Neal gets 40

rubynj · 04-03-2012, 08:09 PM

Two weak calls. congrats to Neal however.

Im not suprised he hit 40,Malkin or not he has a filthy wrist shot.

andbreatheme · 04-03-2012, 08:10 PM

He should thank Letang first and foremost.

Puckgenius* · 04-03-2012, 08:10 PM

Hes good but overrated, cause his stats are inflated due to playing with malkin.

Jwm1986 · 04-03-2012, 08:11 PM

holy crap...he literally just scored 10 seconds ago...did you already have this thread ready to submit

mark3361 · 04-03-2012, 08:13 PM

turned down Lucic and Chara but took on much smaller Ferrance and lost. Hurah!

RC24 · 04-03-2012, 08:13 PM

Amazing, neither play should have been a penalty.

Pens are the awesomenest team ever!

Saku11 · 04-03-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by famadihana

That wasn't a high stick. Bad call. Even the Pens board acknowledges the dive.

It was a embelishment, but it looked like the stick touched his face.Therefore its highstick.

syz · 04-03-2012, 08:14 PM

What did Neal say to the Bruins to get them so mad?

The_scout · 04-03-2012, 08:17 PM

Neal's fight with Ference right after was even more impressive. Hell of a player.

czwalga · 04-03-2012, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SLM12785

Best part was Ference with the take down. Letang clearly wants to play for Montreal, but then again Pittsburgh is the Montreal of the south.

Ference got his ass beat.... who care about the 'take down'. It's easy to take someone down whenever you're cowering and just grabbing on there chest and pulling them down.

Homeland Security · 04-03-2012, 08:19 PM

This is about Neal getting 40, not about the penalty or the dives or the guy singing in the stands.

Neal getting 40, PERIOD.

Any further off-topic, warnings/infractions will follow.

JWells16 · 04-03-2012, 08:38 PM

Congrats, Neal! Hopefully we can get a 50 goal scorer and a 40 goal scorer before the year is up.

Ogrezilla · 04-03-2012, 08:38 PM

Pens hadn't had a winger hit even 30 since Kovalev. Awesome stuff

SteelFish87 · 04-03-2012, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by andbreatheme

He should thank Letang first and foremost.

Na. Probably Malkin first

Ogrezilla · 04-03-2012, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelFish87

Na. Probably Malkin first

true. Malkin turns a new winger into a 40 goal guy every year

Jaded-Fan · 04-03-2012, 09:14 PM

Guy scores 40 goals, third most goals in the NHL, and this is all the response that there is? Really?

Whoever is on his line, quite the accomplishment and deserves some props. Gratz Neal, exceeded expectations by quite a bit. At season's start if he had hit 26 or 27 most Pens' fans would have been fine with that. Deserve all the props you get even though it seems only Pens' fans seem likely to give you any.

SteelFish87 · 04-03-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ogrezilla

true. Malkin turns a new winger into a 40 goal guy every year

True. Neal scores 40+ every year regardless of who his center is

Big McLargehuge · 04-03-2012, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaded-Fan

Guy scores 40 goals, third most goals in the NHL, and this is all the response that there is? Really?

You shoulda read it before it was cleaned up.

Congrats to Neal...he's been beyond phenomenal all season long.

Who cares if his numbers are helped by a symbiotic relationship with Malkin? They're both benefiting from playing with each other, that doesn't make the stats any less impressive. As we've seen throughout Geno and Sid's career...you can give a guy an empty net to shoot at 3 times a game, but if he can't hit the damn net none of it matters.

Ogrezilla · 04-03-2012, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelFish87

True. Neal scores 40+ every year regardless of who his center is

its what, his 4th season? I'm not saying Malkin didn't help but its still a pretty big accomplishment. He's a point away from being a ppg player.

DoingItLeBlancWay · 04-03-2012, 09:22 PM

He's a very good player, I do think he got help from Malkin in getting this, but in his own right, I'd be confident in him scoring 30-40 goals even without Malkin. People have been talking about how good Malkin/Crosby would be with a solid winger for years and now we have proof.. (this is coming from somebody who's not too fond of the pens)

Bob Richards · 04-03-2012, 09:30 PM

Had a big feeling this offseason that this kid would be something else much to my despair.

Anyway, congrats on an amazing season.

Captain Hook · 04-03-2012, 09:34 PM

It may have been on an undeserved 5 on 3, but that 40th goal was still a hell of a snipe.

No idea what the Bruins problem with him is. I suppose they had a game plan to stir it up with him and throw him off his game. Didn't seem to work.

Ogrezilla · 04-03-2012, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Hook

It may have been on an undeserved 5 on 3, but that 40th goal was still a hell of a snipe.

No idea what the Bruins problem with him is. I suppose they had a game plan to stir it up with him and throw him off his game. Didn't seem to work.

Neal targets Chara every time they play. They don't like it.

Eleven · 04-03-2012, 09:42 PM

40 is impressive. I would love for him to become a true power forward. I was hoping he would get the Gordy Howe Hat Trick tho. Maybe next time!

SomeDude · 04-03-2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Hook

It may have been on an undeserved 5 on 3, but that 40th goal was still a hell of a snipe.

No idea what the Bruins problem with him is. I suppose they had a game plan to stir it up with him and throw him off his game. Didn't seem to work.

He's not afraid of Chara...nor Andy Ference.

It's hilarious remembering back on some of the comments about him from some of my fellow Pens fans at this time last year. Congrats to him.