LORDS OF THE RINGS

This is what you play for, my friends. Well, this, plus the day with the Stanley Cup, parade, adoration of fans, millions of dollars, etc. But congratulations to the 52 members of the organization who received these beauties at a ceremony at the LeMont restaurant last night on Mt. Washington. If anyone deserved them, it's this group.

Penguins get Stanley Cup rings [PG]

The Pens also set their opening-night roster, and here's who is going into battle this season:

FORWARDS (12, 2 INJURED):

27 - Craig Adams

24 - Matt Cooke

87 - Sidney Crosby

9 - Pascal Dupuis

26 - Ruslan Fedotenko

28 - Eric Godard

13 - Bill Guerin

48 - Tyler Kennedy

14 - Chris Kunitz

38 - Mark Letestu (injured)

71 - Evgeni Malkin

17 - Mike Rupp

11 - Jordan Staal

25 - Max Talbot (injured)

DEFENSEMEN (7, 1 INJURED):

7 - Mark Eaton

3 - Alex Goligoski

55 - Sergei Gonchar

58 - Kris Letang

6 - Ben Lovejoy (injured)

74 - Jay McKee

44 - Brooks Orpik

Martin Skoula (signed yesterday)

GOALTENDERS (2):

29 - Marc-Andre Fleury

1 - Brent Johnson

Placed on waivers with the intent being assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League:

Forwards Ryan Bayda, Paul Bissonnette and Chris Conner

Defensemen Deryk Engelland and Nate Guenin

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