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NHL - The Evolution of Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins - ESPN

"In my experience, hockey players are great teammates and are going to help another hockey player when they need it," Buffalo Sabres netminder Ryan Miller, whom Crosby worked out with in California in the offseason, told ESPN.com via email. "Given the situation, it was important for all of us to train together, negotiate together and be a teammate in the sense that we are all just hockey players at the heart of this. I thought Sid did a really great job of understanding that he was needed and he could be a good 'teammate' by representing the players.

"He was firmly on the players' side, and he was able to communicate calmly within the NHLPA and with the media about the lockout. Smart and well spoken, but everyone knows that. It isn't easy to be called upon by your team, the league, your union, your sponsors, the fans, the media, your friends and family to always have the right perspective and say something useful, and he does it very well."

 

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Good article by Rossi at the Trib about the decision to keep Depres:

Rossi: Despres is proof of Bylsma's power | TribLIVE

 

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Article from The Hockey News about the Penguins' future:

Penguins poised for a decade of dominance - The Hockey News

 

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Here is a Q&A with Beau Bennett:

Getting To Know An NHL Prospect: Penguins? Beau*Bennett | Home Ice - SI.com

 

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Here is a Q&A with Beau Bennett:

Getting To Know An NHL Prospect: Penguins? Beau*Bennett | Home Ice - SI.com

Thanks for all the links.

BTW..We will get to see Bennett in the AHL all-star game.

 

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Marc-Andre Fleury: Pittsburgh Penguins Scapegoat

 

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Penguins Insider » Bennett, defense, Norfolk, etc. 2/6

Some news from the farm on Bennett

 

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Simon Despres and Robert Bortuzzo : Penguins Young Defensemen

An article about Despres and Bortuzzo.

 

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I normally get irritated by Madden on the local radio, but this article has some pretty good points about Cooke.

Madden: Cooke tries to find unhappy medium - Timesonline.com: Mark Madden:

 

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Tough Engelland keeps job simple for Penguins - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A good read about Engelland. After reading this, it makes me root even harder for that guy.

 

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Sidney Crosby back to setting marks; becomes fifth-fastest player to 400 assists - NHL.com - NHL Insider

 

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Waivers, Sunk Costs, and the Pittsburgh Penguins | The Hockey Writers

This is an in depth look at Shero's recent moves and roster decisions with Strait, Lovejoy and Tangradi.

/ edit: Found this on thepensblog... LMAO

 

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Possibly the wrong spot, but Bennett making his debut with Sutter & Kennedy

 

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Possibly the wrong spot, but Bennett making his debut with Sutter & Kennedy

I don't get why Dan wants to bring him up, but only put him on the 3rd line?! Bennett isn't a third line guy. He isn't someone you want out there to try and contain the opponent's best players'. Granted, that will end up being Blake Wheeler and Andrew Ladd,... but still.

Put him on left wing with Geno and Neal

 

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I don't get why Dan wants to bring him up, but only put him on the 3rd line?! Bennett isn't a third line guy. He isn't someone you want out there to try and contain the opponent's best players'. Granted, that will end up being Blake Wheeler and Andrew Ladd,... but still.

Put him on left wing with Geno and Neal

I anticipate that eventually happening, but Cooke just had his most productive game of the year with Geno & Neal... Perhaps he's just going to try to get him in the flow for now?

 

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Mark Eaton released from PTO, but at Penguins practice - PensBurgh

This is very interesting. Fire up the trade rumor mill

 

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Article on Jeffrey

Hockey News and Insight by The Hockey Writers

 

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Excellent story about the growth of youth hockey in W. PA

How Sidney Crosby turned Pittsburgh into Hockeytown - The Globe and Mail

 

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Column by Joe Starkey on Shero's trade history:

Starkey: Shero's trades defy belief | TribLIVE

 

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Column by Joe Starkey on Shero's trade history:

Starkey: Shero's trades defy belief | TribLIVE

Yes, very good.

Contrast Shero with Paul Holmgren who makes video game deals, sometimes they work out brilliantly. Sometimes they fail miserably.