Waiting For September?

Posted by Rick on Jul 09, 2009 18:59.

You know things are bad when something like the preseason schedule being released excites you.

Friday, Sept. 18, Toronto @ Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 21, Pittsburgh @ Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22, Pittsburgh @ Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 24, Pittsburgh @ Columbus, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25, Columbus @ Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27, Pittsburgh @ Detroit, 5:00 p.m.

A game against Detroit?

When is the last time a Stanley Cup Final rematch took place in the preseason?
A quick, lazy Google search couldn't tell us.

There's also two games against Columbus.

Solid.

Three of the six games are against the Western Conference.

We're analyzing the preseason schedule.

This is hockey withdrawl at it's finest.

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Know Your Enemies: The East

Posted by Rick on Jul 08, 2009 18:19.

Perhaps the only thing more difficult than winning the Stanley Cup is defending it.

It hasn't been done since 97/98.

There are a number of reasons why.

First, the rest of the teams in the league spend their entire seasons gunning for you.

Second, after winning the Cup most teams have significiant pieces of their team bolt for other cities in hopes of scoring a big pay day.

This leads to the third reason, which is that every other team in the league spends their offseason trying to improve their own team and fill in the holes they noticed during the previous season.

The Penguins are going to experience all of those things next year.

They are the champs and thus they have become the measuring stick.

Last year the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the defending champion Red Wings in their first game of the season.

The city celebrated the victory like it was 1967.

That's the way it will be every time someone upsets the Penguins next season.

However, the main difficultly in defending the Cup will be the moves made in the offseason.

Almost every team has added or subtracted from their roster in hopes of overthrowing the Pens next season.

Today we look at what teams in the Eastern Conference have done.

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Chris Cooley Is A Joke

Posted by #test on Jul 07, 2009 20:53.

Pens won the Cup. Unreal.

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Pure Entertainment

Posted by Rick on Jul 07, 2009 16:09.

Tyler Kennedy and Kris Letang do the weather on KDKA.

Thanks to Empty Netters for the find.

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The Best $25 You'll Spend

Posted by #test on Jul 07, 2009 01:00.

Following behind previous Pens championship videos, "One From The Heart," and "Against the Odds," is no easy task.

We have watched those two videos at least 350,000 times. And like any great movie or documentary, each time we watch it we see something different.

So, when we sat down to watch the Penguins Championship DVD last night at the Waterfront the bar wasn't high, it was nearly unreachable.

But we have to say, the DVD surpassed a lot of our expectations, and while it will never be as good as the first two, it no question can hold its own.

The NHL gets a lot of flak from everyone, but all we can do is step back and really appreciate the access and overall fantastic look that this DVD gives us.

After the jump, just some random thoughts about the DVD, without giving too much away.

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