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xx Brad Thiessen
Yesterday at 12:41 by whitmer_87 | Views: 42 | Comments: 2

First off, congrats to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for overcoming a 3-0 series deficit and coming back to win the series. That's unbelievable!

Apparently Brad Thiessen is having himself one hell of a postseason. This is from a Puck Daddy article:

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Games 1 and 2 were dominated by the Bruins, with 8-5 and 4-2 victories. They took Game 3 in overtime 2-1, but beginning with Game 4, it was Brad Thiessen time. The Penguins netminder took control and slowed the Bruins’ offense over the next three games making 31, 30 and 46 saves, respectively, forcing a seventh and deciding game, even after getting jumped by Graham Mink in Game 5 during a brawl.
Thiessen's shutout in Game 7 improved his already ridiculous stats. He leads all goaltenders with a 0.89 goals against average and a .970 save-percentage; he's also stopped 196 of 202 shots he's faced in seven starts. So, yeah, Thiessen's in some sort of zone right now.


I admit I know very little about this guy, but any chances he's ready sooner rather than later to move up to the bigs? If this guy can play, and we could get MAF off the books I'd sure feel a hell of a lot better about resigning Letang and Geno after next season. Does anyone else feel like Fleury has played himself out of Pittsburgh?

Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/ahl-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-oust-providence-bruins-014539555.html

xx OTAs and pre-preseason stuff
May 22, 2013 at 08:33 by Finnegans Wake | Views: 42 | Comments: 1

Starks is a Charger.  Had to figure the new OL coach would want "his guys," and Whimper beat out Starks in the wily vet department.  Unfortunately, Starks >> Whimper, but he'll be depth behind Adams and Gilbert.  Gilbert is opening OTAs at LT, and Adams at RT.  Reports of an athletic ZBS may actually be coming to fruition:

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“It’s going to be new, but we’re embracing it,” Foster said. “If you look at our run tape last year, teams stacked the box on us. We were running inside zone, inside zone, inside zone, and we never really had an outside threat. But Coach [Todd] Haley’s stressing it this year; Coach Bicknell is stressing it. That’s something we want to do: soften the defense up and be able to run it outside just as well as we do inside.”


Troy's been eating lots of hot dogs lately.

Two picks signed so far:  R4 S (and Wake/law fave) Shamarko Thomas, and R6 ILB Vince Williams.  Good chance the higher rounders will need to wait until the 6/1 cap relief from cutting Colon. 

Hoping this isn't a recurring theme, but I sense that Jarvis Jones may be spending a lot of time in the tub, allowing Worilds the chance to show he can play.  It's all good though, we don't like starting rookies anyway, right?

xx Big Ben to Explode
May 21, 2013 at 12:18 by jonzr | Views: 126 | Comments: 4

in his second year under Hailey?

If Warner and Cassel can do it, why not Zoidberg Ben?  There's even causal evidence for another Super Bowl appearance!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/second-season-magic-quarterbacks-under-todd-haley-154900780.html


xx RIP Ray Manzarek
May 20, 2013 at 16:26 by jonzr | Views: 39 | Comments: 0

Damn.  Age 74, cancer.

xx Happy Bday Brinker
May 14, 2013 at 09:40 by jonzr | Views: 167 | Comments: 4

39 again?

xx penso versus merman. NHL playoff challenge!
May 13, 2013 at 21:34 by pensodyssey | Views: 98 | Comments: 2

1 point for predicting the correct winner, 2 points for calling the series length and winner.  

First round:
Merman
East
PIT in 6 over NYI
MON in 6 over OTT
BOS in 6 over TOR
NYR in 7 over WAS

West
CHI in 4 over MIN
DET in 7 over ANA
SJ in 7 over VAN
LA in 7 over STL

pensodyssey

East
PIT in 5 over NYI
MON in 6 over OTT
BOS in 6 over TOR
WAS in 7 over NYR

West
CHI in 4 over MIN
DET in 7 over ANA
VAN in 7 over SJ
LA in 6 over STL

Merman-- 10 pts
penso--  7 pts



xx NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 2 - Penguins vs. Senators
May 12, 2013 at 18:40 by kluisi61 | Views: 470 | Comments: 14

Here's to a better showing than in round 1.

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xx This is pretty good for a commercial, Spock vs Spock
May 08, 2013 at 08:40 by jonzr | Views: 69 | Comments: 0



I bet they had fun making it.

xx NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs - Non-Penguin Series
May 01, 2013 at 16:46 by kluisi61 | Views: 164 | Comments: 4

Similar to the gameday threads for the Steelers.

xx NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1 - Penguins vs. Islanders
May 01, 2013 at 16:45 by kluisi61 | Views: 683 | Comments: 29

Thought we could use some new threads in here.

Similar to the gameday threads for the Steelers.


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