When the name Sidney Crosby is brought up, you either love him or hate him. No matter what anyone says about him one thing is true, he stepped it up big time during this year’s playoff run with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Penguins are about to match up against the Hurricanes for the Eastern Conference finals and not only will Crosby be fun to watch, but so will Staal². This series includes a pair of Staals, brothers Jordan and Eric. You can bet these games are going to get competitive.
For Pittsburgh, they’ve got top talent players like forwards Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Carolina on the other hand has forward Eric Staal and goaltender Cam Ward. Although Ward is an amazing goalie, don’t be surprised when there are a lot of high scoring games. Crosby has twelve goals this post-season, a league high and Malkin can take the team on his back when needed. Ward does make those timely saves needed to steal games, but we’ll just have to see how these games go.
As for the Staal’s, I don’t think they’ll be doing much talking outside of the rink. It’s going to be strictly hockey for these two and even a possible head to head battle. With Jordan’s great play, he’s been matched up against other team’s top lines, so he might be on the ice every time Eric is.
Marc-Andre Fleury will be in between the pipes for the Pens and his style of goaltending has been said to be similar to that of Tim Thomas. While I slightly disagree, I think the only reason Fleury would be compared to Thomas is because of the athleticism of their saves. Either way, Fleury is a good goaltender with some experience just like Ward.
Some other key players that might go under the radar are Tyler Kennedy and Chris Kunitz for the Penguins and Sergei Samsonov for the Canes. Kennedy is a hardworking center who is strong on the puck, where Kunitz is good for battling along the boards and placing himself in front of the net. Samsonov has scored some clutch goals this post-season but I still feel as though he’s not given enough credit.
The battle begins Monday night at Mellon Arena. Let’s go Pens!
The Penguins are about to match up against the Hurricanes for the Eastern Conference finals and not only will Crosby be fun to watch, but so will Staal². This series includes a pair of Staals, brothers Jordan and Eric. You can bet these games are going to get competitive.
For Pittsburgh, they’ve got top talent players like forwards Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Carolina on the other hand has forward Eric Staal and goaltender Cam Ward. Although Ward is an amazing goalie, don’t be surprised when there are a lot of high scoring games. Crosby has twelve goals this post-season, a league high and Malkin can take the team on his back when needed. Ward does make those timely saves needed to steal games, but we’ll just have to see how these games go.
As for the Staal’s, I don’t think they’ll be doing much talking outside of the rink. It’s going to be strictly hockey for these two and even a possible head to head battle. With Jordan’s great play, he’s been matched up against other team’s top lines, so he might be on the ice every time Eric is.
Marc-Andre Fleury will be in between the pipes for the Pens and his style of goaltending has been said to be similar to that of Tim Thomas. While I slightly disagree, I think the only reason Fleury would be compared to Thomas is because of the athleticism of their saves. Either way, Fleury is a good goaltender with some experience just like Ward.
Some other key players that might go under the radar are Tyler Kennedy and Chris Kunitz for the Penguins and Sergei Samsonov for the Canes. Kennedy is a hardworking center who is strong on the puck, where Kunitz is good for battling along the boards and placing himself in front of the net. Samsonov has scored some clutch goals this post-season but I still feel as though he’s not given enough credit.
The battle begins Monday night at Mellon Arena. Let’s go Pens!
5 comments:
Loved it! Can't wait to see my sid bring home the cup to pittsburgh!!Also can't wait for the battle of the staals!:)
love_crosby87
thanks! i can't wait for all that to happen either :) it'll be very exciting.
-hailey
Sidney Crosby??? Hmmmm,gotta love those Canadian boys!!!! ;)
great blog, Hailey. You even have me just a tad excited about the series. :)
AmandaLyn
thankyou!
yeah canadien boys are pretty good :] good im glad! this series will be exciting just because pittsburgh is so fun to watch.
LETS GO BOSTON!!! OPPS I mean LETS GO PENS!!!! :-P
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