Pittsburgh Penguins update

ok, while i pull my size 12 foot out of my mouth, lets take a look at the NHL playoffs so far. Actually let's just talk about how well the Penguins did "While the men in Pittsburgh look in the mirror every day at their ever growing playoff beard, and unfortunately the ladies too who are not shaving their legs, we all must wait" Game one started off just the way Ottawa didn't want it to; with Gary Roberts (the man who survived abortion and created giraffes when he uppercutted a horse, and the only man in history to ever beat a brick wall at tennis) scored a backhand goal. The Penguins the proceeded to tear the Senators a new a**hole for 4 games and swept the Sens. I will be the first to say I was wrong about the Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis trade, because both were amazing. Pascal on the penalty kill held the Senators powerplay to under 10% on the series and both played on the line with Sidney Crosby. Marian even got off the schnide by scoring a playoff goal (granted it was a garbage goal but its a start). The steel city line continued to show that they are the best line in hockey, Ryan Malone scored 2 goals in the series as well as Petr Sykora scoring a handful. and of course, Evgeni Malkin is in the top 5 in playoff points only playing 4 games, while every other NHL playoff series has gone at least 6 games. But perhaps the best thing that we can take away from this series is the play of Marc-Andre Fleury. The flower has finally blossomed into the number one pick we hoped he would be. The flower was more like the Venus Fly-trap allowing only 5 goals in 4 games and the best save percentage in the playoffs. The series was summed up when 4th liner Jarkko Ruutu, the man who was suppose to take stupid penalties and not contribute to the offense at all, scored a break away goal by spinning away from a defender and going 5 hole on Martin Gerber on his back hand. The Penguins got every break and the Senators were left stunned. The only bad thing about sweeping our biggest rival and getting payback from last year is now we have to play the waiting game. The Penguins will most likely not play for another week! The only thing we can do now is practice hard, stay sharp, and hope that our age (besides Gary Roberts) gives us the extra legs we need that will keep us moving through these playoffs.

V for Vendetta

Who is the bad guy in V for Vendetta?

the obvious answer is of course Chancellor Sutler who plunges England into a world of total obedience and seclusion after the United States self destructed. The Chancellor assembles a dream team of advisors and right hand men to keep the country "under control". The country (according to V) enjoys a life or predictability and security. Until...enter V a terrorist bent on changing the country after the heads of the country injured hundreds of thousands (including V) during an experiment to create a biological weapon and insert it into people.

So take a step back and look at the big picture of the roles of the two characters. Sutler does what he believes is the best for the country and if you dont believe that he just wants to keep the people and himself safe. V is a terrorist who blows up public statues and hijacks the city wide news tower to broadcast a hate message and threaten to blow up parliament.

Of course I am a fan of V and what he stands for but dont prosecute Chancellor Sutler for running his country the way he seems that would keep the people safe

Pittsburgh Penguins Playoffs 2008

wow...what a year. Let's slow down and remember the year that was for the Pittsburgh Penguins. We started off slow...like we always do and the East seemed out of reach through 20 games because Ottawa started off just about 20-0. The year slowly grinded on as we watched a few of our best players fall to injury. Sidney Crosby, Scary Gary Roberts, Mark Eaton, Marc Andre Fluery, and Rob Scuderi missed an extended period of time. Sidney Crosby's injury seemed to be the death of the Penguins half way through the season. Enter Evgeni Malkin...the young Russian Center who would be the starting center on any team but the Penguins...because of Sidney Crosby. Evgeni then scored 30 points in the 15 games Sidney missed and was contending for the scoring title until Alexander Ovechkin scored 1,000 goals for the rest of the year (a deserving MVP). The end of the season the Penguins went on a complete tear...losing less then 5 games in regulation over the last 20 games. We decided to lose the last game of the year to the Philly Philadelphia Flyers to give the Penguins the 2nd best record in the East and the Atlantic Division Championship.

That puts us in a first round playoff matchup against our favorite team...the Ottawa Senators. The very team that knocked us out of the playoffs in the first round last year. Hopefully this year is different...the Penguins have another year of experience under their belt and the Sens have lost Daniel Alfredson and Mike Fishcer for (as the coach comments) weeks. The Penguins are poised to make a run to the Stanley Cup. We have more defensemen then we know what to do with (after acquiring the USS Hal GilL who will hopefully take on the big name players we're up against) and the best one two...even three punch combination scoring wise in the league (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Marian Hossa (who I still disagree with trading for because I am a huge Erik Christensen fan)) and the best one two goalie combination in the league: Marc Andre Fleury and 85 year old Ty Conklin who stepped in when Marc-Andre was hurt and had the best save percentage in the league during his extended assignment.

Final Predictions: Penguins in 6 over Ottawa Penguins in 7 over Boston Penguins in 5 over Montreal and finally Penguins in 7 over San Jose.

Go Pens
Gary Roberts is back...Hide the Women and Children!!!!!