EF: (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs (4) Boston Bruins. (Bruins SWEEP Pittsburgh 4-0!!).

[Dion]

Originally Posted by zamler

That Flyers series I think got into their heads.

Cooke cleaned up his game, Marchand not so much.

Game one got them rattled and it has carried over into this game.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Dion

We could go back and forth on this.... Matt Cooke should not be in the NHL period. The thought of him having a chance at winning the Cup makes me puke.

Marchand may not be the cleanest player but he is nowhere close to being as dirty as Cooke is. I rest my case

Game set match.

[zamler]

If Vigneault becomes the Pens head coach, I will never cheer for the Pens in any capacity including Iggy if he is still there.

[atb]

The Pens passing is horrible

[Flash Walken]

Good call, M*A*S*H 4077, Crosby seems to be dogging out his shifts.

Long shifts = Bad Defence, no two ways about it.

[gargamel]

Originally Posted by troutman

Iggy is hurting Pens more than he is helping them. Can't imagine they bring him back.

I think he's actually been one of their better players this game, not that that's saying much. The lack of composure is their biggest problem, and that starts at the top. Whether that's Bylsma or Crosby is up for debate.

[Southside]

Jarome pissed off the hockey gods. He was supposed to be a Bruin.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by gargamel

Whether that's Bylsma or Crosby is up for debate.

Probably both.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Southside

Jarome pissed off the hockey gods. He was supposed to be a Bruin.

yep I was all ready to order my Bruins Iggy jersey.

[chockfullofgoodness]

Originally Posted by Free Ben Hur!

Marchand has the most punchable face in the eastern conference. Yakupov is the West champion.

Burrows is definitely second, though.

[Free Ben Hur!]

One of those series. Pitt won't get any bounces until its too little and too late.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by troutman

I can see Vigneault come in and provide some defensive structure.

The Penguins in this series actually remind me a lot of the Canucks' playoff failures. They came out wasting their energy trying to "play tough" and throw the body around instead of sticking to what makes them successful, their defensive play is a mess, their PP looks terrible, and they have a coach that seems unable or unwilling to make any useful adjustments to the opponent's game plan. I'm not sure Vigneault would offer much of an upgrade in the playoff department over Bylsma. Neither coach seems very adept at modifying their system or gameplan on the fly as needed.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

like or dislike whoever you want, but calling Krejci's play off performance a fluke is ######ed.

Using the term ######ed is offensive.

[zamler]

The only bouncing the Pens are going to get is on their golf carts. I'll be shocked if they win even 1 game, team looks atrocious lol.

[Dr. Doom]

Not usually one to defend Iginla...

But the Pens keep putting him on LW which must be screwing him up at least some. Think he's finally on the right side tonight but still, not sure why they acquired a long time right winger if they couldn't use him there.

[zamler]

At least the Chicago/LA series is real hockey, looking forward to the game tomorrow.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Free Ben Hur!

One of those series. Pitt won't get any bounces until its too little and too late.

with the Pens stacked line up they shouldn't require good luck bounces.
Too many people including the Pens under estimate the depth of the Bruins.
When Seguin is the 3rd line Center Boston has a deep roster.
The Bruins love playing the under dog role when they are not really under dogs.

[gargamel]

I'm not trying to draw any conclusions from it, but since people like to post when Iginla's ice time is down, I guess it's worth pointing out that he's 4th among Penguins forwards tonight, just a few seconds behind Neal. He wasn't on the ice for the start of the powerplay, but he was out there after the first few seconds.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

If you want to look at the plus side the Canucks season from hell continues... downward trend, key injuries, Luongo saga, first round sweep, two biggest rivals/most disliked teams are likely to meet in the finals. Yikes that is awful.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by opendoor

The Penguins in this series actually remind me a lot of the Canucks' playoff failures. They came out wasting their energy trying to "play tough" and throw the body around instead of sticking to what makes them successful, their defensive play is a mess, their PP looks terrible, and they have a coach that seems unable or unwilling to make any useful adjustments to the opponent's game plan. I'm not sure Vigneault would offer much of an upgrade in the playoff department over Bylsma. Neither coach seems very adept at modifying their system or gameplan on the fly as needed.

That's exactly how I see it.

I doubt this is likely to happen in the slightest because of the personal relationships involved, but Brent could really work with that roster, especially if there's guys like Bennet and Depres in the lineup full time next season.