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Make Or Break Game
by Paul on 06/08/09 at 05:09 PM ET
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from Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun,
The danger, of which Pittsburgh must be aware — even Bylsma, who wasn’t part of last year’s six-game defeat by the same Red Wings — is that the Penguins are approaching another defining moment for their franchise, and if it goes badly, it won’t be the definition they were hoping for.
“I like it being a defining moment,” said Bylsma. “Everyone in that room should be ready to play their best game and make a difference, by doing what we do as a team. Everyone needs to be ready to have the puck on their stick and make the play or make the defensive play or block the shot or make the save. That’s what we need. We need a defining game.”
Because here’s the thing: If not now, when? When does a group of talented kids stop being a sure thing, and start acquiring more baggage than promise?
Probably not yet — their core group of centres is still incredibly young — but before the questions get too onerous, they could use something a lot better in the way of a lasting memory than that 5-0 pratfall in Detroit on Saturday.
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