Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Pre-Season Game Lineup

[UPDATE]
The game will be broadcast tonight on "The X" 105.9 featuring Mike Lange and the "Ol' 2-9er," Phil Bourque.


The Penguins webpage have released the following lineup for tonight's pre-season game against the Columbus Blue Jackets:

Forwards
Kunitz-Crosby-Tangradi (<-- this will be interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing him on Crosby's line)
Dupuis-Staal-Fedotenko
Conner-Jeffrey-Bayda
Sill-Vitale-Godard

Defensemen
Despres-Gonchar
Eaton-Engelland
McKee-Bortuzzo

Goaltenders
Fleury
Thiessen

I'm guessing that a few of the big-name players (Malkin, Orpik, Kennedy, Guerin, etc.), are absent from the lineup in order for the coaching staff to get a feel of all the players they haven't seen on the ice up to this point (and perhaps for the "veteran" players to get a little more rest before the regular season starts).

I'm very anxious for this and seeing all the new faces and how they fit in. I'm hoping that the game will at least be broadcast over the radio.

Speaking of radio, the webpage has a link to the Penguins Live Podcast (the full lineup won't debut until October 1st, but there will be special limited broadcasts during training camp).

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