The 39-year-old is not thinking of the conversations about retirement at the end of recent seasons or how close this season with the Penguins didn’t happen.
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“I see a guy that’s working his butt off”, said ESPN analyst Barry Melrose. Yes players have to play, and often times in hockey bounces have to go your way. “It starts with one”. The record for a home team in a Game 5 scenario of the Stanley Cup Final is 369-201 in regulation, 60-53 in overtime. That’s where Cullen has his eyes. We talk about who needs to step up their game for the potential game five win and the importance of Pittsburgh winning a championship during a game played in the City of Champions. It’s an emotional time. The Sharks, meanwhile, have nothing much to lose.
Ageless wonder Jaromir Jagr said at January’s All-Star Game that he felt he is a better player now, at 44, than he was during his Hart Trophy years in the late 90s.
“I don’t think you ever arrive”.
The Pens have a dominant 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, and have outplayed the Sharks in the first four games.
“I haven’t even gone done that far”.
“Hopefully, we can come back (to San Jose) for a sixth game”, he says…. “We’ve worked our butts off to get here”.
The Penguins’ three Stanley Cup championships were won in Bloomington, Minn. Cullen doesn’t care where the Penguins win it.
“You never know what can happen”, Sharks defenceman Justin Braun said.
“Crosby and Malkin are guys I grew up watching”, Hildebrand continued, “and then just how well Murray’s been playing, I think it’s just a great series and fun series to watch”.
We value thoughtful comments representing a range of views that make their point quickly and politely. And he’s been here a decade and has already won the Cup.
He’ll look at the back of his helmet, to remind him where he came from.
“It seems like it was a long ways away”. “If we were up 3-1, it’d be a different story”. It’s nice when you have a group that has been there as opposed to one or two guys.
Cross-referencing box scores from past Final series helped reveal that no team has trailed in every game since 1960. It’s so hard to get here.
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“I think what Jim has done has given us an identity”, backup goaltender Jeff Zatkoff said.
“We just focus on what we do well, which is definitely speed”. He is the first hire for new coach Bruce Boudreau’s staff after the Wild hired the former Anaheim Ducks coach last month. “I’ve got their initials on my helmet”. “We’ve been playing with desperation all year”.
One that will have three shots over the next week to add another adjective: champion. “We’ve got to go win a game, and there’s a lot of things that we can be able to do out there”. The lone exception: in 1942, when the Maple Leafs became the first team in National Hockey League history to overcome a 3-0 deficit against the Red Wings… But this will be their first time coaching alongside each other. No one knew what was next nor did they know who was next.
“It’s a big change from where I was at before”, Kessel said. We’re going to show up and try to get this back here (to SAP Center) for Game 6. To me, it was a pretty natural fit. The Sharks were up 3-0 in the first round against Los Angeles two years ago only to drop four straight, a collapse it took a full season to get over. “He’s really champing at the bit”.
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And after three games, players like Crosby, Malkin, Thornton, Pavelski, Kris Letang, Logan Couture and Brent Burns are all still looking for their first goals.
