GIF: Morrow's ridiculous pass to Iginla
You really aren't supposed to make this type of pass from behind the net. Senators defense out to lunch.
Morrow made an extremely tough pass look too easy. Wow.
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QUICK CAP: Pens JV team rolls to 3-1 win.
Pens were missing $36 million plus in cap space against a Sens team in a must-win situation.
Thank god they have like 12 captains. Morrow and Iginla teamed up for the game-winner. TK actually scored a goal. Pens win 3-1.
These two teams could be seeing each other again very soon. The loss puts the Senators close to the eighth spot in the East as they continue to slide.
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Pittsburgh Penguins Gameday 45 - Ottawa Senators
Pittsburgh Penguins (34-10-0) @ Ottawa Senators (23-15-6)
ROOT, SNET-E, TVA, 7:30 pm/et
Hell's Kitchen - Kanata, ON
Hopefully tonight's contest resembles a hockey game and not the bizarre sideshow that the Ottawa Senators and many of their fans want it to be. We doubt it though. We put the over/under on staged fights at three. Place your bets.
Also, enter the Twitter contest.
Tonight we are all Matt Cooke.
Add a commentThe Cover of Today's Ottawa Sun
Via Erin Nicks on Twitter:
A Cooke/cook/kitchen pun was the best thing they could come up with?
Add a commentBasically No One Playing Tonight for the Penguins
It's a good thing the Penguins picked up all of those players around the deadline without sending any roster players away.
From Josh Yohe:
Fleury's wife about to have baby. Letang has food poisoning. Bennett day to say with upper body injury. All out tonight.
— Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_Trib) April 22, 2013
That means Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Martin, Letang, Bennett and Fleury will all be out. According to the Pens' website, the following players took part in an optional morning skate:
Morrow, Jokinen, MacIntyre, Jeffrey, Dupuis, Adams, Glass, Cooke, Sutter, Kennedy, Orpik, Bortuzzo, Eaton, Engelland, Despres, Niskanen, Vokoun and Hartzell.
Add a commentTWITTER CONTEST: $50; Guess the total PIM
This should be a fun one. You're guessing the total number of penalty minutes for both teams combined.
1. Winner gets $50.
2. Closest above or below the final total wins.
3. In the event of a tie, finalists meet in the schoolyard Tuesday night.
4. Entries submitted after the opening faceoff will not be valid.
Copy and paste:
@Pensblog 47PIM #CookeStrong
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Should the Pens even dress Matt Cooke tonight?
Reasonable question: If you are the Penguins, do you dress Matt Cooke in Ottawa tonight? Chances are nothing will happen Monday night when the Pens and Sens square off. However, the Senators, their owner and their bizarre fan base seem intent on starting something. Honestly, we wouldn't be surprised if the Senators open the game by showing the results of Eugene Melynk's "investigation" then having Matt Cooke arrested on bench and sentenced to 10 years in a Canadian prison.
Also, you have to wonder if the Senators -- looking at Chris Neil here -- are going to target one of the Penguins' star players? The Pens are in a bit of a hard place with this. On one hand, it would be nice to get at least get Malkin or Martin some playing time. But the Senators organization is completely unstable and is seeking retribution against the Pens for the Karlsson injury.
Here are some possible options:
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