Carey Price is boss.I guess the title of this post make for the setup of a bad joke, but really, hey look! We had our first shootout of the year! And it didn't suck either!
But before I continue, some sad news... JOSH GORGES IS OUT WITH KNEE SURGERY! FUCK! Another blow to the team. Soon Hal Gill will be the last veteran standing.
So in true to Pierre Gauthier's request to rally around each other, they played probably their best game in a month. Yes, Crosby wasn't there. Yes, Cooke was out with personal reasons (and personaly he could just go away). And yes, Malkin sucks in shootouts. The Pens are never an easy team to play unless they mail in a back-to-back, and this was the first time I saw them NOT mail in a back-to-back game. Also helped them that Fleury was on the bench so Cammy could not score on him.
First period was over in a blink of an eye. Fastest period all season. Made the advertisers angry but saved us from talking to Gargamel down between the benches. Outshot ridiculously, but that's nothing new. Second period remarkably didn't suck for once! And Mighty Mite Desharnais played a giant game. Third period was a little annoying but hey, you got the top two penalty killing teams in the League facing off here... I expected the powerplays on either side would cancel out.
Shootout was a rather sordid affair until Pouliot pulled out the Forsberg (which is PK's move too but he didn't do it). Pens fans start bitching about Price's pose. Habs get 2 points.
Dear GM-boss, we rallied.
PS. Those crazy Russian kids got kicked off their home flight for being drunk. Awesome stuff, boys!
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