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NHL GAME OF THE WEEK CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
Did you see that goal by Hossa?

Beautiful.

I wonder how many 30 goal scorers Pittsburgh will end up with. I'm guessing 5 minimum.
>> Anonymous
Watch him wither away to nothingness come playoff time.
>> Anonymous
It'll be funny when they choke in the playoffs
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>48894
>>48892

I love all the hater trolls on /sp/.

Did you faggots see that LASER shot off malkin's stick?
>> Anonymous
>>48895
Malkin apparantly = Hossa now.

God, you pussyfoot around EVERYthing.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>48896

Apparently you missed the two great goals in the first period of the game on NBC right now.
>> Anonymous
>>48900
nobody cares but you.
>> Anonymous
>>48900
>NBC

And the fail just keeps on piling up with you...
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
So many butthurt faggots in this thread.

Keep BAWWWWing
>> Anonymous
>>48910
trying too hard
>> Anonymous
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>>48910
It's only fitting
>> Anonymous
>>48902

I actually care too, because I am a penguins fan. So go root for you tampa bay lightning somewhere else.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
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>>48917

It's only fitting....

that a second year player dominates the league.
>> Anonymous
>>48922
wow, the stanley cup looks a little strange there...
>> Anonymous
>>48930
um, what
>> Anonymous
>>48922
Points last season - 120
Points this season - 67

HAHA, OH WOW.
>> Anonymous
>>48930
Probably because it's one of the not-Stanley Cup awards that noone will remember him winning five years from now.
>> Anonymous
Remember, we don't have to put up with this dipshit for the entire offseason.
>> Anonymous
>>48936
oh, right
>> Anonymous
Did that defenseman really just let Jagr walk up and take a shot?
>> Anonymous
Did you just see Crosby show how gritty he was and keep the forecheck going?

Oh wait, he was bumped off the puck and gave up because it's too hard to play physical.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>48934

Trolls try WAY too hard.

He's missed half the season because of injury.

He was leading the league in scoring when he was hurt.

It's ok, Malkin stepped right up.
>> Anonymous
All I see are the Penguins struggling to keep their one goal lead.
>> Anonymous
Capitalist, do you realize that all this shit in the regular season doesn't mean shit, especially when the team wont do shit in the playoffs?
>> CapitalistBastard !!LkCz3RRuzaS
This guy can't think he's fooling anyone as me....
>> Anonymous
Hey Capitalist just wondering, what will you do if
A) The Pens lose in the first or second rounds
B) Pens lose in Conference Finals
C) Pens lose in SCF

We all know what you'll do if they do the improbable and win the cup, so what will you do if they dont.
>> Anonymous
malkin tried to pull a zednik
>> Anonymous
lol at all the trolls and their shitty teams.
>> Anonymous
>>49009
Say that to my face fucker not online and see what happens
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
Pretty shitty special teams by both squads.

So who is getting the empty net goal?
>> Anonymous
>>49017
you ignored
>>48961
>> Anonymous
>>49015

We have an internet tuff guy everyone.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>48961

>A) The Pens lose in the first or second rounds

I'll be pissed and consider the season a failure.

>B) Pens lose in Conference Finals

I'd be pretty optimistic about the future of this team.

>C) Pens lose in SCF

Ditto

Oh hey, look who is back in first in the East.
>> Anonymous
>>49024
this has been copypasted all over /b/ today.
>> Anonymous
>>49027
remember when the sabres were first in the east last year??
>>49024
Say that to my face fucker not online and see what happens
>> Anonymous
>>49026

Bullshit, we all know the answer to A, B, and C is "I'm going to suck Sydney Crosby's cock"
>> Anonymous
I like how nobody in Pittsburgh gives a fuck about the Penguins until they start winning games.
>> Anonymous
Doesn't matter who comes out of the East. The West is fucking stacked with good teams that could crush the East.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49070

FSN’s Penguins broadcasts are leading all FSN-affiliated regions in NHL ratings for the second straight year.

They support the teams that put a quality product out onto the field/ice.
>> Anonymous
>>49105

Hahaha...oh wow.

Shut the hell up already, you fairweather piece of shit.
>> Anonymous
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>>49070

It's only fitting
>> Anonymous
>>49105
My God, you are Gary Bettman's dream child. Jump on the Crosby bandwagon, accept he's an overrated piece of shit and pretend he's already greatness, loves regular season awards more than the stanley cup.

You must be supporting more teams relocated to the southern US.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49162

OH GOD. A 20 YEAR OLD KID COMING OFF AN MVP YEAR IN WHICH HE WON THE SCORING TITLE.

HE DIDN'T WIN THE STANLEY CUP EVERY YEAR HE HAS BEEN IN THE LEAGUE?

OVER-RATED OMG LOL

How does anyone as stupid as you manage to fucking breathe?
>> Anonymous
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>>49180
It's only fitting
>> Anonymous
The Penguins should have moved to Kansas City.
>> Anonymous
>>49180

Sydney Crosby is going to end up EXACTLY like Eric Lindros, just watch.

when Lindros came into the NHL, his first few seasons were AMAZING and were supposed to get the Flyers a title with him.

a few concussions later and he drifted off into obscurity.
>> Anonymous
>>49184
>>49184
>>49184
>>49184
>>49184
>>49184
>>49184
>>49184
YES YES YES YES YES
>> Anonymous
Why does this tripfag keep harping about Crosby's scoring ability?

Spoilers, motherfucker: they changed the rules of the game specifically for one-way shitheads like Crosby.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>they changed the rules of the game specifically because teams that glorified the trap and Hook & Hold hockey were killing the popularity of the league

Fixed that for you shithead
>> Anonymous
>>48947
Crosby at no point this season led the league in points or scoring. Fail some more.
>> Anonymous
>>49221
>they changed the rules of the game specifically to fool the rednecks in deep-south markets that they weren't watching what they consider a joke of a sport

re-fixed
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49368

Are you fucking retarded or just terrible at trolling?

>>49368

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3207924
>> Anonymous
Gretzky had 164 points in his sophomore season.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER THAN GRETZKY YOU HORSE-FACED PUKE
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49384

LOOK AT THE RAGE.

The only person who said that was Gretzky himself.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07028/757544-61.stm

I'm lovin' it.
>> Anonymous
>>49221

God forbid players have actual talent to be a star or that teams devise offensive schemes to beat the trap.

Unfortunately, Bettman's rule changes will only attract asshats like you who want to see the NHL become one-man shows like the NBA.
>> Anonymous
>>49398
Please, like you don't masturbate at the thought of him being the Next One.
>> Anonymous
I live in the South, and I've always been a fan of hockey. I've always understood that hockey is a very physical, full-contact game. Its not like soccer or basketball how when they stumble over they cry like bitches and call foul. No, in hockey, it is, AND IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE, when you get hit, take your hit, AND GET THE FUCK BACK UP.

I've always understood that defense was a very important aspect in hockey. Its one thing to get the puck into the net; its another to prevent the other team from making shots. Its the ENTIRE TEAM'S RESPONSIBILITY to play the entirety of the ice.

Sure, opening up the game to make the offense more effective and having more scoring in games is not much of a problem in itself, but if we see more 7-5 scoring games, the magic and excitement of scoring a goal will be severely cheapened. Also, its one thing to reward speed, agility, and scoring, but its another thing to penalize being physical. Referees are making more calls on defense--THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A TEAM--than ever before. They're making tripping/slashing calls on perfectly legal poke checks, making charging/roughing/crosschecking calls on clean open ice hits, and adding stupid "Instigator" penalties on fighting. Adding the stupid trapezoid behind the net hinders puck-happy goalies from operating effectively (the trapezoid was created because of Martin Brodeur's puckhandling abilities--which many in the NHL offices saw as "unfair" to the offense).

DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE...its what wins Stanley Cups.
>> Anonymous
Cindy Crosby is a one-way player.
>> Anonymous
>>49407

Yes, but ADD-riddled asshats like this tripfag can't be bothered with the suspense of a hard-fought game.

Seriously, people act like there were no 50-goal scorers before Bettman started his butcher-work. The trap wasn't some invincible vice grip, and, hell, eliminating the two-line pass was enough to put a severe weakness into it.

Honestly, the influx of European players has done more for league scoring averages than slapping kid gloves on defensemen.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>Unfortunately, Bettman's rule changes will only attract asshats like you who want to see the NHL become one-man shows like the NBA.

YES, ALL FANS OF THE NHL MUST BE A FEW HARDCORE PURISTS.

Hey retard, the casual fan is what carries leagues. They are necessary.

>God forbid players have actual talent to be a star or that teams devise offensive schemes to beat the trap.

Actual talent? The rule changes were espoused by the two greatest players OF ALL TIME: Gretzky and Lemieux. Go watch some of the great goals of those players. You will see some no-name AHLer with both hands wrapped around the guy or hooking and riding them down the ice. It was fucking pathetic.

It was IMPOSSIBLE to devise schemes to defeat the trap as long as the two-line pass was enforced. That shit should have NEVER been in the game.

The ONLY rule that I disagree with is the no-play zone. That is bullshit, allow players to make plays.
>> Anonymous
>>49416

Shut the fuck up, you fairweather faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>49416
>>49416
>>49416
>I SUCK COCKS

Nobody listens to a thing you say, you fairweather bandwagoning faggot. Three years ago, the Pens were a garbage team playing in a garbage arena with garbage attendance in a garbage market. Now, they're the same, only with a few better players on their roster. Okay, so they're in the Playoffs, doesn't change the fact that the Pens are garbage. I mean, GOD FORBID if Crosby got drafted by the Flyers. The Broad Street Bullies would have made that horse-faced homo into a two-way, physical player--a far cry to the one-way faggot that he was in the juniors AND THE SAME FAGGOT HE IS IN THE NHL. And then the Flyersfags will be saying OH HEY WE GOT AWESOME PLAYERS but would still call Crosby a faggot.
>> Anonymous
>the casual fan is what carries leagues. They are necessary

Because the NHL is doing SOOOO much better. It will never be as popular as the NFL and it will never corner racial/geographic markets like the NBA or NASCAR. Anyone claiming instilling parity into the NHL will suddenly revitilize its popularity has there head in the clouds are somewhere the smells much worse.

>Go watch some of the great goals of those players. You will see some no-name AHLer with both hands wrapped around the guy or hooking and riding them down the ice. It was fucking pathetic.

And yet they still managed to be great. What was your point again?

>It was IMPOSSIBLE to devise schemes to defeat the trap

lol wut? Did you even watch the NHL before Crosby entered the league? I didn't realize New Jersey won so many Stanley Cups, oh wait, teams like Colorado and Detroit still dominated with grit and offense.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49420

>DERP DERP DERP DERP BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

The tired mantra of Crosby being a one-way player is something only EXTREMELY unknowledgeable flyerfags spout. You obviously haven't seen him play. Let's see a SINGLE authoritative person that has EVER said that about his game.

Unlike you faggots, I've actually laced up skates and played the sport.

It's a good thing you are anonymous; It would be hard to show your face around here if you had a tripcode.
>> Anonymous
>>49426
>I LACED UP SKATES BECAUSE I AM A HOMOSEXUAL FIGURE SKATER

I play in NARCh. Everybody hates Crosby there. What's your excuse?
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49427

ROLLER HOCKEY?

ENJOY YOUR FAGGOT IMITATION.

CAN YOU RETARDS EVEN HIT EACH OTHER?
>> Anonymous
>>49429

At my level we can.
>> Anonymous
>>49426You obviously haven't seen him play

Neither have you, apparently.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>RULE 604 - BODY CHECKING
>(a) A minor penalty or major penalty, at the discretion of the Referees shall be
imposed on any player who intentionally body checks an opponent, with or without the
puck

NOT ACCORDING TO YOUR RULEBOOK.

FAILURE ROLLER HOCKEY FAGGOT IS A FUCKING FAILURE.
>> Anonymous
>>49437

Best. Post. Ever.
>> Anonymous
>Unlike you faggots, I've actually laced up skates and played the sport.

I wonder if you no longer play because of your general lack of knowledge about the sport.

I've watched Crosby try to play defense, but he just isn't effective. That is why he isn't a two-way player.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49443

You anti-Crosby hacks are pretty pathetic.

You can't talk hockey. You don't know shit about the sport. Just take a look at this thread.

It's a real laugher to see you neckbeards rage over Crosby.
>> Anonymous
>>49461

Can Crosby play defense?

Can Crosby forecheck and backcheck effectively?

Is Crosby good at handling turnovers?

Is Crosby effective at clearing the zone?

Can Crosby finish his checks?

Can Crosby set up from the point?

Has Crosby blocked a shot?

Does Crosby go deep into his own zone in times of an aggressive attack from the other team and be relatively effective?

Is Crosby good at leading a group of 20-30 somethings to play a game of professional hockey in only his third professional season?

I thought so.
>> Anonymous
>>49416

>You will see some no-name AHLer with both hands wrapped around the guy or hooking and riding them down the ice.

Now that the devils lost their all-star defense, they haven't been doing as hot this year as they were doing in 2003 when they won the cup. You know why?

Because it Stevens, Danyeko, and Niedermeyer aren't no-name AHLers. Now the Devils are stuck with guys like Johnny Oduya.

Whats the difference between then and now? The players.

THE PLAYERS, not the strategy, so quit bitching about the trap.

The funniest part of this thread is the fact that you've been backed into the internet tough guy route, as if we had a name and tripcode you'd come and beat us all up.
>> BenMac !M/pq0CZGPI
>>49470
Wow, I am just wondering what player or team you follow that can do all that and score goals
>> Anonymous
>>49477

Jarome Iginla.
>> Anonymous
just saw the hossa goal... didnt seem all that spectacular lol.
>> Anonymous
>>49477

I think he was trying to emphasize the fact that CapitalistFaggot was calling Crosby "the greatest player in the NHL" when, really, Crosby is simply a one-way player, and doesn't even try to play the other end.
>> Anonymous
One-way players will go on the record to say "I'm a one-way player" but Crosby is such a self-absorbed, arrogant faggot that he says "I am not a one-way player" when his playing proves otherwise.
>> Anonymous
5 minimum? Are you high?

Hossa doesn't count because he was acquired during the trade deadline. Malkin is the only guy over 30 goals, Malone and Sykora are a close second, with, what, 3 games remaining? After that, you guys don't have shit.

But that's ok, keep sucking Crosby's cock, in 5 years when he leaves, and Malkin leaves (which will happen first, trust me, he will get tired of being in Crosby's shadow, because even he is better than Crosby), then you will have nothing, and you can go back to whatever it was you were doing before the Pens became good again.

>49105

You are supposed to support your team through thick and thin, not because they are doing well. I don't even know why I bother with you, you fair weather piece of shit.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49491

2 unmatched scoring lines.

After that we don't have shit.

This is comedy gold.

Protip: Hossa counts because he is wearing black and gold.
>> Anonymous
>2 unmatched scoring lines

Nice three goals against the Rangers.

Fuck, Philadelphia can do that.
>> Anonymous
I like how the tripfag is the only one spouting his views and it's everyone else that doesn't know hockey.

This tripfag knows hockey like George Bush knows foreign policy.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49510

How about 7 goals against the Devils while chasing Brodeur out of the net?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=280322016
>> Anonymous
Crosby is a faggot is now a meme.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49515

Because all of the anti-crosby trolls are whining faggots.

These are the same Canadians that were sucking Crosby's cock and filling up the junior arenas 3 years ago. They are just bitter that he ended up in Pittsburgh. They likely also believe that there was some super secret conspiracy that allowed Pittsburgh to get the top pick.

They would all be pulling their puds to the man if he played for Toronto.

Notice not a single one of these retards reveal what team they support.
>> Anonymous
>>49525

BROAD STREET BULLY AND PROUD MOTHERFUCKER
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49527

Philly hasn't been the broad street bullies since before you were born.

Get the fuck out.
>> Anonymous
Where did Pittsburgh even get the money to sign the players they have?
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49535

Drafting well.

They have the 25th lowest payroll in the league right now.

Not only that, their FSN network is leading the league in ratings and they have had something like 60 straight sellouts at home.

They are also about to break ground on a brand new arena.
>> Anonymous
>Notice not a single one of these retards reveal what team they support

Oh yes, I can see it now.

>DURR HURR PENGUINS HAVE MOAR POINTS THAN UR TEAM SUCKS PENGUINS BEAT THEM THIS ONE TIME CORSBY IS THE NEW GERTSKY DURRRRR

I can't wait for the Penguins to be knocked out of the play-offs so this jackass goes away.
>> Anonymous
>>49495

No, no he does not. Did he score 30 goals while wearing that uniform? No

And I notice every time I call you out on being a fair weather faggot, you choose to ignore that fact, I wonder why.
>> Anonymous
>>49542
Too bad, because in five years they will suck dick and Pittsburgh fans won't give a shit again.
>> Anonymous
>>49542
Failing for half a decade and getting help from the lottery does not take skill you stupid fuck, Jesus Christ
>> Anonymous
>>49542

Yeah, breaking ground on a new arena, while robbing the rest of the citizens of Pennsylvania. They went BANKRUPT because of their shitty fanbase, because of how poor they were. And now, they are doing well, and bitches like you pop out of the woodworks and are like 'OMG SIDNEY CROSBY, I WANT TO SUCK YOUR COCK"
>> Anonymous
This fag who sucks Crosby's cock got me thinking... Who else hates all Pittsburgh sports? I fucking hate the Steelers, hate the Penguins, and enjoy watching the Pirates suck historic cock. Pittsburgh fans are some of the worst fans around. All fairweather.
>> Anonymous
>>49551

I'm a Flyers fan and a Steelers fan.

Then again, I'm from central PA, so I probably don't have the same "fashionable sports" mentality as urbanites.

But, it's not like the Steelers finish under 500 all that often; there hasn't been much bad weather like the Pens or Pirates.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49550

>They went BANKRUPT because of their shitty fanbase

Yawn.

They went bankrupt because the finances of the team were woefully mismanaged and they have had the oldest arena in the NHL for 10 years.

>Then again, I'm from central PA,

Kill yourself.
>> Anonymous
>>49570

How exactly is an old arena responsible for no one wanting to go see such a horrible, horrible team?
>> Anonymous
more like Eric Lindros Jr
>> Anonymous
>>49570

Yeah, because I'm sure the 5-6 years of absolute failure had nothing to do with it.
>> Anonymous
>>49577

Because a majority of the Pissburgh fanbase are fair weather faggots, and only root for a team when they are doing well.
>> Anonymous
AND THE BIGGEST HOMOSEXUAL ON /sp/ GOES TO.......CapitalistBastard
>> Anonymous
>>49618
Sounds exactly like Calgary. And I can guarantee you the Saddledome is way uglier than Mellon Arena ever could be.
>> Anonymous
BRB, writing an ED article on 'It's only fitting'
>> Anonymous
>>49618
Explain how the Pirates still have fans then retard.
>> Anonymous
>>49630

They don't have fans.
>> Anonymous
>>49630
I could ask that about baseball in general...
>> Anonymous
ITT:
A bunch of butthurt fags who've watched their teams get ass raped by Pittsburgh teams too much.
>> Anonymous
>>49638

Sharks own the Penguins, good try though dude.
>> Anonymous
>>49645
Does San Jose have anything besides the Sharks?

Oh right, Mexicans.
>> Anonymous
>>49649

Computer Tech companies
>> Anonymous
Is not bothering to pay forty bucks to sit in a shitty old arena and watch your perennially failing, boring team lose the same as being a fairweather fan?
>> Anonymous
>>49638

We're 4-2 against them, and Cindy has 0 goals and 2 assists against us.

And again, he doesn't defend the fact that he is a fair weather fan, and won't give two shits about the Pens in 5 years when Malkin/Crosby are both gone.
>> Anonymous
>>49416the two greatest players OF ALL TIME: Gretzky and Lemieux
Pretty sure Howe > Lemieux.

>>49542they have had something like 60 straight sellouts at home.
While that looks and sounds nice, it doesn't actually mean that the building is full. I've told you before that Anaheim has had 70+ "sellouts" yet they haven't had a full building since the start of the season.
>> Anonymous
>>49649
THE AFL LULZ
>> Anonymous
>>49649

>I don't have a mature rebuttal to your statement so instead I will talk about something that has nothing to do with what you just said.

Oh you lolz.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49657

>While that looks and sounds nice, it doesn't actually mean that the building is full.

They have been packing people over capacity every game this season.

>Pretty sure Howe > Lemieux.

Pretty sure you are a fucking moron.
>> Anonymous
>>49416
Pfft, Gretzky. Orr was skating on one and a half legs and he still raped Gretzky in two-way play.
>> Anonymous
>>49666

Exactly, the NFL has a broadcast rule that the game has to be a sell out in order to be broadcast locally. Now, does that mean that there is an ass in every seat? No, they probably move people down from the nosebleeds to ice level to make it look fuller than it actually is.

Flyers were dead last last season, and still managed to be 9th in average attendance. What is his excuse when the Penguins sucked? Oh they only pay when the team is doing well. And THAT is why he is a fair weather faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>49700They have been packing people over capacity every game this season.
Anaheim does standing room only as well, but it's not fucking "soldout" as you're led to believe.
>> Anonymous
Lulz at /sp/. Pens will be #1 in the east and win the Stanley Cup. Then /sp/ will be bawwwing for months.
>> Anonymous
>>49711
>Lulz at /sp/. Sharks will be #2 in the west and win the Stanley Cup. Then /sp/ will be cheering for months cause FUCK YEAH CHEECHOO TRAIN!!
>> Anonymous
They might win the East, but I'd be very very suprised if whoever came out of the east won the cup.

The west is the better conference this year by far.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49709

Is every single obstructed view standing room only ticket sold every game?

No and it's fucking retarded to expect it to be.

Is it still an over-capacity sellout?

Yes.
>> Anonymous
>>49711

lulz. They have to make it past the first round in order for that to happen.
>> Anonymous
>>49711

This is the best possible outcome.

Coming in a close second, Carolina wins the cup, pissing off everyone who wishes the SE would just go away.
>> Anonymous
>>49719
>Lulz at /sp/. Sharks will be #2 in the west and win the Stanley Cup. Then the one fucking San Jose fan will post even more Cheechoo Train faggotry.

fix't.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>49737

>Carolina wins the cup

HAAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
>> Anonymous
>>49740

You wish it was only one fan, what teams bandwaggon have you joined lately faggot?
>> Anonymous
>>49744

Oh god we agree on something...

...excuse me while I go grab my 9mm
>> Anonymous
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>>49719
Did someone say my name?