Hurricanes Newsstand — May 22
What's one way to silence Sidney Crosby? Let Evgeni Malkin dominate. And so it was in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. "Geno" accounted for four points, including a hat trick, en route to a 7-4 Penguins win and a 2-0 series lead.
The good news? This is how it's supposed to go down. If the Hurricanes had won Game 2, everyone would be talking about them seizing control of the series and taking home ice advantage. Instead, Pittsburgh held serve and now the teams head back to the RBC Center, where Carolina will have the final change and the home crowd behind them.
Canes Country: Carolina Loses Pond Hockey Game - Pens 7, Canes 4
Pensburgh: Game 2 Recap: Evgeni Malkin powers the Pens by Cam Ward, the 'Canes, 7-4
News & Observer: Canes lose 7-4 to Pittsburgh • DeCock: Canes can't slow Malkin • Bayda facing possible suspension • Canes need to redefine series • Cole 'fine' after playing in Game 2
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Malkin's hat trick fuels Penguins' Game 2 win over Carolina • Penguins Notebook: 'Cheating' Staals face off on faceoffs • Hurricanes Locker Room: Failing to follow formula puts Carolina in a hole • Hurricanes Notebook: Carolina unhappy with long breaks • Collier: Malkin, Crosby turn up intensity • Cook: Fired-up Malkin leads way to Penguins victory • Overrated Hurricanes are overmatched
NHL.com: Malkin powers Penguins to Game 2 win over Canes • There's no stopping Geno • Penguins-Hurricanes series blog
WRALSportsFan.com: Stories, video and audio
850 The Buzz: Seidenberg Scores “FREE BRATWURST” on Friday!!! • BUZZ on Sound… Just in Case you Missed Something!
CarolinaHurricanes.com: Home Game Updates • My Brother Michael
Puck Daddy: Thursday's Three Stars: Malkin burns Canes in Game 2 fireworks • Evgeni Malkin laughs at your Game 2 dominance, Carolina
TSN: McKenzie: Penguins show some resiliency of their own
Sportsnet: Gino and the Kid
USA Today: Malkin leads Penguins assault with hat trick; 'Canes in 2-0 hole
ESPN.com: This spring, all systems go for Geno • Series blog
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As self-appointed "Little Miss Sunshine"
1 – at least we are not discussing blown calls and conspiracy theories. The reffing was almost invisible (meaning predictable and consistent so you don’t notice it), just like it’s supposed to be.
2 – tho we came out on the losing end, that kind of skill and fireworks (and it was a 1-goal game till Geno’s 3rd goal jawdropper), that game was probably the best thing hockey could put up to broaden our appeal and have newcomers understand why it is the best sport out there
3 – The Canes are not getting treated as wanna-be’s anymore – except by the most obnoxious of the Pens fans. And we’re back in the underdog role which has worked quite well for us in the past. (please refer to my avatar I added a couple days ago). Game 3 has the potential to be the season defining moment for Cam Ward. To those Caniacs who will be witness to it live at the RBC tomorrow night, you know your assignment. WOOOOOOOO!
Which is why we love you
some of us a little more than we should
;-D
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PS,
don’t tell the wife.
I’m sure she’ll take the season tickets in the divorce.
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for those of you over here expecting a hockey thread
Just ignore him and scroll down…(he has problems)
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Hush woman
giving out state secrets is a bad thing.
Glorious leader will start to cry.
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Much Respect....
1. agree, I don’t want to know who the refs are and thus far they have done that well
2. that is the type of game that can sell hockey to the casual fan
3. your dedication and never-say-die attitude is nothing short of sweet and i enjoy your passion for your club, but when do you accept the fact that the Canes are good and the Pens are great?
Life is about one simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying
And if it becomes
the unthinkable and the Golden Child and the Pens move on, go Detroit/Hawks.
I would’ve pulled for the Devils. I might have pulled for the Bruins.
The Pens? Not in their current configuration. No way in hell for the Golden One to ever scribble its name on the Cup.
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We don’t want you pulling for us anyway, go jump on the Detroit band wagon…btw it will be sweet when Hossa is sitting there with his Red Wings jersey thinking about how he could have stayed with the Pens as we skate around hoisting the cup.
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re so far ahead of yourself it’s crazy.
by Hooks Orpik on May 22, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I like Hossa, even more now
If the ‘Canes’ do make it, may he get his name on the Cup!
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When it’s over and the Pens beat a GREAT team like Detroit…. or Boston…..
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on May 22, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay – I admit I was stretching it. :)
But there are a lot of talented and future-hall-of-famer hockey players teeing it up on the golfcourse today, but none from Raleigh. (does A-Ward count?)
While I’m not satisfied with where we are this morning, we’ve come a long way since the beginning of 2009. Everyone was trying to figure out what was wrong with Pittsburgh in January. In contrast, we had been relegated to the trashheap. Staal, Ward and Mo&Staff had to earn the respect our team deserves, without the running head start from last June’s CupFinals (and 2 poster boy stars)
Never one to be discouraged, I thought of another positive result from last night:
4) We are not speculating on the significance of knee MRI’s, concussions, or even too worried about the consequences for Bayda.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
or scores hat tricks and takes over games making a good goalie look like swiss, whichever…
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I would say he made the D look like swiss cheese.
by Iggy Reilly on May 22, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Tis true
I like Malkin.
Still wish he wore a ‘Canes’ sweater
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Except for the $8.7mil pricetag he carries with him
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Except for the $8.7mil pricetag he carries with him
The extension doesn’t kick in until next season…So the Pens league’s leading scorer at age 22 for about $3.8 million dollars. I’d take that any day of the week.
by Hooks Orpik on May 22, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Truthfully a bargain at any price – but too rich for our pockets.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Carolina’s in really good shape, contract wise. The only players they have signed for longer than two seasons are Eric Staal and Tim Gleason.
And I think that’s the key in the salary cap world: short contracts, short commitments except to players you definitely know will produce.
by Hooks Orpik on May 22, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
He has his mother’s face.
and her backhand apparently.
by Iggy Reilly on May 22, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
he looks like...
…frankenberry.
but he’s a stud, and, as a pens fan, i’d take sid over him any day of the week….
Puck Daddy suggested maybe the Pens fan store should start selling Malkin mamma&pappa Russian nesting dolls. They were about as sentimental as I’ve ever seen hockey coverage get. Talk about sweet! (in the worst possible sense of the word) It was like watching the dewey-eyed parents of a 15-yr-old tennis star. As a hockey mom, I can’t tell you how conflicted it made me. (or discombobulated). These guys are nothing like the Boston fans for sure.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I disagree with their assertion that Bill Guerin rocks.
by Iggy Reilly on May 22, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm no meanie
How can you not love those 4 cuties? Hockey for the populists, not the ugly niches. However, Guerin’s kind of a rental player isn’t he? it’d be more effective if Guerin was part of the core that got you there all season.
Again, I am so conflicted by this aspect of the Pens. It was so much easier to hate those Boston Fans. Pen fans are cloying, like a winnie-the-pooh birthday cake. I can’t resist the appeal but then I need to keep repeating “orpik, orpik, orpik” to get the taste out of my mouth.
The Canes are exactly the same way though (see my sentimental post about Nikki Wallin tying his sons skates in Garner last Friday). The Canes heart, skill and post-season comebacks have really caught the imagination of the previously unconverted locals. I think I’ve had to explain the concept the blue-line and offsides to about 5 people in the last week (many of whom are men finally willing to admit it seems to be a pretty awesome sport and are willing to ask for the instructions).
I’m also proud to say I whooped and hollered when Scotty Walker knocked Malkin off his skates last night (clean hit, no injury). Something for everyone.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Geurin will get resigned, he is working out good, Hossa was a rent a player that we should have resigned but he was a choad and went with the wings, big mistake.
there’s no money for Guerin. Also thinking Hossa is quite pleased with his choice right now.
by Cory Lavalette on May 22, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Will Pittsburgh have the money for anyone besides Malkin and Crosby?
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
No…. but if you must blow the salary cap in order to win… then go ahead…..
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on May 22, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Half our team will be an UFA at the end of this year, but they are the expendables, the core of Malkin, Crosby, Orpik, Fleury, Gonchar, Staal, Kunitz, they are all signed for a nice bit of years. We’re used to a revolving door policy on the wingers, they can be replaced.
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes,
I want to see what type of players $3.56 and a coupn for a free McDonald’s Happy meal can get.
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It would be a Primantis sandwich not McDonalds. And we’ll be fine you don’t need to worry about our salary cap, i can tell you are very concerned.
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s a dinosaur, he’s not getting a big contract his days are almost over.
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
there’s no money for Guerin.
Disagree. The Penguins have about $46 million commited to 17 skaters. A lot of contracts (Satan, Fedotenko, Gill, Boucher) are coming off of the books.
If Guerin wants another $4.5 million contract he won’t be in Pittsburgh, but it seems like he really likes the team and playing with Crosby. We’ll see.
by Hooks Orpik on May 22, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
But they need two three forwards, and they need to be able to play at least in the top 9. Tough situation. Plus need a D or two and a backup.
by Cory Lavalette on May 22, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
The Pens might bring up some minor leaguers
Alex Goligoski is coming along nicely, and might see some major playing time on the Pen’s D next year. As for the wingers, if Guerin is willing to take a hometown/old man discount, then I’m willing to bet he’ll be around another year. The Pens could also call up Tangradi or maybe Luca Caputi from the baby Pens to play power wing. Just saying they got options…
go pens!
I like Guerin, but was disappointed with how he pouted on Long Island. One would think he knew what he was getting into signing there.
by Cory Lavalette on May 22, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
I think he just wanted to hang out w/ Doug Weight for an entire season…..
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on May 22, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Ummmm…… the Shitsburgh Gazette article about the “overrated hurricanes” is just the kind of bad karma one would expect…..
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on May 22, 2009 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
You are overrated, you got over hyped by beating Boston and have shown nothing that resembles the team that beat them. Either you aren’t showing up or we are just this much better…we’re clearly better.
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
pfffffffffffffffff
Yeah cause the Canes are totally playing their best hockey. Clearly that can’t be part of it.
by Iggy Reilly on May 22, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe you are playing as good as you can, maybe we’re just so good that we’re making you look bad, or you are hiding behind that excuse that we’re not playing good right now just to give yourself some glimmer of hope for the series…there is no hope start planning your summer vacation.
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently they don’t have hockey gods in Pittsburgh.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure we do, he owns the team, his name Mario Lemieux, heard of him? Living god
by JasonGoPens on May 22, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't he a sugar daddy
and the Golden Child is his boy-toy?
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Originality
is something I will gladly give up to further disparage the Golden One.
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Yeah,
over-rated teams go through the #1 and #3 seeds in the 7th game of both series.
Please, keep saying more. I look forward to seeing how much you can eat after biting off so much.
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Well I hope your time to shut the f*ck up comes soon……
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on May 22, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
He won't
he can’t.
Hell yeah I may be cocky but from his postings, I think we’re looking at a grade A1 “Fair Weather Fan” who started watching the Pens when they started winning again.
He really seems the type.
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Wrong, Center Ice package ftw…and talk about fair weather fans down here, 3 months ago i coulda got tickets to any game i wanted to at RBC, now everyone has thier shirts on and car flags out, where were you in the middle of the season? People i work with who never mentioned anything about hockey all of a sudden have something to say…there is a clear fair weather fandom down here in Raleigh.
Three months ago
they were getting ready for March madness. Something I don’t partake of.
Is it true that Hockey is a new sport down here? Yup.
Is it true that is will take time, effort and a winning team down here to get it really going? Yup.
Is it true that you’ve over stepped your boundaries by not knowing what your posting? Yup.
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to be fair Jason
midway through the season, there were a lot of fans in Pittsburgh who stopped watching and/or believing; crying trade Staal, get rid of Fleury, fire Shero.
by Rougue_Behaviorist on May 22, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember when Maurice came back
and Lavi was let go.
That was a teeth gnashing event for many ’Cane fans.
I actually welcomed it as I knew SOMETHING had to change. The ’Canes were going nowhere fast.
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Oh ya pittsburghers will throw everyone under the bus they don’t care…i’m quite aware of how we are. My favorite was running Kordell out of town.
right, so it might warrant not calling out others on that point, lest the kettle wants to call the pot black.
by Rougue_Behaviorist on May 22, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I had my car flags out for every game...
Now I just don’t take them off.
Nice try though.
Do you ever plan to talk about hockey? Or just other teams’ fans?
by Raccoon Fink on May 23, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure, we can talk about how Eric Staal is a ghost in this series, as well as Cam Ward the supposed best goalie left in the playoffs. Or we can talk about how that minimum wage bum i can’t even remember his name just got a fine instead of the manditory 1 game suspension. We can talk about all those things amongst others if you want.
by JasonGoPens on May 23, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
The NHL has set a precedent for not suspending players this offseason
Just ask Adam Eaton, Jason Cooke, Alex Ovechkin, Scott Walker, etc.
As for Staal, you don’t have to score goals to be influential in a game, he had an assist and does a good job keeping the puck in the opposing team’s zone and away from their offense. Ward is still one of the best goalies in the league and was just let down over and over again by his defense. And I’d like to see any goaltender in the world try and stop Malkin’s no look backhand.
He’s also about 18 yrs old and thinks making rude and over-reaching statements on his team’s opponents blog makes us (his audience) perceive that he’s almost as talented and worthy as Malkin and Crosby. Shall we (said audience) take a vote?
Clearly he may be a “fan”, but he is not in the same league as the Pens. They’d be embarrassed by his silly crowing and Bylsma would tell him keep quiet.
Can we just agree to ignore him?
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I live in Raleigh so i watched the fandom evolve, i am 28 and posting while working here, this is fun jawing with you guys and if you take this seriously then you problably shoulnd’t be on the internet.
That's ok Jason
oldtimehockey on the Pens board said something about yours truly being unable to have a solid discussion with as well.
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I doubt you are working
and please go home.
by DidJussiThat? on May 22, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess oldtimehockey
feels about me as much as more than a few of us it seems feel about Jason.
Crap, I really hope I haven’t lowered myself down to that level.
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Hey Jason
I was asked politely that if I wanted to root and cheer for the ’Canes not to do it on the Pens blog.
I will not be posting there.
Perhaps you should learn from my example.
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bring a broom into the RBC
and then see how adept Rex Hospital is at removing foreign objects from abdominal cavities.
by DidJussiThat? on May 22, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah a gracious winner
Looking forward to seeing how you handle defeat.
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Glad my phone rates pay for your surfeit of free time.
by DidJussiThat? on May 22, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
you’ve won two third periods. That’s pretty much it.
Life has a way of evening things up. Tomorrow night will be huge, and your players will leave deaf.
by DidJussiThat? on May 22, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Saw that. (smiling big here) Major journalism faux pas…Again the underdog position is familiar. Remember how we felt before Game 7 of the Boston series? That worked pretty good.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
not an article, just a blog by a writer who is supposed to be retired. I’m with you though, kind of bad karma, but it is not as if Smizik is lacing up the skates on Saturday or anything.
by Rougue_Behaviorist on May 22, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
From the Shitsburgh Gazette… Piece of shit!!!
“Maybe this series will become more difficult. But you wouldn’t want to bet one that. The next dose of difficulty, if any, for the Penguins will come when the opposition is the Detroit Red Wings.”
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on May 22, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
umm..
there’s a hockey mom in here, why not tone down the blue language?
smizik is a joke, just another yinzer who wishes it was football season. you’re right though, he shouldn’t be writing those kinds of things, chalkboard material kind of stuff.
i think they let guerin go, i’m afraid sykora goes too.
wasn’t Sykora seen in Schenley Park…?
by Rougue_Behaviorist on May 22, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
If she’s like the hockey moms I know, she can handle it. The first time I heard my son chirping on the ice I blushed, but as long as the trash talk stays there, fine. Things said on blogs/message boards pale in comparison.
Hope you’re wrong about Billy G. Loved him in Dallas although he wasn’t terribly productive. Nice to see he’s doing well in Pittsburgh, and I believe Pens will keep him if the price is right.
Good luck Saturday. Lots of hockey left to play.
just saw this
I am amazed how often the last couple weeks my “name” has produced unexpected fits of chivalry. On a hockey site no less. Just acknowledging the effot. Thank you.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
not sure what to make of this
Speaking of the press and karma. Perhaps some reverse psychology here, or is Mr Jennings just looking to get a new job in Pittsburgh? (Or maybe we have found the true identity of JasonGoPens)
WRAL’s Jason Jennings has conceded the series and the season
picks the Pens in five half way through the series. LOL that did make me laugh out loud. Where was this guy for the Boston and Jersey series?
he sounds upset because Cole wouldn’t answer his questions.
GM of CanesCountry.com
You mean, "If it bleeds, it leads"?
I wouldn’t put that past any news organization.
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He's not known as a Canes reporter
strictly College sports in my recollection. I can’t imagine what his motivation was (other than selfish)
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Tarheel reporter with nothing else to do
Jason Jennings is a photographer/reporter for WRAL-TV. Jennings covers any one of a number of sports and teams, but this his concentration will be on the North Carolina Tar Heels.
GM of CanesCountry.com
Send him out to DBAP for the ACC Baseball tourney then!
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
this beats the heck out of working...
any barrasso nightmare stories down there? he was a jerk up here and won 2 cups in spite of a knack for giving up the big goal….
his, uh, demeanor has improved greatly
from what I understand
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Wow, I've never heard of any goalie ever acting that way!
I’m shocked.
Look at Gerber. No wait.
Brodeur? Uh, no.
Cam Ward they say is really nice.
What’s the scoop on Fleury?
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Tom Barrasshole!
I had the the strangest love/hate relationship with him as a kid. Remember when he got in a fist fight with a bunch of fans at a bar…or the time he got in a fight with his wife and she stabbed him with a knife and he missed a couple of months.
What a jerk, but then again, he did win us 2 cups, so…it makes Fluery’s quirks seem quite charming by comparison.
by Rougue_Behaviorist on May 22, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you guys ever watch the videos on WRAL.com? They’ve got 15 minutes of Mo talking with the press, following the morning skate, posted a few minutes ago. Since I don’t have press privileges myself, it’ the next best thing to being there. (Please Mo – show us the way!)
hey Bubba
Sorry to kill the buzz. Or maybe they’re all gonna move to blog on WRAL.(eek!)
Maybe I should start swearingmore? WTF?
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Can I get some information on what Mo is saying today?
I need to believe in someone. It may as well be him. I also need to believe my 200 dollar tickets for game 4 won’t be me paying to be depressed.
Can you open the video link at wralsportsfan.com? 15 minutes of Mo is like prozac for me.
by hockeymomof2 on May 22, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
BTW
If we happen to win the games in Raleigh, someone please remind me to copy and post JasonGoPens comments to rub it in his face.
why humor him?
he’ll know better than anyone can tell him if it happens.
Love, love, love the Canes!
He’s already disclosed he works at Verizon on Weston Parkway, Cary. Perhaps you can drop by and leave him a “baggie” and a spoon.. (I’m kidding – don’t do this.)
by hockeymomof2 on May 23, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m well aware that my comments are setting me up to get a ton of nasty things rubbed in my face…i’m ok with it, it will be much worse in person here at work, i’ve been a real jagoff here.
by JasonGoPens on May 23, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

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