Watching some hockey tonight I’ve seen this ad a couple times.
I think the NHL needs more ads like this to help draw some fans (back) to the NHL/hockey. I also think the NHL should be on ESPN/ESPN 2 which would probably help them out a lot too, but that is just my opinion, but it does seem harder to find a hockey game on during the week now that the NHL is on VS…
I just got done watching the Pittsburgh Penguins’ game, I was pretty impressed. I’ve been a Pens fan for a while, and they haven’t looked this good in a while. Evgeni Malkin was especially impressive. I’ve not really seen him play a lot, but what I saw tonight (like the third period goal against Brodeur) was very promising for the future of the Penguins. Could it be that Crosby and Malkin are the new Lemieux and Jagr?
It doesn’t stop with Crosby and Malkin either, the Pens have been drafting some top players the past few years, Jordan Staal, Colby Armstrong, and Marc-Andre Fleury, and have some veteran talent as well, Jarkko Ruutu, Mark Recchi, Sergei Gonchar, and Jocelyn Thibault (gotta show the ex-Hawk love).
I’d feel pretty confident right now in saying that if the team stays healthy I could be watching them in the playoffs come spring. Could we have a Pittsburgh vs. Chicago cup this year? Probably not, but its the first time I could say that with any level of seriousness in the past decade.
Somehow I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but the Blackhawks already seem to be the “IR Superstars” of the NHL this year. Things were looking really good for them, and now they have a number of players on IR already. Guys like Tuomo Ruutu, Martin Havlat, and Michal Handzus area already out, at least one for the remainder of the year! I guess the only bright spot of it is they don’t have too many games in their upcoming schedule over the next week or two, maybe a couple guys will be back by then.
I hope so, its about time the Hawks did something…
The current full list IR Superstars is as follows: Cam Barker, Michal Handzus, Martin Havlat, Nikolai Khabibulin, Patrick Lalime, and Tuomo Ruutu.
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