Rapping Granny
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Official 2007-2008 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Thread - "And a child shall lead them"
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King_Slender
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I look at the Pens/Crosby getting to the Finals this early like the Cavs and Lebron getting there - a nice story, but ultimately will be triumphed by experience.
King_Slender
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SleazyC said:
Even forwards, better defense, better goaltending, and 5 short-handed goals for the Wings - Pens in 6? :lol
Also, Zetterberg > Crosby, just no Canadian wants to admit it.
At this juncture in our discourse, I should probably clarify the following:purg3 said:
1. I do think the Zetterberg has been better than Crosby in these playoffs.
2. My opinion on (1) does not mean that I think Crosby is a terrible player.
Anyway, that said ... I think it would be kind of cute if Osgood won the Conn Smythe.
funkmastergeneral
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Fuck the Penguins, go Red Wings. The Pens just got a bunch of super high draft picks to make their team, the Wings actually develop there own without luck in the draft.
A team isn't good on the strength of a handful of top draft picks. If that were the case, the Caps wouldn't have been a borderline playoff team in a weak division and wouldn't have gotten bounced in the first round. The Pens are so good because they've surrounded their core with a strong supporting cast. From the early part of this decade, they drafted a number of key depth players in third round and beyond: Malone, Talbot, Letang, Scuderi, Kennedy... they used Welch to get Roberts, Carcillo to get Laraque, Christensen and Armstrong to get Hossa and Dupuis. Gonchar, Sykora, Ruutu, Conklin, Gill, those were quality signings or trade additions.
A Pens fan would be silly to act like they haven't been fortunate to get here. The Pens were bad at the right time. But that's not the reason the team is this good. They drafted well in the later rounds and made good additions to build around the core. That's how you turn promise into a true contender. You're not going to get past more than a round or two if all you have is a couple superstar players with no depth. The Pens teams in the late 90's were proof of that.
A Pens fan would be silly to act like they haven't been fortunate to get here. The Pens were bad at the right time. But that's not the reason the team is this good. They drafted well in the later rounds and made good additions to build around the core. That's how you turn promise into a true contender. You're not going to get past more than a round or two if all you have is a couple superstar players with no depth. The Pens teams in the late 90's were proof of that.
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, both teams are eliminated.
Fraudsby unexpectedly goes on Maternity Leave. Lemieux mysteriously dissapears the next day
Malkin accidently kills himself when trying to slewfoot a lightpole he believed was Nicholas Lidstrom.
Datsyuk's circuitry malfunctions, relegating him to the Isle Of Effeminate Machines along with C-3PO and The Tin Man.
Zetterberg believes he is on a short-handed breakaway, only to realize too late that the game is in Intermission. He is consumed by the Zamboni.
After mourning these tragic events. Bettman will award the Cup to the most deserving team-Your Dallas Stars. Modano will then use the Cup as a condom to fuck Willa Ford.
Stars in 1.
Fraudsby unexpectedly goes on Maternity Leave. Lemieux mysteriously dissapears the next day
Malkin accidently kills himself when trying to slewfoot a lightpole he believed was Nicholas Lidstrom.
Datsyuk's circuitry malfunctions, relegating him to the Isle Of Effeminate Machines along with C-3PO and The Tin Man.
Zetterberg believes he is on a short-handed breakaway, only to realize too late that the game is in Intermission. He is consumed by the Zamboni.
After mourning these tragic events. Bettman will award the Cup to the most deserving team-Your Dallas Stars. Modano will then use the Cup as a condom to fuck Willa Ford.
Stars in 1.
LunaticPuma
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Pens in 6.
Fleury proves he's a world class goalie.
Malkin & Hossa carry the scoring load.
Fleury proves he's a world class goalie.
Malkin & Hossa carry the scoring load.
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Brian Rafalski (Wings) 30 - 1
Chris Osgood (Wings) 5 - 2
Evgeni Malkin (Penguins) 7 - 2
Henrik Zetterberg (Wings) 4 - 1
Johan Franzen (Wings) 12 - 1
Marc-Andre Fleury (Penguins) 5 - 1
Marian Hossa (Penguins) 20 - 1
Nicklas Lidstrom (Wings) 5 - 1
Pavel Datsyuk (Wings) 8 - 1
Ryan Malone (Penguins) 25 - 1
Sidney Crosby (Penguins) 3 - 1current conn smythe odds courtesy sportsbook. still waitin on the exact games props to come out.
purg3 said:
I didn't mind the Pens back then, no one really gave the team any grief really. I just found your comment funny, that's all.
I should have added a smiley face to my comment.
Actually I find your ticket prices comment funny too...I think there were some Pens fans here making fun of how Detroit can't sell out with their sky high prices.
SA-X said:
There are 2 components to the D, the coaching and then the individual skill. I see both teams have coaches that have instilled the idea of defense into even the most offensive players on each team. I give that quality to both teams. But IMO, the Wings have more individual skill on their D lines than the Pens do. When it comes to shutting down second and third lines, the depth in D will be key, the way I see it.
I don't know too much about the Eastern Conference, so I could be wrong on this next point...but I don't think Ottawa, the Rangers, or the Flyers didn't have the sort of depth on defense that the Wings have, so it will be a test for the Penguins.
Well, another thing has been brought up many times, the face-off wins stat...and analyst shrug it off because the Pens, despite being horrible on faceoffs, are still doing awesome.
While that's a good point, I think that when it comes to Detroit, it will start to be a big detriment for the Pens. The Flyers were able to cough it up many times throughout a period...the Wings won't, despite the Pens pressure in the neutral zone.
Now I'm not saying that all of this adds to the Wings steamrolling the Pens (though I wish it were the case, and at the beginning of the playoffs I would have said so)...I'm just saying that the Pens haven't seen a team like this.
And the vice versa is true. The Wings haven't seen an offense like the Pens before (had the Aves been healthy, they may have). The Pens really like to clog up the neutral zone, which we didn't see much from the Preds, Aves and Stars mainly because they rarely had a lead.
My point is, both teams will be tested.
It seems like it's a series that can be framed in many ways...youth vs. experience. Highly touted drafts vs. 6/7th round draft picks who turned into superstars. A young up and coming superstar goalie vs. a Stanley Cup Winning goalie. There are some similarities I suppose. You have a washed up Sykora on the Pens and McCarty on the Wings vying to make themselves relevant again. heheheheheh
The Internet
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I'm surprised nobody has brought up the injury that's going to happen to Marc-Andre Fleury during Game 1, and the heroic attempt by Ty Conklin to try and shut the door for 5 whole minutes using his Stanley Cup Final experience.
Big-E said:
Sure he is - he is a great player. But there is a line between giving praise and giving verbal fellatio, and Maguire crosses it any time Ive heard him call a Flyers game. Its embarassing, and just adds yet another thing to the growing list of reasons why Pierre Maguire is the worst commentator going.
scissorfight
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:lol i saw the bryz one but never this oneKarakand said:
This article on hockey goons is absolutely glorious. :lol
Alucard said:
for sure, whats a few hundred dollars to possible watch you're team win a Stanley Cup final game on route to a championship?
actually, that price makes me laugh, I think that's what I paid for a pair of tickets to go see Habs/Leafs in the regular season this year..
I wonder how much tickets would have gone for at the phone booth had Montreal made it to the final...
*insert trash talk about Montreal never making the finals again by manics or barrage here*
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