millz58

That last PP for the Pens was a wasted opportunity, they could've gotten to within one, but they kept the same people out, got tired, lost a lot of pucks, then couldn't make their change efficiently and got called for too-many-men-on-the-ice, and now must kill a penalty and find a way to score (at least) two goals in probably 8 minutes to stay alive. ridiculous. and now the PP goal by the Habs, the Pens were hardly trying to get the Habs out of any kind of rhythm on that; well i'll keep searching for logos... 5-2 Montreal...

Fine; let them prove that he doesn't, and address the real problems with this team.

Here's the logos I have so far...; I remember seeing the alternate jerseys on some fans, with the C/A, I really thought they were bootlegs (!), or just really old. which one should I change to Spen?

Ponikarovsky contributes on the PP, Staal gets the deflection goal, 4-2 Habs... we'll see, it's getting late in the 2nd period...; now Talbot's getting in on the act. Some life on the Penguins' side... edit: so Pens will go into the 3rd, down 4-2, but with a 4-on-3 PP thanks to Dupuis selling a cross-check penalty.

Kunitz scores; now he only needs two more to get the hat trick and absolve himself for the the goal-producing turnovers he made. Where the hell is Letang now? I wanna see Orpik level someone just for one more time this year...

...another defensive TO; another goal for cammalleri; this is painful. I can't understand this...; even a goal here on this PP would only keep the crowd from booing, but the Pens can't keep it in the zone. ... and now another TO by Kunitz, and the Habs get a shorty! 4-0 Montreal. Jesus. Now Johnson comes on to replace Fleury. sigh... as soon as this is over, I'll change my sig pic to a Habs logo. Really. I'm gonna go find one now...

Wigginton gets hit in the hand with the ball while sliding into 2nd; the out counts but prevents a double play. sheesh. Why send Reimold down for Patterson? Why not let "the Crow" teach a youngster out of his slump? and anyway WHO CARES stick with Reimold and give him the same chance we already gave Patterson. I don't get it. This team is nowhere from anywhere, just give some of our guys a chance to work through things instead of pulling strings as if the Orioles were a couple of moves away from respectability...

thank god for intermission; I need a beer. I haven't seen the Pens play so poorly in the playoffs in a while..., what bad timing. I'm even more surprised at Gonchar, a model of defensive and PP consistency, he played poorly as well, definitely not helped by his teammates in the special teams mode, but still he should be a settling influence. Meanwhile Montreal's plugging away, taking advantage of turnovers, controlling space especially neutral zone and thwarting almost every Pens foray into their zone. I think Pittsburgh had one productive drive into the O-zone, although pointless. Malkin and Crosby better find some urgency immediately, or they'll rightly be called out bigtime, as they are the stars and should come out like ones next period. Instead they have played like clueless newcomers to the playoffs. Unreal...

WTF Orpik battling behind Fleury's net while Pens lose defensive zone possession and give up 2nd goal??!! Unreal... this team has lost their composure...

damn, I gotta stop readin' this thread...

That icing call was the best thing to happen for Pittsburgh the first 7 minutes; Pens look really outta sync, lots of offsides, not playing very physically, not generating enough shots offensively, or even productive possessions in the zone. also defensively they look tentative, not assertive in neutral zone or in backchecking... at least now they have a PP to work with... edit: and they've really screwed up this PP, so sloppy with the passing, MTL is pushing them out to the perimeter; what a waste, even gave up a couple shorty chances...; this is disturbing, someone with some veteran-like nerves should step up and calm this team down (Guerin?)

Wow, Gill is back in for MTL and Bylsma is putting Ponikarovsky back in for the Pens. Gill is a sure thing assuming he's reasonably well, but I don't know about Alex P, he has shown nothing for the Pens this year, will he find a way to contribute meaningfully with Gill most likely taking Crosby out of the game (again)? here we go.... edit: holy crap, 10 seconds in and Crosby's hit with 2 minutes for boarding against Georges?! And now PK scores? Fleury gave up a softy for sure; unreal, and now also another penalty. Cooke... horrible start for the Pens.

Best of luck and credit to your Habs, Spen, they've done a great job to get to this point, I'll be happier if Pittsburgh wins of course, but hey I'll root for Montreal should they prevail! HOLY SH*T IT'S ANOTHER GAME 7!!!!!!!!!

I'm okay with the Igloo being done after this playoff season (for the Pens) is over, it kinda adds some "grandeur" to the rep of a building that was never really grand, just cozy and old. I know Bruins and Habs hate each other (is it more from Boston's end though, I imagine, an Original 6 team hatin' on the best ever?) also Philly/Montreal would be cool, throwback to some '80's era matchups; I agree, Philly is not done at all, playing at home, getting healthier and managing to score well even without Carter. If Leighton can put up another good performance in Boucher's stead, lookout Beantown... . And yeah, seeing thornton go up against the B's would be a cool story, but I think SJ/MTL would be even better (a team desperately trying to live up to expectations, against a team noone save themselves expected to advance this far). And hey, how can we forget about Chicago, who is making the next step in their progression to greatness; they will put up a big roadblock for the Sharks, no doubt. I think Nabokov is better than Niemi, but he'll have to be the way the Blackhawks have been playing. BTW I heard something about stress and "graying hair" recently, about how hair doesn't "go gray", but the follicles eventually do lose their ability to provide color to new hair, so the role of stress is that it aids in hair falling out more frequently, thus causing the follicles to run out of "ink" sooner. I like to think graying hair runs in my family, but really my family eats stress, with mustard.

This game was nerve wracking, I was wringing my hands. Subban has definitely been good; Spacek came up big. I really loved the atmosphere the Bell center provided, the Habs seemed to feed off of it, as they should, representing real history in the making, as well as the historic past. I don't know what to make of game 7 at the Igloo, except that obviously Montreal could put an ignominious bookend onto that building's history should they win Wednesday (being the first team to win there, and maybe the last.) This game will really test the resolve of defending champs... and play into the hands of the media who might rightly wish to see the change of guard. What would be better than, say, a renewal of Boston/Montreal? I would personally be dissappointed but happy still to watch more of two teams that have done quite a bit more than expected.

Great game by the Habs, nicer effort late by the Pens, but too little too late... Game 7 in Pittsburgh, Wednesday night! edit: will Luongo and the 'Nucks be able to duplicate Montreal's feat, win tomorrow night at home vs. Chicago and force game 7 on the road? hmmm...

Lapierre puts Montreal up 4-2, and now I really hope the Pens fight through these last 8:30; probably too late, they're not getting the bounces even when they're getting good shots on goal.

pens survive opening minutes of Habs PP, have opportunities on their own PP but couldn't cash in, now have to go back on the PK; interference? didn't see it that way, was that on Cooke? *sigh* looked like a reasonably clean challenge, but I didn't see a replay yet... edit: pens do kill the penalty; meanwhile Gagne makes it 4-0 and has his second goal, wants to carry the Flyers back to Philly for game 6

Meanwhile, in Boston, the Flyers lose Boucher, put in a goalie (Leighton) who was just cleared yesterday, face a 3-1 series defecit, but are ahead 3-0 thanks to that punk Hartnell getting his first goal of the playoffs, and a goal by Gagne, who they just got back on the team. I didn't think going into this game the Flyers would go out quietly.

Man, what a turn of events, late-waving-off of an icing call that would've favored pittsburgh, haphazard line changes as a result, now a penalty against Pens. At least the Pens will get a breather during intermission; but if they don't survive the first 1:30 of 3rd period, let alone get a tying goal in the first 5, it will probably be Habs taking game 6. Remarkable, it's like Montreal totally seized momentum and control of space, after Pens had controlled in their offensive zone the first 35 minutes of the game. Missed opportunities, some frustration setting in, hopefully Bylsma will be able to get his team refocused, calmed, on point. we'll see, but Montreal's in a great position right now, home crowd rocking, still "playing with house money".

The Pens have lost some intensity since Cammalleri's second goal, and now Spacek puts the Habs up 3-2; gut-check time. edit: I finally spelled 'cammalleri' right

Wow, whatta backhand by... Cammaleri! man, that guy's on a tear, he's doing a Pavelski...

Wow, nice deke by Letang on the fake to Guerin, got one off of/by/over Halak. Very anticlimactic after Halak's great job on the first PK. edit: and that after the defensive end TO that gave Cammaleri (sp?) his goal; this is so eerily similar to that game 7 last year against the Caps, Letang was the goat early (defensive zone mishap led to a Caps' goal) and then the eventual game-hero (OT winning goal). Weird.

Pretty cheesy acting job by Goligoski on that penalty, and even held Lapierre on the way down; incredible defense by Halak on this PK.

Nice game so far tonight, I didn't get outta the bathroom until after Cammelieri's goal (I was thinking "geez don't let that guy get started") but was happy to see Crosby finally bang in his first of this season. Malkin seems as active so far this game as he was on saturday; Gill's out, but Spacek is back, so we'll see how MTL's defensive efforts against Crosby pan out. I like the dude Letestu that Pittsburgh brought back, after only seeing 10 games or whatever during the season; also very happy to see Rupp being an active body.