Some Great Footage of Evgeni Malkin this is part 4/4 … hope you know how to speak Russian! 
See also …
Ilya Kovalchuk Video 3/4 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcuTjqcRcc
Alexander Ovechkin 2/4 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO91_Y35gD8
Sergei Fedorov 1/4 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLGftC81dis
Evgeni Malkin Having Fun In Vancouver
number of view: 180As you already know some exciting news just hours before the trade deadline. Ray Shero traded top prospect Luca Caputi and defenseman Martin Skoula for left winger Alexei Ponikarovsky. He is commonly referred to by his teammates as “The Poni Express” , “The Ukraine Train” or simply “Poni”. We head over to PSAMP to get answer to a question thats on tip of everyones tongue: “Can Penguins and Ponies live in harmony?” His answer was … “Hey man they have on my blog for about 3 years now.”
On this note we continue. While Shero might still get some criticism on putting end to Luca Caputi rap album which was scheduled to be released just weeks before the trade, at the end of the day its what you get for your buck, right? So what do Pens get? When Ponikarovsky was heavily scouted in the January and weeks before the Olympics i have read some peoples opinions that stated Poni is going to be just another Ruslan Fedotenko. I can understand losing Skoula but is losing top prospect Luca Caputi for a rental Poni really worth it? Only time will tell. For now i’d like to compare the two players. Now Poni is Ukranian that much him and Tenk have in common. They both look cute when they were young…
Young Ruslan Fedotenko …
7 year old Alexei Ponikarovsky …
Lets look at the number comparisons:
Ruslan Fedotenko:
Age: 31
Date of birth: January 18, 1979
Place of birth: Kiev, USSR (now Ukraine)
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 195
Shoots: L
Salary: $ 1,800,000
NHL Seasons: 8
Alexei Ponikarovsky:
Age: 29
Date of birth: April 09, 1980
Place of birth: Kiev, USSR (now Ukraine)
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 220
Shoots: L
Salary: $ 2,500,000
NHL Seasons: 8
Pretty similar so far. Alexei definitely has the size advantage but how he is going to use it in front of the net is another question.
number of view: 135Say it with me now with your hands on your nipples…
As you may know the Pens recently traded Dman Martin Skoula and Prospect Luca Caputi for Maple Leafs Left Winger Alexei Ponikarovsky.
1 goal off of a 20 goal season, Poni boy is currently putting up 41 points in 61 games.
number of view: 184It’s all over.
It seems like forever since the Olympics began just two weeks ago, and yet the experience has flown by at the same time.
Tensions have been high between pens fans lately as our countries battled it out against one another and many are glad it’s over. But, with a disappointing finish for Russia, I think it’s safe to say that there will be some pressure from NHL players on Bettman to allow them to compete again in 2014.
number of view: 283It was hard to decide on the subject of this post. I felt compelled to name it “Russia Falls To Canada …” since Russians really didn’t put up too much of a fight yesterday aside from their “Eurotrash” incident. It seemed that the whole game for Russians was lost in the first period. Russian coach Vyacheslav Bykov blamed himself for the loss and thanked the players for trying and giving their best. However, Russia’s best was not enough to beat Canada but no matter how you look at it if you are Penguins fan yesterdays game was a win/win situation. We had Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar on one side and Sidney Crosby and Mark-Andre Fleury on another.
Although i was cheering for Russia last night i really hoped they wouldn’t win gold. A few days back i shared my point of view with MouthFullOfTang and today i will share it with you. So why if i was cheering for Russia i wished them no gold? Well, as a wise man once said … “I did it for the Pens!”
So lets start from the bottom to top … first off is Marc-Andre Fleury. Not much can be said about him and i am just glad that his chances of getting injured during Olympics have almost been reduced to 0%. He is just happy to be in Vancouver and i am happy for him. He should be all refreshed and ready to rock on March 2nd.
Next on the plate is Sergei Gonchar … well he is a veteran he has done it all. He hasn’t seen gold Olympic medal yet but for some reason Sarge doesn’t strike me as a type of guy who will mourn and cry about it. He will brush it off his shoulder and come back ready to rock’n'roll for the Pens.
Evgeni Malkin on the other hand was hungry for gold he wanted that bling more than anything else. Instead he is leaving Vancouver completely empty handed, no taste of silver, or even bronze. Geno is a type of player who plays with his heart and right now his heart has a big hole. He will come back to Pittsburgh hungry for the taste of victory. He will hold no quarter, there will be no mercy and no remorse. So in a long run i think Geno not getting a medal is a good thing for Pens.
Unlike Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby needs to win the gold for this to be good for Pens. Sid is a type of player who likes structure and organization. He gets knocked off his rhythm when things don’t go according to the plan. So far Sid hasn’t seen too many deviations from his plan … Art Ross Trophy – check, Heart Memorial Trophy – check, Lester B. Pearson Award – check, Stanley Cup – check, throw some other stuff in there – check, check, check … and now Olympic Gold Medal. The only thing that could stand in between Sid and Gold would probably be Brooks Orpik and Team USA. However, in reality after beating Russia 7:3 team Canada became an express freight train that will be almost impossible for anyone to stop. Sid should come back from Olympics feeling more accomplished and continue his NHL domination with the Pens.
Of course as i mentioned Brooks Orpik and he is, well, he is just Brooks Orpik. Umm … Yeah. Ok. He already got his reward from the Olympics by getting his Wiki profile updated by @EverGreenT who provided Orpiks Olympic Profile as a reference for the Free Candy nickname! Great job and a huge accomplishment!
Of course the best thing about Russia losing is Ovechkin … hahahahahahahahahahaha! Thats all i have for now!
LETS GO PENS!!!
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