Sunday, September 30, 2007

Preseason Stats

The preseason is an opportunity to obviously try out some of your prospects without any real repercussion. Unless of course you are concerned about teams and critics around the league basing your upcoming regular season performance off your preseason one. I wouldn't be too concerned though. Below are just some stats from the Pens top starters. You'll see that there isn't much to worry about with our top guys.




2007
PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Armstrong41340
Christensen41232
Crosby33478
Gonchar41120
Laraque30005
Malkin42356
Malone42134
Recchi30222
Ruutu40008
Staal51120
Sykora21012
Talbot41236
Whitney40440



Worth noting:

Sidney Crosby - Only played in three games yet tallied the preseason team high 7 points. He did however also tie with Ruutu for second highest penalty minutes with 8, something no scorer should be doing. The team's high went to prospect Tyler Kennedy who collected 21 minutes in the sin bin, 19 of which came in the second game against the Canadiens.

Georges Laraque - Scoreless in three games, with 5 penalty minutes for fighting. It's nice to have another enforcer on the team, but I've been skeptical of Laraque since the Pens acquired him last season as he's yet to impress me.

Jordan Staal - Led with 5 games played, steering clear of the penalty box and showing his worth on the PK line.

Petr Sykora - Only played in two games as a result of a broken nose. He has since received surgery on it and should be good for Friday's game against Carolina.

Ryan Whitney - Four games, four points, nice work. Really showing his presence on the blueine.