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Lineup in Montreal - 9-21-09

The Penguins have released their lineup for tonight's preseason game in Montreal. Luca Caputi (above) and Eric Tangradi will continue to get some prime opportunites playing alongside Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin:

FORWARDS

Luca Caputi-Sidney Crosby-Bill Guerin
Chris Kunitz-Evgeni Malkin-Eric Tangradi
Pascal Dupuis-Craig Adams-Tim Wallace
Ryan Bayda-Dustin Jeffrey-Eric Godard

DEFENSEMEN

Ben Lovejoy-Deryk Engelland
Simon Despres-Kris Letang
Brooks Orpik-Sergei Gonchar

GOALTENDERS

Marc-Andre Fleury, John Curry

Update: We don't have line combinations, but here's the Habs' lineup:

FORWARDS

Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Matt D'Agostini, Scott Gomez, Andrei Kostitsyn, Maxime Lapierre, Guillaume Latendresse, Ben Maxwell, Eric Neilson, Max Pacioretty, Tom Pyatt, Gregory Stewart

DEFENSEMEN

Shawn Belle, Mathieu Carle, Josh Gorges, Andrei Markov, Jaroslav Spacek, Yannick Weber

GOALTENDERS

Carey Price, Curtis Sanford

Notes:

-A television broadcast of tonight's game is available on NHL Network and a radio broadcast is available through the club's new HD radio station and the club's Web site.

-We'll try to provide a live blog tonight, but due to the G-20, we need to be in the office tonight. We're not sure if we'll have a steady feed of the game available. If we can't, feel free to throw a brick through the window of a Starbucks on Thursday.

(Photo: Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Posted Sep 21 2009, 10:21 AM by Seth Rorabaugh

Comments

kpa42 wrote re: Lineup in Montreal - 9-21-09
on Mon, Sep 21 2009 10:40 AM

Good luck with the whole G-20 thing, Seth.  Should be an "interesting" few days to be a journalist in the 'burgh.

Shane wrote re: Lineup in Montreal - 9-21-09
on Mon, Sep 21 2009 11:55 AM

I still don't think we should be playing our top guys in the preseason. Maybe dress one or two then let them play the PP, but that's it.

JL58 wrote re: Lineup in Montreal - 9-21-09
on Mon, Sep 21 2009 12:31 PM

Does either of them (Caputi, Tangradi) have a legit shot at making the roster?

kpa42 wrote re: Lineup in Montreal - 9-21-09
on Mon, Sep 21 2009 1:07 PM

I don't think that Bylsma is entirely married to the idea of TK on Geno's wing.  Therefor yeah, I think there's still the possibility of one of them making the team or at least being a odd man in/out on any given night or being the #1 guy to be called up from WBS if needed.

And I think that addresses Shane's issue, too.  Tangradi was on Sid's wing the other day, he's on Malkin's now.  I think he wants to see how they work out with our top playmakers in a playing setting, and that requires ice time...which means "risking" them in preseason play.

Disgruntled Goat wrote re: Lineup in Montreal - 9-21-09
on Mon, Sep 21 2009 3:01 PM

I don't think that Caputi or Tangradi have much of a shot of miaking the team out of camp, especially considering the fact that Tangradi is still recovering from his hand injury and he is considered to have the higher upside.  Let them earn a spot at WBS.  That being said, I would not have given Paul Bissonette much of a shot last year.