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It 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!!!