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you better get him to sing for you

there are a ton of movies coming out this summer starting with Iron Man and now this, looks like a great summer for movie fans

DETROIT (KDKA/AP) ― Yeah, hockey’s version of Kids "R" Us, the Pittsburgh Penguins, certainly are reeling under the pressure of the Stanley Cup finals.

Sidney Crosby is joking about Gary Roberts’ 42nd birthday, which is only 22 birthdays more than Crosby has celebrated.

A few minutes before, Crosby and Evgeni Malkin battled playfully for the puck near the side of the net during practice, neither star wanting to be outdone by the other.

Coach Michel Therrien picks up a stick and tries to steer a shot past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, something the Senators, Rangers and Flyers couldn’t do with regularity during the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The Penguins begin their first Stanley Cup finals in 16 years Saturday night in Detroit, against a proud, experienced and deep Red Wings team that is going for its fourth Cup in 11 seasons.

If the Penguins are awed by their opponent, the situation or the circumstances, they’re not showing it.

Nor are they showing their age, not with eight players who are 25 or younger compared to the nine Red Wings who are 35 or older.

"I don’t feel that group’s nervous because we’re well prepared," Therrien said Friday. "I feel that group has a lot of excitement. It’s the same thing for the coaches; I’m not nervous. We can’t wait to start. We’re ready to play."

Sure, the Red Wings have playoff-hardened players who were winning Cups before Penguins players such as Crosby, the 21-year-old Malkin and 19-year-old Jordan Staal were born.

So give the Red Wings the edge in experience, the Penguins the advantage in exuberance.

"This is not a group that’s too nervous, this is not a group that feels pressure," Therrien said. "There’s two ways to handle the pressure, I believe: You feel the pressure or you put the pressure on. That’s our philosophy: You put the pressure on, by the way we’re playing."

To do that, the Penguins want to force the Red Wings - a team with stars aplenty in Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk - to adjust and adapt to their speed and talent, and not the other way around.

Sounds like a cheeky approach by a team that is only two years removed from being the worst in the Eastern Conference, but the Penguins adopted the theme during all of their pre-finals practices.

It’s all about us, the Penguins said repeatedly, not about the Red Wings.

"We play our game, they do whatever they do," forward Jarkko Ruutu said. "There’s no reason to change things. They may change but we don’t worry about their system too much. We’re not going to match things to the way they play."

Nor that experience doesn’t have its advantages.

When it was suggested the Penguins might do something playful to celebrate tough guy Roberts’ birthday on Friday, Crosby responded with a look that suggested, "Are you kidding me?"

"I don’t think there will be any pranks," Crosby said, with a tone of reverence. "He’s been in the league a while so I don’t think he’s going to get any of that."

Not that Crosby couldn’t kid about the matter.

Asked again how the Penguins might honor the occasion, Crosby pondered the question before saying, "Aw, what would Gary Roberts do?" - a playful reference to the many pro-Roberts signs inside Mellon Arena.

That Sid, what a kidder.

Maybe the Penguins’ tone and tenor will change once they step inside Joe Louis Arena, which they haven’t visited since a 3-1 loss on Dec. 12, 2005, during Crosby’s rookie season.

Or maybe Therrien doesn’t want them to adjust, hoping his players - only six of whom have been in a finals - never get caught up in where they are or how close they are to winning the Stanley Cup.

"We can’t control the fact (the Red Wings are more experienced)," Crosby said. "We’ve gotten here and I don’t think we want to let age or anything else change the way we play or the way we think about our opponent. They’re a great team, no doubt, but we have a lot of confidence in our group, whether we’re young or older or whatever."

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock knows others will dispute the notion that experience doesn’t matter in a series in which a single mental error, a failed adjustment or a misread on the ice can decide the Cup.

"When you have no experience, you say it’s overrated," Babcock said. "When you have it, you say it’s the best in the world. Experience is supposed to give you poise and confidence. I’ll tell you after the series if it’s true.

yeah I'm not buying this rumor

King of the Hill

I wish they sold loaves that were all heel.

 

That would be awesome.

 

the do, its called bowl bread

 

There are few things more fantastic than eating chili from a bread bowl.

I know one, Eating Broccoli Cheddar soup from bowl bread

Blue Jeans and a Coca cola t-shirt

well whenever I go take a leak and a nugget is left I always aim for it so I make my own game!

anybody use bubble bath?

Nichelle Nichols is Gay? I thought she had a son, I never heard she was gay before

I try to avoid bread as much as possible. Its one of the worst things for your body. But when I do eat it I eat 7 grain bread.

Well Beer is liquid bread

i own the atari one, a sega one with original sonic, a two player madden/nhl one,spongebob,and a pinball one with tilting abilities. those are the ones i have that i can think of. i'd love to get one of the newer ones that are boardgames like simon, and battleship.. i haven't played them in a while but i liked them when i did.

 

their great when you don't have the console or don't want to take your console with you..

I never saw the Sega one b4, I would love to get my hands on the Madden/NHL one!

I saw a Deer hunting game @ Wal*Mart that was plug n play, dude I wonder if they still sell the Madden/NHL one anywhere!

If anybody sees it still for sale let me know please

This is all me

Wheat, though I like sourdough once in a while.

I 2nd that

Showers, bath and body wash...what was the point of this poll again?

I went to Target today ans saw a whole isle of bodywash and just a little section of soap, and was just curious what people use

I wish they sold loaves that were all heel.

 

That would be awesome.

the do, its called bowl bread

I take both depending if I need to soak in the tub or not, because of my Lupus, when I do Shower, I use the Bodywash, when I take a bath I use soap, the bodywash during a bath makes too many bubbles

Just wondering!

BTW when did the whole body was fad come into place, it used to be all soap, anyway just wondering

I would love to see the whole death and rebirth of SUperman be done on the big screen, with Super baby as Kor put it being involved, I think that could put some butts in the seats and also make it a huge box office draw!

on a side note I wouldnt mind maybe as a 4th Batman sequel seeing the Knightfall Saga in Batman movies

imagine if she wore that during Star Trek 6!

:tongue_ss:

I think it will be a 6 game series, Go Pens!

I am just happy the Pens are doing so good, their future just 4 years back was in doubt, and now getting the new Arena (and Casino) in the burgh, I am content, with Crosby and company they have a strong foundation and will be contenders for many years to come

when I was younger, Blonde, around age 10 it went brunette, @ times I put blinde highlihts in my Spike, but I've been noticing some gray hair, I got alot of gray in mt beard now

at least I got my hair! if I go bald I am screwed my head is a funny shape

Since I am a heel, this is a good poll, LOL, the wrestling fans will get that one

I go under sometimes, it depends what type of bread, Regular store bought sandwitch bread (Wonderbread type) I dont care much for the texture is too soft, but on bread like Italian, Cuban, and French Breads, I love the Heel, IDK maybe I'm just weird but for me it depends on what type of bread

Just wondering if anybody has ever bought those plug and play games, I have 3 and Atari one, and the ones that feature Pac-man/DigDug (among others) and Ms. Pac-man/ Pole Position, I play them alot and for $20 not a bad deal, I know there is a Mortal Kombat Gameout for it to, just wndering if that one is any good, if you have played any of these which ones have you played