As if being up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals after a fairly complete 4-2 win on Friday night wasn't enough, the Pittsburgh Penguins got some more good news today when Maxime Talbot said that his broken foot felt good enough to play on Sunday in Game 2. Talbot's missed the last three games after blocking a shot in the Penguins game 3 win over the Rangers in the second round. As noted when Talbot went out, he's one of those players that people don't notice until he's not there, doing a solid job as the fourth line center and killing penalties for the Penguins in these playoffs. There's no word on who he'll be replacing, but it will amost certainly be Adam Hall, who's centering the fourth line now, or Pittsburgh folk hero Gary Roberts, who hasn't really done much since returning from a groin injury in the wake of Talbot's broken foot.
Though the Penguins went 2-1 without Mad Max, he's probably coming back at the best time possible as he's a solid defensive presence on the ice and the Flyers are likely to come out, well, flying in Game 2, desperate to avoid an 0-2 hole before they return to Philadelphia. That's assuming he's at full speed of course, but since the Penguins have other options, I doubt they'd want him to take the ice at another other speed.
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