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PITTSBURGH - MAY 11:  Sidney Crosby #87 and Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins skate out for warmups prior to their game against the Washington Capitals in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinal Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 11, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

2010 Olympics: Canada vs. Russia for Hockey Gold?

Every four years hockey fans get to enjoy their favorite game played on an international level. If anything can match a hockey player's dream of winning the Stanley Cup, it would be the dream of winning gold at the Olympics...

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    New Article: San Jose Sharks: Does a Stanley Cup Make Doug Wilson the Best GM Ever?

    The San Jose Sharks are currently known as playoff "chokers" by the majority of NHL fans. Every year for the past four seasons the Sharks are picked as a Stanley Cup favorite, but each year they fail to get past the second round...

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    Ryan Powell commented on Year of the Sharks: Why San Jose Will Be the 2010 Stanley Cup Champs

    Nabokov and Thorton need to step up in the Playoffs....these guys are bang on in the regular season but constant underachievers in the playoffs...

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    • Nick Burger replied…

      Thanks for stooping so low as to make fun of my name. You're a class act....

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    Felix Sicard commented on 2010 Olympics: Canada Vs Russia for the Gold?

    "Rounding out the rest of the Russian forward group are the following: Alexander Semin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk, Nikolai Zherdev, Alexander Radulov, Alexander Frolov, and Alexei...

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    • Andy Bensch replied…

      guess u gotta agree to disagree. Russias firepower should be plenty enough to make up for...

    • Felix Sicard replied…

      Yeah, all I have to say is GO CANADA

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    Megan Kennedy commented on Year of the Sharks: Why San Jose Will Be the 2010 Stanley Cup Champs

    Come on, now. The Pens won't be injury plagued in April- June. Pens win back to back again. It's the power of Superstar.

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    Scott Weldon commented on Year of the Sharks: Why San Jose Will Be 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

    I'm of the opinion the Sharks won't win the cup this year. Mind you I also predicted they'd finish 6th or 7th in the West this...

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    • Scott Weldon replied…

      I agree. Pronger and beauchemin were crucial last year and certainly look to have made an...

    • Scott Weldon replied…

      Well you know Nabokov did lose the starting job on a couple of occasions to Toskala...

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    Christian Gin commented on Year Of The Sharks: Why San Jose Will Be 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

    I hope this wasn't a jinx. I am a diehard sharks fan and it has been depressing the last FOUR postseasons. We could have won the...

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    • Matt Hutter replied…

      Thanks for reading, Christian. That's kind of where I was going with this. It seems as...

    • Matt Hutter replied…

      Andy, you and I disagreed on Heatley's importance before the season started, but, now that I've...

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    Sergey Zikov commented on Year Of The Sharks: Why San Jose Will Be 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

    I'm not sold. The 1997-98 Wings team had guys by the name of Yzerman, Fedorov, Lidstrom, Murphy, Shanahan, Kozlov and Larionov. I don't see the same...

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    • Sergey Zikov replied…

      Maybe so, but is the first guy you would pick to say "I want the puck...

    • Matt Hutter replied…

      So much of success in the playoffs depends on match-ups. That, along with team health, is...

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    New Article: 2010 Olympics: Canada Vs Russia for the Gold?

    Every four years, hockey fans get to enjoy their favorite game played on an international level. If anything can match a hockey player's dream of winning the Stanley Cup, it would be the dream of winning gold at the Olympics...

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    Nick Burger commented on Year Of The Sharks: Why San Jose Will Be 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

    POTD from me Matt. Phenomenal article! The comparisons you draw between the mid 90's Detroit and the Sharks of the past few seasons are very insightful....

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    • Matt Hutter replied…

      Thanks, Nick! There's just something different this year, I think they HAVE to know that this...

    • Nick Burger replied…

      I definitely agree that they look different this season. I think now that the chemistry has...

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