Awesome.

That was quick.

Marleau. Boyle. Thornton. Nabokov. All of em played a great game. Boyle’s end-to-end rush for that one goal and that incredible, sick, disgusting skate work on the blue line to keep the puck in on the other goal was just a thing of beauty.

That’s entirely from a hockey fan’s perspective of course. From a Pens fan perspective, pretty as it was, it also put my stomach in knots.

that play was awesome. He was a beast tonight, would’ve been nice to get him a goal. Holy cow, I really like the way we’re playing, even with the injuries. Good to get Pavs back too.

That’s awesome. I was at the game and I thought there were 3! Marleau does in fact equal beast.

Better than you.

Woohoo I get to be the first to point out that Marleau was wearing the “A”!!!!!!!!!

I know that there was probably very little significance to this considering Blake is out……………but nobody was wearing the “C” as far as I could see…..

Marleau is a step closer to being our Captain again! Woohoo!

OK so let me ask people this question? What is the difference between the type of player that Marleau is……………and the type of player Crosby is…….Is it strictly a puck handling thing that allows Crosby to score more goals? It may be my biased opinion but Marleau looks to be the same type of player to me but better?

Lets see people compare the two…..

Marleau was definitely a beast tonight. His single-handed effort in the 3rd pretty much summed up the Sharks’ dominance of the Pens. Glad to see Pavs back. He’s my favorite Sharks player so it was great to see him be able to pitch in. Boo to Heater for stealing Pavs 2nd goal. Murray just made an absolute mockery of the Pens forecheckers.

After Letang was done in the 1st, Pens really had no one capable of setting up a decent Powerplay. Goligoski’s effectiveness was somewhat hampered by his previous injury. Crosby doesn’t normally play point and looked out of place, and that’s definitely where the Pens miss Geno. Crosby set up some good passes, one to a streaking Orpik on the PP….but, well, it’s Brooks Orpik you’re passing to. Overall, he had an average game. A couple of turnovers in the offensive zone, but I suppose you get the bad with the good. Great thing was, even with his supposed injury, he was still doing things that electrified the crowd.

Nabby deserved the shutout. And while I definitely credit Nabby for a strong game, the Pens also weren’t generating the same kind of traffic the Sharks had in front of MAF and BJ (lol- that sounds bad) . Sharks also did a better job of clearing out rebounds when there were the few and Nabby made a flashy save in the 1st on the Pens PP to keep the game at hand.

A 5-0 ripping of the Pens is pretty bad. But in a way, I went home feeling like a winner. First time seeing Crosby at the Tank, so I was pretty pumped about that. Wish it were a better hockey game (read: both teams had their full rosters) but that’s the breaks. Sharks boost their confidence up. Hopefully Geno comes up back. GO Sharks! GO Pens!

Great thing was a lot of the Pens fans stayed until the very end of the game

In a 2008 ESPN poll of NHL players, Patty was voted “most underrated player” and tied for 4th “best leader” with Scott Niedermayer.

Unfairly was blamed for a team collapse in the playoffs.
Never, in his career, has he publicly criticized teammates or coaches
Is among active leaders in playoff goals and points.
Is a shoe-in for Team Canada
Will have his number retired as a Shark.

Will be UFA.
What’s a GM to do??

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