It's OFFICIAL

[Shinoix]

They sof, they so sof....we literally dress pansies on the bluelines and they all play with eggs in their pants.

- Both goals were scored by a lone Devil standing in front of the net with 4 players around him.

- John LeClair MUST retire. He's absolutely useless. Unless the puck is on the ice in front of the net where he can just whack away at it, he's USELESS. Did you even see him try to release that shot in the slot? It ended up being a nice pass when he completely fanned on it. He can't take a pass, he can't move the puck in traffic worth crap. He's slow...he has NO NEED OR USE for him on this team. Please John, retire, you're done.

- Malkin is going to be awesome. Sure he made some questionable plays, but my god, the kid has literally played on period of pre season NHL hockey and he comes out in his first game looking like this? WOW

- Crosby is slumping the last two games, he hasn't been himself one bit. He's not standing out or controlling like he did early and in last season. I'm not worried though.

- Whitney and Gonchar are the biggest wimps on the ice. I've never seen a player slow down more and allow a player to catch up to him so he can't be hit more than Gonchar. Hell even Rafalski will go hard into the corner to get to the puck and absorb the hit. Not Gonchar, he'd rather be checked softly and lose the puck rather than win the puck and take a harder hit. ...Whitney is the biggest nightmare from the redline back. He was Gionta's ***** tonight, he can't make a good decision in our end and he pinched at the worth times causing players to rush down his side with the puck and him caught up ice. I'm sorry, his supposed offense isn't making up for his gaffs and lack of production in our end. Send him down, bring Welch up. I'm really starting to dislike Whitney fast. Oh yeah, can you please hold the puck in a couple times on the point?

- Fleury again played solid, however scaring me a few times. Especially the token late goal that almost happend. (post)

- Dan Potash should not have a job in broadcasting. He talks like Kermit the Frog and should literally be a voice for the Muppets. Could you sound anymore nerdy Dan?

- The FSN studio between periods is seriously out of the early 80's. WHO STILL USES FAKE BRICK WALLBOARD? Absolutely awful! Whoever is in charge of that should be fired for seeing that everyday and thinking it looks good.

- Recchi can't win a battle on the boards nor keep a play alive, however at least he's trying.

- Staal played another solid game, however he should have been trying to tie up the player on the last goal along with the 3 other players. Other than that, he made a few great plays to create offense and killed penalties and played a defensive game well again.

- We need Orpik back, we need a banger. We need to start being physical again like we were early. It's a joke how soft we are being again.

- The PK has been BRILLIANT and I love it. Sure we give up the odd chance, however we did a great job of keeping the puck low in their end, creating a few chances and clearing the puck from our end.

Please LeClair, retire, please please please. Do you not watch gametape and see how terrible you really are now? You turn into a big, clumsy oaf when you get the puck near the net. Please swallow your pride and retire.

[Shinoix]

I know i've been quite negative in this post, but these are easy little things that we can do that will make us succesful.

They're all either factors of laziness or fear. Fear of being hit, laziness to skate hard and take a hit, and laziness to play the body in front of the net rather than stick check.

[Kicksave]

I wouldn't expect anything else from you, though.

[Shinoix]

right, because i'm ALWAYs so negative...whatever..at least my points are valid.

..these are simple little stupid things that they neglect to do and it hurts them as a team...

[yeltzen]

The forwards' laziness on the forecheck reached an all time low tonight.

[Jim]

- John LeClair MUST retire. He's absolutely useless.

LeClair and Malone are basically the same exact player. Malone is much more a liability getting 15:22 minutes than LeClair is getting 10:07. Someone needs to remind Malone that daddy isn't here anymore to cover his butt.


- Crosby is slumping the last two games

Big time! He is standing out alright, but that's exactly what he has been doing... standing.


- Whitney and Gonchar are the biggest wimps on the ice.

Everything that people accuse Gonchar of screwing up Whitney does while not doing any of the positives. Is he on a one way contract?


- Recchi can't win a battle on the boards nor keep a play alive, however at least he's trying.

Recchi tries more than most of the team. It's not his fault his arms and legs are one foot long. If we could put Recchi's heart into Malone...


- Staal played another solid game, however he should have been trying to tie up the player on the last goal along with the 3 other players.

You can not tie someone up when you apparently have a phobia for contact...

[André]

I wouldn't expect anything else from you, though.

I don't see a reason bashing posters whining about what they don't like with the team.

There are lots of negative factors with the Pens right now and they're just as valid topics of conversation as the positive ones.

Personally I'll never get tired of bashing Recchi and Leclair. Retire. Retire now. Please.

[King Sid the Great 87]

Anyone who has anything positive to say about Recchi needs to lay off the dope.

He can't make a pass, he can't win a battle behind the net, he can't keep the puck in the attack zone.

Just because he makes a lot of little choppy steps when he skates doesn't mean he is working hard.

He is about as useless as tits on a bull.

My favorite part of last night is when the Pens pulled the goalie and Steigy said something along the lines of "the Pens look to move it up and generate some offense--the puck goes to Recchi" He should have just said "the Pens turn it over"

[Kovy27]

- Staal played another solid game, however he should have been trying to tie up the player on the last goal along with the 3 other players. Other than that, he made a few great plays to create offense and killed penalties and played a defensive game well again.

That was Ouellet's man. Ouellet just stood there and watched Langenbrunner score. I'm going back to what I said before the season. Ouellet needs to go back to WBS and learn how to play defense.

[pfim]

That was Ouellet's man. Ouellet just stood there and watched Langenbrunner score. I'm going back to what I said before the season. Ouellet needs to go back to WBS and learn how to play defense.

Not to dump on the guy, but Ouellet had a horrible giveaway in the offensive zone 30 seconds before, that led to all the confusion.

[netwolf]

That was Ouellet's man. Ouellet just stood there and watched Langenbrunner score. I'm going back to what I said before the season. Ouellet needs to go back to WBS and learn how to play defense.

Two other Pens were right there too. All three just watched. That happens when you have your players playing passive hockey. Passive hockey sucks.

[Kovy27]

That was Ouellet's man. Ouellet just stood there and watched Langenbrunner score. I'm going back to what I said before the season. Ouellet needs to go back to WBS and learn how to play defense.

Two other Pens were right there too. All three just watched. That happens when you have your players playing passive hockey. Passive hockey sucks.

Maybe they should watch the Arizona vs Chicago game from Monday Night....playing passive in any sport will equal a loss 99% of the time. It's getting very annoying to sit there and watch maybe 5 players play defense and the rest loaf around.

I will give credit to Mark Eaton. I love his style, and he stopped a goal in the 3rd from going in....Thats what I want more of. Not these stand around and watch players like Ouellet.