Dynamo 47 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 When the season started I was totally ready to give up on Hartnell. The lack of production and stupid penalties and antics was too much.But one of Lavy's most underated moves of the year was benching Hartnell in the beginning of the season. After the benching and short ice team, he was a different player.Not only has he produced, he still brings the grit to the game and has played much smarter. In fact he has played like an All Star.But one of the things I loved the most was his doing the Hulk Hogan hand to the ear to mock the fat Penguins fan who looked like Hulk Hogan's brother at the end of the game. That was classic and showed me the team was having fun which is key to beating the Pens.Even ESPN Sportcenter and Comcast mocked the guy and included the Hulkster talking leading into the highlight.At the beginning of the season I was all too ready to see Hartnell walk at the end of the year and spend that $4m+ somewhere else. But he has proven to me that he is capable of playing smarter, contributing offensively while providing grit as well as the intangibles to bring him back.In fact I think it would be great for the game on Saturday if Harnell came out wearing a Hulk Hogan hockey jersey to "I am a Real American" and mocked the guy and ripped the jersey off and gave it to the fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerrod Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 The pic in the shout box is awesome....you can see all the people around the guy laughing their a sses off (other Pens fans) while Hartsy is doing his Hulk impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexy27 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I was not a big Hartnell fan prior to this season. He's done a damn good job this year and now I would hate to see him play anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Mocking the Hulk Hogan guy was priceless. hartnell is going to actually gain some fans on that one. How does a grown man go out in public dressed like that idiot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 How does a grown man go out in public dressed like that idiot?It's simple, he's from Pittsburgh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom88 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 To be fair, Hartnell was hurt in the offseason, and came in out of shape for that reason alone. He spent a lot of time in the gym once healthy getting his fitness up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakanekimiwa Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 hartnell has been priceless this year. and 30+ goal scorer who can piss off every member of the other team is simply priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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