Penguins vs Capitals Open Thread
by FrankD on Mar 9, 2008 1:01 AM EST
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Pittsburgh Penguins (38-24-7) vs Washington Capitals (32-29-8)
In Washington at 1pm
Watch on NBC
NOTES
Sidvechkin meet up for the last time of the season, and with the way Washington has been playing lately there's a chance it can happen in the playoffs as well. Of course, last night the Caps lost 2-1 to Boston so there's always the "might not." Especially even more so when you consider Washington would practically have to win the rest of their games to make it.
So yeah - maybe not.
Perhaps the best part about this game is NBC's pushing of Malkin vs Ovechkin over Crosby vs Ovechkin. When you think about it, it just seems right. Russian vs Russian, former roommates, star-crossed lovers - you get the picture. Now they face off once again and it aint gonna be pretty.
Therrien announced on Saturday that we'll see MAF in net, but game-time decisions do happen. Definitely going to see Ovechkin vs Malkin and maybe Sid will show up to play.
The Pens lead the series 2-1. If you combine all of the goals in all three appearances then the Pens would be leading 11-10. Case and point: expect some goalage.
Puck drops at 1pm.
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checkin in
message in if you're around - hope you all didn't sleep in thanks to the glorious and non-sensical daylight savings
haters?
Ovie and Malkin don't get along? Who knew?
I was surprised by 12:30 start, I just assumed 1:00.
That's what I thought!
Hence why I almost missed it, but I figured I'd like to see what NBC's pregame coverage was like.
pre-game
Evidently their pre-game is 2 minutes of golf preview, 1 minute with Crosby, 4 minutes of commercials and puck drop.
Crosby
Because I'm up in Canada I don't get to watch a lot of Pens games but I can never get over how bad Crosby takes it, everyone has his number when he plays. Today, no exception. He's getting pounded.
True
But he also puts himself in those positions. I mean, it's his choice to charge down the middle and get wrecked like that and I think it just makes him a better player in the end. As long as he doesn't get up and try to cry a call out of the refs afterwards. I'm as big a Pens fan as they come, but I can't stand it when he does that.
PS - Where in Canada?
oh yeah Dayna
Check this link out. I put this together for new users because sometimes the defaults on this website are a little annoying.
True
That's right, he loves to try and split the defense. Maybe he likes the look of bruises or something. He's not as bad as he used to be with the refs, he's been esp. quiet the past few games.
I'm originally from Northern Ontario (think Pronger and the Staals) but I'm going to school in Ottawa.
Ottawa
I was just up in Ottawa in December. Was never there before and wanted to check out Parliament and a 67's game. Unfortunately the 67's weren't playing that night and there was about a foot of snow out but I still had a pretty fun time. It was really nice looking around Christmas time.
67's
I wanted to go see the 67's today, but there's a Pens game on, and I am literally snowed in. I can't open the back door. I think next weekend is the last in their regular season so I need to try and get a game in, I haven't been yet this year.
Ottawa is a nice city. Just don't ask me about Emery, it isn't pretty.
oh man
I read the Ottawa Sun online sometimes for some info on the Sens. They sure as hell bounce all over the place with opinions on him.
What school do you go to? Have you ever skated on that river up there? I thought that would've been so cool, but it wasn't frozen through yet when I was up there.
sens fans
are crazy. They can't make up their mind on Emery. TSN and CBC seem to have solidified against him though, I agree with them. Not a huge sens fan though.
I go to the University of Ottawa, we're right next to the Rideau Canal. I've skated it a few times, but the season was short this year and I was away for part of it. We've had too much snow for good skating, and warm weather. I need to get some hockey skates for next year though, my figure skates don't cut in on the canal, too many bumps and holes.
Oh
When I was up there I bought a Sens hat just to have, but I tend to really dislike them as well. I also never understood why the capital of Canada has the team's arena a 1/2 hour outside of the city.
Rideau Canal - that's it. I read that people commute back and forth from Ottawa to Quebec by skating the river. I've always thought it would just be funny to watch someone wipe out on their commute to work.
I looked into some grad programs at Univ. of Ott, but I don't think they really have a focus on the area I was looking at. What are you goin for?
NBC
Must be happy to have Sid back in the lineup. Someone for them to market again. They actually moved two Pens games because of it.
no kidding
They are crazy about Sid. Did I just hear them say they're going to interview him again?
They have the worst programming going, I'm surprised that the game didn't get preempted by Deal or No Deal or something.
haha
Deal or No Deal - can't stand it. I think he's going to get to a point where he's just tired of answering the same questions. He really just gives "by the book" answers.
I think he already is
I actually feel kind of bad for him. In perspective I'm almost the same age as Sid, and I would be biting people's heads off if I had to answer so many questions. Sometimes you can get a little glimpse of his real personality, but mostly, by the book.
Ott
Yeah, the arena is kind of out there strategically. You get all the traffic off the queensway so you can try and get people from outside the city to come, plus the city is trying to grow out toward Kanata area. Eventually it will build up out there.
I'm studying English Lit and Second Lang. Teaching, but I want to get into Library Science.
Where are you from? The U of O has a big push or grad programs lately, it's getting a little ridiculous.
I'm
from NJ. I went to a University down here and was considering a Grad program somewhere else, but I don't know if I can hack the $$$.
Second lang - French?
Yeah,
French is my second language, but I'm more studying to teach English, to... Non-English speakers? The French is crazy at the university. Those are their big things, grad school and french.
Huet was a total steal for the Caps.
No
Not lately.
Also, I'm so sick of being outshot. When's our D going to show up for a whole 60 minutes?
sounds about right
I've also always wondered what Therrien would do if the Pens got scored on while he was being interviewed.
He'd
probably lose it. And while he was at it probably go after them for calling him Mike/Michael. It's french, friends.
They
always get footage of Sid swearing. He's probably not happy, it'll ruin his squeaky clean image.
I
can't remember where I read it, but I'm sure I read that one game he ripped his mike off because he was so mad and he didn't want it to be miked and broadcast.
i bet
I think they mic'd Ruutu one time and he was singing to himself while skating around the ice. If I'm not mistaken, one time he was humming "Dude Looks Like a Lady" by Aerosmith.
How fitting
Crosby interview after first period, Ovechkin after second...what more could they ask for? If this goes to OT maybe we'll see something on Malkin after the third.
I totally
didn't notice him during the winter classic. He should give us some coach-ly insight on Crosby during the commentary or something.
I just
clicked to watch the Crosby cam they've been pushing all game, on nbcsports.com. Must be a boring job to just film a guy sitting there through commercial breaks.
All I read was
Therrien said he wasn't ready for today, as initially projected. I'd guess Weds, but the Pens luckily have a light schedule over the next few games so it may be Sunday against the Flyers. Good time to come back if you ask me.
Not
that we need more goalies, but for a second round pick we should have taken him - anyone should have taken him. (We gave ours up for Gill though, right?)
During
the commercial break someone finally told the Pens that they're allowed to shoot the puck, it isn't against the rules.
It's
a terrible penalty to take. That's how Canada won at the world juniors, the us took 2 of them in one period. Let's hope that's not the story tonight.
Great game
to have on national TV too. Although I doubt many non-hockey fans watched, but if they did I'd hope this would make them fans.
Thanks
for a good thread. It was fun.
Nice to meet you. Maybe Wednesday, if learning html doesn't kill me before then. Have a good week!
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