GAMEDAY [10] -- SAN JOSE SHARKS

The Pens are coming in 5-2-2.We all know who they have played.The Sharks are coming in 7-2-0.Three of those wins came at the expense of the 3-4-1 Los Angeles Kings.So don't look at San Jose's record at all.THE CONFLUENCE has a nice preview.EMPTY NETTERS brings home the bacon.The last time the Pens were in HP Pavilion, Cheechoo Hines'd Eaton: If you want to kill yourself, read the game recap that we did for it back in November 2006.It was our 11th recap ever. OUCH.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::HCMT robbed Pens and Sharks fans everywhere from seeing a supreme goaltending matchup between Nabokov and MAF. PENS No idea what the reasoning is. But we're not coaches.Given the way that Sabu played against the Bruins, though,maybe we are in fact gonna see a solid goaltending matchup.Last time Sabu was on the West Coast, he stunned Vancouver in his first start after MAF went down in Calgary: Inspirational performance by Sabu.Legame.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::+ Hal Gill is no dice tonight.Zigo-Godard-Biz will be the fourth line.The top 9 are always everywhere.+Darryl Sydor will be in the lineup tonight.He recently requested a trade from the Penguins.Which means he is putting his skills on display for prospective teams to want him.Expect him to play as lights-out as a role-playing d-man can play.+ Max Talbot is not suiting up tonight due to an undisclosed injury. PG+ Here's another article discussing Talbot's role on the Pens. PGSpeaking of Mad Max...Is his foot still bothering him from blocking a shot in last year's playoffs?Here's a pic from a preseason game this year:And here's one from the Canes regular-season game:He wore those covers on both skates when returning from his foot injury during the playoffs,explaining that if he only wore one, people would target it. Wearing two was gonna make it harder for opponents to target the bad foot.Anyway, if he was wearing those covers in the postseason, maybe the injury was still nagging him.He blocks shots for a living.If they aren't uncomfortable, you got to consider keeping them on all the time.Or does that makes us pansies?::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::PUCK DADDY went inside the most shocking stats accumulated so far this.nhl season.He put the Pens 22% power-play unit on the list.Which we guess would be a shock to everyone expecting the PP numbers to suffer.Pens fans aren't shocked by the number at all.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Since there were no (zero) rebuttals posted in our comments in regard to us labeling Gregor and Brownlee as hypocrites, we consider it a done deal.We're waiting for their fanboys to catch wind of it.Point Pensblog.The Pens will handle the rest on 11.06.Crosby better keep his head up, apparently.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::TIMKO found this pic:JVM found this Coffey jersey online that breaks the space-time continuum::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::GREG N. dropped us some great news today:Verizon Fios is offering Center Ice and.nhl Network. LINK:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::So, who do we turn to in the big Hacksaw battle?To someone who we feel can make a big impact this season:dude in the chairGo PensSource