Pens Rumored to be Shopping Sydor

The Ottawa Sun has reported that the Pens are shopping D-man Darryl Sydor, Sydor is 36 years old and makes around 2.5 mil.

I really don't expect much in return for Sydor, with his age there might be a team out there that could a steady journyman defenseman. With the emergence of Golo and Latang there won't be any room for this granddad on the bench. I'm guessing they are try to make alittle cap room and maybe pick up a draft pick of something. 

Darryl has played in 6 games this season with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Has anyone else heard this rumor? or  if you can confirm this how about dropping us a line. 

Minard, Pessi reassigned, Lead WBS in win

Well it was a short lived party for our favorite Fin, today the pens re-assigned Chris Minard and Janne bck to the Baby Pens. Then they turn around to lead the Pens to 4-3 victory over the Houston Areos. Minard(goals 8,9 and 10) had the hat trick and Pessi recorded 2 assists. It sounds to me like there weren't any long faces from either player.

I guess we start from square one with Janne, he didn't take the St. louis arena by storm, but he held his own. I kinda felt this was a temporary call up with Dupuis injured. So we shall wait to see what the future holds.  Lets Go Baby Pens/Pens!!

Subway Sandwich of the Game...

Pens 6 - Blue 3

Well it's official the Pittsburgh Penguins are 1-0 when Janne is on their roster. Janne did not have the breakout game we all hoped he would, but he has been practicing with this team for one day so we need to give him time to get some chemistry... One thing that we all noticed due to the shameless subway advertising was the physicality of the North American game is no biggy for Janne, as he won the prestigious Subway Sandwich of the game (he also had a good hit in the 1st period by the blues' bench that was really good)... Anyways there will probably be some pictures up tomorrow which we will post, but all in all it was a good night, Janne got a lot of face time on the camera, and got a solid amount of time in the 1st and 2nd period, so the "Great Depression" is seemingly over for the time being and we are moving into an era of great prosperity...

EDIT: Janne is -1 currently but the goal wasn't his fault... and all in all this was the most complete game the pens have played this season

Kevin's Edit: 

Tonight the Pens played  their second complete game with their first being the Carolina game. Satan had a nice game with 1 goal and 2 assists. We finally seen Janne in a Pens uni. Janne, as he wasn't a force on the offense as we had hoped, I'm sure better days are ahead. Pessi did have  a couple of nice hits along the boards during the first and second periods. We are not not sure where he will fit in right now, just hope the brass gives him a chance to practice and get use to his new diggs. So now we wait till Thursday to see the continued improvement of Janne. Oilers better beware Janne and the Pens are 1-0...  

It is almost here...

Wow...this must be the same feeling you feel before the birth of your first child...fear of the unknown, questions filling your head...am I ready, can i do this, what have i gotten myself into?...and of coarse amazing amounts of joy... Anyways, tonight is what we have been waiting for the past few months Pesonation... Tonight we will be seeing Janne don the penguins uniform for the first time in regular season action... Not only will Janne be rocking the penguin in a triangle but the Pittsburgh Penguins website has confirmed that Janne will be working with Gino and Sykora tonight... This is a set up for a big game... The best line on our team + Janne... I really hope he shows the world what he can do...

MR SHERO TEAR DOWN THIS WALL

the "saint" is injured....malkin throws pucks at the nets for fun...alexander Seamen calls out sid the injured quasi man...minard runs around like an all star...and now the day which we have came from has come....TOMORROW JANNE WILL ENTER THE BUILDING...

EDIT:

Yeah, not that i did not believe kevin but i have been having a hell of a time finding confirmation...and i finally did over at the penguins insider... so it is confirmed, tune in tonight for some JANNE... read the penguins insider article here

Janne is coming to the Burgh!!!

IT IS OFFICAL Janne is coming to the Burgh. The Pens have recalled Janne,  I had been reporting that this was a possibility. It   now is a reality!!! So tune into tomorrow night as the Pens are in St.Louis to see what JanneNation had been waiting for.. GOODLUCK PESSI!!! Janne, listen up..Stay away from Santonio Holmes, he is the anti-christ.

I kinda have been out of the Janne loop the last couple of days due to my work schedule. I just got in figure I would tune into the WBS game and wa-la!! no Janne, whats up? Is he hurt, or is Janne still in the bus stop waiting for the call and no one notified him that the Baby Pens were playing tonight. Some fill me in on whats happening, should Vince and I start turning out milkcartons with his face on it.

Edit: 

Very strong report are surfacing from Jannenation, are we about see the second coming? I kinda figured something was going down and it wasn't Linda Lovelace.   So as the nation sits and waits, fill our blog with any report on this possible phenomena. 

Edit the Edit: Wbs announcers have reported Janne has been called up, let the games begin.  I guess Sid is going to miss a few games? I dunno..But Finland your Golden Boy has made it to the big show. Let Go Pessi!!

Seriously...Phoenix?

Tonight the pens decided to mix things up alittle bit...No i'm not talking about their lines, i'm talking about they decided to only play the 2nd period... A nice change of pace from only playing the 1st or 3rd. Anyways, other than a few faithful minutes in the 2nd the pens were outplayed from start to finish by the lowly Phoenix Coyotes... To make matters worse Crosby left during the third with an injury. Unfortionatally I can't comment on that injury because I was in the other room and missed it, so I have no idea the seriousness or anything...

Furthermore, Minard... I'm not gonna jump on the "reassign" bandwagon just yet, but trust me, his skills did not transfer from AHL to NHL just yet. I understand he did not have time to get in sync with his teammates so that aspect can be ignored, but wow.... this guy is a terrible passer.... Seriously I think we missed like three or four chances of good breakouts because of his off target passes... Anyways, IDK what the Pens need to do here, they started slow last year, and they picked it up... So hopefully they are able to find something that is missing (Janne?) and pull it all together here, because this city is quickly becoming a one sport town again...

UPDATE:

Crosby has deemed the injury "day-to-day" and he said "I don't even know what happened...I had some discomfort. In the third period, I couldn't really do much.

So hopefully this isn't anything major, but we will see...

1st Opportunity missed....

Due to the injury of Pascal Dupuis the Big Pens made a call up from WBS today.... Unfortionatally it was not our boy, instead they give the nod to another player the Pesonation has respect for, Chris Minard...

This could be due to the fact that the Pens barely got 10 shots on goal against the Sharks and aren't looking for another guy who can pass the puck, but who knows...

Minard has his own short comings which may open up a spot for Janne, there is speculation that he is slow (Although the penguins insider disputes this), and will he be able to get his shot off with the significantly faster defense...

Anyways stay tuned and go pens...

A Call to Action....

Over the past few weeks the Pesonation has been patiently waiting on the sidelines as we have not only watched our boy tear up the AHL on a point a game pace, but we have also watched our beloved Pittsburgh Penguins play around 20 min a game. As we saw last night against the San Jose Sharks, the Penguins are not at the level of the top tier Western Conference teams. I say the time is neigh, it is time that Janne finally gets the Nod... Something is missing on the Pens, and I say we give Janne a chance to see if he can fill that void... I am not guarunteeing anything here, i am not saying that Janne is the answer to all of our problems, but when you are playing Miroslav Satan who night after night is not producing at levels we expected, we might as well experiment a bit and give Janne his chance.... What is the worst that happens, you send him back down... Although we will stay patient and calm now, it is only a matter of time, a matter of poor showings by the pens, a matter of Janne dominated AHL games, before the Pesonation becomes unruly, and declares war against Ray Ray and Mikey T...

Stay tuned Pesonation.... Janne will be tearing up the AHL on Saturday news from that, and any other news or updates of Janne that we stumble across

Reminants of Game 1....

Penguins 1 - Sharks 2

Yeah i don't really want to write about this game, it reminded me about game 1 of the SCF, the pens just got dismantled and destroyed. Anyways the pens showed alittle bit of energy with 5 min left, but that was too little too late...

Kevin's Edit:
Hey, I didn't watch the game due to needing my beauty sleep. From the highlights below, it wasn't that bad was it? Yea it was, One stat that caught my eye was Sharks Joe Thornton was 12 of 13 on faceoffs. 9 of 9 in the offensive zone against Zigomanis and Crosby(who was 4-20). It is nice to Sabu stepping up, this could prove to be vital at some point in this season. Wonder what line combos Mickey T will dream up next. I hear Pessi is sleeping at the bus station waiting for the call. Just hope he doesn't get rolled.