I usually dont condone making fun of the slow kid....but this aint school, and this dude is SLOOOOWWWW

Click on the link for the video version of welcoming the short bus kid!

Tattoo Progress

The project is getting closer to completion.....some work on the Lombardi trophy and the crucibles on the back of the arm........also some work on the Mellon arena..........about 16 hours left.

NHL is a truly a GARAGE LEAGUE

Seth Rohrabaugh of Empty Netters posted this photo after the first game, and I am reposting based on last nights game, and the officiating I have seen in this series, the Flyers series, and the Capitals series....I will speak in the post only of last nights ending moments..........IF, the cemented headed fools in the league office were serious about protecting its players, elevating itself to a "real" professional league, and ending the "message sending" that happens at the end of games that get out of control in the playoffs, Jarkko Ruutu and Chris Neil will be suspended for one game each......both Neils cross check to the head of Goligoski and Ruutus sucker punch to the chin of Matt Cooke at the end of a 7-4 game were at least as bad as the cross check to the head delivered last season by Dan Carcillo to the head of Max Talbot.....this play resulted in a one game suspension for Carcillo. If you take into account the rest of the plays made by each, there is no doubt that a similar punishment should be in order....Neil was about to assault a linesman, and is openly looking to hurt somebody..........but since the offending players play for a team based in Canada, and they are down 3 to 1 in the series there is no way that Colonsniffer Campbell will have the guts or the desire to be consistent in that message. I have said many times that hockey is the best sport of all..........too bad the NHL is the WORST professional league of all..........handle it yourselves Pens.

Pens take 3-1 Series lead......and took out the trash again

The two headed monster strikes again!

Wow, can you say FUKTARDS? Nah, that would be an insult to FUKTARDS everywhere!!

Andy Suksem talking to the expert!

Wow, do I hate Ottawa..........and the more I look at their Senator logo on the crest of their players, the more homoerotic it looks.......but we only have one more game to endure that BS. The list of douchebags on this team is long......Ruutu, Neil, Kelly, Carkner, Sutton, Foligno, Alfredsson, Spezza...........I have a lot of respect for Anton Volcenkov and Peter Regin......period. Chris Neils cross check on Letang after scoring his goal, shows what a scumbag he is....and a dumb scumbag at that!;

On the positives of this game...........the two headed monster roared again, with Crosby getting two goals and an assist to raise his total to 4G and 7A to lead all playoff scoring, and Geno notched his 4th goal of the series......Crosby has averaged more than 2 points per game thus far.....boy he sucks! And Geno has averaged about a point a half......Dr. Malkinstein appears to be back;

The 6th goal tonite took the life out of the Sens for good, and was a mircocosm of why the Crosby haters much have touched themselves blind.....first he drills that little infection Ruutu to take the puck from him in the defensive zone and start a 3 on 2............then he drives to the net as Guerin takes a weak shot on goal, then outbattles 2 OttaWad defensemen who had no choice but to follow him behind the net, and finally puts a perfect pass on Kunitz' tape who promptly buried it in the collective arses of the Ottawads! Classic!

The third line showed up tonite with Staal and Cooke both getting their first markers of the campaign;

4 Penguins players got their first goals of the playoffs, Kunitz, Staal, Cooke, and Talbot; and Ponikarovsky got an assist, after getting his first goal of the playoffs during the last game;Secondary scoring KILLS!

Crosby again....he is currently playing on another level......in addition to his more than 2 pts per game, he has made a game preserving save, hit like a demon, backchecked and forechecked like a madman;

Jay McKee has been SOLID since he has been called upon, and tonite had 4 blocked shots;

The Senators lack of class, composure, and goaltending is being exposed big time right now.......lets not let them up...........step on the head of this ugly little snake Thursday night...

The play made by Craig Adams and Max Talbot on the shorthanded goal was just beautiful and indicative of the type of players these two can be;

Despite getting the shorty, our PK, which WAS a main strength on this team, has become a major weakness and needs to be worked on;

Our defense tonite in general was a bit alarming, but the Senators goaltending sucks harder than Bill McCrearys mom;

Also, Jordan Staal was named as a finalist for the Selke today.....congrats to him!

Pens take series lead.....and take out the trash

The hateometer for all things from Ottawa is rising..............FAST

Well tonight was interesting for me to watch........for years the Penguins have had the reputation for being a skilled team, and therefore somewhat soft...........that has not been true for the last several seasons, and in fact the Penguins thrive when the going gets tough........and tonight was no different, in fact ever since Andy Sutton upped the ante with his hit on Leopold, the Penguins have looked an awful lot like the Penguins of the past two playoff seasons.........if they can do that for any stretch the rest of the conference may have some issues...........the Senators are a chippy somewhat dirty team and the Penguins have risen to the challenge and won the third game which is usually a pivotal game in a playoff series.........the game tonight was a brutal, physical battle and the Penguins have many players who thrive in that environment, especially Craig Adams, Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby, Brooks Orpik, and Max Talbot. I will dispense with the ugly first.....the Penguins special teams looked pretty bad tonite.....they did get a PP goal, but most of the time it looked anemic, and the usually stout PK gave up 2 goals...........but there was far more to like than not tonight.

Random notes about tonights game-The Penguins top guns Malkin and Crosby have been money in the post season:

Crosby going into this series:

51 games-68 points/25G and 43A/+19-This season Crosby in 3 games has 7 pts/2G and 5A

Malkin going into this series:

51 games-65 points/26G and 39A/+5-This season Geno in 3 games has 4 pts/3G and 1A

Pretty consistent excellence in the post season from both of the big guns! Indeed a post season two headed monster.....................

Crosby was also 69% on faceoffs tonite and 66% in game two.

Perhaps we should send Colonsniffer Campbell and Gary Butthole flowers for not suspending Any Sutton........he has been on the ice for four of the five Penguins goals, and looking pretty damn bad on most of them......talk about getting some justice!

Poni finally scored a goal tonite.....he quietly had 5 shots in game two, and tonite put one in the net.........getting him going would mean quite a bit to the cause;

The Penguins third line, usually a catalyst for this team came into the game tonite with each player a minus 3.............they played a lot better tonite, though they did not score;

Kris Letang has been very solid defensively and chipped in some offense....if this kid ever learns how to find the net, he will be unreal.....Orpik remains a beast on the backend;

For those who question the value of Chris Kunitz, watch tapes of these three games.....the kid wins the battles against the walls, and gets the puck to Crosby....he forechecks like a demon, and is part of the seven game investing strategy Bylsma preaches............Adams hits everything that moves, kills penalties, and plays such solid defense..............

Nice to see Bill Guerin on the scoresheet too..........Game 4 presents a chance to take a stranglehold on the series......GO PENS

Sutton Jobbing

I know I was somewhat ambiguous about the nature of the hit, but the Pensblog folks have as usual put some photoshops out there that I had to share.

Some Shots from the first playoff games