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Author Topic: TSN: Ponikarovsky traded to Penguins for Luca Caputi, Martin Skoula  (Read 10087 times)
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« Reply #405 on: March 5, 2010, 10:55:15 PM »
I think he's going to do well there.
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« Reply #405 on: March 5, 2010, 10:55:15 PM »
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« Reply #406 on: March 5, 2010, 10:59:49 PM »
Quote from: cw on March  5, 2010, 10:55:15 PM
I think he's going to do well there.

Probably.

I wouldn't liken him to Malone though, at least he has an edge.

Poni's pretty non-physical for his size. I've always thought of him as a poor mans Freddy Modin in his prime.

Meh, I wish him the best. It's funny what people start saying about our players once they're on other teams.
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« Reply #407 on: March 5, 2010, 11:09:28 PM »
Has Poni scored yet?
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« Reply #408 on: March 6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM »
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.
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« Reply #409 on: March 6, 2010, 10:21:22 AM »
Quote from: Alfie on March  6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.

Problems settled...he has his papers and will be in the line-up tonight on a line with Malkin and Fedotenko. The Russian Russian-speaking troika can talk strategy on the ice without anyone else (including their teammates) having the faintest idea what their plans are.
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« Reply #410 on: March 6, 2010, 10:31:41 AM »
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:21:22 AM
Quote from: Alfie on March  6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.

Problems settled...he has his papers and will be in the line-up tonight on a line with Malkin and Fedotenko. The Russian troika can talk strategy on the ice without anyone else (including their teammates) having the faintest idea what their plans are.

Nitpicky of me... 2 Ukrainian and one Russian... Fedotenko and Ponikarovsky actually played against each other over there as kids.
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« Reply #411 on: March 6, 2010, 10:46:40 AM »
Quote from: Sgt. Floyd Pepper on March  6, 2010, 10:31:41 AM
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:21:22 AM
Quote from: Alfie on March  6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.

Problems settled...he has his papers and will be in the line-up tonight on a line with Malkin and Fedotenko. The Russian-speaking troika can talk strategy on the ice without anyone else (including their teammates) having the faintest idea what their plans are.

Nitpicky of me... 2 Ukrainian and one Russian... Fedotenko and Ponikarovsky actually played against each other over there as kids.

Fixed...
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« Reply #412 on: March 6, 2010, 10:57:35 AM »
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:46:40 AM
Quote from: Sgt. Floyd Pepper on March  6, 2010, 10:31:41 AM
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:21:22 AM
Quote from: Alfie on March  6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.

Problems settled...he has his papers and will be in the line-up tonight on a line with Malkin and Fedotenko. The Russian-speaking troika can talk strategy on the ice without anyone else (including their teammates) having the faintest idea what their plans are.

Nitpicky of me... 2 Ukrainian and one Russian... Fedotenko and Ponikarovsky actually played against each other over there as kids.

Fixed...

Although being Ukrainian, I can tell you that not all Ukrainians speak Russian (especially the Western Ukrainians.) Wink
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« Reply #413 on: March 6, 2010, 11:01:55 AM »
Quote from: Chev-boyar-sky on March  6, 2010, 10:57:35 AM
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:46:40 AM
Quote from: Sgt. Floyd Pepper on March  6, 2010, 10:31:41 AM
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:21:22 AM
Quote from: Alfie on March  6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.

Problems settled...he has his papers and will be in the line-up tonight on a line with Malkin and Fedotenko. The Russian-speaking troika can talk strategy on the ice without anyone else (including their teammates) having the faintest idea what their plans are.

Nitpicky of me... 2 Ukrainian and one Russian... Fedotenko and Ponikarovsky actually played against each other over there as kids.

Fixed...

Although being Ukrainian, I can tell you that not all Ukrainians speak Russian (especially the Western Ukrainians.) Wink

...but Poni does, which we know because he was acting as Kulemin's unofficial translator in a lot of press interviews earlier this season, hence I think "fixed" is accurate. Wink
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« Reply #414 on: March 6, 2010, 04:53:39 PM »
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 11:01:55 AM
Quote from: Chev-boyar-sky on March  6, 2010, 10:57:35 AM
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:46:40 AM
Quote from: Sgt. Floyd Pepper on March  6, 2010, 10:31:41 AM
Quote from: MrT on March  6, 2010, 10:21:22 AM
Quote from: Alfie on March  6, 2010, 10:15:18 AM
Hasn't played yet; immigration problems.

Problems settled...he has his papers and will be in the line-up tonight on a line with Malkin and Fedotenko. The Russian-speaking troika can talk strategy on the ice without anyone else (including their teammates) having the faintest idea what their plans are.

Nitpicky of me... 2 Ukrainian and one Russian... Fedotenko and Ponikarovsky actually played against each other over there as kids.

Fixed...

Although being Ukrainian, I can tell you that not all Ukrainians speak Russian (especially the Western Ukrainians.) Wink

...but Poni does, which we know because he was acting as Kulemin's unofficial translator in a lot of press interviews earlier this season, hence I think "fixed" is accurate. Wink

Ah, that I did not know.
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« Reply #415 on: March 8, 2010, 05:46:38 PM »
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Quote from: Dr. Jekyll on March  3, 2010, 09:13:09 AM
I'm really hoping he'll be better than Stempy...
st. louis stempy was ok, no? come to think od it, NYI blake was ok too... what is it about this place?

Maybe those teams had real top 6 scoring centers to play with

stajan is now playing with iglinla.  I guess he say the Toronto wingers were holding him back.  lol.
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« Reply #416 on: March 9, 2010, 05:35:47 PM »
Scotty Bowman interview on the FAN590 talks about the Leafs at the end of the interview
http://www.fan590.com/ondemand/media.jsp?content=20100309_072355_13272
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"you know Brian Burke has always said top 6 and then bottom 6 ... they've traded away 2 or 3 of their top 6 because they just didn't think they were top 6"

Scotty also mentions that he thinks the Leafs are pretty good for cap space, the next sequence of events is to try to replace their top six in free agency. The other key for the Leafs he mentioned was goaltending though he didn't comment on Giggy or Gustavsson.
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« Reply #417 on: March 13, 2010, 02:15:09 PM »
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=521225
There's a feeling around the Penguins that Malkin will be better away from the puck as soon as he establishes chemistry with Alexei Ponikarovsky, who arrived in Pittsburgh on the eve of the trade deadline and played only his fourth game as a Penguin on Friday.

Ponikarovsky is a big-bodied player with a nose for the net. He scored his 20th goal of the season in his Penguins' debut against Dallas last Saturday. That's when Bylsma put him on the left wing with Malkin and Ruslan Fedotenko, who has had his own share of struggles all season, with only 25 points and a minus-17 rating.

Meanwhile, in 61 games with the last-place Maple Leafs, who are ahead of only Edmonton in goals against this season with 223, Ponikarovsky was miraculously a plus-5. He was a plus-56 for his Leafs' career, but a minus-2 since joining Malkin's line.

"I think Alexei adds a lot to that line in terms of his size, his ability to play in the offensive zone and going to the net," Bylsma said. "That line is a little more defensive conscious with Alex on it. One thing I noticed about him before we acquired him is he's always on the defensive side of the puck, always working to get back and that adds another element to that line that wasn't there before."

In no way will Ponikarovsky's defensive awareness turn Malkin or Fedotenko into Selke Trophy candidates. However, the newest member of the line believes it can work to at least limit the chances against.
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« Reply #418 on: March 13, 2010, 02:27:20 PM »
Poni sucks. Wink
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« Reply #419 on: March 13, 2010, 05:10:41 PM »
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Poni sucks. Wink

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