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[Ogrezilla]

Originally Posted by Honour Over Glory

And who do you think he could be replaced by that is as physical?

Vitale, Farnham or Sill are easy choices. If we don't mind substituting a little physicality with some gods honest talent then Jeffrey. Hell, I'd rather MacIntyre I think. At least he wouldn't get so many minutes.

We have had a revolving door of 4th liners for a reason. They are easy to come by. Philly just lost Talbot. It took less than a week to get Adam Hall off of waivers for free.

[Crafton]

looks like goalie prospect Sean Maguire and NYR marshmallow Brian Boyle are in the midst of a twitter battle:

Brian Boyle ‏@BriBrows22 22 Mar
Hey Sean maguire. No chance that cheat protector is legal. Refs already giving BU calls. @ryanwhitney6 you should be embarrassed

Sean Maguire ‏@smag31 2m
@BriBrows22 If your going to insult me can you at least use my twitter handle? @smag31 and it's "chest" protector #BCeducation

[Dying Alive]

Originally Posted by Crafton

looks like goalie prospect Sean Maguire and NYR marshmallow Brian Boyle are in the midst of a twitter battle:

Brian Boyle ‏@BriBrows22 22 Mar
Hey Sean maguire. No chance that cheat protector is legal. Refs already giving BU calls. @ryanwhitney6 you should be embarrassed

Sean Maguire ‏@smag31 2m
@BriBrows22 If your going to insult me can you at least use my twitter handle? @smag31 and it's "chest" protector #BCeducation

Oh, wretched irony...

[Crafton]

Simon Despres ‏@Despres747 37m
To all the young dman out there!! Don't forget to shoulder check or you can #learnthehardway lol

https://twitter.com/Despres747/statu...68234155376641

[CaptainZappBrannigan]

Neil is still an idiot, but good on Despres for accepting some responsibility. Gotta keep your head up and on a swivel when Neil is around.

[Ugene Malkin]

Originally Posted by CaptainZappBrannigan

Neil is still an idiot, but good on Despres for accepting some responsibility. Gotta keep your head up and on a swivel when Neil is around.

I don't see how keeping your head up even plays in that scenario. Plays puck along boards facing the boards, "turns around" gets smashed in the head.

Who's going to have eyes in the back of their skull?

People are playing this off too easily as a good hit.


It was preditory and head was POC. Needless to say, he wasn't hurt and him taking a bit of blame won't hurt since he wasn't hurt on the play.

[Penguins23]

Has any official source tweeted that Fleury had his daughter? I saw some fans tweet that she was born and named Estelle. That would make sense because it's the name of his late grandmother but I haven't seen anything official.

[IcedCapp]

Originally Posted by Ugene Malkin

I don't see how keeping your head up even plays in that scenario. Plays puck along boards facing the boards, "turns around" gets smashed in the head.

Who's going to have eyes in the back of their skull?

People are playing this off too easily as a good hit.


It was preditory and head was POC. Needless to say, he wasn't hurt and him taking a bit of blame won't hurt since he wasn't hurt on the play.

I think the Penguins, from top-to-bottom (specifically Bylsma and Despres) have handled it right, but I agree with you. I felt like it was a predatory hit, and Neil's tongue wag did nothing to dissuade me. I've seen the Penguins penalized for worse. And as Bylsma said, how did we come out with a PK? Adams did nothing 4-minute minor worthy.

[CaptainZappBrannigan]

Originally Posted by Ugene Malkin

I don't see how keeping your head up even plays in that scenario. Plays puck along boards facing the boards, "turns around" gets smashed in the head.

Who's going to have eyes in the back of their skull?

People are playing this off too easily as a good hit.


It was preditory and head was POC. Needless to say, he wasn't hurt and him taking a bit of blame won't hurt since he wasn't hurt on the play.

The head wasn't the POC, or Despres would have been out. Despres watched the puck for a good second before putting his head up to toss the puck around the boards. You GOTTA know someone is coming a la Colby Armstrong, and to be honest, one of his teammates should probably have let him know Neil was gunning for him. Predatory hit, for sure, but it was a beauty of a hit. If Kunitz had hit someone like that, people would have spammed a gif of it for a good 30 posts. I hate Neil, but it was a nice hit. Kept his elbows own, and skates on the ice. I've got no problem with it.

Originally Posted by IcedCapp

I think the Penguins, from top-to-bottom (specifically Bylsma and Despres) have handled it right, but I agree with you. I felt like it was a predatory hit, and Neil's tongue wag did nothing to dissuade me. I've seen the Penguins penalized for worse. And as Bylsma said, how did we come out with a PK? Adams did nothing 4-minute minor worthy.

Again, I don't have a problem with the hit at all. Neil is a *******, but it's his job to be a ******* and he's very good at it. That being said, the officiating last night was some of the worst I've seen in a very long time. Just utterly confusing calls and missed calls all night long, for both sides.

[Erz8771]

James Neal and Bubba Watson were just talking to eachother via tweets. By the looks of things Bubba said something he shouldnt of about the game of hockey and everyone jumped down his throat. He was quick to apologize though. Looks like Bubba and James have now formed a friendship?