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Previewing Red Wings vs. Penguins, snarky roundtable style
Previewing Red Wings vs. Penguins, snarky roundtable style
They met last June in an exciting Stanley Cup Finals (OK, exciting after the first two games). The drama continued when Marian Hossa felt the Detroit Red Wings had a better chance at repeating this season as champions, so he took less money from Ken Holland and spurned Pittsburgh for ...
Malkin's solution for Penguins' woes? Sweet, glorious bribery
Malkin's solution for Penguins' woes? Sweet, glorious bribery
sports.yahoo.com — Yesterday afternoon, Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Luca Caputi was a guest on former WCW announcer Mark Madden's... 105.9 FM "The X" radio show ( listen to the podcast here ). The conversation turned to Penguins star Evgeni Malkin , and ... (more) Malkin's solution for Penguins' woes? Sweet, glorious ...
Heat Up Your Cold February Nights With Hockey Erotica [Nhl]
Heat Up Your Cold February Nights With Hockey Erotica [Nhl]
deadspin.com — If you're looking for hot entertainment, I suggest finding your way North this month for "a new... show that brings Canada's two favourite pastimes—hockey and sex—together at last on one rollicking theatre stage." " 5 Hole: Tales of Hockey ... (more) Heat Up Your Cold February Nights With Hockey Erotica [Nhl]
Red Wings shutout Penguins 3-0, Marc-Andre Fleury looks sloppy
Red Wings shutout Penguins 3-0, Marc-Andre Fleury looks sloppy
pensburgh.com — What can the Penguins take from this game other than embarassment on national television? For starters, Marc-Andre... Fleury can expect a loss next game or spend time with goaltending coach Gilles Meloche to work on rebound control.  The Red Wings had way too many second-chance shots.  ... (more) Red Wings shutout Penguins 3-0, Marc-Andre Fleury looks ...
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Wings-Pens discussion and Samuelssen's take on Osgood
Snapshots — Two points of note from a slate of pundits: First and foremost, Yahoo Sports' Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski posted a roundtable discussion in which various Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins bloggers weigh in on the impending grudge match between Detroit and Pittsburgh this Sunday (12:30 PM, NBC/WXYT, and of course, I'm offended that I didn't get an invite, wink wink); And the Detroit Free Press's Jamie Samuelssen weighed in regarding the so-called controversy surrounding coach Mike Babcock's criticism of goaltender Chris Osgood. As far as Samuelssen's concerned, criticism comes ...

Talkin’ Sunday
Abel to Yzerman — ... set aside and research prevailed. 4. Finally, it was 7-6 Pittsburgh in overtime last time around. Will this game be even close as exciting as the last time? And your prediction, of course. A2Y (Wings): Let’s see. Osgood gives up three in the first. Pulled. Conklin shuts out the Pens the rest of the way. Hossa scores four. Gary Bettman and Pierre McGuire sit on either side of Sidney Crosby and feed him baby food with plastic spoons in between shifts. Wings win 5-3. Read the rest here . Filed in: | ...

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings [Open thread]
PensBurgh — ... Just a few days ago Sean Leahy from PuckDaddy asked for a few Pens and Wings bloggers to toss around their thoughts on this rematch.  Give it a read. ...

Wings clamp down on Penguins, win 3-0
The Confluence — Boy did that look familiar. Earlier this week, Puck Daddy colleague Sean Leahy asked me and some other Pens and Wings bloggers for some input on today’s game.  His first question asked the biggest change in our respective team’s seasons.  I succinctly answered that both the goaltending and defense had regressed.  His final question asked for a score.  Always striving for objectivity, rather than blatant homerism, I said to refer to the first question, and then predicted because of that, 5-2 Wings.  Of course, I was blasted by true homers, claiming that other Pens bloggers and I who predicted a Wings win weren’t “true fans”. ...

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