Prime Crosby & Malkin in Stanley Cup Runs

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

God, f*** Orpik.

What a turd. It was so fitting he attempted a mutiny and ran off to the Caps afterward. Good place for a rat.

 

[K Fleur]

“This is stupid bullshit. Sid is the captain”- Evgeni Malkin

 

[Gurglesons]

What a turd. It was so fitting he attempted a mutiny and ran off to the Caps afterward. Fitting place for a rat.

Felt bad on the Thornton play, but at the same time dude kinda deserved it for lining dudes up nonstop and then turtling every time he was asked to answer the bell.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Felt bad on the Thornton play, but at the same time dude kinda deserved it for lining dudes up nonstop and then turtling every time he was asked to answer the bell.

I never like to see stuff like that regardless of the player. But yeah... I mean... karma?

Orpik definitely loved to throw his weight around but was almost never to be found when the scrum started haha.

“This is stupid bullshit. Sid is the captain”- Evgeni Malkin

f***ing legend.

 

[K Fleur]

Man remember that one shift where Orpik hit like 10 Red Wings and still couldn’t get the puck?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Man remember that one shift where Orpik hit like 10 Red Wings and still couldn’t get the puck?

"The Shift" always makes me laugh cuz the Wings are just casually absorbing hits along the boards and the Pens can't do shit to gain possession or disrupt the cycle.

Hits and takeaway stats are cool but like, if a guy has a ton of either odds are it's because the other team had the puck the majority of the time he was on the ice. Unless we're talking about Datsyuk.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

"The Shift" always makes me laugh cuz the Wings are just casually absorbing hits along the boards and the Pens can't do shit to gain possession or disrupt the cycle.

Hits and takeaway stats are cool but like, if a guy has a ton of either odds are it's because the other team had the puck the majority of the time he was on the ice. Unless we're talking about Datsyuk.

Well takeaway stats are a little different though.

You know... because I'm a huge Malkin fan. And I need something to cling to in his "this shits about to blow out" years.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Well takeaway stats are a little different though.

You know... because I'm a huge Malkin fan. And I need something to cling to in his "this shits about to blow out" years.

I just want you to know, as I was typing it, I thought "Oh, actually, Geno's got some gaudy takeaway numbers now and then in his career. I bet BlindWilly's gonna say somethin'."

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I just want you to know, as I was typing it, I thought "Oh, actually, Geno's got some gaudy takeaway numbers now and then in his career. I bet BlindWilly's gonna say somethin'."

He always has.

But hey... he REALLY cut down on his turnovers this past year while leading the league in takeaways!

That's basically the same thing as scoring a PPG. Right? RIGHT?!?

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

I never like to see stuff like that regardless of the player. But yeah... I mean... karma?

Orpik definitely loved to throw his weight around but was almost never to be found when the scrum started haha.



f***ing legend.

Orpik was the best at crosschecking the opposing team's goal scorer into the crease and into whomever was in net that night for the Pens.

**** him.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Orpik was the best at crosschecking the opposing team's goal scorer into the crease and into whomever was in net that night for the Pens.

**** him.

Not to mention never in his life trying to pick a corner until the day he wired one right into Sid's chops.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

That game where Orpik got Thornton'd was insane. Orpik slobberknocked a dude in Eriksson who had just come back from a concussion and he didn't even have the puck. Neal kneed Marchand in the head iirc. Just a shitshow.

Some of those Bylsma era teams had some psychotic streaks.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Not to mention never in his life trying to pick a corner until the day he wired one right into Sid's chops.

He went to BC, so the one good thing about FSG's BU hard on is he won't get hired.

 

[ThosePuckingPenguins]

As a reminder, we won the Cup seven years ago today. Eight and 15 years ago tomorrow as well. Sucks to see how this era is ending but man, what a fun, fun nearly two decades.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

He went to BC, so the one good thing about FSG's BU hard on is he won't get hired.

Orpik strikes me as the kinda guy nobody would want around in the office, anyway.

He'd probably punch the vending machines when he didn't get his Skittles fast enough and shit like that.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Orpik strikes me as the kinda guy nobody would want around in the office, anyway.

He'd probably punch the vending machines when he didn't get his Skittles fast enough and shit like that.

And then he'd blame it on some random person who walked past at the wrong time.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

And then he'd blame it on some random person who walked past at the wrong time.

His workplace version of "The Shift" could just be him running from floor to floor and office to office with lots of paperwork in his hands but not actually accomplishing anything.

Oh shit. I'm Office Orpik. Don't fire me @Gurglesons!

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I'm glad we all treat Orpik with the disdain he deserves. Loser.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I'm glad we all treat Orpik with the disdain he deserves. Loser.

I kinda feel bad about going to bat for him indirectly when Carolina fans were all in an uproar over the Cole thing. But they're such a bunch of dorks that it evens out.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Man remember that one shift where Orpik hit like 10 Red Wings and still couldn’t get the puck?

Then got scored on IIRC.

 

[lokomotiv15]

Then got scored on IIRC.

No, surprisingly not, considering how they were snapping it around us.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Crosby is a complete player and actually played defense.

He also led the team. Both by example and actually led the team.

Do you get leadership vibes from McDavid?

The Oiler duo are fun to watch. It is why I wanted them in the finals even though I didn't think that the Oilers could keep up with Florida.

But there is a reason beyond bad surrounding players choices and coaches that the Oilers never have won anything in this era. McDavid is the Ovechkin of this era. Fun to watch but will never match Crosby's multiple Cups.

 

[Tom Hanks]

These playoffs reminds me so much how dominant prime Crosby and Geno were at the height of their career around the same age of Mcdavid and Draistl. Our two Centers were the Unstoppable force as a 1 2 punch in NHL centers History.

 

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[lokomotiv15]

I'm glad we all treat Orpik with the disdain he deserves. Loser.

Always made me a little/very sour on Orpik, Cooke, Adams and Staal after hearing that meeting story.

Also made me appreciate Malkin and laugh/love that Ashams was in there defending Sid's C 10 months into being a Penguin.