Snubbed4Vezina
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When I saw him out there on 3v3 OT last night I figured they had to be struggling with injuries.
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Snubbed4Vezina
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There's not a day that goes by that I'm not eternally grateful the Blues didn't end up signing Chandler Stephenson. What a terrible contract that's going to be for the Kraken.
TheOrganist
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Brockon
Cautiously optimistic realist when caffeinated.
Helping the cause how?
Burning 1 of Vancouver's games in hand on us, helping us fight for a wildcard spot?
Driving home the point that something needs to change in Vancouver before they bottom out and waste another prime season of their core?
Showing DA that the western conference is particularly mediocre, so he spends some assets to accelerate the "re-whatever" we're in the middle of, so we can push for playoffs and worsen our draft stock - depriving us of arguably our best shot at drafting a 1D to solve one of our biggest holes in our organizational pipeline?
Showing BT that Nashville's season isn't hopelessly lost, so he makes some more questionable trades?
You're going to have to be slightly more specific, so I can keep up here. Your initial post is a little too ambiguous or I'm particularly clueless right now... Probably a little bit of column A and more of column B, but it never hurts to be optimistic, right?
TheOrganist
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Ya, that one. Have another Molson Export.
Brockon
Cautiously optimistic realist when caffeinated.
Nah... Molson isn't my fifth choice, let alone my first one. If I was enjoying a drink, I'd probably be enjoying a few fingers of vanilla wiesers whiskey on ice or a rum and coke.
I'll settle for calling it a night instead - I don't do so hot after only getting a few hours of sleep these days.
TheOrganist
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I always felt Jaskin played small for his size. Not so much when he was in a bottom 6 role at first but later - it was only occasional.
Stancl is bigger and seems to have a thicker body type. Will be great I think if he continues to leverage it. He seems like he could be a bigger boy than Rantanen as he gets older. A lot of job opportunity for folks this big who can figure out skating and shooting.
Stancl is bigger and seems to have a thicker body type. Will be great I think if he continues to leverage it. He seems like he could be a bigger boy than Rantanen as he gets older. A lot of job opportunity for folks this big who can figure out skating and shooting.
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He reminds me of a better skating Getzlaf. Obviously far from a guarantee that he ends up half as productive, but from his frame and play style that’s who I see.
The matchups are awful as well. Boston/Tampa is like 3 years too late, should’ve put them in the game against the Panthers.
Nothing says outdoor hockey like games in 80 degrees.
TheOrganist
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What? Chicago, Ottawa, NYR, Philly, Utah, Buffalo. Wow! Impressive.
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TheOrganist
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Vancouver post-game GDT is funny...here's a summary: "Fire Tocchet. Trade Boeser. We have 5 bottom pair defenseman and Hughes. Blow it up"
With Hronek out, that defensive take isn’t far off.
PocketNines
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Good times in Pittsburgh ... the video clip someone took in this story is worth the watch
pittsburghhockeynow.com
The Full Story: Idiot Takes Puck From Boy, Penguins Fans Go Nuts
There was side drama to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday evening. Many fans at PPG Paints Arena and those watching on screens large and small were left to wonder what in the world was happening as a larger corner of the arena was going bonkers and chanted...
pittsburghhockeynow.com
Drubilly
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Good times in Pittsburgh ... the video clip someone took in this story is worth the watch
The Full Story: Idiot Takes Puck From Boy, Penguins Fans Go Nuts
There was side drama to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday evening. Many fans at PPG Paints Arena and those watching on screens large and small were left to wonder what in the world was happening as a larger corner of the arena was going bonkers and chanted...
What a douche canoe!
Memento
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Good times in Pittsburgh ... the video clip someone took in this story is worth the watch
The Full Story: Idiot Takes Puck From Boy, Penguins Fans Go Nuts
There was side drama to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday evening. Many fans at PPG Paints Arena and those watching on screens large and small were left to wonder what in the world was happening as a larger corner of the arena was going bonkers and chanted...
One literally has to work at being this much of a jackass. It's not hard to do the right thing. It's not hard to be a good person. What a sad, pathetic old man, doing all of this horseshit, when it would've been so much easier to do the right thing.
Snubbed4Vezina
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Grown ass men fighting over pucks and baseballs is the most embarrassing shit, especially when it involves a child. I've never caught a puck at a game but I did have a t-shirt literally land in my lap from a t-shirt launcher. First thing I did was look around and find someone to give it to.
Grow the f*** up.
Grow the f*** up.
ChicagoBlues
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Similar thing happened to me. A giveaway literally landed in my hand like it just stuck there. But there were lots of kids nearby and the first one I saw got the shirt or whatever it was.
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The craziest thing to me about his behavior is that the video isn't even the part where he took the puck or any of the original nonsense that got the crowd to start booing him. This video was a second act of jackassery separate from the fight over the puck. I understand someone getting tunnel vision about getting a puck for their grandchild. That doesn't mean that I approve of the behavior, but I can at least understand his perspective/argument that the puck was still fair game until it is in someone's hands and that he scooped it up to make his grandkid's day. You would hope that the entire crowd vocally turning on you would cause you to realize the greaseball nature of the move, but I can at least comprehend the motivation for that part of it.
But this video comes well after that part and he goes out of his way to double down on the asshole scale.
To summarize the article, a player's wife got the kid a different game puck, an usher led her down to the kid, and then the crowd cheered when the kid finally got a puck. It was a nice moment and that could have been it. Both parties get a game puck, the people associated with the team deftly smooth over a hostile crowd with a nice moment, and everyone 'wins' without having to escalate the situation to formal action by the staff. The jackass could have just stayed in his seat, grumbled about how everyone is wrong but him, and everyone would have moved on without him having to give up the puck he snagged. Maybe a few more boos/heckles from the crowd, but I'd bet good money that after the nice moment pretty much everyone would have moved on and resumed focus on the game.
Instead, the moment the usher and player's wife start to walk away he decides to get out of his seat and make things all about him. He gets into it with a different fan (not related to or sitting with the kid), then makes it a point to start berating the kid's mom and putting his finger in her face. I'm sure he was getting some (well earned) nasty insults hurled his way after he stood up, but what the hell are you doing dude?
He didn't even have to do the 'right thing' here. He just had to not actively be an asshole when people associated with the team did a nice thing for the kid he screwed over. Absolutely baffling. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. He could have just smugly enjoyed his 'victory' but instead he got himself tossed from the game and made a complete ass of himself in front of his grandkid.
Hopefully that is his last time in that building. The moment he grabbed at the arm of the usher walking in front of him is more than enough justification for the Pens to permanently trespass him.
Edit: just want to join the consensus that adults swiping pucks/shirts/whatever from kids is complete loser behavior. I'm not trying to defend his action of letting the kid free the puck and then swiping it for his own family.
