Friday, February 27, 2009

Pre-Game News

It appears as though ATDHE.net
is no longer carrying FREE LIVE STREAMS
of hockey games
(I'm thinking with how strict the NHL is, they found out and told the site to stop)
I INTEND TO CONTINUE CHECKING FOR EACH GAME

SIDNEY CROSBY
[UPDATE 2]
The Penguins made an official announcement on their webpage that Crosby will indeed be out of tonight's lineup; he did tried it out during this morning's skate, but figured it wasn't worth it.

[UPDATE]

KDKA's Pittsburgh Sports Insider is reporting that Crosby's groin injury is not healed enough and will not play in tonight's game.

Crosby is questionable for tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks after not practicing yesterday and leaving practices early on Monday and Tuesday. He is currently listed as "day-to-day." He is to take part in the morning skate and make a decision then.

"I'm just taking a rest, and I'll see (today) how I feel," Crosby said.

"I'll see how I feel out there, hopefully good," he said. "When you're dealing with a groin, you just need to be cautious."

CHRIS KUNITZ
Kunitz is projected to be on the top line with Sid tonight (if he does, in fact, play) along with Fedotenko.

[UPDATE]
Included in the Crosby announcement were the lines that they had together at the morning skate today (which are a bit different than what was originally projected):

Kunitz - Crosby - Fedotenko
Satan - Malkin - Sykora
Cooke - Staal - Kennedy
Wallace - Talbot - Godard

Dupuis or Thomas "will replace Crosby in the lineup but the new combinations are not yet clear."

Here are the projected lines (from the Penguins webpage):
KUNITZ - CROSBY - FEDOTENKO
SATAN - MALKIN - SYKORA
KENNEDY - STAAL - COOKE
DUPUIS - TALBOT - GODARD

ORPIK - GONCHAR
LETANG - EATON
SCUDERI - GILL

FLEURY to start in goal tonight for the Pens.

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