It's over. Hard fought, but finished. I wish I could have seen the Pens go a little farther, but we have lost. If we had to lose to someone, I'm glad it was the Habs. I really hope they win the Stanley Cup this year, they've come up from being the number 8 seed coming into the Playoffs to beating last year's Stanley Cup Champions.
They'll be the Cinderella story of the year if they win. Everyone loves a good one of those.
Not an easy feat.
Jordan Staal rallied us late in the second, but not enough. Don't even get me started on poor Marc-Andrè. Probably think's it's his fault.
Better luck next year, and 'Bon chance' to the Canadiens!
-CE
Photos courtesy of Getty Images.
Jordan Staal skated briefly today before practice in spite of having suffered a lacerated tendon in his foot during Game 1 against Montreal.
He will not skate tonight for Game 3 in Montreal, and is still listed as day-to-day. Skating at all seems fairly impressive considering that he just underwent a procedure to repair the tendon over the weekend.
He is one tall drink of man, isn't he? Just lovely.
-CE
ESPN, we appreciate your interest in hockey, but if you have Jordan Staal on the phone, don't spend two minutes talking to him about Sidney Crosby, and the other two minutes asking him questions out of hockey for dummies. Hmm. Maybe the mean finals Courtney is starting to come out. Well, at least they're trying. Check out the interview below and decide for yourselves.
And FYI, that's a mouth guard in Jordan's mouth. He's not missing teeth or anything. Haha yet- the season is still young my friends!
That being said, the Pens defeated the Colorado Avalanche last night 1-4, with goals by Sidney Crosby, Bill Guerin, and two empty net goals by Jordan Staal and another by Sidney Crosby. An assist on the Guerin goal gave Sid 11 points in three games with his hat trick against the New York Rangers a week ago. Now this is the point where I do what I hated on ESPN for doing- sorry Jordan dearest, switching over to Sid now.
Over the summer Sid switched to a one-piece composite stick, which the article I read assures me is a sign of his decision to shoot more, and about this change of attitude, he said:
"I feel like I think 'pass' first most times. So if I can think 'shoot' a little bit more, hopefully, that will open both and keep guys guessing," Crosby said. "I'll, hopefully, be a threat either way."
You gotta love the guy for wanting to share, right?
Plus he isn't suspended and out almost a hundred grand like that dope Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitols). I'm glad mercilessly injuring people is the only way Ovechkin knows how to win- it makes it easier for him to be the bad guy.
-CE
I needed no more reason to be jealous of cutie Taylor Swift.
It is a weird feeling for me to wish that I was her though. I wish I was her. I might pursue a career in country (blagh) music just so that I too can one day have this moment.
She was presented with this honorary jersey by Max Talbot, Jordan Staal, Alex Goligoski and Tyler Kennedy after performing in Mellon arena yesterday.
Two points: Max's shirt? Gotta love it. Love Jordan's shirt more. It's one he wore before at phonathon and it reads, "Chicks dig my ride". It's got a photo of a tricycle on it. So hella hot.
Love them. First game of the season tonight. So excited.
-CE
Really random, but so adorable. I love love love love love Dan Bylsma. Did you know that when he played hockey they called him Disco Dan because of how much he loved to dance? Look how cute he is.
Then Max growling at the camera. Love me some Maxime. The Pens aren't faring well in the preseason though- they've lost two games in a row now. They lost to Montreal tonight 4-3. Boo. Oh well, Montreal was probably playing their best guys. No biggie. This is as large as I could get this picture, but trust, it is amazing. It's Jordan Staal, Chris Kunitz and Jay McKee helping out at Phonathon for the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.
Jordan's shirt has a tricycle on it and says, "Chicks dig my ride". So hella hot. Love him. Love him. Arg. I have to go study for religion now...and yes, the irony in that kills me.
-CE
So flipping funny. Check out the first few seconds where Geno (Malkin) and Jordan are waving at the camera, so goofy. Then of course, Brooks Orpik, aka Free Candy looks so FREAKED. But that's just his normal face. Then Bill Guerin and Sergei Gonchar look so excited. I love them, they are so adorable.
Geno is taking pictures and texting the whole time, and you can see him and Jordan laughing in the background...and then he's texting, hears his name and pops up, like "Yes! I am here. Malkin is present." So funny. Barack has no idea what's going on. Dan Bylsma is cringing on the inside.
Best part is Barack Obama totally just roasting Sidney. Like BOOM, Roasted. Well that's Barack O-Baller for you.
The first video is the footage of the event, and the last one is an interview with Sid and Bill Guerin (love Billy Guerin) afterwards.
-CE
What better way to start off our blog than with a hockey player on the day of game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. HAVE to watch the jordan video they talk about. flipping...the funniest thing i have ever seen. EVER. the eye roll? my heart fluttered. fluttered damn it. that smile? forget about it. i did a very lady-like swan dive into full on obsession. It happens about 30 seconds in. trust- jordan staal is the ish.
This is as large as I could get this picture, but trust, it is amazing. It's Jordan Staal, Chris Kunitz and Jay McKee helping out at Phonathon for the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.
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