Should I be concerned that instead of a cuddly stuffed bear or a toy truck, Gage runs around with little stuffed Pinky and the Brain dolls singing the theme song and yelling, "Narf!"?
It was nice to see the Pens semi-dominate the Flyers. It's hard to get a good sense considering most of the big big guns weren't on the ice. Although we saw Evgeni Malkin for about half a game. Then came his collision with John LeClair and subsequent trip to the hospital. No one seems to have any news. Ray Shero, who seemed to be smirking a little too much for my tastes, said that Malkin was cleared to fly home and be re-evaluated by doctors in Pittsburgh. So, hopefully it will be something easily fixed by hanging out for a few days and he'll be ready for opening night. And, I know that the commercial blocks were bought in advance, but I certainly didn't need to see the Malkin promo announcing "The Wait is Over." every other commercial break.
Oh well, the Pens are at .500 right now and that's certainly better than last season. So, we'll see how things continue in the pre-season. It'll be interesting to see what the final roster is going to look like.