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NHL playoff race
Mar. 17th, 2016 05:24 pmDoing a bit better today, in part because LB stopped by around noon so I had to get up and then used his presence to do stuff. I don't know what I'd do without him <3
I have to give back my borrowed hockey gear tomorrow, which is only a problem because I forgot to wash it before today and I really hope everything dries on time…
The US switches to summer time earlier than Europe does, so currently if I stayed up to watch a night-time NHL game it'd be easier than usual. But I'm trying to get back to a more regular sleep rhythm so I won't. (I hope I won't. Maybe one period…) There are two Saturday afternoon games coming up, which is great but both Saturdays I'll be busy, bad luck.
I did watch the Penguins-Rangers afternoon game last Sunday live, and with DD, even better. Sometimes I forget how exciting hockey is when you care about the outcome and the score is close. I was literally biting my nails. The Pens won :)
Geno is out, probably until after the first round of the playoffs :( I'm optimistic that they will make the playoffs, but if they can make it past the first round without him… It's definitely possible if everyone is playing well, especially Flower, so fingers crossed. Scott Wilson needs surgery and is presumably out for the season too. I hate playing Columbus.
I'm happy if we don't have to play the Caps right away because I don't want to have to cheer against them in the first round. Of course I always want the Penguins to win, but if not them my dream Cup Final this year is Washington – St. Louis, with St. Louis beating Anaheim in the WCF.
The new "In the Room" is out!
- everybody always seems to forget that Olli is still the youngest guy on the team at 21; Scott Wilson said at first he thought he was 25
- Baby Pens always look so happy scoring their first goals :D
- Phil Kessel is teased by his teammates about being a superstar and is surprised how many people came to see him
- Sheary and Wilson said that as kids getting a golden ticket for a practice with Sidney Crosby would have been the best day of their lives
- Sid thinks kids are hilarious
- remember that time the media asked HCMS about Schultz before HCMS even knew about the trade? (not in the video)
- Alex Letang is adorable
- Kris Letang thinks skating + taking selfies is scary
- Matt Murray looks even thinner than Flower in his goalie pads
Pens fic I want but don't quite know how to write: all the baby Pens and/or d-men fic. Fic about Pouliot being scratched for Schultz (they sit next to each other in the locker room! awkward), about Pouliot and Cole competing for line-up spots, about Olli simultaneously being the youngest but also the second-longest-in-Pittsburgh d-man and the only young guy not to come through WB/S, about Schultz determined to turn it around with his new team and very aware that some teammates thought the trade was unnecessary; and all the fic about Zatkoff, who's been replaced by Murray yet again, and this time he's the Nr. 3 goalie and maybe won't get to play again this season. Goalies <3
I have to give back my borrowed hockey gear tomorrow, which is only a problem because I forgot to wash it before today and I really hope everything dries on time…
The US switches to summer time earlier than Europe does, so currently if I stayed up to watch a night-time NHL game it'd be easier than usual. But I'm trying to get back to a more regular sleep rhythm so I won't. (I hope I won't. Maybe one period…) There are two Saturday afternoon games coming up, which is great but both Saturdays I'll be busy, bad luck.
I did watch the Penguins-Rangers afternoon game last Sunday live, and with DD, even better. Sometimes I forget how exciting hockey is when you care about the outcome and the score is close. I was literally biting my nails. The Pens won :)
Geno is out, probably until after the first round of the playoffs :( I'm optimistic that they will make the playoffs, but if they can make it past the first round without him… It's definitely possible if everyone is playing well, especially Flower, so fingers crossed. Scott Wilson needs surgery and is presumably out for the season too. I hate playing Columbus.
I'm happy if we don't have to play the Caps right away because I don't want to have to cheer against them in the first round. Of course I always want the Penguins to win, but if not them my dream Cup Final this year is Washington – St. Louis, with St. Louis beating Anaheim in the WCF.
The new "In the Room" is out!
- everybody always seems to forget that Olli is still the youngest guy on the team at 21; Scott Wilson said at first he thought he was 25
- Baby Pens always look so happy scoring their first goals :D
- Phil Kessel is teased by his teammates about being a superstar and is surprised how many people came to see him
- Sheary and Wilson said that as kids getting a golden ticket for a practice with Sidney Crosby would have been the best day of their lives
- Sid thinks kids are hilarious
- remember that time the media asked HCMS about Schultz before HCMS even knew about the trade? (not in the video)
- Alex Letang is adorable
- Kris Letang thinks skating + taking selfies is scary
- Matt Murray looks even thinner than Flower in his goalie pads
Pens fic I want but don't quite know how to write: all the baby Pens and/or d-men fic. Fic about Pouliot being scratched for Schultz (they sit next to each other in the locker room! awkward), about Pouliot and Cole competing for line-up spots, about Olli simultaneously being the youngest but also the second-longest-in-Pittsburgh d-man and the only young guy not to come through WB/S, about Schultz determined to turn it around with his new team and very aware that some teammates thought the trade was unnecessary; and all the fic about Zatkoff, who's been replaced by Murray yet again, and this time he's the Nr. 3 goalie and maybe won't get to play again this season. Goalies <3
