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Friday, 13 May 2011 00:43

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Sidney Crosby (above). Still not practicing.

-Root Sports is still very much a work in progress.

-Happy 39th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Darryl Sydor (right). A free agent signing in the 2008 offseason, Sydor spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. In 2008-09, he appeared in 74 games and recorded 12 points. He appeared in four postseason games that spring. He only appeared in eight games the following season and recorded two points before being dealt to the Stars in exchange for Philippe Boucher. In 82 regular season games with the Penguins, Sydor scored 14 points. One of seven first round picks from the 1990 draft to play for the Penguins (Petr Nedved, Jaromir Jagr, John Slaney, Drake Berehowsky, Shawn Antoski and Bryan Smolinski are the others), Sydor is currently an assistant coach with the Houston Aeros, the Wild's AHL affiliate.

Playoff Stuff

Bruins - Lightning

-"He's been a force out there. He's been dominating the games." - Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman forward Sean Bergenheim.

-By the time Game 1 starts Saturday, the Lightning will have had 10 off days.

-Defenseman Eric Brewer (right) has pretty much meant everything to the Lightning.

-The Lightning are going to see a lot of the defensive pairings of Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg.

Canucks

-"If we want to be remembered as great players, we’re going to have to go further." - Canucks captain Henrik Sedin.

-“No, no, unless there is a complete miracle. No, no chance.” - Canucks assistant coach Rick Bowness on the chances forward Manny Malhotra could return this season. He has not placed since suffring an eye injury March. 16.

Sharks - Red Wings

-Devin Setoguchi had a goal and an assist for the Sharks in a series-clinching 3-2 win against the Red Wings in Game 7. San Jose won the series, 4-3. Dan Boyle recorded two assists for San Jose while Antti Niemi made 38 saves in the victory.

-Goal of the Night: Check out this stick backhander by Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk:

-Check out this wicked off-balance wrist shot for a goal by San Jose's Logan Couture on one foot:

-Sharks forward Patrick Marleau, who was called "gutless" by former teammate turned Versus broadcaster Jeremy Roenick recently, scored the game-winner:

-Happy times in San Jose:

-Happy times for Marleau and captain Joe Thornton:

-Not so much for Detroit's Ruslan Salei and Niklas Kronwall:

-Thornton exchanging a handshake with Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom:

-Cool Photo of the Night: The Sharks taking the ice:

-Niemi kept his eyes on this puck:

-And this one too, but in a bad way:

-Detroit's Brad Stuart and San Jose's Scott Nichol had issues:

-Nichol also had issues with Detroit's Justin Abdelkader:

-Marleau's goal was his first point of the series.

-Sharks forward Ryane Clowe returned to the lineup after missing Game 6 due to an "upper-body" injury.

-Already without forward Johan Franzen due to an ankle injury, the Red Wings lost forward Danny Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi to concussions during the game.

-"I can't remember being in this close of a series, every game basically a one-goal game. I've never been part of such a tight series." - Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall.

-Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom will take his time in determining his future.

IIHF World Championships

-A goal by Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk helped Russia defeat Canada, 2-1, in the quarterfinal round.

-International Goal of the Day: Check out this shorthanded effort by Russia's Alexei Kaigorodov:

-Happy times for Russia:

-Not so much for Canada:

-Former Rangers forward Jarkko Immonen scored two goals for Finland in a 4-1 defeat of Norway.

Non-Playoff Stuff

Atlantic Division

-The 2012 Winter Classic will be held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The Flyers are expected to host the Rangers. The game will be held either on Dec. 31 or Jan. 2 on account of the NFL being scheduled to play a full slate of games Jan. 1.

-Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger (back) and forward Kris Versteeg (sports hernia) each underwent sugery.

-Rangers forward Alexander Frolov (right) has joined Avangard Omsk of the KHL.

-The Rangers signed forward Jason Wilson, a fifth-round draft pick in 2010, to an entry-level contract.

Northeast Division

-The Sabres have raised ticket prices by five percent.

Southeast Division

-“Nope. I can’t guarantee that.” - NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly when asked if he could guarantee the Thrashers being in Atlanta next season.

-The Lightning signed forward Richard Panik, a second-round pick in 2009, to a three-year entry-level contract.

Central Division

-After a successfull playoff run, Predators forward Joel Ward will cash in as an unrestricted free agent this summer.

(Photos: Crosby-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Sydor-Harry How/Getty Images; Brewer-Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images; Red Wings/Sharks-Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images and Ezra Shaw/Getty Images; IIHF World Championships-Petr David Josek/Associated Press; Frolov-Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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written by Boom Shaka, May 13, 2011 - 11:54 AM

Root Sports sure does have a long way to go! I didn't like the assertion that if I'm a rabid hockey fan and I do enjoy the CBC style of filming, then I'm somehow technologically challenged or I'm somehow mis-informed.

No bud...I like the CBC style because it's the best for following a game as fast as hockey. All the bells and whistles in the world don't help you follow any easier, especially when they're applied as poorly as FSN used to and Root still does.

Root either needs to learn how to use all this new technology or not just use it because, "well, we paid for it so might as well use it".

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written by gmuny2002, May 13, 2011 - 02:00 PM

Root screwed up when as FSN Pittsburgh, they fired Mike Lange, outside of Stan Savran & Dan Potash, I really don't care for them all that much, I mean, I'll watch the games, but, that's it, I don't watch the post game shows, cause there's no point in it. You already know who won or who lost!

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