Repeat? Evgeni Malkin's talking three-peat

by FrankD on Jul 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT in News

I love reading interviews translated into English. It doesn't matter what the original language is that's being translated. You get the literal meaninkg of everything. Sometimes this is good, as evidenced in yesterday's Petr Sykora/Dan Bylsma post. Other times it can be bad, often leading to a ridiculous amount of hype that distracts from the actual game (remember the Alexander Semin/Sidney Crosby comments from last season?) But even still there are times when it's merely entertaining, or in the recent case of Evgeni Malkin, I suppose one could say inspiring.

Sports Express has a few great quotes from Geno, extracted from a recent article that ran in a Russian paper.(thanks to Dirk from On The Forecheck for the link):

On the Stanley Cup Finals:

"The series was extended to the decisive seventh match and one mistake could have decided the whole game. Maybe we were lucky enough, but I suppose that we played better than our opponents".

Winning again (and again?):

"Someone could think that one victory was accidental like good luck or help of referees. That is why it’s very important to win this trophy for the second and the third time to prove people that we are one of the strongest teams of the league throughout several seasons".

The Olympics:

"I would lay special emphasize on Russian and Canadian national teams. Two failures at the World championship frustrated Canada and they will do everything possible to redeem for these losses at home".

Hey, I'll take a three-peat any day if that's what Geno's gettin at. A few other fun quotes available on the site too regarding the World Championships and the playoffs. Check em out.

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Russia v. Canada should be truly epic….Hopefully it’ll happen and live up to the expectations.

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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 17, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

Oh, Geno’s getting downright addicted to winning! Awwwwwesome.

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by GreenEyedLilo on Jul 17, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

re: repeating and three-peating

If you read ESPN’s hockey coverage (not something I really recommend), one of the common themes has been that the Pens’ victory was some sort of miracle. As if there’s such a thing as a miraculous winner in a seven-game series. But I wonder if Geno’s comment is directed at that. I.e., “we’ve won 30 playoff games in the past two seasons; can we get credit for being a really awesome team at some point?”

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by holiday park on Jul 17, 2009 1:58 PM EDT reply actions

Aside from the occasional headline that streams into my Google Reader, I hardly read ESPN’s hockey coverage. I like JOhn Buccigross’s column and occasionally hit up the forums to see what people are talking about, but I’d have to agree that the general consensus from a lot of places is that Pittsburgh’s win was a huge surprise. For anyone who followed the team over the past four years they’d know it was just a matter of time.

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by FrankD on Jul 17, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

But how many people thought it would happen this quickly?

by Ulf Murphy on Jul 17, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

True, but they did dub it the five-year plan, so I suppose they were expecting it in 2010. I guess they have to come through on that expectation after all.

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by FrankD on Jul 17, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

they were definitely the underdogs but . . .

My point is that this was hardly “Stanford beats USC”; if Stanford and SC replay that football game, SC probably wins 9 out of 10 times. A single game can be a miraculous victory. But the old saw that the best team always wins a 7-game series is as true as ever.

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by holiday park on Jul 17, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I was a little but not a lot surprised....

Yeah I know the “experts” were predicting that the Pens had less of a chance this go around than the year before against Detroit in no small part to the fact that not only had Maid Marian abandoned ship (and thanks to him for doing that to free up the $$$ to get more important pieces) he jumped over to these very same wings. On paper, no doubt Detroit was a better club than `08 SC winners and The Pens were a “worse” club on paper. In reality I could tell the difference between the 2 finals in the first couple of minutes in Game 1. Sure the Pens were totally unprepared for the Finals in 08 and had to overachieve just to make a series of it. They also played a series where a lot of penalties were called and that definitely favored the Pens. In the end though the better team won. It was funny to see how things worked out nearly in reverse here in 09. Although the Pens were down 2-0, they looked like a team that should have been at worst tied 1-1, they firmly outplayed Detroit in Game 4 after weathering the must win G3, only to fall asleep in Game 5 with probably the worst playoff game they`ve had in the past 2 years. Whatever they hustled and scrapped and full on beat Detroit in the unlikely scenario of Games 6 and 7 and earned the Cup. There are some (Mostly BS`ers trying to get a rise out of Pens fans or just complete knuckleheads or both) claiming the lack of calls (how ironic) in the 09 Finals favored Pittsburgh and that`s why they won… Hopefully that nonsense crap will be what inspires the guys to stay at the top of their game and get a couple of Championships and not have just a “one off”. It is all easier said than done, hope for good health and good fortune, with the talented youngsters getting better every year and Management skilled at finding the right support role players, I do like their chances. Oh yeah and if Geno plays like a man possessed in the playoffs like he did this season…. I REALLY like their chances!

by Dutch71 on Jul 19, 2009 4:17 AM EDT reply actions