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Timonen Can Stop The Best
by Paul on 05/07/08 at 08:50 AM ET
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from Mike Sielski of phillyBurbs,
The Pittsburgh Penguins have Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin — two of the three most dynamic offensive forces in the NHL — playing on separate lines. So, the core question of this series was put to Trotz on Tuesday afternoon: If you were John Stevens, would you match Timonen against Crosby or Malkin?
“Wow,” Trotz, the head coach of Timonen’s former team, the Nashville Predators, said over his cell phone. “Which devil do you want to dance with? The Penguins will probably play Crosby with [Marian] Hossa, so I’d play him against them. ... The best way to answer is, whatever player whose game you think you need to take away most, that’s the guy to put Kimmo on. He can really take people’s games away from them.”
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Wow! Someone should have thought of that sooner - put your best defensemen out against Crosby and or Malkin. Had the Rangers or Senators thought of that the Pens might not be in the conference finals.
Can’t wait to see if the homer-style Philly reporters can out homer the New York media.
Posted by mcfly from pgh on 05/07/08 at 09:38 AM ET