the shape and form of Mario Lemieux. It wasn't like Bossy came before Gretzky. Well, by a technicality he did, but the difference is hardly worth mentioning. They pretty much started their careers a few seasons apart, and 66 and 99 were clearly the more talented players of that generation. Le Magnifique more-so in the later 80's. To sum it up, Wayne was not only the best hockey player of the 80's, but he was also named the greatest athlete of the 80's by a lil' publication by the name of (let me know if you heard of this rag)... Sports Illustrated. Sidney Crosby's case is different. Since the 2004/05 NHL lockout nobody comes close to the skill-set and overall game level as No. 87. Alexander Ovechkin is his closest rival at 1.26 ppg to Sid's 1.39. He's also won a Stanley Cup and scored the Olympic Gold Medal winning goal since the lockout, and is this generation's clear-cut best superstar. Love or hate him, Sid is a huge draw for the NHL and its teams. Also to their sponsors. Losing him is a MASSIVE loss, one that would make a deeper impact than the lose of Eric Lindros and the Boss. Those two weren't the best players when they left the game. If 87's career were to end now, he would leave as the best player in the game, and at 24 it is far more devastating. So many potential great years ahead. The mid-late 20's are some of, if not the best years for a superstar. Bossy and Lindros were older. With Eric, he salvaged his career by becoming more of a perimeter player. Playing a more safe and dumbed down game so he could continue playing and collect paychecks. Wasn't pretty, but it kept paying the bills. My point is both the Boss and No. 88 ended their careers on less of an explanation mark than Sid would. This of course goes with saying that he should hang up his skates this season. My non-expert prognosis? He should. It simply does not look good at this point. I rather we lose the second greatest Pittsburgh Penguin to ever lace on a pair of skates, and arguably the NHL's best superstar of the past 15 years than to have him further risk his quality of life. Sometimes you need to know when to hang them up. Unfortunately for Sid the Kid and the way he intends to keep playing the game, that time seems eerily close to now.
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Eli26
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If we're taking about salvaging whatever is left of his career, I would say take more than a year off. Take two. I mean, even if he comes back at 26 or 27, he could still have a monster career minus what he has already accomplished. Patrice Bergeron has made a career for himself after suffering a major near-ending setback, a pretty serious concussion himself. Even then, he's risking his own health by playing. With that said, at least we have evidence that a player can come back from something huge like this and still be a primary contributor on his team. A Stanley Cup winning team.
Speaking of injuries and a Pittsburgh Penguin, how about the fact the Pens just added to their injury woes by losing Jordan Staal for 4-6 weeks and now *gulp* the NHL's best power play goal producer and shot getter in James Neal. 4 weeks with a broken foot. Dammit!
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explain to me how a guy can get jumped 6 on 1 along with being hit form players on the bench yet the receiver's team ends up 5 on 3 shorthanded.....gotta love NHL referees
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If you are saying Lindros came back too quick then, i think that absolutely means jack ____ for this particular player.
Concussions run in the Lindros family, almost hereditary. Some guys in the league like Roenick could have 9-10 concussions and continue on with hardly any post concussion symtoms.
Grenouille
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Blame the NHL for assigning one their worst officials (Don VanMassenhoven) to ref this game. They knew it was going to be chippy as hell and didn't take long for things to head south. The crew lost control of the game and never took it back. Falling for the Canucks diving ways didn't help. I felt the game really swung after Seguin's "tripping" call. That was followed by Krejci's "goalie interference" and led ultimately to the Marchand incident.
The post-game stuff where the Canucks players, coach, and GM continue to whine just further hammers home how loathsome the franchise has become. Congrats to them on winning game 8.
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