I think what Aaron was noting is they have to protect Hossa because of his No Movement. Otherwise I can’t imagine them protecting him.

I think when he tries to do too much, he turns bad. And I think they missed Hertl greatly.

I think it is hard to argue that Bishop would have played any better than the guy who replaced him. Bishop is big. He is not a proven great. He got chased out of a playoff game.

I agree. Goalies have become more of a commodity. Teams no longer want to pay them top dollar or trade valuable assets for them. That is why I don’t think Fleury would command a top price. Goalies overall are better skilled, better trained, and, significantly, bigger than ever before. Vasilevsky and Murray are…

You can’t really say that on the basis of the final series, in which he was average and lost one game on his own.

Folks who live there are quite happy that folks like you don’t know how cool a place it is.

Murray picked the wrong night to be a sieve for the Penguins.

Days are over when the birds were a novelty in Midwest. Problem is, they are still protected, so it is hard to do anything about them. Shows how slowly government works.

The huge popularity of pro basketball baffles me. During the long season, there are about 4 teams judged even to have a chance of winning it. A whole conference is consistently considered just inferior. Certain basic rules are simply not enforced, and star players get their own standard of calls to an extent not seen…

What’s sad is that even though he knew how awful he must look his thinking was still overruled by his thought that he looked totally cool wearing a baseball uniform.

It’s funny when people, 1, declare that someone’s shit (or farts) smells appreciably worse than theirs, and 2, when they attribute offensive smells to diet. Why would shit from a person who ate nothing but 7-11 burritos, Hot Pockets, and cotton candy necessarily smell worse than someone who ate only organic bison,…

When I drank and smoked, I was most likely to get hiccups if I was full, had consumed some alcohol, and then smoked.

Wouldn’t it be the horse hitting the back of the car?

On the contrary: He’s bitching about it openly to influence the linesmen. And the only way Crosby can “work on his timing” in response would be to delay his move and lose more faceoffs.

Cheating at faceoffs: Also known as being good at faceoffs.

Put her up against that New Mexico soccer player.

I am leaning toward Murray as my preference. The distressing thing about Fleury was not just the goals he let in but the shots he almost let in. He really looked a beat behind.

The Penguins have always had a knack for giving up totally easy goals—goaltending aside—where guys are just suddenly uncovered.

I think because, even if they risk going home after tomorrow, they are concerned about next year. With his contract, they are probably welded to MAF as their number one, and they’re thinking about his psyche.

The exec director of the chorus had a reaction that was just a bit over the top: