GAME DAY: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30pm ET - Mon. Oct. 12th, 2009

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote: Yeah Flo, Cheechoo's earned it. Now he needs to smash a couple of pucks top shelf and get on a roll.

in the words of clouston "garbage goals" i'll accept as well

I'll take any kind of goal without complaint.

I'm in Montreal today, visiting my parents. Had to shuffle the PVR to record the game (Heroes just got relegated to the West-coast, SD feed; you don't produce, you lose HD time). I'm still wondering, though, why SportsNet doesn't just replay the game overnight? TSN does it (I think) and I've seen CBC replay their HNIC games (with no breaks). I mena, I'll be listening to the game on the drive home, so it would only be for catching the highlights.

It was great to hear Mendes confirm that Shannon would replace Regin (I called that, sort of) and that Cheechoo will play top line. He's been hustling and Clouston is simply doing what he's been doing all along -- reward performance with ice time and increased responsibilities.

Are you hearing this, Dany?

wprager wrote:
Are you hearing this, Dany?

He can't hear you because of all the goal horns going off every time he snipes one.

Hey guys,

I put up the game day notice on the main page just under the logo. Check it out. There's a direct link to this thread, the chat room and for buying tickets.

Clutch

Keys for the win:

- Volchenkov and Philips all over the 2 obvious.
- No Penalties
- Spezza, Kovalev and the rest of the PP must DOMINATE.
- Ruutu and Neil play smart.
- No Campoli/Karlsson against Malkin/Crosby please.

Pens win 4-1

Tuk Tuk wrote:Pens win 4-1

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Hey guys,

I put up the game day notice on the main page just under the logo. Check it out. There's a direct link to this thread, the chat room and for buying tickets.

Clutch

Nicely done!

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Hey guys,

I put up the game day notice on the main page just under the logo. Check it out. There's a direct link to this thread, the chat room and for buying tickets.

Clutch

Nice, really good idea there Clutchie.

marakh wrote:

Tuk Tuk wrote:Pens win 4-1

I wont complain if I'm wrong

Flo The Action wrote:

shabbs wrote:Updated with TSN's Ice Chips from today. Leclaire named starting goalie. Spezza was apparently using wooden sticks this morning.

Shannon will play tonight. Kuba and Winchester will not.

he's getting serious

definitely he only moved to a non wooden stick last year

marakh wrote:- No Campoli/Karlsson against Malkin/Crosby please.

Yeah, that's what sucks about having Kuba out of the line-up. We're going to have to put a rookie in Carkner and a near-rookie in Picard out against one of the top-3 offensive players in the game.

Which, of course, also means that Campoli-Karlsson will have to contend with the behemoth that is Jordan Staal.

These pairings are so impractical.

asq2 wrote:Which, of course, also means that Campoli-Karlsson will have to contend with the behemoth that is Jordan Staal.

These pairings are so impractical.

Leclaire is gonna need to be HUGE tonight.

Very comparable Ds tonight and goaltenders as well. Interesting matchup if we can attack their D, we should be able to get some chances vs Fleury. If they attack our D, the same will apply.

Obviously the differences are Crosby, Malkin, Staal and Gonchar - down the middle and their one fantastic D-man. Our wingers are as good or better than theirs. Again...interesting matchup.

EDIT: I also think our 3rd and 4th lines will have some pride to show the Pens that we have a balanced attack now.

Pretty good interview with Tim Murray on Hockey Central at noon right now.

Do I hear that Cheechoo is on the 1st line with Spezz ?

Hoags wrote:Do I hear that Cheechoo is on the 1st line with Spezz ?

Lets call it the 2nd line. The idea of the 1st line combining for 0 goals through 4 games doesnt look too good