There have been several good sights so far in the Pens season.
Evgeni Malkin FINALLY showing up in a Pens uniform.
Sid taking it up ANOTHER notch, when a lot of people thought that was not possible.
MAF finally showing signs of goaltender maturity.
The Pens' defense not giving EVERY game away (OK, it still happens from time to time).
But one of the best sights this season has been the continued dominance the Penguins have had over the Flyers this year.
Most of the games haven't even been close, in fact, they've been embarrassingly bad for the Flyers.
So it's certainly a good thing that after the latest 3 game losing streak that the Pens invade Philly this afternoon at 2PM.
This game also is the first of the season for NBC's NHL coverage.
I guess I should take that as a good thing.
But come on, let's face it, short-term coverage on NBC is a nice band-aid (hell, the NHL needs every ounce of U.S. coverage it can get), but as I said when I was on the Confluence Soapbox, until the NHL gets back on ESPN, it's simply a drop in the bucket.
Noah Welch is back with the team again, this time courtesy of Melichar's sprained MCL. Joe is expected to be out 3-4 weeks. Welch will be paired with another one of Therrien's man-crushes, Alain Nasreddine (along with Michel Ouellet, of course).
I'll be interested to see the lines for this one. I can't imagine Malone being allowed to stay with the first line for much longer. He's simply not producing, and outside of one night that he was fortunate enough to get three great feeds from Sid for the hat trick, he's done literally nothing all year.
Oh well, just stepping on the Flyers' ice should provide enough intensity to get another win for the Pens.
LET'S GO PENS !!!!!
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