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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I doubt Iginla is on Malkin's wing for the start of next game. Malkin looked visibly frustrated playing with him.
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You may be right, but the Malkin-Neal line has never looked worse than it did in the 3rd period last night without Iginla on it. They were scored on twice and didn't create a single scoring chance. With Iginla, they were at least getting chances, though maybe that's not much better since they couldn't convert on any of them anyway.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I said it after game 1 but it's even more true now. Gotta go back to the lineup that won 15 games in a row or whatever. Malkin loves playing with Bennet on LW. Iginla, Morrow and Jokinen can't possibly be any better than him and Tyler Kennedy at this point.
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If Crosby is going to keep playing like he has in games 1 and 2, the Penguins would be better off going with the lineup that had won 9 of 11 before Crosby's return in game 2 against the Islanders. With as much as the whole team defers to Crosby when he's in the lineup, if he's not going to play like the best player in the world that he is or at least like an All Star, they're not going anywhere.