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by Paul on 05/02/09 at 08:26 PM ET
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“This is the script- You have a major market. You have transcendent players on both teams. I don’t know if there has ever been a team with three centers as good as Crosby, Malkin and Staal. And this is the most evenly matched series I’ve ever seen in the playoffs. You compare the stars, the lines, the goalies.
“This will go seven games. I don’t know how. But it will.”
-Capitals Owner Ted Leonsis after today’s game. More on the Caps/Pens series from Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post.
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I don’t know if there has ever been a team with three centers as good as Crosby, Malkin and Staal.
Seriously? A few Wings teams come to mind. Yzerman, Federov, Larionov. Now, Zetterberg, Datsyuk and Filpulla; people will disagree but those three delivered when it mattered most, the Stanley Cup Finals.
This is, of course, ignoring all the great Oiler and Islander teams.
Posted by Osrt on 05/02/09 at 07:46 PM ET
Lemieux, Francis, Nedved in 95-95.
161 points, 119, and 99 points, respectively.
Yes, I know they didn’t always play 1st 2nd and 3rd line center, but they were all 3 centers.
You’d think Ted would have the name NEDVED sketched into his brain, waking up in a sweaty panic screaming his name.
And thats just the best Penguins trio of centers I can think of.
Posted by Kstewy16 on 05/02/09 at 08:02 PM ET
95-95 is supposed to say 95-96.
Posted by Kstewy16 on 05/02/09 at 08:04 PM ET
Yawn. Tired of the media and boring owners telling me that this is the best series ever in the history of sports.
Posted by yreland from Paul MacLean's Moustache on 05/02/09 at 08:25 PM ET
Just another in a LONG line of “best ever” only this time including Staal instead of AO. It gets tiring after you hear it day after day after day..it insults hockey fans and just makes him sound like a clueless buffoon. What would be nice is for some reporter to actually call him out for this statement. Ted’s got a blog so I’m sure he could provide the basis for his loony statement.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 05/02/09 at 09:03 PM ET
Yzerman, Fedorov, Larionov
Posted by Voline on 05/02/09 at 10:18 PM ET
yzerman,fedorov,larionov AND datsyuk in 2002
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 05/03/09 at 12:20 AM ET
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Wow. I guess Lemieux, Francis, and Trots in ‘91 were jackshit compared to these three cupless wonders.
Posted by CJBear71 on 05/02/09 at 07:44 PM ET