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- flavorful0
My cousin is going to the game tonite (and I was going to as well but changed my trip to incorporate Spring Training baseball ... haha) down in Tampa.
He's going to be excited.
Mainly because he can name about one other player on the Penguins.
In fact I'm not even sure if he knows who Malkin the Monstar is.
- nocomply0
Go pens!
Wish we got more coverage here out west.
- flavorful0
Ovechkin is fun to watch, but get a 100% healthy Crosby out there and he is better.
Ovechkin smiles because his team sucks and he's great. Crosby gets fucking angry when he does something great and doesn't score because he hates non-perfection.
At this point in time - if you had a choice - hands down Crosby would still be the player you want to build a franchise around.
- melq0
First game back and gets an assist on the game winner. Sounds good to me.
- Jaline0
I keep thinking melq is a girl ;)
Too bad flavor couldn't play him tonight in his pool. Good for me though :)
- flavorful0
Ovechkin is infectious, there is no debating that. There is nothing like his dumb goofy smile after he checks someone and a fight breaks out and you go, "Damn he just loves hockey."
It's just different because Crosby has so much more pressure on him. Where after he bloodies up someone in his first fight, he's punching the glass trying to fight the guy again because he has the biggest target on his jersey in the league.
Well ... one of the biggest.
- Jaline0
True. One problem though is making him captain. That just adds to the pressure. It could either be a good thing, or a bad thing. I think it helped him a bit because he has had to mature more quickly than other players around the same age as him, but I wonder if it really was good or not. It's too hard to really say.
- Truth. Which is why I think Alfredsson didn't get the -C on the All-Star game.flavorful
- LeCavieler was a young gun who had teh Captain, and then his new fucking gay mngmnt/ took it away and made him an alternate.flavorful
- ... Alternate.flavorful
- And the NHL needs the next generation to take over earlier than ever given their horrible ratings in the U.S..flavorful
- I think it sucks how the NHL hates Canada. They never want us to have more teams here.Jaline
- Even though we ARE hockey.ETM
- ETM0
It's unfair how the NHL has put so much of the league's image on his shoulders...
Plus his "people" are assholes and have him on about a 2 inch leash.
- Jaline0
878 players have played a regular season game this year (according to Yahoo Sports members)
454 were born in Canada (51.7%)
187 were born in America (21.3%)
30 were born in Russia (3.4%)- Still, it could be the first time ever a Russian wins the art ross. Ove opened up a big lead in points.eegrek
- Jaline0
By position: http://mirtle.blogspot.com/2007/…
FORWARDS
Canada 303 (54.4%)
USA 103 (18.5%)
Czech Rep. 38 (6.8%)
Sweden 27 (4.8%)
Russia 24 (4.3%)
Finland 22 (3.9%)
Slovakia 16 (2.9%)
Other 24 (4.3%)TOTAL: 557
DEFENCEMEN
Canada 153 (50.8%)
USA 65 (21.6%)
Czech Rep. 23 (7.6%)
Sweden 18 (6.0%)
Finland 11 (3.7%)
Russia 9 (3.0%)
Slovakia 7 (2.3%)
Other 15 (5.0%)TOTAL: 301
GOALTENDERS
Canada 43 (51.2%)
USA 14 (16.7%)
Finland 9 (10.7%)
Czech Rep. 4 (4.8%)
Sweden 4 (4.8%)
Switzerland 2 (2.4%)
Russia 2 (2.4%)
Slovakia 2 (2.4%)
Other 4 (4.8%)TOTAL: 84
- Jaline0
If Malkin or Ovechkin win the trophy (which could happen), they would be the first Russians to do so, you're right eegrek.
- nosaj0
Ovechkin is amazing... maybe not as well rounded as Crosby but a blast to watch.. And the kid is always smiling.
- Jaline0
Crosby will always be really talented and the Pens will be a force once he and Hossa play together (maybe). Plus, Crosby is a Canadian boy ;)
But I've never seen anyone have as much fun as Ovechkin does.
- Chirs Pronger has more fun with weather girls.eegrek
- yeah he always looks like he's on speed or something.molo
- Ovenchkin that is...I went to the same high school as Crosby, same with Spezza. Grew up in the same neighborhood.molo
- I'm jealous, molo.Jaline
- I took some paparazzi pictures of Spezza once at a concert last year...Jaline
- Pronger is gross.Jaline
- put a hockey stick and a million dollars in your hands and suddenly your not so gross to a lot of women.eegrek
- and craig hillier and joey depenta. knew them both when i was a kid, played street hockey etcmolo
- yes, of course, that's why most of them have blonde, hot girlfriends.Jaline
- pro sports = chicksmolo
- I remember Carmen Electra went to a game and she later claimed that hockey guys were better b/c they are roughJaline
- flavorful0
Not to give this thread more flower power, but GO PENS!!!!!
/reports to NHL thread.