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1st leg of the “BIG WEEK” … MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Philthy-ass Phlyurs demolished… CHECK!
Moving on. Next up in the dunk tank are the Canucks. Well, most of them are Canucks, 5 or more are ex-Penguins. One or two of them only as long as a year or so ago. Blueger, Lafferty and Cole will be in the lineup. Friedman and DeSmith probs not so much.
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Vancouver is one of the most improved teams in the league this season and off to a great start. So it’ll feel that much better when we fuck them up. That top line of theirs is seriously shredding the league. LW Pettersson 20-G 33-A / C Miller 19-G 36-A / RW Boeser 25-G 19-A … jeebus. Throw in D Hughes 11-G 40-A … any ONE of those stat lines is a good year for any-one single NHL player and we havent even hit the halfway point in the season yet. Their top 4 point getters are over 200 combined points so far. The Pens top 4 haven’t even broken 150 total combined points. Jarry and/or Needles will have their work cut out for them tonight.
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This game will say a lot about where this team stands right now. We usually perform well against the Western teams however, the Pens are only 5-4-1 in their last 10 games against Vancouver. The Pens have won 3 of the last 4 contests against the ‘Nucks going back to 2021 but this is 2024 and these aren’t yer Grandfather’s Canucks. The ‘Orcas’ have won 5 of their last 4 games outscoring opponents 25-13 and are currently on a 3 game win streak beating up on the Devils, Rangers and Islanders on this road trip. I’m hoping we catch them tired after having played 3 games in 5 days and most recently a B2B this past Monday and Tuesday in NY. A win could jump us up to 4th in the Metro, so, screw them… WE’re WINNIN
If I would have been born in Canada…
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