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stillers4me
05-31-2013, 05:35 PM
Sidney Crosby (http://penguins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471675) has had enough down time -- even if he knows the resumption of Stanley Cup Playoff hostilities could come with a hefty physical price.

After eight days without a game -- the Pittsburgh Penguins haven't played since knocking the Ottawa Senators out of the Eastern Conference Semifinals last Friday -- Crosby can't wait until Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final on Saturday at Consol Energy Center (8 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, RDS).

Even if that game will be against a Boston Bruins team known as one of the most physical in the NHL.

"It's been productive," Crosby said of the extended layoff. "We've prepared and rested up. We all know what is coming and we'll be ready for [Saturday]."

What is likely coming for Crosby is a steady diet of physical forwards and wave after wave of punishing defensemen, led by Zdeno Chara and Dennis Siedenberg............

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