Scanning Around the League

It continues to amaze and astound me how evenly the Penguins and Rangers are matched. Their scorers against our scorers; their depth against our depth. Generally speaking, too, the teams both like to, um, how shall I put this kindly, play the style of hockey that I so enjoy (time spent in the offensive zone). In any case, the Pens and Rangers are fairly evenly matched, and our kids have to learn how to win games against a team that boasts experienced future Hall of Fame players Brendan Shanahan and Jaromir Jagr. When the Pens are evenly matched with a team, they have to win those games if they want to make the playoffs.

Jaromir Jagr is not good in shootouts, or hasn’t been good (something like 2 for 12). At last glance, he was still leading the league in scoring. Sometimes things don’t make logical sense.

Chris Pronger was minus 2 in a game against Tampa Bay. Talk about a crazy unusual night—crazier things have happened, but really? Chris Pronger, a minus 2? (Again, no direct comparison should be inferred, but Ryan Whitney "haters," "bashers," etc, please note--no one would have raised their eyebrows at a minus 2 game from Pronger his first three seasons in the NHL.)