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

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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 […]

Previews

Watching The Party – FFUD’s Round 2 Preview: Penguins vs. Capitals or The Gods Must Be Crazy

Sam Fels April 26, 2018 0

 vs.  It’s kind of amazing, while feeling completely inevitable, that we ended up here again. The Capitals were not supposed to be good, much less win the Metro again. The Penguins flirted with both ends of the spectrum this season, flipping between simply awful and simply brilliant sometimes game-to-game. So it was thought the Penguins […]

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You Get What Anyone Gets: Saying Goodbye To The Philadelphia Flyers

Sam Fels April 23, 2018 0

It used to be tradition that playoff exits were complimented by eulogies on Puck Daddy. But with Wysh off in the Connecticut hinterlands and those who remain at Yahoo! being a bunch of Canadian giblets who take things far too seriously (and Lambert being angry and definitely not a Bruins fan), we don’t need them […]

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Night Songs – Round 1 Day 8: California Is Burning

Sam Fels April 19, 2018 0

Let’s all shed a tear for SoCal hockey. Because they love being called “SoCal.” Anyway, now that that’s over… Penguins 5 – Flyers 0 (PIT leads 3-1) Only in hockey would it basically go under the radar that the Flyers rock-person defenseman Radko Gudas… Injured their #1 center in practice! Sure, they’re all calling it […]

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Night Songs – Round 1 Day 3: Disband The Kings

Sam Fels April 14, 2018 0

Clearly the highlight of the evening were the reaction shots of Bruce Boudreau as the Jets put his Wild to the sword again last night. You can tell he knows he’s utterly fucked here, and would have been even if Ryan Suter had been healthy. I wonder if that filters down to his team. We […]

Previews

Watching The Party – FFUD’s 1st Round Previews: Flyers vs Penguins or Where The Hell Are Our Cheesesteaks?

Sam Fels April 10, 2018 0

 vs.  SCHEDULE: Game 1 Wednesday, Game 2 Friday, Game 3 Sunday, Game 4 April 18th Didn’t get invited to the party this year, so we’re stuck watching from across the street or hearing it from our basement. But just because we can’t have the fun doesn’t mean we can’t comment on it. It’s still going […]