BDZ is no more....

"Dashing" Dave Molonari reports that the Penguins are no longer looking to sign BDZ... The "Big Daddy (x)" nick name is currently a FA, and we will be looking to sign a new player to don it as soon as possible....

Adams - 2 year deal

Pittsburgh Penguins website is reporting that they resigned forward Craig Adams to a 2 year deal... It is getting pretty crowded in the bottom two lines, interesting to see where the pens go from here...

KENNEDY TRADED!!!!!!

BREAKING NEWS: PATP has heard that Tyler Kennedy has been traded to The Karlson Family Pig Farm in Mars PA for 2 pounds of Bacon and a Pulled Pork Platter... Though this has not officially been announced to the public, we here at PATP have it on good word that Shero and Karlson Family Pig Farm GM, Rick Karlson, have already inked the deal... We here at PATP wish Tyler "Pigman" Kennedy the best of luck in his future endevors. We can only assume in the coming months he will put on serious weight before he is put out to pasture and carved into several delicious meals...

Stay tuned to PATP for more up to the minute trade coverage that no other blogs can offer

Rumors Swirl....

I hate the days leading up to free agency... Every sports blogger passes on rumors that they are hearing from "multiple sources" or "verified sources"... Meanwhile they throw out 80+ rumors a day, then filate themselves when one of them partially comes true... Anyways here are my predictions...

- ShitTank wants more money, pens say eh, trade his rights for a draft pick or something dumb like that
- Guerrin returns to NY cause he is afraid that he'll throw his back out while moving his stuff to pittsburgh
- Penguins resign Boucher
- Penguins resign BDZ
- Pens trade Dupuis to Sammy's Famous Corned Beef (the East Liberty Location) for two corned beef sandwiches, 2 bags of chips (any variety) and a pitcher of Penn Dark for Mario and Ray Shero during their Lunch Break
- Pens resign Satan to a 1 year deal to keep him around as a potential 4th liner/AHL god
- In desperation for wingers on the cheap pens give Janne a 1 way contract (Janne - Malkin - Max)
- Chris Kunitz comes out of the closet

All of these are the results of my talks with un-verified sources that may or may not be figments of my imagination which may or may not be the result of alcohol abuse...

Kevin's Take:

To all bloggers, come on, tell me where you can hear better rumors? I know Vince doesn't does want to reveal PATP's sources, but we have to give props to Huggy Bear for all the above rumors.

Random Tuesday Morning...

Got this image from Jim Shearer of Yinz Love Da Guins fame... Pretty cool image...

Also, if you are getting ready for the NHL draft, a Maple Leafs blog has a really interesting read... Check it out here

All is quiet on the Janne Front...

It is easily forgettable on how difficult it is to fill this blog with information when janne is on various fishing excursions in finland...

All we know right now is Janne wants a 1-way contract... Not sure if he is gonna get that in Pittsburgh... If Janne doesn't end up in the burgh, i would put money on Minnesota trying to land the J-Man... With former IHC Todd Richards now HC of the Wild, I could see them bringing him in... Other than seeing Janne don the golden triangle, seeing him and Gabby tearin up the league lightin the lamps every game might be appealing....

Anyways, i'll keep everybody posted as things come in...

Hey Ladies your Jealous?

Credit to NHL Snipers for the Image

I WISH I HAD CBC....

WOW... Just saw this recently, and it is amazing how much better the CBC presents these moments than NBC...



Watching the celebration for some reason feels better than NBC... they show mario and shero's box, they show multiple angles of the celebration... If you haven't had the chance go through you tube and watch the game by game introductions by the CBC... honestly NBC should consider broadcasting their product next year because it is light years ahead of their product...

Some of my personal favorites...



Max's celebration from 1:19 - 1:22 sums up this playoffs...




This feels so awesome knowing we won...



Who doesn't love Phil Collins...

And in case you forgot...

Ugly to Party with the Cup...

Ugly says he gets the Stanley Cup Aug 17-18th and will take it to Russia for what he says will be the biggest party ever! I bet his old man is flying in the blonde and dumping the wife for those two days...

Goose is here to stay...

In the first free agency move as Stanley Cup Champions the Pens think to the future by inking Alex Goligoski for another 3 years. We here at PATP think this is a good move as he is obviously an integral member of the future of the Penguins. Only another week or so until things really start to pick up...

Wouldn't that be awkward...

Pascal Dupuis got a tattoo commemorating the stanley cup victory... He is nowhere close to being a life long penguin, wouldn't it be funny if he someday plays for the flyers, or the capitals (i was gonna say detroit but they'd never take him)... Imagine walking around the locker room sporting the logo of the team that is your perennial playoff eliminator...

Na Na Na Na...

Hey Hey Hey, Good Bye...



oh what the hell...

A definitive gallery

In my previous post i said that there is no way that words can even come close to equaling the power of pictures from last nights game... I have been trying to find a definitive gallery and I think I may have found it...

Getty images, 500 pics from game 7

The Brandy....

Ever since that last second save and the hoisting of the cup last night I have been trying to find a way to put this season into words... As much as I have tossed it around, watched every available video online, watched NHL on the Fly recap 4 times, I have yet to figure it out... Right here I would love to try and sit here and give an epic summative response but I don't think I could do as much justice as all the pictures that are floating around the internet....



I don't to waste everybody's time by posting every picture, but for whatever reason this picture above is my favorite... The looks on these guys faces could probably be found at that same second in any bar, home, or wherever pittsburgh fans were around the world....

Some thoughts on the game, series, playoffs and season...

- Holy shit, I can remember when we were bitching FUMT and we were in 10th place...



- I made this image in September in jest... I am shocked that my prophecy came true

- If you asked any penguins fan at the begining of the season to pick three teams to knock off to win the stanley cup, i guerin-damn-tee that 99% of the responses would have been Philly, Washington, and Detroit... This could not be any sweeter...

- I lost alot of respect for the Red Wings fans last night... I understand emotions run high, but have some class... Sid gets hurt and they cheer, low class, we are lifting the cup and they boo... come on... last year your boys won in our house and we sat there and clapped... You should all be ashamed of yourself, you can think about this when you are at work on monday.... oh wait... (ouch, that was kinda low)

- would have loved to see malkins parents there... his dad might have straight up humped a girl...

- I am not going to lie here, going into this series was like going to a funeral, I did not have the highest of expectations... Whether you like it or not, the red wings were and are the better team... But like I said in an earlier post, in game 7 it doesn't matter who is better...

Anyways, it was great, i am so happy that we can enjoy this for the entire off season... State of the Pesonation in a few days...

Long Time, No See

A new era has begun in the...... CITY OF CHAMPIONS...

Its a Mad Max Cup...

What can you say about this team, Disco Dan taught this team his way of high tempo hockey. Result: WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS.... With the Lip down and out, Mad Max took the second period over and brought us our 3rd Stanley Cup.

After taking the Wings best punch at the beginning of the game, the Pens dominated for the next 30 mins, then held on for a furious finish...

just a thought: how Cute are Hal Gill's daughters.

but like we observed in your face hockey is what won this series.

games 6 and 7 were just plain an simple some of the best D hockey I've seen this franchise ever played...

Playoff hockeyis about all the stars... Playoff Champions is about the 3rd and 4th liners...

Congrats to our Penquins and Pensnation.

Resign Janne!!!!!

Be Great...

Image from Believe Merch

That picture worked last time... Anyways, i'm sure every penguins fan out there today has an irregular heart beat, the adrenaline is just pumping all day long, and it aint goin away until one team is lifting the Stanley cup... I'm not gonna waste anybodys time by sitting here and getting all sentimental, talking about how far this team has come, 10th place, blah blah blah... None of that matters now... All that matters is one game, 60 min against one of the best teams to play the game in the last decade... Some say it could be a turning of the guard, to a new dynasty, but once again, this doesn't matter... All that matters is that our boys go out and give 110%...

Before the Super Bowl Santonio Holmes walked around saying, "I'm ready to go out there and be great" and after his winning catch he proclaimed "That's how you be great!"... Even the best of athletes never get that chance to go out, in the championship game, with it all on the line and truly be great... Malkin, Crosby, and Fleury have that chance tonight... They have got a rare second chance at doing this, they need to take full advantage of the situation. They cannot just assume they will be back in the stanley cup someday, this could be their last chance (hopefully not)... All playoff long everybody stressed the importance of "secondary scoring" and that got us here, it got us through game six... Now we need to stress the importance of primary scoring, Malkin and Sid need to go out there and lite the lamp, dominate the game, win the cup... We are one step closer to our goal, but still a million miles away, if they wan to win, they need to go out there and be great...

Long Road to Haul..This will be a War!!!

Well it all comes to an end Friday night. Win or Lose it has for the second year in a row it was a hell of a playoff run. I don't know if this has ever happened before, but the Pens by winning the cup Friday night will have won all 4 series in 2009 on the road. that is a pretty special feat in itself. I have always said Championship teams win on the road.

PeterSmurf prolly has played his last game, he now has a broken foot.

Satan will return for game 7....

Could this be the start of our second mini-dynasty...with maybe a few more to come...

this will be the 15th SCF 7th game...

This will be the Wings 7th game 7...Currently 3-3 with 2 OT wins..

Home teams are 12-2 in 7th games....Home teams have lost 3 game 7 series in 2009

Pens have a chance at payback for the Wings winning the Cup on our ice last year....

How big has Pigman and Captain Close been on home ice of late....

How huge of a game did the "D" play last night. Rod, you rock...

last but not least... Thanks to Disco Dan, you turned this team around in a heartbeat, I hope this is a start of a long run..

One last thing Pens fans, go get the ticker checked cause its going to be a heart stopper...

This final game will be played at break neck speed....

I wish we had CBC...

If you combined the highlights from every NBC NHL broadcast EVER, it would in no way equal up to the production quality of the CBC intros the playoffs...



The one before game 7 will probably be the most epic thing ever...

Correction...

I don't Believe in Miracles, I Believe in Pittsburgh... And Rob Scuderi....

Pens in 7...

When you play Pittsburgh, you play the entire city....

Image from Believe Merch

Thanks to Seth from Empty Netters for reminding us about this great quote from the great Howard Cosell... Tonight is our last chance in the city of pittsburgh to show why we are such a great fan base... I do not want that cup lifted by the wings on our ice again... Hell i don't want that cup lifted by the wings again... Tonight we are against the wall, but the Pens must pick themselves up and battle on... In Game 7 it doesn't matter who the better team is, it doesn't matter who has the most goals, it matters who gets the bounces, the luck and the win...

Pens in 7...

I don't know what to say...

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Get in the fast lane grandma...

Man it's a shame that the big screen outside mellon is gone, it is a beautiful day outside, and I'm sure it would be an amazing atmosphere if it were up tonight.... The puck drops in little over an hour and I am f'n jacked up... Datsyuk is back, who knows what percent he is at, all i know is we need to get Orpik and cooke to pound the hell out of him... We need to continue to put pressure on this team, and continually hit them... They are old, tired and affraid, their backs are against the wall, we cannot let up... The Cup is gonna be in the house on tuesday, and I hope to god the Pens are the ones vying for it...

Pens in 6...

Don't know how to lose?

Some people say that knowing how to lose is just as, if not more important as knowing how to win for a championship team... This morning on mike and mike in the morning they briefly touched on how the "Red Wings were at odds with each other in the locker room after the loss"... This is huge right now, the Pens need to strike while the iron is hot... We have Detroit against the wall, fearing for their lives... Game 5 is huge, we cannot let them regain any momentum... We need to continue to pound their old asses into submission... We are a bigger and younger team and we need to use this to our advantage...

Enjoy this win for now... Tomorrow a new day awaits....

Oh Boy.... best 2 of 3

Captain close may have changed the destination of our Pittsburgh Penguins tonight with a shorthanded goal...

Good to see Pigman and The Lip show up tonight....

Are the Hot Wings now Wingdings?

The Wizard of OZ has been turned into the cowardly lion....

Its down to a best of 3...we must win a game on the enemies ice....

Saturday night is going be the biggest game in this current teams history....

Where has Maid Marion been? Guess he hasn't learned how to win yet in Detroit...

Game 5 has to be Marc-Andre coming out Stanley Cup stuff it in your ass Redwings party...

Lets Go pens!!!!

 

Today is when we change paths...

Last year down 2-1 we lost game 4.... We can not go back in time and change what happened last year, but right here, tonight we have an opportunity for a second chance, an opportunity that only a handful of teams in every sport have ever had... Tonight we take back momentum... The Red Wings started showing fatigue, at the end of game three they looked like they were thinking "how are we going to keep up with these guys"... Malkin is possessed, i predict a huge game for him....

Pens in 6

Put the Brooms Away...

WOOOO.... This series is way to similar to last year... I'm not comfortable until we're tied at 2... Cooke had a great game, would have loved to see him get a goal... We played with intensity that I have not seen from us yet this series... This win was all well and good, but we are still down 2-1 and nobody wants to face elimination in game 5... We're back in the series, but thursday will tell us if we are going further...

WOOO

No Excuses...

It isn't win or go home, but it's damn close... No Excuses, no turning back... Let's Go Pens...