R1 - Series Thread - Penguins (M2) vs Flyers (M3)

[transplant99]

Good start.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

1-0 Philly.

[dammage79]

Sean Couturier might just will this Flyers team out of the first round.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by dammage79

They did it last game in Philly as well.

Weird. They didn’t for game 3.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Weird. They didn’t for game 3.

That is odd because that's their thing every playoffs. Unless the singer was sick or unavailable.

[transplant99]

Well that changed quickly.

[GirlySports]

Looks like a classic high scoring Pens-Flyers game

[SportsJunky]

Guentzel with 4 goals in a row to put Pittsburgh up 7-4. Unbelievable.

[Philly06Cup]

mother #### @*%@%%@

[Philly06Cup]

https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/st...032852481?s=20

In case anyone was wondering why malkin didn't play. Hurt himself slewfooting a flyer

[Philly06Cup]

Defense and goaltending let them down big time. Pissed off giroux didn't get more face offs. He was ~59% this year -- literally one of the top 3 face off guys in the entire league. Career ~55%. He's officially the LW but he should be the one taking important face offs instead of filppula or couturier. Dunno if that was a coaching call or if his confidence was down after that one Crosby play. They gave up a lot of goals off lost face offs he could have prevented.

Flyers didn't deserve to win the series given the way they played games 1 3 4, but Very excited for the future of the flyers. Carter Hart should be a difference maker when he gets called up. Sanheim and Hagg should improve the backend. Morgan frost is a chl mvp candidate. Lots to like in the pipeline.

[devo22]

I feel really sorry for Couturier. He just had a 5 point game despite a torn MCL.

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1532600

[Resolute 14]

Flyers give up eight goals, lose.

Flyer fans: "Waaaaaah, referees dictated the outcome!"

[the_only_turek_fan]

I can't believe that Letang trip was not a penalty.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Flyers give up eight goals, lose.

Flyer fans: "Waaaaaah, referees dictated the outcome!"

To be fair, you rarely have a better case to whine over than the missed trip right before the Pens took the lead. Unbelievable that didn't get called.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Itse

To be fair, you rarely have a better case to whine over than the missed trip right before the Pens took the lead. Unbelievable that didn't get called.

That was the 6-4 goal, but yeah. They already had two third period PPs when down 5-4 of an elimination game - a time when officials are notorious for putting the whistles away - and lost by three. That missed penalty did not decide the outcome.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Itse

To be fair, you rarely have a better case to whine over than the missed trip right before the Pens took the lead. Unbelievable that didn't get called.

I know the bar is different now, but when I grew up playing hockey, if you played the puck and somebody fell over your stick, it was not a penalty.

For that matter, if a guy knocked the stick out of your hands, there would be no slashing call and your coach would tell you to hold your stick.

I found the non call refreshing. A nod to old school hockey and good old fashioned values.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

That was the 6-4 goal, but yeah. They already had two third period PPs when down 5-4 of an elimination game - a time when officials are notorious for putting the whistles away - and lost by three. That missed penalty did not decide the outcome.

Most likely not, and it definitely did not decide the series.

They let in 28 goals in 6 games. That has to be close to some kind of a modern record in goals allowed in a series.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Guentzel with 4 goals in a row to put Pittsburgh up 7-4. Unbelievable.

Got him in my hockey pool

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Guentzel with 4 goals in a row to put Pittsburgh up 7-4. Unbelievable.

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