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"Who wants to puss out on TV"

Well, if goalies are at such a disadvantage as you say they are, then it would be perfectly understandable if Johnson let his boys take care of it, right?
Johnson accepted the challenge, so don't sit there and say he didn't want to fight. He's a goalie. He doesn't HAVE to fight. There is no pussy out or fight when you're a goalie getting challenged. It was Johnson's decision, he went with it.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

$100,000 Chump change for the team. If they really wanted to send a message to the team you take the salary's of all the players who got a game misconduct that game, and make the team pay that amount of money to the league.

Then you take the two guy's who got suspended and take the salary they lose in the games and make the team also pay that amount.

100k is not sending a statement to any team. A highly paid player could easily pay that amount out.

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Mario Lemieux's statement from the Pens' official site:



Holy pissed off, Batman.

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mechaphil

Let me also say, as I tweeted, he has every right to be pissed about Friday night's shenanigans, but has no right to say anything about it until he addresses Matt Cooke's shenanigans first.

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mechaphil

he reaps what he sows. the isles were pissed, and rightly so.

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The Isles were pissed their goalie lost a fair fight to another goalie in a mutually agreed-upon bout? Weak fucking argument.

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mechaphil

that would be a weak argument, if that was the argument i was making.

or that dipietro was run 3 times by cooke the previous time he was in net against the pens. or that blake comeau was lost to a concussion. or that after that goalie fight, the pens were whopping it up and fist bumping while dipietro was hurt.

take your pick. youd be pissed too.

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Geeze Mario...drama-queen much?

It's not like this has never happened before.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

marios a bitch. fuck em.

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OK, yeah, I see your point.

Also, fuck Mario.

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mechaphil

no, i admit fully dipietro kinda got what he deserved, that was his fault. i just see why the isles were so livid, because of so many other things. and im glad the isles got some revenge. i hope this is the beginning the of a long rivalry.

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It should have been already - divisional rivals lol

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mechaphil

well now they hate each other even more.

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Yeah I agree, I think the Penguins ID this season started out the right way, but Matt Cooke's personality seems to have taken over the locker room. Dumb yinzers in the stands crying "Cookie" make me sick. And without Malkin they are too boring for words. I'm glad somebody put them in their place.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

I'll add to the fuck Mario. To the fans, this is entertainment. As long as no one gets hurt, and the fans are happy, he shouldn't give a fuck. Hell, games like this will put money in his pockets. Maybe he's just sore his team got skooled by the Isles, and pounded on as well. Well, buckle down for some tough times Mario, because it ain't going to get any better for your club any time soon. Maybe he should just not watch the games till he gets his pageant winner back.

disclaimer: I've always liked Mario, I just disagree with his comment.

A smart goalie would accept the fight and also leave his cage on LOL. Obviously Johnson is confident that he can fight anybody but you could see how hard a time he had keeping his balance with those dull goalie skates on. That's why challenging the goalie in the first place is about as bush league and weak as it gets. And in his first NHL game, he must be so proud of himself, and the Islanders must be so proud of him. When I play rec ball or ice hockey I always stick up for my goalie, I don't feel compelled to fight any other time unless my goalie is getting wacked or roughed up.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

Mario, you won your first Cup because Ulf Samuelsson took out Cam Neely's knee and pretty much ended his entire--UNBELIEVABLY--entertaining career. You did not care about dirty hockey then.

I also don't recall any comments concerning the integrity of the league when your teammate Darius Kasparitus knocked out Lindros.

And now you are paying Matt Cooke like 2.5 million to start all of this shit, and you probably thought it was cool when Johnson caved in Diepietro's face after he foolishly came to defend the honor of a teammate who only wanted to get some attention. And you probably thought Talbot's blind side hit was cool too.

You also threatened to sell the team to Balsille just to put pressure on the government so you could get a gaming license for your buddies.

The older you get, the more you remind me of my dad, and I hardly know my dad.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

What is up with the unintelligent lives bashing the Penguins?

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Let's go Buffalo!

people here hate the pens

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