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This Friday With Stoosh 02.11.2012

Found February 10, 2012 on The Pensblog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Paul Martin,  James Neal,  Ryan Whitney,  Bryce Salvador
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins,  Columbus Blue Jackets,  Edmonton Oilers,  New Jersey Devils

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Almost sixteen days until the trade deadline, so you better enjoy these last 16 days of Paul Martin's Penguins career HAW HAW HAW OK, not really...but there's more after the jump. THE PAUL MARTIN CONUNDRUM Paul Martin's 79 blocked shots lead the Pens and place him just out of the top 60 among NHL defensemen. Sports fans by nature are irrational to at least some degree. Individually, we are all invested emotionally in our sport and our team. We learn to cheer for the jersey but we all have players we like more than others, sometimes for ridiculous reasons. Ask any fan to name their favorite player to ever wear their team's jersey and you'll get a definitive answer. Ask that same fan to name their LEAST favorite player to ever wear their team's jersey and you'll get an equally quick, equally definitive answer. If fans are microcosms of the much larger fan base, then we see the same sorts of things on a larger level. Over the cou...
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Via Post-Gazette  |  February 11, 2012
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Via Yahoo! Sports  |  February 11, 2012
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Malkin stays hot as Penguins rip Jets 8-5

Via Sign on San Diego  |  February 11, 2012
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Via ESPN  |  February 11, 2012
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High-ankle sprain shelves Pens' Kennedy

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Malkin stays hot as Penguins rip Jets 8-5

Via MSNBC  |  February 11, 2012
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