Thank god...down 4-0 in the first 10 minutes then they tie a franchise record with 6 power play goals, score the next 7 goals in the game and win 7-5

For all you Mario haters...saying he should hand em up...2 G 3 A tonight giving him 11 points (5G 6A) in 10 games this season. Doesn't seem washed up to me.

Well everyone knows the first one is the hardest to get. They better not wait another 9 games to get their second. Ya they are still in last place in the Atlantic Division but the OT points do help. They are only 1 point behind the NYI who have won 4 games already.

Never a doubt! I have him on multiple fantasy teams including my money team.

Damn, i had to work till 10. Sounds like I missed a great game.

What did everyone notice in improvements? Sounds like the power play was on tonite.

Moving the puck better on the powerplay. Gonchar actually looked interested tonight.

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For all you Mario haters...saying he should hand em up...2 G 3 A tonight giving him 11 points (5G 6A) in 10 games this season. Doesn't seem washed up to me.

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Mario is still one of the dominate players in the NHL, you always have to be aware of him when he's on the ice. He can change the game so fast.

he's definetly not the player he was in the late 80's early 90's but nobody ever really was. He's not the fastest player but he makes up for it with smarts. He can't carry lines but if he plays with crosby that should open up alot of stuff for both of them.

I have them tonight on proline. I have The Bruins (H+) over the Devils, Penguins (H) over the Hurricanes, and the Oilers (V) to upset the Preds.

Bruins should beat the Devils. NJ played last night, Brodeur's injured. But so is Raycroft, but I think Murray and Thorton will be on their A game tonight.

Carolina played in that huge scoring game last night, and the Pens had the night off and are just fresh off a win, hopefully they can continue the trend.

This last one, I really can't explain it. I just have a feeling the Oilers will upset the Preds. Gut feeling.

played a great second period and they got up 3-1...totally threw it away in the 3rd getting outshot 19-4 and lost 5-3.

Lets hope we return to days like this..The good old days

I could be wrong but I think the Pens were rebuilding in those days.

Hell of roster they had then...

R. Fata
S. Gonchar
R. Jackman
J. LeClair
J. Melichar
Z. Palffy
M. Recchi
R. VandenBussche
M. Lemieux
B. Orpik
D. Tarnstrom
K. Koltsov
L. Pirjeta
M. Murley
R. Scuderi
R. Malone
M. Talbot
S. Crosby

rebuilding works GREAT when you get lucky off of your ass and get two once-in-a-decade type forwards in the draft lottery...

luck also helps yes.

I'm gonna go pout in the corner with TJ oshie and patrik berglund...

ya it was pretty sick..And can you imagine they could of also had

Toews(instead of Jordan Staal)
and Eric Staal (instead of Fleury)

Imagine a team of Crosby,Malkin,Toews and Eric Staal

Some people say Penguins drafted well, but a monkey could of drafted just as good...I think they could of done better in hindsight. Not saying they made bad moves, but it could of been better.

the blues could have had toews as well. I was actually kind of pissed that they didn't take staal at the time. I think johnson was the best that year, though...

I think Toews could have been a better pick than Staal, in terms of BPA, but the Pens definitely didn't need another center. Staal is still a great pick, imho, and obviously can still develop and breakout, he still hasn't turned 20 for crying out loud. This is an incredibly meaningless stat given the circumstances, but Jordan Staal has more NHL points than Toews does, and Toews is older. Toews has a better PPG though, obviously.

Meanwhile, I'll stand by Fleury over Eric Staal. Teams need franchise goalies, and we made that pick with the hope that he would turn into that, and as far as I can tell, so far so good. Obviously, he still has a long way to until he is considered the best in the league, but at 23, which is very young for goaltenders, he's shown very long flashes of brilliance, and played amazing en route to the Cup finals.

Dont disagree with you , at the time the pics were fine. If Fleury turns out to be a great goalie ok.

But its still sick that this franchise had all these picks..Not fair really.