Pens fall to Red Wings 4-1 in final preseason game
by FrankD on Sep 28, 2009 1:03 AM EDT
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PrintThe Pens lost their final preseason game to the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 at Joe Louis Arena, but let's be honest here - did Detroit really beat the Pens? And more importantly, does any of this matter?
Long story short, a lineup void of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar resulted in only one Pittsburgh goal from a relatively unlikely source; Pascal Dupuis. Marc-Andre Fleury didn't look horrible in net, per se, but there were a few shots he should've had a jump on. In the first period Johan Franzen beat him gloveside more or less at point-blank range. Had it been a regular season game, or even playoffs for that matter, chances are Kris Letang would've sacrificed the body a bit more to block the shot. For what it's worth, I don't mind him slacking off a bit if it means preventing an injury.
But come Friday, no excuses.
Bill Guerin and Eric Godard picked up misconducts each, keeping the Pens' game misconduct streak alive at three games (even if Cooke only received 2 minutes against the Leafs).
Regular season kicks off Friday for both teams. One of them has a banner going up before taking to the ice against the Rangers.
Guess who?
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Since the Red Wings aren't playing the Rangers....uhh, the Pens?
Besides, the Wings could raise a Western Conference banner if they wanted to…it just…wouldn’t be the same (expletive deleted, I’m sure you remember the feeling from last October)
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Correct!
And that feeling is getting harder to remember but yes, it’s still relative.
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It’s official!!!!!! The wings proved that they should have won the cup!! :)
by GhostWalker40 on Sep 28, 2009 6:34 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
How about some discipline from Guerin and Adams? They’ve taken way too many unnecessary calls in the preseason.
Much as I love Guerin, I agree. Both of them are veterans, and Guerin’s been in both official and (with this team) unofficial leadership roles. Whatever’s gotten into them can’t be helping everyone else.
"Darling, you say Brooks Orpik 'checked' that guy. He did not 'get under him and put him into the wall'."--Beloved to me, Winter 2007
by GreenEyedLilo on Sep 28, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Time to get focused!
Well the Preseason is over and I understand the level of effort understandably is lacking from the guys solidly penned in as Starters. I do hope the Pens shake this funk of the Preseason out of their system and focus on Winning Friday when it counts. It’d be quite a let-down to have a banner raising ceremony and follow it up with a loss to a division rival. Two points counts as much in October as it does in March so I do hope they’ve got the lackidasical play out of their system. Go Pens! Let’s see another fantastic sesaon hopefully with another Cup to Parade through Pittsburgh!
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All I can say is go Wings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
robert
Ok…
But your profile says you’re a Canes fan…
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haha that must be it. Although I’d imagine it also stems from bitterness of the ECF. Some of the Canes fans that pop up around here don’t hold the grudge and are pretty cool about it. I sense this is different.
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