Pens / Caps

[SteelCityMan786]

Originally Posted by Edman

Here's to keeping up the maginificent Penguins tradition of knocking the Crapitals out of the playoffs.

Let's Go Pens!

[Steel Head]

Originally Posted by X-Terminator

I made a mistake in the other thread about the Pens dominance over the Caps in the playoffs - their only win against the Pens in all of those matchups in the 90s was in 1994, not 1998 - they didn't play each other that year. Maybe that's why the Caps were able to get to the SCF instead of being knocked out AGAIN by the Pens. They met 6 times in 11 seasons from 1991-2001, and the Pens won 5 times, twice coming back from 3-1 deficits. Here's hoping history repeats itself.

I thought it was the Pens beat them 7 out of 8?

[trauben]

Originally Posted by Killer

Bettman has died and gone to heaven!

Maybe ESPN will actually give us some airtime.

The first three games are nationally televised (NBC, Versus and Versus). That alone shows the hype.

Originally Posted by Killer

Pens and Wings - only two teams from last year to advance to 2nd rd.

When Hoser went to Detroit last year, I said it would be sweet if we both came back to the Cup Finals and Hoser found himself on the wrong team. Who knows? It could still happen. And if it did? Talk about sweet revenge, to see him take that one year deal saying he wanted to be on a team that had a chance to win the Cup, only to lose again to the team he left.

I would die happily LMAO!

[stlrtruck]

Well the fun has begun. Last night I posted on my "Facebook" page, "When the PENS come to town, the caps finally sell out!"

My caps friends didn't take to kindly to those words. Oh well, nothing like a little fun before the beatings begin.

[X-Terminator]

Originally Posted by Steel Head

I thought it was the Pens beat them 7 out of 8?

It's actually 6 of 7 - this is the 8th meeting between the 2 teams.

[Killer]

The press will be fanning the flames, for sure.

"What's so special about [Crosby]? I don't see anything special there," Semin said at the time through a translator. "Yes, he does skate well, has a good head, good pass. But there's nothing else. Even if you compare him to Patrick Kane from Chicago ... [Kane] is a much more interesting player. The way he moves, his deking abilities, his thinking on the ice and his anticipation of the play is so superb.


Crosby seemed unimpressed with Ovechkin's celebrations following the scoring of the Russian dynamo's 50th goal of the campaign. 'Ovie' then fanned the flames by derisively waving at Crosby following a Caps victory in February. Both players added fuel to the fire with their post game comments.

"What I can say about him?" Ovechkin told reporters at the time. "He is a good player, but he talks too much."

Crosby had obviously had enough of Ovechkin's showmanship as well.

"Like it or lump it, that's what he does," Crosby said at the time. "Some people like it, some people don't. Personally, I don't like it."

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=276921

[SteelersinCA]

Go Pens!!!

[Killer]

Originally Posted by SteelMember

Well, it seems we finally know who the next opponent will be.

We must give thanks.

Somebody's not happy




Oh - the Horror!

[SteelMember]

Originally Posted by Killer

Oh - the Horror!

Iove those 3 fans...

Kinda like See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

[Killer]

Epic Fail