Game 1 personnel update: Chris Kunitz IN, Tyler Kennedy OUT

by Hooks Orpik on Apr 30, 2010 12:02 PM EDT

Pens winger Chris Kunitz just informed the media that he will play in Game 1 of the semifinals against the Montreal Canadiens at Mellon Arena tonight.

Head coach Dan Bylsma did confirm that winger Tyler Kennedy will not be in the lineup, and will not take pre-game warmups with the team.

Also Jordan Leopold (head) remains out, but that should come as no surprise.

It's expected that Chris Conner and not Ruslan Fedotenko will dress. Projected lines:

Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin
Talbot-Malkin-Ponikarovsky
Cooke-Staal-Dupuis
Rupp-Adams-Conner

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I really thought scratching Feds was to send him a message and he’d be back, apparently i was wrong.

by JasonGoPens on Apr 30, 2010 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

with the mistakes he made in round 1 I am not sure he will be back

by jevans on Apr 30, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

As for Feds… well HE needs to play “Ruslan Fedotenko hockey”

by CGNC on Apr 30, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

does that mean don’t hit, don’t set up goals, or don’t score goals? That is the Tenks of ’09-10. One of the harshest things about professional sports, and sports in general, is that when it is over, it is OVER.

Life is about one simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying

by Dr Tre on Apr 30, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

agree - and its OVER for Fedostinko

by Diomedes7 on Apr 30, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

We’ve lost every game in the playoffs Fedotenko has played and won each game he has been scratched. Based on superstition alone, I hope we don’t dress him again.

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by blackjackfishtaco on Apr 30, 2010 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

Might not be superstition or coincidence….Though something tells me if the Penguins go on another deep playoff run, we’ll see Fedotenko back in the lineup at some point.

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by Hooks Orpik on Apr 30, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

gotta beat the Habs, I hate them

by Rickfansince76 on Apr 30, 2010 3:16 PM EDT reply actions

Feds is in a freefall, Petr Sykora style. Maybe he’ll be brought back in the finals, only to heroically block a shot and get injured his 4th shift in. He’ll look like a man possessed up to that point.

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by gorgalor on Apr 30, 2010 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

I’d like to see Crosby with Dupuis and, maybe, Kunitz.

by rlsuth on Apr 30, 2010 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

agree w/ rlsuth -- put Guerin on the 3rd line and leave him on the PP. he's too slow to excel w/ 87

by Diomedes7 on Apr 30, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think he needs to be able to fly. He is out there to create havoc in front and grind in the corner so Sid has open ice. Speed will not beat Montreal, see: Capitals, Rd 1

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by WyoMountie on Apr 30, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions