look...i really don't like paul steigerwald. i really like rough and tumble hockey (i'm a bruins fan), but the islanders didn't play hockey that night, they played dickheads. they deserved to be ripped by just about everyone and that includes broadcasting announcers.
@domaug isles last cup was in 83. One game doesn't.turn a respectable franchise into an embarrassment to the league it takes two people to fight. And the islanders have a very underrated team they had 3 30 goal guys last year they head the second most points in the eastern conference since December 16 and during the losing streak which pretty much screwed their season they're top 4 defenseman were injured along with others, in fact they had over 600 man games lost due to injury which is only
Hell I am a rangers fan and I'll even come to the NYI defense here, that was a really shitty thing to say as a broadcaster. That's as low as a broadcaster can get. what a noble guy thrashing an nhl franchise as great as the islanders. hell lets just fold all twenty-nine other teams in the league and the penguins can play with themselves.
Wait the isles are an embarrassment and the penguins aren't? Isles have 4 cups to the pens 3 so I'm pretty sure the isles are the more successful franchise
@hskates121 they are an embarrassment for what they did in this game, not exactly their history. when was their last Cup anyway? currently, the Islanders are a pretty bad team.
i guess the name Jack Edwards doesn't ring a bell to most of you people, eh? listen to some of his calls. he is pretty damn close to Steiggy's level of homerism, if not past it.
@domaug Yeah, but at least he is entertaining. I mean, edwards has to be clinically insane, and most of his homerism is actually pretty hysterical. Its like watching a game at a bar next to a really drunk guy, its entertaining in its own right. Plus its well established that he is a homer, and he knows it
"Staggy" is just bad. Whenever I am watching a game on pens' feed, I mute it and listen to music
@soulevs i'm just saying that Steiggy is far from the only homer in the league, let alone the biggest, although he's in the top 10 IMO. as a Pens fan, i would like to see Mike Lange back on TV. i'd want Bourqy back too.
@domaug oh no doubt. you should listen to the sharks' announcers, theyre awful too. personally, I just dislike steig because he says stupid things and is generally not entertaining to listen to. almost every good announcer is a homer, I dont know that its a bad thing, but to me steig and hahn (the sharks' guy) are just not fun to listen to. edwards is a riot to listen to
@soulevs i strongly dislike Edwards, but he made me chuckle a few times, especially when he mockingly laughed at the Flyers booing a hit on one of their players. i thought, even then, towards the Flyers, that was insulting, but i'd be lying if i said it didn't make me grin a bit.
@domaug yeah, edwards is just really energetic and usually pretty ridiculous. my team is the blackhawks, and I suppose if I had to deal with him regularly, I might dislike him too. but sometimes its fun to listen to his craziness, especially when its against a team I dont like (like the flyers or wings)
all you penguin fans are morons... this idiot announcer you guys have is calling the islanders one of the worst teams in hockey and an embarassement to the NHL. one of the worst teams in hockey? does he mean of every team in the world? i'm pretty sure thats not the case. embarassement to the NHL? not really. 4 straight stanley cups is by no means embarassing. in fact thats pretty damn impressive. i think "Staggy" or whatever this idiot calls himself just had his pink panties in a bunch because
@Slethwa the isles injuries are mostly on d and in net when u hav to play al montoya and pit bruno gerais along with dylan reese on ice for 15 min per gm its as bad as losing crosby or malkin
They weren't an embarrassment to the league until this game. Now they are. It has nothing to do with winning or losing. It has to do with being poor sports, crybabies, taking cheap shots, and lack of balls.
Everything the Isles did was perfectly fine and ok.. it happens all the time but when its a team low in the standings beating a so called elite team everybody cries about it. C(r)ooke, Letang they are as bad except the NHL closes their eyes... This campbell guy got to go as well.. he wears the wrong glasses..you ever see that war room ? its half friggin ex rangers sitting there... FIXED... and I love the penns...
@dutchyusa33 If you were a real pens fan you wouldn't be ok with Max getting sucker punched and Eric Tangradi getting his career put in jeopardy by some stupid fuck on the islanders who has scored one goal his entire NHL career.
Are these Penguin announcers on crack?????? These two guys suck anyways but to rip the Isles players like this is foolish on their part. Have they ever heard of Cooke, stupid fucks. Oh ya I am sure that baby Mario is real proud of all Cookes antics, give me s break stupid broadcasters take off the gold and black sunglasses.
This asshole is a disgrace to our fans of the NHL. I remember a time when the Penguins were a bottom feeder and am embarrassment for their time. There's a time and a place to say these things and this was not one of those. This numb nut should get canned for his on-air unprofessional verbal bashes. No talent hack.
. . .was completely taken out of context. It had nothing to do with WHOSE goalie it was, or WHAT player it was, OR even the fact that Johnson knocked him out. It was the fact that you rarely ever get to see two goalies duke it out. Team conduct of the Islanders during that game was DISGUISING, and THAT is what Steggie was talking about. That WAS an embarrassment, and NY should be ashamed of their conduct that night.
@metaljournalist No way! Steigerwald said that's why this team has been an embarrassment to the NHL for years. Then he states how Garth Snow must be enjoying this. What??? Why is the GM even being mentioned? I'm sure Shero was enjoying all those Cooke hits from behind. Mario must have been enjoying it too...oh, but then it happens to his team and he whines and threatens to run away from the league. I never see him making any comments about Cooke. Look, all announcers get attached to the
@metaljournalist team they cover, but when you start to put down a franchise that has won four Cups in a row, and is hand strapped by the politics and the Town of Hempstead, by calling them an embarrassment to the league, that is beyond going overboard and taking your job too seriously. He is a play by play announcer, not Jerry Springer, who is giving his final thought. Announce the game, and keep your opinions and unprofessional remarks until he is off the air. It's as simple as that!
Ok, will someone look at the REALITY of this please?! Fine, you love your team, and you love to see them win, and they won big that night. THAT was not why NY is an embarrassment. Your players used a one-punch KO result of a goalie showdown as an excuse to blatantly attack Pittsburgh players. They'd been wanting to do this for a whole week before 2-11. Islanders use the excuse "oh, we did it because they laughed at one of our best players being injured." The laughter. . .
Though Gillies and Martin went way over the edge in that game, Steigerwald is probably the worst hockey announcer and annoying to watch, Remember though he is not hired by the Penguins but an employee of FSN. I beleive if Penguins would still have the legendary Mike Lange doing the TV broadcasts instead of doing the radio if they made that decision.
Paul Steigerwald is supposed to show some kind of professionalism and be impartial. That is an embarrassment right there. The team that's an embarrassment to the NHL just gave your team a good old fashioned beating in every aspect. Steigerwald is the embarrassment. He takes out his obvious frustration over how the Pens are playing, and throws it all at the Islanders. He talks about Garth Snow? I wonder what Steigerwald thinks about Matt Cooke. He's an angel right??? What a joke he is!
@dtybur73 Beating? Yeah, real difficult when the players that make up about half of your scoring is out. Wow, how impressive, the Isles beat the Pens AHL team. They must be so proud of their performance. I watched the previous game and if I remember correctly, RD called BJ out. So, because the Isle's goalie called out the Pen's goalie and got his arse kicked, the team wants to try by any dirty means possible to hurt a Pens player? That's the problem with the Isle's conduct in this game.
@Slethwa AHL team????Excuse me? You obviously have no faith in your team then. If you rely on two players, albeit star players, what does that say about the rest of your team? You had the opportunity to start Fleury, and you didn't. You guys knew what could happen. You were down 6-0!!! At that point, frustrations were going to come out. As for DiPietro starting the fight, the Pens were classless and laughing on the bench.
@Slethwa DiPietro was also angry about the constant runs Matt Cooke takes at him on a daily basis. DiPietro has a history of concussions, and Cooke and other Pens show no restraint. If they don't, why should the Islanders? Blake Comeau got a cheap shot in that game too. The league favors the big name teams. The officials hide the whistle. John Tavares is getting bullied every game. Any other team, the whistle blows, not for the Isles. If the NHL won't fix it, the Isles will..and they did!
By far the WORST announcer in sports is at it again how does he even have a job a low class organization that would b nothing without fixing the draft lottery is showing why the penguins hav sucked for so many years
Forget the Fights. The Islanders scored NINE GOALS. That's an embarrassment for pittsburgh fans if the team that is an EMBARRASSMENT for the league scores NINE GOALS on your ass. Forget the fights. If you allow nine goals, that is just plain fucking bad.
If the draft wasnt fixed 25 years ago to get Mario Lemieux and a few years ago to get Crosby, Hockey in Pittsburgh would have been non-existant and this douchebag would have been out of a job. Some of the stuff friday night was garbage, but at least this team stood up for each other for the first time in years. How about commenting on why your team was down 6-zip to this "embarassment team" 25 mins in. If your team showed up to play hockey, maybe it wouldnt have come to this!
Steigerwald was dead on. Islanders showing an unbelievable level of unprofessionalism. They beat the Penguins - oh well. That's revenge. There's a difference between questionable hits on the boards during play (a la Cooke) and borderline assault (Gillies & Martin). Islanders were bottom-feeders before their injuries, they are now, and they will be where everyone is healthy. Tearing down teams through dangerous and destructive means is why organizations lose respect - not record.
I wonder if this unprofessional douche thinks the 2005-2006 Penguins were an embarrassment to the NHL as well. ( They were 29th overall with 58 points St' Louis was 30th with 57). I guess Talbot's blindside hit on Comeau and Matt Cooke in general and Johnson's and Fleury's laugh fest is not an embarrassment. It must frustrating being embarrassed by the most embarrasing team in the league and knowing the Pens are below average without Crosby and Malkin. Enjoy your extended summer this year A****!
You are officially an idiot. Fleury and anyone else were having a 'laugh fest' at the absurdity of goalies fighting, not the fact that DiPietro got hurt. Goalies respect other goalies. Oh, and nobody knew DiPietro was injured until the next day.
Steigerwald forgets what Pens were like before Crosby, Malkin, Staal & Fleury. It was not so long ago when the Penguins were one of the worst teams and an embarrassment to the NHL with little to no hope of an arena.
Where's the outcry from Steigerwald when Cooke tried to separate Tyutin's head from his body? What's Steigerwald saying when Talbot cheap shots Comeau. Did Steigerwald notice that it was Johnson's forearm and not fist that hit DP?
Two words for Steigerwald — They start with F & Y!
1) Jumping a guy (talbot) when he isnt expecting. REAL CLASSY ACT!! 4 games suspension!
2) elbowing (tangradi), punching him when he is down, trash talking him when he has a consussion! REAL CLASSY ACT! 9 games suspension! Johnson had sportman spirit to hold back when DP ws down!
Hence, Islanders fined 100K.
Anyone thinks they are not embarrassment to NHL?
Total classless act, a teamful of goons dig their own grave!
So because DP took a shot at a Penguin player, Brent Johnson fought him and landed a good punch on the button ( DP agreed to fight) Fluery laughed ( not to often goalies fight right?) that makes the Penguins dirty. That makes it ok for Martin to punch Talbot in the back of his head while he wasnt even looking. Gillies To trown an elbow to Tangradis head and then stand and taunt him on the run way. That makes them classless.
So because DP took a shot at a Penguin player, Brent Johnson fought him and landed a good punch on the button ( DP agreed to fight) Fluery laughed ( not to often goalies fight right?) that makes the Penguins dirty. That makes it ok for Martin to punch Talbot in the back of his head while he wasnt even looking. Gillies To trown an elbow to Tangradis head and then stand and taunt him on the run way. That makes them classless.
dumbass, don't even make me state all the incidents that make fans of 29 other teams hate your guts. AND ITS NOT EVEN THAT. Its more the fact that you blindly support the dirty play that makes your team infamous. And now when a team takes it's liberties on your pussy squad, you all bitch and moan. "hey, Tangradi has a concussion because of this dirty play, waaah"
When the pens and any other team, in this case the Isles, go toe to toe, they get their ASSES BEAT TO A PULP.
fuck u paul fucking homer, i hope u and 3 generations of ur family go to die in a prison camp like north korea, thats where u deserve to b. fuck u and ur family
for those who missed it, Steigerwald also said at one point during this game that "we enjoyed watching DiPietro get knocked out, but this is ridiculous."
Guess what? This is what happens when you intentionally tank for a couple of generational talents, tie up most of your money with them, they get injured and you have to ice a team comprised entirely of the 3rd/4th-liners you surrounded them with. The team wasn't going to be able to ride Crosby/Malkin's coattails forever.
hahah paul steigerwald's a joke. im not a fan of either team, but steigerwald is clearly just butthurt his team just got raped by the garbage islanders.....
this guys such an asshole. everyone below is right. the islanders are going through a tough season and this guy goes out and calls them an embarassment to the league? hes got alot of balls. intentionally losing to get the #1 draft pick isnt an embarassment though right? this team straight up sucked for years till crosby came in and the nhl is now kissing the penguins asses cuz hes whats keeping them afloat.
@UMwolverinefan08 intentionally losing? You are dumb. At best, they picked up three lottery balls (not the #1 draft pick), which is anything but a guarantee. It's funny that the Rangers also had three lottery balls, which would have put Sid in NY, but that is never mentioned. Nevermind that the Pens traded players (Kovalev/Jagr) for cash just so they could make payroll from 2001-04. Look it up for yourself, or stick with typing whatever delusional story you want.
@ObamalsAFailure they may have not intentionally lost to get sid, but they did intentionally lose to get mario. they are the reason there is a lottery for the number one pick now. thats the real embarassment.
@poopydoodie11 actually the lottery came about after the Sens GM admitting he was tanking games late in the 92-93 season so they could land the rights to Alexandre Daigle, who ironically would end up on the Penguins almost a decade later. The team was fined 100k for their comments and the lottery would be started prior to the 1995 season (guessing they couldn't approve it quicker).
If you want to check it out, it's on the "History of the Ottawa Senators (1992 - )" wiki entry. Interesting stuff.
@ObamalsAFailure i honestly didnt know that, my mistake. the pens did throw games to get mario though. the coach even said that during one game they were winning 3-1 after the first period and the gm called down to the locker room during the intermision and said what are you doing and they ended up losing 6-3. lol thats on their wikipedia page.
I knew there was talk about it, but I didn't think anything was proven but the quotes are straight from Angotti. I never knew he was that open about losing in 83-84. As far as I know he was/is on good terms to this day with the Penguins, so it's not like he'd be saying it to get back at the team for firing him.
Playing Devils advocate, check out his coaching record. He was terrible, never broke .500.
@ObamalsAFailure lol nah im too afraid to expose my ip address. if its something he recently admitted i dont think its that big of a deal anymore. like many things that have happened in sports, it happened and nobody can change it. i honestly think if the devils had gotten mario he may have never reached the success level he did with pitt due to them adopting a defensive mentality when lamoriello took over in 1988.
@UMwolverinefan08 what the hell are you talking about? tanking to get the #1 pick? you mean to tell me that you can be a productive team with the roster the Pens had in those seasons? just an example: in the 2003-04 season, the Pens' leading scorer was Dick Tarnstrom. Dick fuckin' Tarnstrom! you mean to tell me that you can not just win with that team, but have the CHOICE to lose games? the Pens in those years didn't have a choice.
I like how he calls the Islanders an embarrassment to the league even though it was the Penguins who tanked to get Mario Lemieux, and were just brutal for a good portion on the 2000s.
You wanna call out players? Fine. But don't call out a whole organization during a game. Steigerwald is a joke.
I like how he calls the Islanders an embarrasment to the league even though it was the Penguins who tanked to get Mario Lemieux, and were just brutal for a good portion on the 2000s.
You wanna call out players? Fine. But don't call out a whole organization during a game. Steigerwald is a joke.
I dont really care for Paul Steigerwald very much, Mike Lange is awesome but, Steigy is absolutely right. The Islanders are a classless, back alley, garbage team. I hope they are proud that they beat a team that played with out thier top 3 scorers and a long list of regular players.
@chief632 it says a lot about a team (the Pens) that play dirty and can't take it when its dished out. The Isles are not the only team to stand up to the Pens (and thankfully not the last). I wonder where was their reaction when Comeau was sideswiped and out with a concussion last game and if they called Fleury an idiot for laughing at DP getting hurt. Seems like they are hypocrites. Pens can't take it when its dished out to them, then maybe they shouldnt instigate in the first place (last game)
@chief632 "I hope they are proud that they beat a team that played with out thier top 3 scorers and a long list of regular players."
The Islander have lost more man games to injury so far this season (already almost 370) than the Pens will lose ALL season. All these Pens fans whining about how depleted your team is, save it for when you DIDNT get your teams butts whipped 9-3 by the team leading the league in injuries.
@Fudgemanners If the Pens had picked up Nabby I doubt he would have refused to report. It says a lot about the isles that Nabby would rather not play than play for them......ha ha, yes the Isles are a joke this year.
haha i'm sure garth snow IS proud of his team, beating one of the "best teams in hockey" by a 9-3 margin. steiggy is a joke. i hope the real hockey fans in pittsburgh don't take this chump seriously.
1) Jumping a guy (talbot) when he isnt expecting. REAL CLASSY ACT!!
2) elbowing (tangradi), punching him when he is down, trash talking him when he has a consussion! REAL CLASSY ACT! Johnson had sportman spirit to hold back when DP ws down!
fuck the islanders. tangradi has a concussion because of that moustachio'd fuck. and then he taunts him on the way out? steiggy is right, you're an embarrassment to the nhl.
@Fudgemanners good im glad hes out. but when ur backup goalie goes after the isles goalie with 17 seconds left in the game and breaks the his face and put him out for 4-6 weeks thats fine. no class. the penguins are filled with whiny bitches who cant back shit up when they drop the gloves. without crosby that teams a joke.
@TheMetalChick No I'm an impartial Pens fan who wishes Steigerwald would quit embarrassing himself. It's just a local joke on the amount of injuries and suspensions sustained over the course of two to three weeks. I'm sorry I seemed so callous and cold toward fans of other hockey teams. I promise I'll never do it again.
@TheMetalChick In talent, yes it is. It would take 3/4 of the Isles being injured to match the talent and scoring of four of the players the Pens have out.
Steigerwald must've a lot of connections to be working closely with the Pens franchise. Based on his professionalism, or the lack thereof, he doesn't deserve to be working with the Penguins at all. He's a joke!
Disgraceful. This lack of professionalism should be punished. As a broadcaster myself, I know that this is a problem, and one that he should be punished for.
Paul Steigerwald is the reason why doctors don't recommend inbreeding.
Misanthropic9 2 months ago
LOL FSNPittsburgh. fucking faggots
SMSCentauris 2 months ago
look...i really don't like paul steigerwald. i really like rough and tumble hockey (i'm a bruins fan), but the islanders didn't play hockey that night, they played dickheads. they deserved to be ripped by just about everyone and that includes broadcasting announcers.
jmiller7742 3 months ago
Yeah you guys are right. The Islanders aren't jokes, they've just fallen upon a rough 20 years right? xD
razorslice17 3 months ago
Forgot 4 Stanley Cups in a row is a disgrace to hockey, you're right Steiggy
uuuummmmYea 4 months ago
I detect large quantities of butthurt in the Penguins' broadcast booth.
DemonOinker 5 months ago
His comments sound like whaaaaa whaaaaa whaaaaa whaaaa to me.
vikingrich 5 months ago
@domaug isles last cup was in 83. One game doesn't.turn a respectable franchise into an embarrassment to the league it takes two people to fight. And the islanders have a very underrated team they had 3 30 goal guys last year they head the second most points in the eastern conference since December 16 and during the losing streak which pretty much screwed their season they're top 4 defenseman were injured along with others, in fact they had over 600 man games lost due to injury which is only
hskates121 5 months ago
Hell I am a rangers fan and I'll even come to the NYI defense here, that was a really shitty thing to say as a broadcaster. That's as low as a broadcaster can get. what a noble guy thrashing an nhl franchise as great as the islanders. hell lets just fold all twenty-nine other teams in the league and the penguins can play with themselves.
just my two cents
blueshirts08 6 months ago
Wait the isles are an embarrassment and the penguins aren't? Isles have 4 cups to the pens 3 so I'm pretty sure the isles are the more successful franchise
hskates121 8 months ago
@hskates121 they are an embarrassment for what they did in this game, not exactly their history. when was their last Cup anyway? currently, the Islanders are a pretty bad team.
domaug 5 months ago
Most Bias announcer there is.
rTxMoNsTeRz 10 months ago
i guess the name Jack Edwards doesn't ring a bell to most of you people, eh? listen to some of his calls. he is pretty damn close to Steiggy's level of homerism, if not past it.
domaug 10 months ago
@domaug Yeah, but at least he is entertaining. I mean, edwards has to be clinically insane, and most of his homerism is actually pretty hysterical. Its like watching a game at a bar next to a really drunk guy, its entertaining in its own right. Plus its well established that he is a homer, and he knows it
"Staggy" is just bad. Whenever I am watching a game on pens' feed, I mute it and listen to music
soulevs 5 months ago
@soulevs i'm just saying that Steiggy is far from the only homer in the league, let alone the biggest, although he's in the top 10 IMO. as a Pens fan, i would like to see Mike Lange back on TV. i'd want Bourqy back too.
domaug 5 months ago
@domaug oh no doubt. you should listen to the sharks' announcers, theyre awful too. personally, I just dislike steig because he says stupid things and is generally not entertaining to listen to. almost every good announcer is a homer, I dont know that its a bad thing, but to me steig and hahn (the sharks' guy) are just not fun to listen to. edwards is a riot to listen to
soulevs 5 months ago
@soulevs i strongly dislike Edwards, but he made me chuckle a few times, especially when he mockingly laughed at the Flyers booing a hit on one of their players. i thought, even then, towards the Flyers, that was insulting, but i'd be lying if i said it didn't make me grin a bit.
domaug 5 months ago
@domaug yeah, edwards is just really energetic and usually pretty ridiculous. my team is the blackhawks, and I suppose if I had to deal with him regularly, I might dislike him too. but sometimes its fun to listen to his craziness, especially when its against a team I dont like (like the flyers or wings)
soulevs 5 months ago
As a big pens fan even I admit steigy is a joke. He needs to get back in his cage calling games on the radio and bring mike lange back on tv
Knoch10 10 months ago
all you penguin fans are morons... this idiot announcer you guys have is calling the islanders one of the worst teams in hockey and an embarassement to the NHL. one of the worst teams in hockey? does he mean of every team in the world? i'm pretty sure thats not the case. embarassement to the NHL? not really. 4 straight stanley cups is by no means embarassing. in fact thats pretty damn impressive. i think "Staggy" or whatever this idiot calls himself just had his pink panties in a bunch because
mk31386 11 months ago
Cant wait for this embarrassing franchise to move and get a new GM... what a joke this franchise is
bwg5009 11 months ago
"Get back inside your cage"
crazypackersfan 1 year ago
islanders= joke
hockeyfan10eh 1 year ago
being objective is the name of the game! if you can't be objective as a professional announcer,you should be in the stands with the fans!
kgillin31 1 year ago
I think someones a little cranky his teams losing 9-3
hskates121 1 year ago
@Slethwa the isles injuries are mostly on d and in net when u hav to play al montoya and pit bruno gerais along with dylan reese on ice for 15 min per gm its as bad as losing crosby or malkin
hskates121 1 year ago
They weren't an embarrassment to the league until this game. Now they are. It has nothing to do with winning or losing. It has to do with being poor sports, crybabies, taking cheap shots, and lack of balls.
dcp082 1 year ago
This is the same guy who made the dumb joke about Hobey Baker.... lmao
dutchyusa33 1 year ago
Everything the Isles did was perfectly fine and ok.. it happens all the time but when its a team low in the standings beating a so called elite team everybody cries about it. C(r)ooke, Letang they are as bad except the NHL closes their eyes... This campbell guy got to go as well.. he wears the wrong glasses..you ever see that war room ? its half friggin ex rangers sitting there... FIXED... and I love the penns...
dutchyusa33 1 year ago
@dutchyusa33 If you were a real pens fan you wouldn't be ok with Max getting sucker punched and Eric Tangradi getting his career put in jeopardy by some stupid fuck on the islanders who has scored one goal his entire NHL career.
BayernMunich22 11 months ago
Are these Penguin announcers on crack?????? These two guys suck anyways but to rip the Isles players like this is foolish on their part. Have they ever heard of Cooke, stupid fucks. Oh ya I am sure that baby Mario is real proud of all Cookes antics, give me s break stupid broadcasters take off the gold and black sunglasses.
belljarsaway 1 year ago
This asshole is a disgrace to our fans of the NHL. I remember a time when the Penguins were a bottom feeder and am embarrassment for their time. There's a time and a place to say these things and this was not one of those. This numb nut should get canned for his on-air unprofessional verbal bashes. No talent hack.
nhler95 1 year ago
Who leads the NHL is fighting majors this year?
The Pittsburgh Penguins.
Funny how that never got mentioned. This guy is an embarrassment to journalism.
terrorofterrors 1 year ago
. . .was completely taken out of context. It had nothing to do with WHOSE goalie it was, or WHAT player it was, OR even the fact that Johnson knocked him out. It was the fact that you rarely ever get to see two goalies duke it out. Team conduct of the Islanders during that game was DISGUISING, and THAT is what Steggie was talking about. That WAS an embarrassment, and NY should be ashamed of their conduct that night.
metaljournalist 1 year ago
@metaljournalist No way! Steigerwald said that's why this team has been an embarrassment to the NHL for years. Then he states how Garth Snow must be enjoying this. What??? Why is the GM even being mentioned? I'm sure Shero was enjoying all those Cooke hits from behind. Mario must have been enjoying it too...oh, but then it happens to his team and he whines and threatens to run away from the league. I never see him making any comments about Cooke. Look, all announcers get attached to the
dtybur73 1 year ago
@metaljournalist team they cover, but when you start to put down a franchise that has won four Cups in a row, and is hand strapped by the politics and the Town of Hempstead, by calling them an embarrassment to the league, that is beyond going overboard and taking your job too seriously. He is a play by play announcer, not Jerry Springer, who is giving his final thought. Announce the game, and keep your opinions and unprofessional remarks until he is off the air. It's as simple as that!
dtybur73 1 year ago
Ok, will someone look at the REALITY of this please?! Fine, you love your team, and you love to see them win, and they won big that night. THAT was not why NY is an embarrassment. Your players used a one-punch KO result of a goalie showdown as an excuse to blatantly attack Pittsburgh players. They'd been wanting to do this for a whole week before 2-11. Islanders use the excuse "oh, we did it because they laughed at one of our best players being injured." The laughter. . .
metaljournalist 1 year ago
The Pens could get away with murder and Bettman would look the other way. One of a million reasons why I hate that team.
Woblesavvy 1 year ago
Though Gillies and Martin went way over the edge in that game, Steigerwald is probably the worst hockey announcer and annoying to watch, Remember though he is not hired by the Penguins but an employee of FSN. I beleive if Penguins would still have the legendary Mike Lange doing the TV broadcasts instead of doing the radio if they made that decision.
dgodz66 1 year ago 2
David Volek forever!!!!
dtybur73 1 year ago
Paul Steigerwald is supposed to show some kind of professionalism and be impartial. That is an embarrassment right there. The team that's an embarrassment to the NHL just gave your team a good old fashioned beating in every aspect. Steigerwald is the embarrassment. He takes out his obvious frustration over how the Pens are playing, and throws it all at the Islanders. He talks about Garth Snow? I wonder what Steigerwald thinks about Matt Cooke. He's an angel right??? What a joke he is!
dtybur73 1 year ago
@dtybur73 Beating? Yeah, real difficult when the players that make up about half of your scoring is out. Wow, how impressive, the Isles beat the Pens AHL team. They must be so proud of their performance. I watched the previous game and if I remember correctly, RD called BJ out. So, because the Isle's goalie called out the Pen's goalie and got his arse kicked, the team wants to try by any dirty means possible to hurt a Pens player? That's the problem with the Isle's conduct in this game.
Slethwa 1 year ago
@Slethwa AHL team????Excuse me? You obviously have no faith in your team then. If you rely on two players, albeit star players, what does that say about the rest of your team? You had the opportunity to start Fleury, and you didn't. You guys knew what could happen. You were down 6-0!!! At that point, frustrations were going to come out. As for DiPietro starting the fight, the Pens were classless and laughing on the bench.
dtybur73 1 year ago
@Slethwa DiPietro was also angry about the constant runs Matt Cooke takes at him on a daily basis. DiPietro has a history of concussions, and Cooke and other Pens show no restraint. If they don't, why should the Islanders? Blake Comeau got a cheap shot in that game too. The league favors the big name teams. The officials hide the whistle. John Tavares is getting bullied every game. Any other team, the whistle blows, not for the Isles. If the NHL won't fix it, the Isles will..and they did!
dtybur73 1 year ago
By far the WORST announcer in sports is at it again how does he even have a job a low class organization that would b nothing without fixing the draft lottery is showing why the penguins hav sucked for so many years
hskates121 1 year ago
No one would say anything if this happened and the penguins won, so pens fans shut up and take it you bitches!
JC7283 1 year ago
Forget the Fights. The Islanders scored NINE GOALS. That's an embarrassment for pittsburgh fans if the team that is an EMBARRASSMENT for the league scores NINE GOALS on your ass. Forget the fights. If you allow nine goals, that is just plain fucking bad.
IslandersBlog 1 year ago
If the draft wasnt fixed 25 years ago to get Mario Lemieux and a few years ago to get Crosby, Hockey in Pittsburgh would have been non-existant and this douchebag would have been out of a job. Some of the stuff friday night was garbage, but at least this team stood up for each other for the first time in years. How about commenting on why your team was down 6-zip to this "embarassment team" 25 mins in. If your team showed up to play hockey, maybe it wouldnt have come to this!
BillyBarou71 1 year ago 2
@BillyBarou71 ok there billy bo bo bob bob
stennet7 1 year ago
See you in the playoffs. Oh, wait....
metalgear8871 1 year ago
drsquiresmd, your not even worth a remark more than this.
chief632 1 year ago
Steigerwald was dead on. Islanders showing an unbelievable level of unprofessionalism. They beat the Penguins - oh well. That's revenge. There's a difference between questionable hits on the boards during play (a la Cooke) and borderline assault (Gillies & Martin). Islanders were bottom-feeders before their injuries, they are now, and they will be where everyone is healthy. Tearing down teams through dangerous and destructive means is why organizations lose respect - not record.
svcrunner27 1 year ago
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svcrunner27 1 year ago
An embarrassment to all of western Pennsylvania.
dkatzism 1 year ago 2
@dkatzism How so? For standing up for his team during an embarrassment to the NHL?
mrbrettlive 1 year ago
LOL. I guess the Chicago Blackhawk commentators have some competition now.
canucksofvancouver 1 year ago
This clown is embarrasment to the other 29 NHL broadcasters.
FourCups 1 year ago 8
I wonder if this unprofessional douche thinks the 2005-2006 Penguins were an embarrassment to the NHL as well. ( They were 29th overall with 58 points St' Louis was 30th with 57). I guess Talbot's blindside hit on Comeau and Matt Cooke in general and Johnson's and Fleury's laugh fest is not an embarrassment. It must frustrating being embarrassed by the most embarrasing team in the league and knowing the Pens are below average without Crosby and Malkin. Enjoy your extended summer this year A****!
FourCups 1 year ago 2
@FourCups
You are officially an idiot. Fleury and anyone else were having a 'laugh fest' at the absurdity of goalies fighting, not the fact that DiPietro got hurt. Goalies respect other goalies. Oh, and nobody knew DiPietro was injured until the next day.
edselguru 1 year ago
@edselguru Sorry I did not you were a member of the Penguins and knew exactly what the Pens were laughing at during that moment.
FourCups 1 year ago
Pens announcers are as fucking clueless as Crosby's physically retarded stepbrother (malkin)
Errey, Steigerwald, go fuck yourself. Keep jabbering your nonsense to your idiotic fanbase, they seem to eat it up
DrSquiresMD 1 year ago 2
Steigerwald forgets what Pens were like before Crosby, Malkin, Staal & Fleury. It was not so long ago when the Penguins were one of the worst teams and an embarrassment to the NHL with little to no hope of an arena.
Where's the outcry from Steigerwald when Cooke tried to separate Tyutin's head from his body? What's Steigerwald saying when Talbot cheap shots Comeau. Did Steigerwald notice that it was Johnson's forearm and not fist that hit DP?
Two words for Steigerwald — They start with F & Y!
FilamentDesigns 1 year ago 5
@FilamentDesigns u just mad cuz you like a bad team. i feel bad for you....
...also, thats all the sympathy you'll get from me. waste your time responding, im just going to delete it.
:] have a good day.
xblindside7290 4 months ago
Steigerwald is right!!
1) Jumping a guy (talbot) when he isnt expecting. REAL CLASSY ACT!! 4 games suspension!
2) elbowing (tangradi), punching him when he is down, trash talking him when he has a consussion! REAL CLASSY ACT! 9 games suspension! Johnson had sportman spirit to hold back when DP ws down!
Hence, Islanders fined 100K.
Anyone thinks they are not embarrassment to NHL?
Total classless act, a teamful of goons dig their own grave!
Q.E.D
Baselinewolves 1 year ago
Would be surprised if this guy doesn't get in trouble for his comments..
NewYorkRangers6 1 year ago 2
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So because DP took a shot at a Penguin player, Brent Johnson fought him and landed a good punch on the button ( DP agreed to fight) Fluery laughed ( not to often goalies fight right?) that makes the Penguins dirty. That makes it ok for Martin to punch Talbot in the back of his head while he wasnt even looking. Gillies To trown an elbow to Tangradis head and then stand and taunt him on the run way. That makes them classless.
chief632 1 year ago
So because DP took a shot at a Penguin player, Brent Johnson fought him and landed a good punch on the button ( DP agreed to fight) Fluery laughed ( not to often goalies fight right?) that makes the Penguins dirty. That makes it ok for Martin to punch Talbot in the back of his head while he wasnt even looking. Gillies To trown an elbow to Tangradis head and then stand and taunt him on the run way. That makes them classless.
chief632 1 year ago
@chief632
dumbass, don't even make me state all the incidents that make fans of 29 other teams hate your guts. AND ITS NOT EVEN THAT. Its more the fact that you blindly support the dirty play that makes your team infamous. And now when a team takes it's liberties on your pussy squad, you all bitch and moan. "hey, Tangradi has a concussion because of this dirty play, waaah"
When the pens and any other team, in this case the Isles, go toe to toe, they get their ASSES BEAT TO A PULP.
DrSquiresMD 1 year ago 2
fuck u paul fucking homer, i hope u and 3 generations of ur family go to die in a prison camp like north korea, thats where u deserve to b. fuck u and ur family
Littleguidofan 1 year ago
for those who missed it, Steigerwald also said at one point during this game that "we enjoyed watching DiPietro get knocked out, but this is ridiculous."
Guess what? This is what happens when you intentionally tank for a couple of generational talents, tie up most of your money with them, they get injured and you have to ice a team comprised entirely of the 3rd/4th-liners you surrounded them with. The team wasn't going to be able to ride Crosby/Malkin's coattails forever.
StoneMagnet 1 year ago 4
hahah paul steigerwald's a joke. im not a fan of either team, but steigerwald is clearly just butthurt his team just got raped by the garbage islanders.....
bwomp91 1 year ago
i'm pretty sure that when you turn a hockey game into a 60 minute mugging it is embarrassing to the leauge.
FACT.
Thriftrhapsody 1 year ago
to the pens fans who say the islanders arent classy...did you watch the game? Come one a 2 on 1 fight...real class right there
thatguy126 1 year ago 2
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Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness! So yummy!
gotroot801 1 year ago
Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness! So yummy!
gotroot801 1 year ago 2
this guys such an asshole. everyone below is right. the islanders are going through a tough season and this guy goes out and calls them an embarassment to the league? hes got alot of balls. intentionally losing to get the #1 draft pick isnt an embarassment though right? this team straight up sucked for years till crosby came in and the nhl is now kissing the penguins asses cuz hes whats keeping them afloat.
UMwolverinefan08 1 year ago 10
@UMwolverinefan08
It wasn't just intentionally losing to get #1...I still believe that they were given that draft pick by Bettman and the NHL.
NHL draft is as fixed as the NBA draft
Sommelier97 1 year ago
@UMwolverinefan08 intentionally losing? You are dumb. At best, they picked up three lottery balls (not the #1 draft pick), which is anything but a guarantee. It's funny that the Rangers also had three lottery balls, which would have put Sid in NY, but that is never mentioned. Nevermind that the Pens traded players (Kovalev/Jagr) for cash just so they could make payroll from 2001-04. Look it up for yourself, or stick with typing whatever delusional story you want.
ObamalsAFailure 11 months ago
@ObamalsAFailure they may have not intentionally lost to get sid, but they did intentionally lose to get mario. they are the reason there is a lottery for the number one pick now. thats the real embarassment.
poopydoodie11 10 months ago
@poopydoodie11 actually the lottery came about after the Sens GM admitting he was tanking games late in the 92-93 season so they could land the rights to Alexandre Daigle, who ironically would end up on the Penguins almost a decade later. The team was fined 100k for their comments and the lottery would be started prior to the 1995 season (guessing they couldn't approve it quicker).
If you want to check it out, it's on the "History of the Ottawa Senators (1992 - )" wiki entry. Interesting stuff.
ObamalsAFailure 10 months ago
@ObamalsAFailure i honestly didnt know that, my mistake. the pens did throw games to get mario though. the coach even said that during one game they were winning 3-1 after the first period and the gm called down to the locker room during the intermision and said what are you doing and they ended up losing 6-3. lol thats on their wikipedia page.
poopydoodie11 10 months ago
@poopydoodie11 damn, and you didn't edit it? haha
I knew there was talk about it, but I didn't think anything was proven but the quotes are straight from Angotti. I never knew he was that open about losing in 83-84. As far as I know he was/is on good terms to this day with the Penguins, so it's not like he'd be saying it to get back at the team for firing him.
Playing Devils advocate, check out his coaching record. He was terrible, never broke .500.
ObamalsAFailure 10 months ago
@ObamalsAFailure lol nah im too afraid to expose my ip address. if its something he recently admitted i dont think its that big of a deal anymore. like many things that have happened in sports, it happened and nobody can change it. i honestly think if the devils had gotten mario he may have never reached the success level he did with pitt due to them adopting a defensive mentality when lamoriello took over in 1988.
poopydoodie11 10 months ago
@UMwolverinefan08 what the hell are you talking about? tanking to get the #1 pick? you mean to tell me that you can be a productive team with the roster the Pens had in those seasons? just an example: in the 2003-04 season, the Pens' leading scorer was Dick Tarnstrom. Dick fuckin' Tarnstrom! you mean to tell me that you can not just win with that team, but have the CHOICE to lose games? the Pens in those years didn't have a choice.
domaug 5 months ago
I like how he calls the Islanders an embarrassment to the league even though it was the Penguins who tanked to get Mario Lemieux, and were just brutal for a good portion on the 2000s.
You wanna call out players? Fine. But don't call out a whole organization during a game. Steigerwald is a joke.
njdevils17 1 year ago 3
I like how he calls the Islanders an embarrasment to the league even though it was the Penguins who tanked to get Mario Lemieux, and were just brutal for a good portion on the 2000s.
You wanna call out players? Fine. But don't call out a whole organization during a game. Steigerwald is a joke.
njdevils17 1 year ago 2
@njdevils17
You still crying about 1983? Yeah, the drafting of Lemieux is relevant here.
edselguru 1 year ago
@edselguru I'm not crying.
We never tanked. I was happy to get Kirk Muller.
njdevils17 1 year ago
I dont really care for Paul Steigerwald very much, Mike Lange is awesome but, Steigy is absolutely right. The Islanders are a classless, back alley, garbage team. I hope they are proud that they beat a team that played with out thier top 3 scorers and a long list of regular players.
chief632 1 year ago
@chief632 it says a lot about a team (the Pens) that play dirty and can't take it when its dished out. The Isles are not the only team to stand up to the Pens (and thankfully not the last). I wonder where was their reaction when Comeau was sideswiped and out with a concussion last game and if they called Fleury an idiot for laughing at DP getting hurt. Seems like they are hypocrites. Pens can't take it when its dished out to them, then maybe they shouldnt instigate in the first place (last game)
pnutty7 1 year ago 4
@chief632 "I hope they are proud that they beat a team that played with out thier top 3 scorers and a long list of regular players."
The Islander have lost more man games to injury so far this season (already almost 370) than the Pens will lose ALL season. All these Pens fans whining about how depleted your team is, save it for when you DIDNT get your teams butts whipped 9-3 by the team leading the league in injuries.
TheMetalChick 1 year ago 3
@TheMetalChick the islanders are the ones being fined 100000 dollars.
there is justice in this world.
Fudgemanners 1 year ago
@Fudgemanners 9-3, asshole.
TheMetalChick 1 year ago
@TheMetalChick my bad, i didn't realize you were a playoff contender.
oh, you're not. i'm with nabokov on this one, you guys are a joke.
Fudgemanners 1 year ago
@Fudgemanners If the Pens had picked up Nabby I doubt he would have refused to report. It says a lot about the isles that Nabby would rather not play than play for them......ha ha, yes the Isles are a joke this year.
Slethwa 1 year ago
Pens announcers are the worst in the NHL.
FACT.
philliephan2412 1 year ago 4
@philliephan2412 I'm pretty sure Jack Edwards has something to say about that.
DLGFTW 1 year ago
@baselinewolves... I TOTALLY AGREE with you! There such a bunch of classless pussies!
malkinistheman 1 year ago
haha i'm sure garth snow IS proud of his team, beating one of the "best teams in hockey" by a 9-3 margin. steiggy is a joke. i hope the real hockey fans in pittsburgh don't take this chump seriously.
seaofwhoas 1 year ago 14
Steigerwald is right!!
1) Jumping a guy (talbot) when he isnt expecting. REAL CLASSY ACT!!
2) elbowing (tangradi), punching him when he is down, trash talking him when he has a consussion! REAL CLASSY ACT! Johnson had sportman spirit to hold back when DP ws down!
Hence, Islanders are an embarrassment to NHL.
Q.E.D
Baselinewolves 1 year ago
fuck the islanders. tangradi has a concussion because of that moustachio'd fuck. and then he taunts him on the way out? steiggy is right, you're an embarrassment to the nhl.
Fudgemanners 1 year ago
@Fudgemanners good im glad hes out. but when ur backup goalie goes after the isles goalie with 17 seconds left in the game and breaks the his face and put him out for 4-6 weeks thats fine. no class. the penguins are filled with whiny bitches who cant back shit up when they drop the gloves. without crosby that teams a joke.
UMwolverinefan08 1 year ago 3
@UMwolverinefan08 it was your piece of shit goalie who cheap shotted our guy, prompting johnson to fight him.
maybe if he weren't a vagina his face wouldn't be broken.
at the end of the day the islanders are still the shitty team nabokov refuses to play for. have fun not making the playoffs again.
Fudgemanners 1 year ago
@Fudgemanners sir sir sir. who said i was an islanders fan? im a devils fan.
UMwolverinefan08 1 year ago 3
@UMwolverinefan08 oh. my bad. i'm just kind of pissed that we were ambushed by one of the worst teams in the league.
Fudgemanners 1 year ago
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TheMetalChick 1 year ago
The title should for this video should be "Paul Steigerwald's Comments on Islanders | WBS Penguins/Islanders 2/11/11"
mutantpenguinfan 1 year ago
@mutantpenguinfan Are you Pens fans THAT oblivious as to which team is by far the most injured team in the NHL? Its not the Pens you dope.
TheMetalChick 1 year ago
@TheMetalChick No I'm an impartial Pens fan who wishes Steigerwald would quit embarrassing himself. It's just a local joke on the amount of injuries and suspensions sustained over the course of two to three weeks. I'm sorry I seemed so callous and cold toward fans of other hockey teams. I promise I'll never do it again.
mutantpenguinfan 1 year ago
@TheMetalChick In talent, yes it is. It would take 3/4 of the Isles being injured to match the talent and scoring of four of the players the Pens have out.
Slethwa 1 year ago
Nothing? They are killers!!!
olafbeerseh 1 year ago
Hope this guy gets canned, but knowing FSN Pitt they won't do shit.
norskwizard 1 year ago 2
islanders are nothing
blaaaaaane 1 year ago
This bum defends cookes hits every game and now he cant stand to see his team get stomped on. hypocrite. Im not even an isle fan but i loved this.
ViacomFailsAtLife 1 year ago 3
"An embarrassment to the National Hockey League"
Ironic hearing Paul Steigerwald say that
ikani87 1 year ago 2
WOW I WAS HOPING SOMEONE POSTED THESE COMMENTS THIS COMMENTATOR IS A SHITHEAD!
ShowBusiness90 1 year ago 2
Steigerwald must've a lot of connections to be working closely with the Pens franchise. Based on his professionalism, or the lack thereof, he doesn't deserve to be working with the Penguins at all. He's a joke!
Roochfan20 1 year ago 2
and what does that make the penguins now that their biggest rival in the nhl is the islanders hahaha
DCnader 1 year ago
AWW BOO FRIGGEDY HOO
IslandersFan11 1 year ago
awww, poor fucking pussy. Not a good week for the kings of Appalachia.
jostd48 1 year ago
Ha if the Islanders are an embarrassment what does that make the team they beat 9-3?
walletfullofblood 1 year ago 3
Disgraceful. This lack of professionalism should be punished. As a broadcaster myself, I know that this is a problem, and one that he should be punished for.
Vyhter 1 year ago
What a pussy, you can almost hear him crying over his stupid Penguins getting their asses kicked all night.
JeffersonRank88 1 year ago
What a jackass this announcer is!!!!!!!!!!
nymets6986e 1 year ago
Matt Cooke plays for Pittsburgh, right?
rtrock 1 year ago 2