Better than a low regular IQ
- Rinosaur

I believe he/she said you have that as well!

I believe he/she said you have that as well!
- Aussiepenguin

Ok, here's a test.

The Pens win a game by the score of 1-0 with the following stats:
Shots For: 20
Shots Against: 50
CF%: 35%

Did the team as a whole play a good game?

Lol nice prank

This statement pretty much sums you up.

Look up the word ignorance. There's a tip for you.
- Aussiepenguin

Hahah

Let us all pray for these penguins

Let us all pray for these penguins


- DeflatedPucks

We don't look too good. Shaky team D.

Ok, here's a test.

The Pens win a game by the score of 1-0 with the following stats:
Shots For: 20
Shots Against: 50
CF%: 35%

Did the team as a whole play a good game?
- Rinosaur

Qualify 'a good game'.

Ex: every analytical 'expert' will say the Caps should have won last years series V the Pens. A team that captilises on its opportunities in my book play well. Pens capitilised on their chances & won, the Caps didn't they lost - the Pens played a good series.

Or another;

Caps held the Pens Pp to zero ga. Was the Caps PK good?

He's not smart. Leave him alone.
- j.boyd919

I don't get it really. I mean I've seen many games where the pens got seriously outplayed and this was not one of them at all. I felt the pens had more dangerous chances and both teams got 1 5 on 3...i watched and rechecked the boxscores and the pens def didn't get two 5 on 3s. Grub was first star of the game for sure.

Qualify 'a good game'.

Ex: every analytical 'expert' will say the Caps should have won last years series V the Pens. A team that captilises on its opportunities in my book play well. Pens capitilised on their chances & won, the Caps didn't they lost - the Pens played a good series.

Or another;

Caps held the Pens Pp to zero ga. Was the Caps PK good?
- Aussiepenguin

You are basing it purely on numbers....caps also went 0/5 on pp. The pens pk looked much better than the caps. The caps were lucky...solid crossbar...amazing saves etc given up on the pk. So no..the caps pk was not good. I'll take those chances the pens got for a full 7 game series vs the chances the caps got on their pp.

You are basing it purely on numbers....caps also went 0/5 on pp. The pens pk looked much better than the caps. The caps were lucky...solid crossbar...amazing saves etc given up on the pk. So no..the caps pk was not good. I'll take those chances the pens got for a full 7 game series vs the chances the caps got on their pp.
- taleisyreXIII

Remember this is a discussion.

I'm talking about this game for the power play/penalty kill. Pens are top(?) PP in the league & couldn't even score 1 from 5. That for me is a great PK - yes you're right, I took DPS roughing as the 2nd 5x3 but Horny got a penalty as well. I'm not talking about a series - who knows we may never see a Caps Pens series this year. The fact that there were chances & Geno hit the crossbar is irrelevant - close doesn't get you anything. Take what you want but for me zero GA from 5 penalties is a great result no matter what shots were counted or how close against the best PP team in the league.

This is heading back to more shots = more goals which is not correct in any sense of the formulae. You can say the Pens had more opportunities but couldn't score. Then the Caps 'cap'itlised on their opportunities, whether that be through bad tending or bad play, they scored 3 goals. From what I heard on both the Pens radio & Caps feed the Pens had no answers for the Caps this game. Whether that be due to fatigue on the b2b who knows. Grub played extremely well, but are we now saying the goalie won the game (did he score as well?), was the PKer on his own, was 'lucky'? If so then our PK can't be Knuckles fault, it must be Our goalies fault when it's bad.

The Caps didn't need their PP to score, their ES teams scored 3 goals.

I will say however & have said in the past, that no team will beat a hot goalie no matter what the shot count against is. But the goalie doesn't score goals.

I don't get it really. I mean I've seen many games where the pens got seriously outplayed and this was not one of them at all. I felt the pens had more dangerous chances and both teams got 1 5 on 3...i watched and rechecked the boxscores and the pens def didn't get two 5 on 3s. Grub was first star of the game for sure.
- taleisyreXIII

https://twitter.com/munee...ittsburgh-for-3-1-victory

About even. Pens forward depth is scary.

Pens never wanted 1st overall in the division. 1st in division or conference has never been good to them in the Crosby/Malkin era, or any year besides 1991, really. Think about it.

They've wanted 2nd all along....

Pens never wanted 1st overall in the division. 1st in division or conference has never been good to them in the Crosby/Malkin era, or any year besides 1991, really. Think about it.

They've wanted 2nd all along....
- MattStrat

and meet a red hot cbj in the first round? you (frank)ing crazy

Pens never wanted 1st overall in the division. 1st in division or conference has never been good to them in the Crosby/Malkin era, or any year besides 1991, really. Think about it.

They've wanted 2nd all along....
- MattStrat

I guess we'll see if they can get what they want then.

I don't think Sid could have shot that puck cleaner into Grubs glove than he did. Grub just put his glove up & held it & boom, middled it beautifully.

and meet a red hot cbj in the first round? you (frank)ing crazy
- martox

Might be the Caps 1st round yet from the WC spot.

Pens never wanted 1st overall in the division. 1st in division or conference has never been good to them in the Crosby/Malkin era, or any year besides 1991, really. Think about it.

They've wanted 2nd all along....
- MattStrat

I'll add to your conspiracy theory.

Pens want the WC spot to play the Caps round 1, get them straight away putting them right under the gun. They threw today's game to give the Caps some complacency when they play in the playoffs. The smoke them. Trots will put Grub Int goal after today's effort & the Pens Will take him apart.

Sound like a conspiracy?

and meet a red hot cbj in the first round? you (frank)ing crazy
- martox

Hahaha....maybe

Might be the Caps 1st round yet from the WC spot.
- Aussiepenguin

Thats fine...anything but 1st in division is good....

Apparently you have a low hockey IQ.
- Aussiepenguin

You posting this is hysterical.

You posting this is hysterical.
- Feds91Stammer

Thanks for that response. That response firstly is a great response & im lucky to have received it.

Now in response to that response, I will respond by saying there's all types of responses that I get on a daily basis & I again say your response is right up there & really I must say, that your response is 1 of the more direct responses I've had.

So really well done there on your response.

So now in responding to your response, I will say unlike your response which is quite short & very direct for a response to what's I've said, my response is quite detailed & does in fact have a little more substance than your response but again I say thanks for responding. It's with great gratitude I am responding to your response.

Thanks again for responding.

You posting this is hysterical.
- Feds91Stammer

Once an idiot, always an idiot.

Qualify 'a good game'.

Ex: every analytical 'expert' will say the Caps should have won last years series V the Pens. A team that captilises on its opportunities in my book play well. Pens capitilised on their chances & won, the Caps didn't they lost - the Pens played a good series.

Or another;

Caps held the Pens Pp to zero ga. Was the Caps PK good?
- Aussiepenguin

You basically answered my question. If I need to "qualify" an explanation means you can't simply say the Caps' PK was good because the Pens didn't score on it.

The idea here is nuance. Learn the definition. Eat it. Breathe it.

On an unrelated Pens' note...

In spite of a flawed playoff system, I think it's pretty amazing how competitive the NHL has become. It's been getting closer and closer over the past few years, but I don't think I've ever seen so many teams still fighting for a playoff spot with basically three games to go.

I mean, usually at this point you're just waiting on the final 8th seed in maybe one conference. This is also after they just watered down the league by adding a new team.

Pretty cool stuff. The playoffs system needs to change, but still cool none-the-less.

On an unrelated Pens' note...

In spite of a flawed playoff system, I think it's pretty amazing how competitive the NHL has become. It's been getting closer and closer over the past few years, but I don't think I've ever seen so many teams still fighting for a playoff spot with basically three games to go.

I mean, usually at this point you're just waiting on the final 8th seed in maybe one conference. This is also after they just watered down the league by adding a new team.

Pretty cool stuff. The playoffs system needs to change, but still cool none-the-less.
- Rinosaur

Fake parity due to the dreaded 3 point games.

If there was one positive takeaway from the Pens-Caps game is that Geno is ready. That's the best thing for Pittsburgh to have going into the playoffs. Angry Malkin is score (as we all know). God knows this team needs inspiration before Round 1.

I just hope this last week of the regular season gets them warmed up properly with no more injuries.