WOOO

2-0 to start the season. Two comeback wins and one in Tampa where we have played terribly as of late. Sergei Samsonov may be old, but he is playing extremely well right now.

Samsonov's not old.

He is going to be 30 at the end of the month. Not exactly young for the NHL

I dont think 30 is old anymore...

a lot of guys are playing into their late 30s now...and a select few into early 40s..and one particular dinosaur is 46...


in the past 30 was definetely old, now not so much...IMO

So what you're saying is 29 is old?

I meant to say that he was no longer a young gun. With the youth movement in the NHL in the last few years, I wouldnt categorize him as young anymore

its a good argument that I have proposed before..

and over 30 team vs an under 30 team..

I take the older guys.

tuomo ruutu the spring chicken is off to a good start....

I won't be spending much time here.

Lock it up.

How are you liking Suter?

Fixed your post.

Gary's making a comeback?

So far so good. Ill be interested to see if he gets more shifts as the season goes on. He is currently on the fourth line, and he wont break the first three lines barring an injury. Ill be interested to see what Laviolette will do with him as the season progresses and he gets more experience

Big game tonight vs. Detroit. Im pissed because I have a meeting at 8 which means Ill most likely miss the second and most of the third period.

Speaking of older players, Lidstrom still has a cannon

starting to get rough out there..i think carolina is using the old saying if u can't be them then beat them lol

Only saw bits and pieces due to a meeting that made me miss all of the second period and all but the last two minutes of the third period. From what I saw:
-Detroit's fore checking is FAR superior to Carolina's
-Detroit won every single free puck
-Detroit wanted it more
-Carolina missed a couple of opportunities early, which you cant do against a team like Detroit

Sucks, but at least its only one game

gg Carolina, that goal by Corvo was an excellent shot.

Absolutely gave one away tonight.

what happened to Ruutu?

They were very vague about his injury. Apparently it happened on Wednesday, but they said it wasnt his groin, which was causing him problems during the preseason. My guess was that they decided to hold him out to make sure he is fully healthy for the long road trip the team is currently on

Talk about winning one you shouldnt have. Anaheim outplayed us so badly and we had two lucky bounces go our way. Ill take 3 out of 4 points on the California stretch

Outshot 10-4 in the third. Leighton was moving really well.

nm on the shot diagram lol

He played extremely well. Will be a solid backup this year.

As for the shots, you also have to realize that one of them was the empty net goal from Staal that was a clear out luckshot

Sutter just got his first goal off of a Penguin turnover. About time, he has had some great chances and has been playing really well

We were completely outplayed the second and third period. Last years defense decided to show up

Ya. First period was pretty even, but the Pens were all over you guys in the 2nd and 3rd. Leighton stood on his head for the first 2 periods, though. I was worried we'd never get one.

Missed the game Saturday. Losing Sutter hurts, he was really playing well.

As for tonight, I watched parts of it on a choppy stream over the internet. I see we still havent fixed our shootout woes yet. At least we did pick up a point

Someone needs to get Eric Staal going.

I only saw the last 10 minutes or so, but he was very sloppy tonight.

Cant complain about what I saw though, great game (from what I have been told) tonight

Seidenberg is such a beast. Cullen as well, but I benched him tonight, correctly.

Frustrating loss. Ward played well and just let one by late. Tough way to lose

Why was Cullen scratched?

don't ask questions, just be happy that tuomo ruutu picked up his slack.

I'm happy for you.

I believe that Cullen blocked a shot against Edmonton that bruised his leg. He is listed as day to day.

As for the game today, I only saw bits and pieces of it. Its good to see that Ruutu is back into form. Leighton had a mediocre game but came up big when he needed to. It was nice to FINALLY see the power play actually create scoring chances.

givin it to that crazy perron-tradin bastid, I am.

Matt Cullen missed yesterday's contest with a leg injury.

Matt Cullen missed yesterday's contest with a groin injury.

I have no idea which one of us is right, unless one of you are related to the guy or something.
I have now read in 3 different reputable sources 3 different injuries.

I hate the new NHL rules.

Isn't the groin part of the leg?

I knew you were gonna come back at me with that!

I was trying to imply the lack of specific, universal information. Leg/lower body/groin.

Victory Song!

Brass Bonanza

ps- I love Ron Francis.

Arp, I keep refreshing this... http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=422795

I'm serious, I want to go to either game 1 or 2, and would need someone to go with. Pens tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 am.

Nice link, Im refreshing too now.

I dont know if I can, I might even have to work on Monday.

***Just saw on TSN, game 1 on Monday, game 2 Thursday. (Yanni must be in town again)

Maybe Monday????? Let me look into flights.

Check out Air Canada... they're dirt cheap. My Ottawa flight connects in Toronto, so it has to be cheap from there too.

what days are you checking? Im seeing $571 EACH way!

I was just doing Monday morning, and leave Tuesday at 11 am. But like, Sat, Sun are also $114 each way.

It's only a 4 hour drive down there though, isn't it?

Arp, LOL, they're crazy. Makes no sense it'd be more from Toronto, when I'm connecting onto that same flight.

I think it was 5hours.

And its only on sale for Ott-Pit. Just saw the AC "last minute sales" page.

Tor-Pit not there, even though your connecting here. Classic AC bullshit.
Tor-Raleigh is pretty cheap!