Well that clears up the Controversy.

As an admitted bitter Red Wings fan, I will point to the 2009 Cup final where the Pens were allowed to play with 6 skaters and a goalie for roughly 20 seconds with no too many men penalty. That allowed them to cycle relentlessly and draw a penalty themselves, so it was doubly harmful from a Wings POV.

I don’t have suspension data handy, but the penalty numbers are pretty striking

Letang’s got a few things going in his favor, in terms of potential length of a suspension. One, Johansson came back into the game. Two, he plays for the Penguins. Three, he plays for the Penguins.

I’m a lifelong progressive, I know damn well that Curt Schilling is a halfwit bigot, and I was quite pleased when he finally got canned. I’ve always like your work, and for what it’s worth, I’m a USF alum too. But your take on this seems remarkably naive.

Sure, programs are edited for length all the time, but you can’t…

Bill Simmons gets no respect, no respect at all, I tell ya. During sex his wife always wants to talk to him. The other night, she called him from a hotel.

Penguins: “We’re here, we’re queer, and America loves us so much they’d watch a five hour nature documentary as long as it’s got us and Morgan Freeman’s soothing voice”

team after team passing because weed is bad.

Next game, they’ll probably end up throwing Life Alert bracelets on the ice.

Seriously, there are so many other swear words you can choose to use instead of homophobic or racist ones. It’s not like we’re lacking in choices. Hell, get creative, use another language. What a lazy fucking piece of scabrous hyena ass.

I live in Philly and I love it here. The food, the history, the art scene, the whole neighborhood vibe lends to a great living experience. And we’ve got a lot of really passionate yet level headed sports fans. But something does click in this city when we enter our sports arenas. Maybe it’s a self fulfilling prophecy,…

Also I’m not so sure the hit on Orpik was THAT clean, looked like he left his feet going into the hit which definitely is not legal albeit not particularly different than most NHL level plays

Hey Wayne, you know what’s fucking embarrassing? Braden Holtby has more points than you do in this series.

How do you leave out the incessant booing of a barely conscious, obviously concussed Orpik? This doesn't happen everywhere, at least not as consistently as it happens in Philly. Bunch of assholes over there. Don't validate their shitty behavior.

At least the fans’ wrist shots were more accurate than the Flyers were.

Want to honor your beloved owner on a night of remembrance...take cheap shots, cheer injuries, toss your memorial bracelets on the ice, and get another penalty. Philly fans like to say their stereotype of being the worst human beings in sports isn’t fair, and then reinforce that truth at every chance. Bravo Philly!

Orlov gets hit from behind into the boards head-first, Flyers fans show sympathy:

Philly fans cheering the dangerous check on Orlov and subsequent fighting. Then throwing promotional gifts onto the ice, earning a bench minor. Dangerously high levels of making america great

And that wasn’t even their only criminal hit of the night!