Ladies and gentlemen... we're going to the Stanley Cup finals.

Postby **nocera** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:35 pm

Also, I really like the Sharks team--Pavelski's awesome, Burns is something else, and Thornton and Marleau are in the twilight of their fine careers. But hearing that they "deserve" to win the Cup has gotten old fast. I get the underlying sentiment, but stop it, already. They'll deserve it if they win it; not before.

This is why I'm really going to enjoy playing the part of the heels and ruining Jumbo Joe and Marleau's possibly last chance at a Cup. It's the Penguins vs. the World and I couldn't be happier.

Postby **PFiDC** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:36 pm

Has anyone mentioned the pens abysmal record in SJ over the last 25 years?

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:41 pm

Has anyone mentioned the pens abysmal record in SJ over the last 25 years?

you just did you bastard

Postby **Blue Canary** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:42 pm

Whoa, **** is getting REAL now...

lol

https://twitter.com/HiddenHarborPGH/sta ... 7874591744

Postby **MR25** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:43 pm

Has anyone mentioned the pens abysmal record in SJ over the last 25 years?

And they had lost all of their home Game 7s in team history, until last night.

25 years has no effect on the present.

Postby **Blue Canary** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:44 pm

Also, I really like the Sharks team--Pavelski's awesome, Burns is something else, and Thornton and Marleau are in the twilight of their fine careers. But hearing that they "deserve" to win the Cup has gotten old fast. I get the underlying sentiment, but stop it, already. They'll deserve it if they win it; not before.
This is why I'm really going to enjoy playing the part of the heels and ruining Jumbo Joe and Marleau's possibly last chance at a Cup. It's the Penguins vs. the World and I couldn't be happier.

There's also something about Martin Jones I don't like.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:48 pm

Flyers HFBoards page is hilarious. The amount of disdain they have is beautiful.

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:51 pm

Has anyone mentioned the pens abysmal record in SJ over the last 25 years?

Good thing the Pens don't have to win any games there.

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:54 pm

Also, the Pens' record in SJ has no more bearing on this series than does the fact that the Pens averaged 6 goals a game against the Sharks for like four or five years after they first came into the League. Mario averaging 3 points-per-game vs SJ during that same period also is of little relevance.

But they sure are fun little thought nuggets to be having right now.

Postby **Tico Rick** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:58 pm

This is happening during SCF time...

https://twitter.com/CBSPittsburgh/statu ... 9387478017

So has Geno been promising his girlfriend "yeah, honey, we'll get married as soon as we make it to the finals."?

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:03 pm

Nuptials af

Postby **Morkle** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:06 pm

Wasn't she pregnant? Shotgun wedding?

Postby **nocera** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:08 pm

So has Geno been promising his girlfriend "yeah, honey, we'll get married as soon as we make it to the finals."?

The explains this face:

Postby **Tico Rick** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:08 pm

Wasn't she pregnant? Shotgun wedding?

Really? Okay, now I feel badly about posting that little funny.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:12 pm

lol who cares, don't feel bad about that. Dude makes 10 million a year, he can afford it.

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:21 pm

Just checked Ticketmaster.......... cheapest seat in SAP Center is $1,000.

Which means you will not be getting any live updates from Trilby McTifster and his frosted hair during the road games.

Postby **nocera** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:28 pm

Just checked Ticketmaster.......... cheapest seat in SAP Center is $1,000.

Which means you will not be getting any live updates from Trilby McTifster and his frosted hair during the road games.

Man... Now you got me looking at CEC tickets and thinking "Meh. $300 for nosebleeds isn't THAT bad."

Postby **MR25** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:29 pm

I wonder where all the people who complained about ticket prices are at now? $300 for SCF tickets seems like a complete steal.

Postby **nocera** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:36 pm

I wonder where all the people who complained about ticket prices are at now? $300 for SCF tickets seems like a complete steal.

Yup. The cheapest seat on Stubhub is $319. You could do SRO for $250. My current plan is to wait until about 6 or 7pm on Monday and check the prices. Normally they'll drop dramatically an hour or two before puck drop.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:42 pm

The prices, in my experience, dip in the secondary market at about 10 am - 2 pm on the day before the game.

For game 6 vs. Washington, for instance, they were holding around $110-$120 on the secondary market for a while. That window that I said saw many tickets drop into the high $90s, I even saw some non-SRO tickets (which I can't imagine buying) dip into the mid-$80s...those got snatched up, prices climbed to around $100 or so at the bottom end for the remainder of the evening. The day of (until noon, when I had to leave for said game) saw the prices get to around $105-$115 on the low side.

That window makes some sense as it's reasonably close enough to the game where you realize you can't make it or don't want to and then you put it up as a motivated seller because you're nervous that you might get stuck with them...

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:42 pm

To be fair, that's just the price for what's available. There might actually be cheaper face value tickets, but they're already sold.

Postby **nocera** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:50 pm

Judging from a post on r/hockey, they cheapest ticket was $493.

Postby **Kicksave** » Fri May 27, 2016 5:15 pm

I may be going to Monday's game with a Shark's fan. Trying to find some "reasonable" tickets.

Postby **Blue Canary** » Fri May 27, 2016 5:20 pm

Also, I really like the Sharks team--Pavelski's awesome, Burns is something else, and Thornton and Marleau are in the twilight of their fine careers. But hearing that they "deserve" to win the Cup has gotten old fast. I get the underlying sentiment, but stop it, already. They'll deserve it if they win it; not before.
This is why I'm really going to enjoy playing the part of the heels and ruining Jumbo Joe and Marleau's possibly last chance at a Cup. It's the Penguins vs. the World and I couldn't be happier.

Also, think about this: While SJ may have 2 or 3 players that just about all other hockey fans want to see lift the Cup, we've got easily 4 whom those same fans DON'T want to see lift the Cup: 1. Schultz, 2. Kessel (except for a surprising number of TOR fans), 3. Sid (it was a fluke the first time!), and probably 4. Letang/Geno.

The hockey gods can be cruel, and I can't see them passing up an opportunity like this to employ their sick sense of humo(u)r.

Postby **Blue Canary** » Fri May 27, 2016 5:23 pm

I may be going to Monday's game with a Shark's fan. Trying to find some "reasonable" tickets.

First thing first: Hope your friend is a "reasonable" Sharks fan.