It shouldn't be that shocking that the Pens, with 2 of the best 5 players in the NHL are going to make this series competitive. Pitt has clearly adopted the shock and awe strategy of hitting the Rangers hard, illegally and often to slow them down, to say that the number of PP's shows the refs are doing their jobs is nonsense. Aside from the too many men penalty all the other calls on the Pens have been for legitimately dirty and dangerous plays, many more have gone uncalled. If the Rangers aren't going to make them pay on the PP expect more of the same.
So far it appears that MSL lacks the same spark that drove the team last year, I think AV needs to cut his minutes starting with the PP. Boyle has been an absolute waste all year - his slow start and playoff ineptitude don't appear to be something he's going to work through. I'm not a big Hunwick fan but he deserves to play over Boyle when Klein's back. Too funny that in both game threads some are calling for Tanner Glass to have his 7.5 minutes of ice time cut even further to give CK, who's played like an absolute hump so far, more ice time. CK is one of the biggest guys out there but has registered one hit in 2 games - unacceptable, Glass deserves more of his ice time. The Rangers were hands down the best road team this year, hopefully they'll continue the trend in Pitt tomorrow.
