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Just because it wasn't a cheapshot means it was only Cooke's fault? I blame Cooke obviously and the B's medical staff for letting him back too soon. If the hit that gave him the other concussion (he...

I asked why he's the only one blamed, not why he is blamed. I know why he is blamed, it's blatantly obvious.

Yes, Cooke deserves blame for what he did. But so do others. That would be like Lucic...

I actually thought about that today. Why do B's fans blame Cooke for that? Obviously he played a big part in the injury, but Savard came back, played for like half a season, then he got knocked out...

Canucks had 50 goals in 18 games before the Cup final. Pens have 48 in 11 right now. It's not comparable, Pens are much more dangerous.

I'm excited for this series. Pens won all 3 games against the Bruins this year, and many of their deadline moves (Iginla, Morrow, Murray) were all made in order to counter the Bruins.

Pens have...

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs BOSTON BRUINS

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Pittsburgh fans always have a nostalgia towards players, especially with hockey. They don't like losing players, and they want them back when they do lose them. Examples are Malone, Talbot and...

Wait, who's the best goalie prospect that the Yotes have? Their goaltending prospects are average at best. And Fleury has 2 years left on his deal, but I can agree with the rest of what you said.

Go into the NHL Off-Season Rumors/News Thread. Read my posts. You won't be tarred and feathered. I said either trade Fleury for picks and pick up Bernier or trade Fleury for Varlomov.

They also have PPGs in each of their last 2 games. Before it was dead, now it's barely alive.

PPG for the Rags. Their PP has come alive.

He's taking line rushes with Chara right now, according to Dan Rosen. He has also been his partner for a lot of this year. Then again, you know your team better than I do, so I'll take your word on...

I thought you were referencing Fleury when you said "why would you trade a top prospect for a 26+ year old backup goalie?", because I said the deal Fleury for Rundblad and a 2014 1st.

On the topic...

You know I critique Fleury as much as anyone, but he's definitely a starting goalie. He's a good regular season goalie, and he would thrive in a defensive system. He's consistently good for 60 games...

Okay, assuming that you're healthy, with Chara-Seidenberg, you could probably shut down Sid's line. Then you have Ference-Boychuk to shut down Malkin's line, which they may or may not be able to do....

Yes, Rundblad is a very good prospect, but I don't think he has that high of value. He has taken really long to develop, and while his potential ceiling is high, the likelihood of him reaching that...

Oh okay, I thought you meant that as in he will become another Bergeron. My bad. That's not really that unrealistic, they play a similar style right now already.

I don't think Sutter will be moved anytime soon unless a superior 3C is coming back in a deal for him. Also, Staal's top season was when he was centering Dupuis and Sullivan on the 2nd line, so his...

I'm watching the Portland-London game right now, and damn, Pouliot is slick and Harrington is good. He just took a quality chance away from Pouliot.

I was shocked, Smith never had below a .900 save % last year in the playoffs. That's incredible. The main difference between the 2 situations is that the Pens can score a lot more than the Yotes...

I think that's above his max potential. He graduated a 7.5 B on HF (so a 1st/2nd line tweener, but will definitely be at least a 2nd/3rd line tweener, which is where he is now), so there's definitely...

Sutter is going to be a 20-20 3C for his entire career, with a max of 25-25. The good thing is that his defense will only be getting better. His value is probably higher to the Pens than it would be...

A better example would have been comparing Rask and Vokoun to Crosby (Rask) and Giroux (Vokoun) last year. Crosby's better normally, but Giroux played better at that time. I thought of that after I...

I used him because I've heard that he is snake-bitten right now, so I thought of that as a good example. I could have used Jagr as well.

Okay sure. I guess Vokoun's 1.8 GAA and over .94 save % means nothing. I can agree if you say they're even, or even if you say Rask has a slight edge, but saying that they are that far apart is just...