Attack of the Russians: Malkin, Caputi $1,000 suga' daddys aka. Not bad for an alternate, eh?

BEAST

EQUALLY AS BEAST

props to the flower shop for the following:

EVGENI MALKIN IS A HOCKEY GOD. Remember what happened when Geno got it into his head to drive the team forward after El Capitain went down with the dreaded 'high ankle sprain'? "When the Croz came back it was to a team that believed in itself and the guys almost seemed to will themselves into believing in some sort of hockey 'Manifest Destiny'. It would be good to see that sort of hockey again, but there's a long road ahead and it's a rough one. But don't count out The Incredible Malk (don't make him angry, you wouldn't want to see him when he's angry) and those other guys he plays with if they start believing .....

He may not actually be a Hockey God, but I'm sure they all know his name....."

Malkin pulled a badass during the second intermission when the Pens were down 3-0 to Tampa.

Somebody said [Malkin] got real mad between periods last night and kinda let the team have it. Is that true?
Yeah, he was upset in the second intermission there, and he came in and he just said, "You know, we gotta pick it up," and put a thousand dollars on the board and we won the game. (Laughs).
What? He put a thousand dollars on the board?
Yeah.
What do you mean by that? (it's madden hence the interruption)
If the team wins ... he put a thousand up. It just goes to like a team fund. Team money, I guess. ... I had money up too, so I gotta pay out, too.
So, this isn't nearly as beastly, but it sure is adorable:

I think i would have had the crap scared out of me if i were that tiny and sat next to Gill...but thats just me...

This explains last posts' Gary Roberts video:

Cooke shrugged off Roberts’ comments in the Penguins locker room Thursday afternoon.

“He’s allowed to say whatever he wants,” Cooke said. “At the end of the day I’m trying to help my team. It was pretty predictable what he was going to do. At that point in the game, down a goal, it doesn’t benefit me to go into the penalty box and even up with Gary. If he can put the attention on me from what happened, then that’s what he wants to do.”

Roberts said that Cooke “never really played with any honor.” Cooke was asked what he thought playing with honor meant.

“I don’t know; I never really thought about it,” he answered. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I stopped to have a conversation with Gary and he punched me in the side of the head. If that’s not honor, whatever, he’s allowed to have his own opinion.”

AND FINALLY TO END ON AN EQUALLY BAMF NOTE AS THE BEGINNING:
(I love my boys)
The Penguins held an optional practice Thursday afternoon in which 13 players participated.

The only excitement generated from the practice was when Boucher and Goligoski put a hole in the glass behind one of the nets. Boucher initially cracked the glass with a shot. Later, a Goligoski shot broke through the glass, creating a basketball-size hole.

“I was surprised it went through but it was already broken,” Goligoski said. “It was already cracked. Boucher hit it earlier. It’s not like I could break any glass on my own. It was a team effort.”