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This spring, all systems go for Geno

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 21, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- It was about this point in the playoffs last season that Penguins center Evgeni Malkin started to hit the wall. Like the Tin Man after a heavy rain, he started to creak to a halt and came to a virtual standstill in the Stanley Cup finals against Detroit. This season, the big center has created a virtual vapor trail as his game has become more molten with each playoff game. Ask the Carolina Hurricanes, who spent the first 10 or 15 minutes after Thursday's Game 2 trying to make sur ...

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