What's so insane about expecting Pittsburgh to take a huge fall?

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Huh?
Published 8/27/2008 by JP (noreply@blogger.com) at Japers' Rink
[image] OK, that last entry was a little bizarre, but at least it formed an intelligent and coherent thought, unlike this paragraph from Mike "Possibly Right, But For The Wrong Reasons" Toth : "With his energy, charisma and hip-hop attitude, Alex Ovechkin seems more Washington Wizard than Washington Capital. Yes, the NHL is fortunate that this hockey-crazed fool didn't follow in his mother's famous footsteps. Tatiana Ovechkin won a pair of Olympic gold medals playing basketball for Russia and it's not hard to imagine Ovechkin as a ...

Expect More
Published 9/4/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... Already talking heads are chiming in on the Penguins chances in 2009. They are saying how magically the run was last year, and how things really aligned. They are talking like Crosby strolled out of a 7-11, pulled a quarter out of his pocket and scratched off three treasure chests. And most of all they are talking about how hard it’ll be for them to repeat. Expect less they say. [ Puck Daddy ] That’s fair. Anyone who has watched a team lose 50 games and end their season in early spring knows last season was something different. And ...

Why Are August Predictions Bringing Out the Riot Gear?
Published 9/5/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Going Five Hole) at Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole
... of posts from the internets predicting the Penguins to fall back a little bit from their highly successful 2007-08 campaign. Their roster was raided by the rest of their league and they could only replace the likes of Hossa, Malone, Roberts, Hall, Conklin, Ruutu, Laraque, and the injured Whitney with Miroslav Satan, Matt Cooke, Janne Pesonen, Ruslan Fedotenko, and Eric Godard. ...

Your Obligatory Debate of Pittsburgh's Chances this Year
Published 9/5/2008 by Kevin (noreply@blogger.com) at Barry Melrose Rocks
... chances this season have become a contentious point around the blogosphere. Let's recap real quick. This all started when the boys at Pensblog got a little agitated about something Sportsnet's Mike Toth wrote. For the record, taking offense to something Sportsnet does is like getting upset about who anchors the 11pm Sportscenter. It's all irrelevant unless it's Scott Van Pelt, so who cares. After that, Puck Daddy responded by claiming that Toth is totally not out of his mind. Since then Spector has chimed in, the Pensblog ...

Season Preview: Washington Caps
Published 9/15/2008 by JP (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... wear those shades and fellate that stogie everywhere he goes?" to which I laugh and reply, "No." In fact, here's a picture of him working from home on his now infamous "What's so insane about expecting Pittsburgh to take a huge fall?" post to prove it: ...