Pittsburgh Penguins

IT’S LIKE WATCHING GARY BETTMAN GO OVER A THOUSAND FOOT CLIFF…IN YOUR BRAND NEW MERCEDES…
YOU ARE GONNA HAVE MIXED FEELINGS…
THAT’S WHAT’S IN STORE FOR VANCOUVER HOCKEY FANS TOMORROW NIGHT…
THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE IN TOWN…
TWO YEARS AGO…THESE FANS BOOED SIDNEY CROSBY…
BUT NOW…LESS THAN A MONTH FROM THE OLYMPICS…
MAYBE…HE’S NOT SUCH A BAD GUY…
IT’S THE SAME STORY WITH MARC ANDRE FLEURY…WHO HAS STRUGGLED THIS SEASON…
FLEURY IS 18TH IN THE NHL…IN GOALS AGAINST…
TWO YEARS AGO…THAT’S A GOOD THING…
LIKE I SAID…“MIXED FEELINGS”…
LASTNIGHT PHOENIX DROPPED NEW JERSEY 4-3…
IN ANY OTHER YEAR…HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY WOULD NOT GIVE A DAMN…
BUT IN THAT GAME…MARTIN BRODEUR GAVE UP 4 GOALS ON 19 SHOTS…
YIKES!!!
ADD TO THAT ON WEDNESDAY IN MINNESOTA…ROBERTO LUONGO PLAYED HIS WORST GAME OF THE SEASON…
LUONGO WAS PULLED AFTER GIVING UP 5 GOALS…
TIME TO LOOK FOR THE PANIC BUTTON…
THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF SECOND GUESSING GOING ON RIGHT NOW…
LASTNIGHT IN EDMONTON…JORDAN STAAL SET UP 3 GOALS AS THE PENGUINS DROPPED THE OILERS 3-2…
STAAL DID NOT MAKE TEAM CANADA…
HOWEVER…JEROME IGINLA DID…AND HE HAS NOT COLLECTED A POINT IN 5 GAMES…
HIS LONGEST DROUGHT IN 9 YEARS…
IN ALL THERE ARE 7 CANADAIN PLAYERS THAT WERE NOT NAMED TO TEAM CANADA…WHO ARE NOW IN THE TOP 30 IN NHL SCORING…
IT’S NOT AN ISSUE NOW…
BUT…IF THE CANADIANS HAVE TROUBLE SCORING NEXT MONTH…
YOU’LL HEAR THE CRIES FOR MIKE GREEN…AND STEVEN STAMKOS…FROM HERE…TO ST. JOHNS…
OFFICIALLY…THE OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 16TH…
NOW TRY AND SELL “THAT” TO CANADIAN HOCKEY FANS…