GDT: #14| Senators vs. 18,271 Bobbling Heads|Wed. 2-13-13|CEC|7:00PM|Letang & Niskanen GTD

[Ugene Magic]

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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
BOBBLINGHEADS
18,271
GDT

Pens Lineup
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Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Zach - Boychuk - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Brandon Sutter - Tylre Kennedy
Tanner Glass - Dustin Jeffrey/Joe Vitale - Craig Adams

Matt Niskanen - Letang
Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Deryk Engelland - Simon Despres
Robert Bortuzzo

Marc Andre Fleury - Thomas Vokoun


Sens play Sabres tonight before playing Pens tomorrow

Sens Lineup
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Mika Zibanejad - Kyle Turris - Daniel Alfredsson
Milan Michalek - Zack Smith - Jakob Silfverberg
Colin Greening - Peter Regin - Chris Neil
Jim O'Brien - Stephane Da Costa - Erik Condra


Marc Methot - Erik Karlsson
Mike Lundin - Sargent Gonchar
Chris Phillips - Andre Benoit

Craig Anderson - Ben Bishop

Actual lineup will be placed here due to obvious changes in and out lately.
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Bortuzzo Love
in place of Injury Report
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Penguins notebook: Fight erupts 4 seconds after opening faceoff

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Game Links
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http://atdhenet.tv/

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html

http://castalba.tv/home



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News
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Penguins Report:Game Day

PENS GET PICK FOR TANGRADI
Busy day for GM Ray Shero. Starts with re-assigning Reese to WBS, followed by activating Letang and Niskanen from IR, and ending (maybe) with trading Tangradi to Winnipeg for a 7th-round pick in 2013.

Tangradi was always a great guy with the media and a joy with whom to work. Always amiable in interviews and great with a quote. He'll get a good look with the Jets. Michelle and I wish him the best of luck. See you Friday in Winnipeg "Big Dog."

--Sam Kasan

Penguins Report: 2/12/13 Letangs Back!

LETANG, NISKANEN UPDATES
Head coach Dan Bylsma said that both players skated Monday and are progressing. He didn't say they were quite ready to return Wednesday, but also didn't rule them out.

Here is more...

On Niskanen and Letang:
When they do come back, they’ll both play. I don’t think there’s any mystery there. I think Matt Niskanen is 17 days into his 2-4 week (timeframe) and had two full practices with the team. He’s doing and progressing well. Hopefully that means he returns to play here soon. We’ll see how he responds today. Kris Letang had a full day today. We had some contact drills, we had some D-zone, so it was a pretty stressful day on a lower-body injury and he did pretty well. We’ll see where that is for both of them going into tomorrow’s game and the weekend.

On if they skated Monday:
They did both skate yesterday.

On if they could be game-time decisions for Wednesday:
I’m not going to put them there right now, but yes, it could be that tomorrow (they are game-time decisions). They’re both day-to-day right now, so it could be tomorrow that they’re game-time decisions.


--Michelle Crechiolo & Sam Kasan

PRACTICE INFO
Everyone on the Penguins roster participated, including injured defensemen Kris Letang and Matt Niskanen (lower body). It was Letang's first team practice since Feb. 7.

--Sam Kasan

#Pens Martin remains at point on 1st PP. Letang and Niskanen working points on 2nd PP -SK

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
Kris Letang: Felt good. Had a chance to battle. Talk with doctor and go from there. Talk now and tomorrow after morning skate

Letang skated for nearly 2 hours today. Said he originally suffered lower-body injury Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3 at Washington -SK

Penguins Re-Assign Defenseman Joe Morrow to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Hockey Phenom Connor McDavid Meets Idol Crosby

A shout out is always in order for,
Michelle & Sam.
Thanks for keeping us up to date.
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"His face is so calm.
He shows no sign of stress or anything.
It's as if he's saying, 'No problem.
Relax. I'm just going to beat you now.
It's not going to hurt a bit.'"
Flyers Goalie Dominic Roussel
on
Mario Lemieux
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Next 3 GDT Makers
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Big McLargehuge - Winnipeg - 2-15-2013
Frederick Stanley - Buffalo - 2-17-2013
Lirit - Flyers - 2-20-2013

A lot of games open in March and April. Feb-28th is open against the Canes.
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Per usual, make me aware of any mistakes other than roster. I'll update that as we/I find out. Possible that both Letang and Niskenen are back?
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[SteelFish87*]

Sens play at home tonight then travel to Pittsburgh for tomorrow's game

We better win big

 

[Shrimper]

Better win.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Can't wait for meltdown mode though if we don't win.

 

[Darth Vitale]

Fish, Shrimper and Biscuits you're all on double secret probation for not heaping praise upon Eugene for one of the best GDTs we've seen in a long time. Great theme, Photoshop chops and info. Excellent work!

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Please get back on the win column

Let's Go

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

I like the "Take on Me"-esque .gif of Crosby and Malkin haha

 

[ZeroHero]

Fantastic GDT !!!

 

[cheesedanish87]

Anderson is playing in net for the sens tonight hopefully he gets a night off for the pens game.

 

[Dangles78]

Win or trade Malkin

amirite?

 

[Shrimper]

Letang in practice.

 

[Bennett Brauer]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
#Pens lines at practice: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Boychuk-Malkin-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams (Tangradi, Vitale)

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
#Pens D-pairs: Orpik-Martin Engelland-Bortuzzo Despres-Reese Niskanen-Letang

Will DePaoli ‏@TIOPS_DePaoli
Boychuk remains on second line. Sunday night Bylsma talked like there wouldn't be a change there yet. #Penguins

 

[Sivek]

So looks like Vitale sitting again.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
#Pens lines at practice: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Boychuk-Malkin-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams (Tangradi, Vitale)

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
#Pens D-pairs: Orpik-Martin Engelland-Bortuzzo Despres-Reese Niskanen-Letang

Will DePaoli ‏@TIOPS_DePaoli
Boychuk remains on second line. Sunday night Bylsma talked like there wouldn't be a change there yet. #Penguins

Thanks EoO.

 

[mpp9]

They have to be showcasing Jeffrey. Vitale not being in is ridiculous.

 

[Zatch88]

So looks like Vitale sitting again.

if this is actually the case tomorrow, it's baffling to me. He's easily our highest energy guy. Something this team really needs.

 

[Ugene Magic]

They have to be showcasing Jeffrey. Vitale not being in is ridiculous.

Or they're trying to get Boychuk as much time as needed to see where they go from there. With Vitale taking a couple, I won't say bad penalties, but penalties he took in one game of the same nature. Jeffrey is a very good player and he needs time too.

It's going to be like this until they do decide.

 

[ColePens]

Great GDT brotha.

 

[Sidney BrOSSby*]

I couldn't get it at first. I thought I was in a dairy. The Line-ups reminded me of ice cream flavors.

I'll have a Dupuis.. no wait, gimme a Malkin to Martin.

 

[Mo Wanchuk]

Just win baby!

 

[Axman]

This GDT is full of awesomeness 'Gene; good job.

No Joe V again? What in the blue hell is going on DB? I'm not an award winning, evil genius coach but this confuses me.
Get back to the W's boys!

 

[cheesedanish87]

#Pens Martin remains at point on 1st PP. Letang and Niskanen working points on 2nd PP -SK

https://twitter.com/PensInsideScoop/status/301369253582479360

Not sure if this means martin stays on top pp or if its because Letang is just coming back from injury but i hope they keep martin on top pp.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I couldn't get it at first. I thought I was in a dairy. The Line-ups reminded me of ice cream flavors.

I'll have a Dupuis.. no wait, gimme a Malkin to Martin.

You can thank injuries and DB's all encompassing thought process.





Thanks guys and gals.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Did Dominic Roussel really say:" It's ass if he's saying...

 

[Ugene Magic]

Did Dominic Roussel really say:" It's ass if he's saying...

Damn double key strokes.