NHL: no rainbow jerseys. No rainbow tape on sticks, could make people upset.
Also NHL: Why not give the shadowy Christian rehabilitation campaign a board advertisement?
Obviously Lemieux and Crosby are what they are in Pittsburgh, but what Cutch did to reignite a city’s love for its baseball team cannot be understated.
This franchise annoys me, angers me, and toys with my emotions in ways that should be deemed illegal, but damn it if I don’t love Andrew McCutchen with every fiber of my being.
The fact that one day the names Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Jagr, and Fleury will all hang from the rafters at PPG proves just how goddamn spoiled Penguins fans have been the past 35 years.
The NHL quietly tweaked its controversial digital dasherboard ads last season and is considering more changes for 2023-24. But the league also believes its critics are a "vocal minority."
My story on Year 2 (and beyond) of the digital ad tech.
Scenarios for final East playoff spot with all four teams at 81 GP:
#allcaps
:
-Any win vs. PHI
OR
-One point vs. PHI AND any
#LGRW
loss vs. MTL
AND
-One point vs. PHI AND any
#pens
loss vs. NYI
(Simplest path in East: Win and Caps are in)
#LGRW
:
-Any win vs. MTL AND
#allcaps
@andrew_kalman
Per our release, Kris Letang was born with a very small hole in the wall of his heart. Although the small defect in the wall is apparent in all individuals, it typically closes on its own in most people.
I say this all the time but it bears repeating: we as Pittsburghers have been absolutely, totally, and completely spoiled to have this man represent our city for two decades. There will more than likely never be another like him.
A reporter asked Sidney Crosby if there's a problem with hockey's culture. Crosby said he didn't think this huge scrum of "15-second soundbites" was a good venue for such a topic, and said he'd be happy to talk privately with the reporter after. Then he actually did. Good on him.
It’s been a tough couple seasons by our standards here in Pittsburgh but keep in mind:
Since 1984, one or two of the four players in this picture have been on the Penguins’ roster. That’s 40 years of having one of, if not the best, players on earth as a Penguin.
1. It’s not a bit anymore, it’s creepy.
2. I hope the kid succeeds, truly, but this town is building him up so large that disappointment feels inevitable.
3. Refer to 1.
Gonna be honest: I do not care.
I think they still could in theory, all three are still among the best in the league, but after 3 Stanley Cups, never missing the playoffs since Geno entered the league, and everything else?
87-71-58 retiring as Penguins is all that mattered.
We survived the Hextall Hell.
We said hello to Kyle Dubas.
We welcomed ANOTHER superstar to Pittsburgh in Erik Karlsson.
And tonight? We get to start the journey all over again.
Mornin’ Pens fans.
#LetsGoPens
It really cannot be understated how much fun that 2016 team and run was.
Just a freight train coming down the tracks from about January on.
Once they got past the Caps it went from a matter of if they could to when they would.
NEW EPISODE: Opening up the mailbag...part 2!
@SynonymForWet
& I discuss:
- One player from a division rival that we'd love to have on the
#Pens
- 3 players we'd like them to sign in free agency
- June 12: A championship day in Pittsburgh
Anyone not named Crosby, Malkin, or Letang should be on the table this offseason.
And it shouldn’t be this general manager making the decisions. Same goes for whatever Burke’s title is.
Complete waste of a great season by 87-71.
I think it’s important to remember, as Penguins fans, regardless how this season has gone or will go, we’ll always have live sports, ESPN+ originals, and the exclusive home of the complete 30 For 30 library.
Trading Neal for Hornqvist completely changed the culture of the Penguins for the better.
His motor never stopped and he was the heartbeat of those championship teams and when he was dealt the team absolutely lost it.
The year is 2027, Matt Murray has won his 10th Stanley Cup. He gives up a goal in a game against the Seattle Kraken after the Penguins have clinched a playoff spot. The fans still argue he isn’t good.
This has to be absolutely unimaginable for someone like Kevin Hayes, so my fellow Pens fans, on opening night, make PPG as loud as you possibly can when he gets introduced.
In a new
@LO_Penguins
,
@HunterHodies
and I remember the lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau.
We also talk about the Pens' national TV schedule and the best Mt. Rushmores in hockey history.
Tune in here:
The Penguins actually hung seven on the fully healthy Leafs while playing without Crosby, Malkin, Carter, Rust, and Letang. Basically a top power play unit.
It’s time, Kyle. Anyone not named Crosby, Malkin, Letang, or Karlsson can go.
Even Sullivan and Co.
Get as many assets as you can to use this summer and retool this thing. They’re not a playoff contender let alone a cup contender.
I know I’m not supposed to say this because apparently it makes me a fanboy but…
I’m going to sob like an absolute baby when the Big Three retire.
We got in 20 years what most fanbases don’t get in a lifetime.
Yell and scream, as you should, but take some time to cherish it.
Listen, I’m just as frustrated as anyone with this Penguins season, but seeing Double J back and getting his jersey retired may just carry me through the rest of it
Penguins do not win the Stanley Cup in 2016 or 2017 without Hornqvist.
Guy helped completely change the Pens’ culture for the better.
Absolute warrior.
Breaking: Sources say Evgeni Malkin has decided to go to the open market on Wednesday. Malkin has never been a free agent before and wants to see what his options are.
Nathan MacKinnon deserves better than this. Think it’s fair to ask if he wants to get out of there and chase another cup with his old friend Crosby.
Oh, sorry, we’re not doing that?
“I’ve heard from people not directly involved in the situation that they believe it’s like 98% he’s going to be taking a job there (PIT). I’m not sure if I can place my own percentage quite that high, but it seems like things are trending in that direction.”
(Via
@reporterchris
)
I’m not gonna hear it about Letang. It should have never got to that point. Trocheck punches him in the head in front of a ref with the puck 150 feet away. You take both or you take neither.
@d_h_sanders
“If Biden doesn’t call for a ceasefire, it’s imperative to make sure the guy who agrees with Bibi that Palestine needs leveled gets the White House again.”
Ejections to Rempe, Goodrow, Miller, Trouba + MacDermid, Tierney, Nahl, Marino.
NJD + NYR both down two forwards & two defensemen for the next 59+ minutes.
Evgeni Malkin has been a happy warrior as a 2C considering he’d be a franchise cornerstone anywhere else.
Dude’s won 3 cups, an MVP, scoring title, Conn Smythe, and been part of the best era in this franchise.
You pay him.
Finally settled that I’m willing to give Evgeni Malkin the extra year or two he wants. Willing to take $6m for 4 years? Let’s do it. I want to see Geno retire a Penguin, & I’m willing to accept some pain at the end (as we did with Ben/Steelers) to get the storybook ending.
Mpofu, as it says in the thread, spent the last few seasons with Vegas.
Given the way VGK has massaged the salary cap in those years, this is a beautiful hire.
Who is the greatest NHL player of all time?
Easy, right? Wayne Gretzky.
It’s the other 99 spots that follow that we need to sort out.
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This is the money tweet right here. I say it all the time: the job of journalists isn’t to report on a disagreement about precipitation. It’s to open the window and see if it’s raining or not.
It is just as disturbing as when anchors on CNN seem to seek out ways to "add balance" by playing up "counter-narratives" that are based on the unsubstantiated or distorted murmurs of the GOP press machine or right wing social media.
I really can’t express the anger inside of me right now as playoffs are about to start.
Crosby and Malkin each played an entire season and put up a point-per-game and they still missed the dance.
That’s comically inept.