PENS ALERT: Pens fall to Sens 6-2. GOALS: J.STAAL(6), E.MALKIN(5). STARS: 3)C.KELLY 2)M.FISHER 1)C.PHILLIPS. Next game Saturday @Atlanta.

Making a slow comeback

Now just who would I be talking about? Me or the Penguins? heh...

Seriously, I dislike when things do not work properly, and furthermore I have little patience when they don't. Such is how things are when upgrading operating systems. New computer and all be damned, I may not have it done the way it's 'supposed' to be, but darn it, it's working for me this way... no worries, I won't go into details.

I just hate getting derailed from posting here, that's all.

Anyhooo....

The Pens losing skid has taken a break as of Saturday's win against Boston at the Mellon, then again Monday when the Ducks came to town. Was nice to see them rise up despite the severe lack of top defensemen.

Speaking of players that are injured. Surprise, surprise... two smiling face return to our humble lineup tonight. Max Talbot will make his season debut, and Sergi Gonchar will return from his wrist injury. Safe to say the blue line and power play have really needed Gonch.

It's not sure if Mark Eaton will play or not, he missed the teams morning skate with back spasms and will be a game time decision. Just in case they have defensemen Chris Lee from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton waiting in the wings to play.

Tonight sees the Penguins in Ottawa taking on the Sens for the second time this season, after beating them 4-1 back on October 12th. The Senators currently sit in 10th place in the Eastern conference while the Pens are fourth.

Sorry for the abbreviated posting... but at this point, it's better than what I have been coming up with. Gah... talk about room for improvement. I suck... thankfully, the Pens don't, despite all the injuries.

LET'S GO PENS!!!
LET'S GO PENS!!!
LET'S GO PENS!!!

PENS top ANA 5-2. GOALS: M.COOKE(3,4) B.GUERIN(5) J.STAAL(5) M.SKOULA(1). STARS: 3)ENGELLAND 2)COOKE 1)STAAL

PENS ALERT: Pens top BOS 6-5(OT). GOALS: J.MCKEE(1), P.DUPUIS(4,5-OTW), S.CROSBY(10), M.EATON(2), B.GUERIN(4). STARS: 3)MALKIN 2)CROSBY 1)DUPUIS

PENS ALERT: Pens fall to Devils 4-1. GOAL: R.FEDOTENKO(4). STARS: 3)Z.PARISE 2)T.ZAJAC 1)N.BERGFORS. Next game Saturday vs Boston.

can November just end already?

Sure, it is only day 12 out of 3o in the month of November, but what started in October has totally gotten blown out of proportion this month.

I'm talking injuiries here. The Pens have had yet another major set back, losing defenseman Brooks Orpik to the ever dreaded "upper body injury". Which could entail anything from a hangnail to a broken rib, nobody knows what it is.

Do I really need to go down the list? Humor me... there is Orpik, Letang, Gonchar, Malkin, Kennedy, Talbot... egad, that's just painful to look at. Bringing up a couple AHL fill ins will have to suffice, we have no choice. Sidney Crosby may be all that, but he cannot do everything on this team. And with each defensive line missing it's key player, poor Sid will be at the mercy of any teams defense.

Perfect example was Charra the other night in that humilating 3-0 loss. He was all over Sidney, and as such Sid didn't have a chance of scoring or anything else for that matter.

Due to the Penguins poor performance over the last three games, the New Jersey Devils have taken over first place in the Atlantic division. Boo...

This is also important because the aforementioned Devils come into Mellon Arena tonight. Yes, boring, trap hockey will be at it's finest tonight.

Deryk Engelland and Ben Lovejoy have come up from the baby Pens to try to help heal the gaping holes in the defense.

So, put on your helmets folks this game is gonna be questionable at best. Anything could and probably will happen...

LET'S GO PENS!!!
LET'S GO PENS!!!
LET'S GO PENS!!!