Pens Game Day Notes...
Micki Dupont will make his Penguin debut this evening in New York. He was scratched on Tuesday night against Florida. Could he have been the difference for the power play? I guess we will find out tonight. Dupont was a fringe player in the old NHL, but he seems tailor made for the league these days. He is quick, has great offensive instincts and can carry the puck. I am looking forward to seeing him in action this evening.
Jordan Staal will be back in the line-up tonight. Coach Michel Therrien said that wanted to sit him down for a game because his play had dipped a bit over the last month. They know that he is young and don't want to burn him out. They say they have a development plan for him and are sticking to it.
John Leclair has been re-assigned to Wilkes Barre-Scranton again. Ray Shero said that Leclair would like to stay in the league somewhere, and they are helping him to do that. He was shuffled again to make room for Michel Ouellet, who came off of the injured list. Leclair has been home with his family and is considering reporting to the Baby Penguins. Shero seems to think that his reporting will become inevitable. Time will tell. I still think he will end up being traded to offer cash relief to the team that takes him. He can still be a valuable commodity on the power play, a role that the Penguins didn't use him in often this season.
The lines will be shuffled again tonight. Seems that Michel Therrien has flipped Eric Christensen and Colby Armstrong. Christensen will play with Sidney Crosby and Mark Recchi, while Armstrong will flank Evgeni Malkin and Nils Ekman. When will it all end!!
Fleury will be back in net tonight. He has got to get back to where he was early in the season. Not that he has been very bad lately, but he isn't stealing points for the team like he was in October/early November. MA will put it together, he is too talented. The team defense has also been lacking lately and it is a lot harder to play well in net when you have opposing players practically on top of you.
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Jordan Staal will be back in the line-up tonight. Coach Michel Therrien said that wanted to sit him down for a game because his play had dipped a bit over the last month. They know that he is young and don't want to burn him out. They say they have a development plan for him and are sticking to it.
John Leclair has been re-assigned to Wilkes Barre-Scranton again. Ray Shero said that Leclair would like to stay in the league somewhere, and they are helping him to do that. He was shuffled again to make room for Michel Ouellet, who came off of the injured list. Leclair has been home with his family and is considering reporting to the Baby Penguins. Shero seems to think that his reporting will become inevitable. Time will tell. I still think he will end up being traded to offer cash relief to the team that takes him. He can still be a valuable commodity on the power play, a role that the Penguins didn't use him in often this season.
The lines will be shuffled again tonight. Seems that Michel Therrien has flipped Eric Christensen and Colby Armstrong. Christensen will play with Sidney Crosby and Mark Recchi, while Armstrong will flank Evgeni Malkin and Nils Ekman. When will it all end!!
Fleury will be back in net tonight. He has got to get back to where he was early in the season. Not that he has been very bad lately, but he isn't stealing points for the team like he was in October/early November. MA will put it together, he is too talented. The team defense has also been lacking lately and it is a lot harder to play well in net when you have opposing players practically on top of you.
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