Fish for Breakfast - May 24

by dleung17 on May 24, 2010 4:44 AM EDT

Many hockey blogs, including countless right here at SB Nation, have posts every morning that include links to interesting reads gathered from all over the Internet. Since PensBurgh doesn't have any "breakfast links", I've decided to start the inaugural "Fish for Breakfast".

Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar, and the rest of the Russian national team fell 2-1 to the Czech Republic in the gold medal game of the 2010 IIHF World Championships. Down 2-0, Malkin took a roughing penalty with 93 seconds left in the game. However, Pavel Datsyuk scored with 36 seconds left to cut the lead to one; Gonchar, who played a game-high 21:52, picked up the secondary assist.
Malkin finished the tournament with 5 goals and 2 assists in 5 game, en route to being named by the media as one of the top three forwards.
Gonchar had 4 assists in 5 games and played a team-high 19:17 of ice time per game. He finished tied for third among all defensemen in scoring.
The Philadelphia Flyers return home to host the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals - faceoff is at 7:00 pm EST. Head over to either Habs Eyes on the Prize, if you're cheering for the Canadiens, who eliminated us in seven games last round, or Broad Street Hockey, if you decide to root for our cross-state rivals, the Flyers.

Meanwhile, over in the Western Conference, the Chicago Blackhawks scored four unanswered goals after falling down 2-0 to sweep the San Jose Sharks. Marian Hossa will be the first player to play in the Stanley Cup Finals in three consecutive years with three different teams. Losing to the Detroit Red Wings with the Penguins in 2008 after being acquired from the Atlanta Thrashers at the trade deadline, he signed a one-year deal with Detroit in the 2008 offseason. As a member of the Red Wings, he then lost in the 2009 Finals to the Penguins. Will Hossa finally win the Cup this year?
Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has another article about trading Evgeni Malkin this offseason. Same story, different writer; next.
Earlier today, TSN reported that the Washington Capitals are prepared to offer upcoming unrestricted free agent Anton Volchenkov a contract with an annual salary in the neighborhood of $5 million (the article has since been removed). Is this good news for the Penguins, as the Capitals' budget to acquire a second-line center diminishes, or is it bad news, considering we didn't re-sign Hal Gill and Rob Scuderi last offseason? Voice your opinion on this FanPost by Wags24.

If you come across any other interesting reads, just comment below and I may add it to this post.

The content expressed in fanposts does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the staff here at Pensburgh.com. FanPosts are opinions expressed by fans of various teams throughout the league but may be more Pittsburgh-centric for obvious reasons.

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Ron Cook is an even bigger hack than Rossi. Cook only cares about hockey when the Steelers aren’t playing, and it shows in his lack of anything resembling knowledge of the sport.

by SlayerGhaleon on May 24, 2010 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

Cool stuff thanks for sharing.

Pensburgh.com

by Hooks Orpik on May 24, 2010 11:31 AM EDT reply actions

This paragraph from Cook really got to me.

Crosby always will be the dominant star here. No one can say for sure that Malkin will get chapped one day because of it. But no one can say he won’t, either. If I’m guessing, I say chapped because he’s so competitive with Crosby. That has to be one of the reasons coach Dan Bylsma — and Michel Therrien before him — hasn’t split the two on the power play. Which one do you send out first without hurting the other’s feelings? That also has to be why the coach is careful not to give one more minutes than the other. Superstars can be so sensitive, you know.

The coaches didn’t split the two on the power play because that’s not how it works dumbass. Teams don’t carry two PP lines. You stack your top line with as much talent as possible because that line plays the bulk of those two minutes. Then there is the whole ice time thing which I believe is made up because Crosby does generally log the most minutes on offense. He’s just theorizing and then printing it as fact. What a hack.

Put on your dancin' shoes.

by PensFan024 on May 24, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions

Just another tool that knows nothing about hockey but needs something else to write about because his manager is complaining about too much Pirates’ stuff probably LOL

by dleung17 on May 24, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions