Previews

Game #33 – Penguins vs. Hawks Spotlight: Jim Rutherford And The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

Sam Fels December 12, 2018 0

Perhaps before tonight’s game, or maybe after, or even during given anyone’s urge to actually watch the Hawks these days, Stan Bowman and Jim Rutherford will kick back with a beer and laugh about how similar their situations are. And maybe Stan can prepare Rutherford for what

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Game #33 – Penguins vs. Hawks Q&A: Mike Darnay of Pensburgh.com

Sam Fels December 12, 2018 0

Mike Darnay (@MikeDarnay) has been our Penguins friend for a while now. So that’s where we go whenever the black and gold show up. His work can be found at Pensburgh.  Hey look, you guys aren’t very good a couple years after your third Cup either. Is this just the way things go? Partly, I […]

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Game #33 – Penguins vs. Hawks Douchebag Du Jour: Why You No Vote For Jack Johnson He The…Oh Wait, It’s Because He Sucks

Sam Fels December 12, 2018 0

It’s not Jack Johnson‘s fault, exactly. No one would turn down a multi-year contract offered to them. So it’s really on GM Jim Rutherford, who not only signed Johnson but clearly targeted him as he was signed like three minutes into free agency. Still, it was Johnson who was bitching his way out of the […]

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Game #33 – Penguins vs. Hawks: I Make A Lot Of Graphs

Sam Fels December 12, 2018 0

  Game #33 Preview Suite Preview Spotlight Q&A Douchebag Du Jour I Make A Lot Of Graphs Lineups & How Teams Were Built

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Game #33 – Penguins vs. Hawks: Lineups & How Teams Were Built

Sam Fels December 12, 2018 0

Notes: The Pens have some injury issues. Patric Hornqvist will miss out tonight and they thought he’d be back by now. Matt Cullen is out with being 109-years-old. Justin Schultz is out long-term. Matt Murray bounces off the injury list just in time for the batting practice that is the Hawks…the Malkin-Kessel combo has been strangely […]

Musings

You Get What Anyone Gets: Saying Goodbye To The Pittsburgh Penguins

Sam Fels May 9, 2018 0

All good things… …or whatever this Pittsburgh Penguins thing was the past three seasons. I don’t know what the final epitaph for this era of Penguins hockey should or will read. When you repeat as Cup champs you automatically walk amongst the giants of the past. It’s only been done nine times, to repeat as […]

Wraps

Night Songs – Round 2 Day 12: All Good Things…

Sam Fels May 8, 2018 0

Let’s jump right into it: Caps 2 – Pens 1  OT (Caps win….wait, what?) There’s a lot to take out of last night’s seismic shift. I think the one that sticks with me most is that since the Islanders won four in a row, no team that’s going for its third straight Cup has gotten […]

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Night Songs – Round 2 Weekend 2 Wrap: The Truth Comes Out

Sam Fels May 7, 2018 0

Found out a lot about a lot this weekend. Let’s get to it: Winnipeg Leads Nashville 3-2 This series has basically been delicious. It confirms everything we thought about the Preds, in that they were more Pekka Rinne than they or any of their sycophants who just want to drink on Broadway again in the […]

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Night Songs – Round 2 Day 8: Once It Cools…

Sam Fels May 4, 2018 0

It felt like we got back to what we’re used to seeing in playoff hockey after the mainlining Special K that the first few games were. And that’s fine, as coaches aren’t here to entertain. Maybe we’ll get back there, maybe we won’t, but we won’t be short on drama at least. But man did […]

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Night Songs – Round 2 Opening Weekend: This Is Better

Sam Fels April 30, 2018 0

I think we can all admit without turning in our hockey fan cards that the first round was pretty middling as far as entertainment. And that’s actually fine. When you have a few, clear, really good teams as the NHL does, the first round probably should be underwhelming. The Jets, Preds, and Lightning were always […]