41-year-old Gary Roberts stayed on the ice after most of the team had showered and left Madison Square Garden just after Noon today. That will be Roberts only ice time today. Head coach Michel Therrien is scratching Roberts because he doesn't want to mess up the team chemistry.
Evgeni Malkin was named a finalist for the Hart Trophy today. Malkin didn't speak with us. He is terrified of TV cameras. He doesn't need to say if he and Ty Conklin hadn't stepped in when Crosby and Fleury went down, any Penguin could be writing this blog from their vacation home.
I did an interview with a Public Affairs officer of the New York Transit Authority-the story will air Thursday. We sat in his office next to Battery Park and the view out of his window was of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Wow!
