LINK CITY: Series previews and Ryan Malone sucks
Other than all the Crosby talk, one of the big storylines is the "return of Pittsburgher Ryan Malone." Guaranteed the only reason he's coming to Pittsburgh is so he can steal a bunch of gold bars from underneath the Steel Plaza T Station like in Die Hard 3. Start hating him now. Because he sucks. Always did.
Scott Burnside is picking the Pens in 7, but his 83-paragraph preview goes out the window when he says "James Neal will have to continue to step up." [ ESPN ]Fox Sports Net has the Pens in 7. [ FSN ]CBS Sports has a series preview. [ CBS ]Ron Cook at the PG thinks it's a foregone conclusion the Pens are winning this series, which isn't good. [ PG ]Lightning don't have experience. [ Trib ]Again, they don't have experience. [ TBO ]The Pens have grit, and they don't quit. [ TBO ]MAF vs. ROFLoson. [ TBO ]Rick Tocchet breaks down the series. [ Trib ]Dudes at some restaurant in Halifax say Crosby ain't coming back. [ Jobber site ]
let's go