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by IwoCPO on 05/29/09 at 06:13 PM ET
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Pissy mood. Pouting around the house. Starting arguments. It’s the 24 hours until the Finals start mood swing. I recognize the signs. I’m sure you do too. Heck, even a Blues fan knows the symptoms of the day-before-the-Finals-start bitch fest.
Oh. Woops. Sorry.
You know what irritates me? It pisses me off that Pens fans actually think they’re going to win this series. Here’s what I expect out of fans of a team playing the Red Wings for the Stanley Cup: humility, reasonable public expectations, admission and submission.
I expect Pens fans to be saying things like, “Crosby and Malkin have been brilliant for us and we love them for that. But this is the Red Wings we’re talking about. I’d just like them to compete and play well. The Wings are too good. I’d love to hate them but I respect their skill and their mental toughness. My god, that’s a good team. We’ll get there, but really...c’mon. Not this year.”
How tough is that? Fu**. I mean, come on.
So....which is it? Is Ericsson gonna play tomorrow, or what? Uncle Mike says there’s no doubt about it. None.
Saler’s got the transcript of Babcock’s presser at On The Wings
Ericsson’s playing for sure. He just didn’t want to with the surgery he had, they didn’t want to put him on the ice today. But he’ll be ready to go tomorrow.
Whew. Good news. Good frigging news indeed bitches.
Oh. But wait.
Ericsson said he’s not sure if he’ll play. He’ll skate tomorrow morning and see how he feels before a decision is made. He said he felt real sick Thursday, a day after having an appendectomy, and didn’t feel well enough to skate Friday.
“Yesterday I didn’t feel good at all, very, very sore,’’ Ericsson said. “I felt sick, too, as soon as I started walking around, really sick to my stomach, wanted to kind of puke. Didn’t really eat anything the first 24 hours. Now it feels a lot better than yesterday.
“I’m going to try to skate in the morning, see how it feel,’’ Ericsson said. “I don’t think anything is 100 percent yet (as far as whether he can play).’’
Well? Do we have to launch an investigation? Huh? Is it that difficult. Whatever. We’ll find out tomorrow. Screw us. We don’t need to know. Lie to us.
Listened to Wyshynski on HNIC radio on Sirius on the way home. He talked about his list of the 20 most intriguing storylines for this year’s Stanley Cup Final. Seen it yet? You probably didn’t make it past the Wing blogger roundtable. I blew chunks in that. Didn’t represent you well at all. Anyway, in his top 20 stories of the Finals? Here’s his number 1.
1. Sidney Crosby’s Name on the Stanley Cup: Alexander Ovechkin(notes) may still be the bigger star, crossing over to mainstream sports fans in a way Crosby doesn’t. But within the NHL, there’s no player with greater renown right now than the Penguins’ captain, thanks to his remarkable postseason run and unparalleled leadership in bringing his mates back to the finals. To end that run with his first Stanley Cup would be a defining moment. And to have a star of his magnitude lifting the Cup over his head is an image the NHL is ready to plaster across the globe.
I like Greg. What many of you don’t know is that (have I told this story before?) on the day we converged on the Irish place in DC for the Wing/Cap game? Wyshynski was there. He didn’t want to interrupt us. He just wanted to be there and take it all in. Pretty cool.
But he’s wrong, or he’s a lying liar. Easy tiger. That’s a compliment around here. You just relax. In true A2Y form, just shut your whore mouth a minute. On the radio he said the Crosby suck-fest wasn’t his number one story because Thid’s the annointed one, the “face of the NHL.” He said, on the radio, that it was because he’s played so remarkably well these playoffs (which he has) that it would be a great story to see that performance rewarded with a Cup. Not anything close to, “And to have a star of his magnitude lifting the Cup over his head is an image the NHL is ready to plaster across the globe.”
Which is it Greg?
Here’s what I think about tomorrow: the Wings are going to be pissed off. And that’s what should be frightening all the 4-year Pen fans. Detroit’s going to be pissed because the Wings are hearing the rumblings and reading the stories. They know the Pens are being favored in a lot of circles, by a lot of “experts.” The Wings know they’re being discounted and that doesn’t sit well. They couldn’t care less about being “disrespected”, a “verb” invented by the NBA. But it irritates them and I dig that.
And guess what else bitches? The Wings, to a man, know what’s going on with Gary and the league. They’re talking about it and asking this question: Would Gary Bettman have started the Finals on Saturday if his Baby Boy was nursing a sore foot?
Fu** no he wouldn’t have. Not when he could have delayed it two or three days.
Paranoid? Conspiracy theory driven? Nope. Realistic.
Elitist and arrogant? You’re damn right I am. I’m a Wing fan motherfu**ers. My team has granted me the right to be arrogant.
What has your team granted you Pens fans? Pride in two straight Eastern Conference titles. And that’s nice.
Be happy with it. Revel in it. Suck on it. Because that’s all you’re getting.
This ain’t the Flyers. Osgood’s not a rookie goaltender who freezes as the series goes on. Detroit’s not an anemic Canes team and Mike Babcock’s no Paul Maurice.
Keep using this too..."we won’t have stage fright like we did last year in Detroit the first two.” Oh, STFU. Hockey players, if they have stage fright at all, lose it after the first five or ten minutes. You played us even after that? Umm. No you didn’t.
Watch your beta tapes bitches. The Wings owned games 5 and 6. Owned them. Watch the third period of Game 5 and, if you’re capable, recognize the difference in skill and poise between those two teams. 34.7 or not. Detroit owned that game.
So type all you want with your internet bravado and your anonymous confidence. Because soon enough? You’re going to remember why the Cup resides in Hockeytown, and why it’s going to stay.
4 to 3? Umm. No.
4 games to 12. That’s Cups. 4 more games until a Dynasty is secured. You think the Wings don’t realize that?
Sleep well.
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Chief, you’re absolutely wrong. The NHL is a bigger whore to TV than to even Crybaby himself. NBC gets what NBC wants.
Posted by Steve from New Jersey on 05/29/09 at 07:07 PM ET
I don’t doubt that Gary’s blowing NBC execs with great haste Steve. But that doesn’t discount his sick dreams of Thid lifting the Cup in super slow mo, over and over and over.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 05/29/09 at 06:09 PM ET
Yes Steve, either way NBC would get a back to back weekend start to the Stanley Cup Finals. The difference is this weekend or next. I’m with the Chief on this one. If Crosbitch is injured, the Finals don’t start until the originally planned June 5.
Posted by The Other Saler from Wyoming, Mi on 05/29/09 at 06:10 PM ET
Chief, it all has to do with Conan’s Tonight Show premiere. If the NHL scheduled Game 2 for Monday, NBC would go ahead and ship it off to VERSUS not a minute after 11PM.
That’s why this is happening. NBC wanted nothing to do with the NHL Monday-Friday this week so they could launch Conan, because they’ve got hundreds of millions tied up in him. Thid the Bitch? Not as much.
It’s still retarded and unfair, but it’s not all because of Crosby. Detroit could be playing the University of Alabama-Huntsville and the series would do this stupid back-to-back thing.
Posted by Steve from New Jersey on 05/29/09 at 06:12 PM ET
From Alanah’s Canucks and Beyond-
On playing against Marian Hossa: “There’s nothing I’d like more than to be able to shake Marian’s hand at the end of this series, look him in the eye and say, ‘You chose the wrong team.’”
-- Maxime Talbot (translated from French and quoted in the Detroit Free Press)
My response-
Way to give Hossa...and the rest of the Wings...some motivation Talbot. Thanks.
Way to be, Talbot. Way to be.
Posted by mrfluffy from Cincy on 05/29/09 at 06:13 PM ET
Helllloooooooooooooo Bitcheszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!
I was posting on the wrong thread. Man do I gotta peee.
First, safe trip Osrt, like 6 hours ago. And say hello to Ravi Shankar. No kidding, my daughter txts me yesterday - “Dude, this Indian guy Ravi Shankar is awesome”. I answered, “Hells Ya, Ravi Shankar “Morning Love” is one of my faves”. She txts “YOU know Ravi Shankar? I just downloaded “Morning Love” to my iPod!”
Ain’t youthful ignorance and lack of appreciation of history beautiful? Anything before 2003 is telescoped all together.
Speaking of youthful ignorance and lack of appreciation of history (Gary.Ass), I ain’t reading any other pissant numb nuts’ blog from some other pissant team. I am already pissed abooot Gary.Ass and NHL, Inc., doing their best to set up their own love bastard child with a Stanley Cup, integrity of The Game and The Cup be damned. I do not need to try and waddle through misspellings and ignorance of some pre-zitt teen to be aware of their stupidity, nor do I even read it when some 19 quotes it here. Just skip it, my stress and BP are already barely contained.
And boy, do I gotta peee, Bitches.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 05/29/09 at 07:31 PM ET
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 05/29/09 at 06:34 PM ET
Wooops. Maxine, the Wings Bulletin board was ALMOST full, but you just made i’t in. If the f’u’d up finals schedule didn’t madden them, if Ozzie’s performance hasn’t motivated them, if Kronwall’s injustice didn’t inflame them, if the back to back opportunity hasn’t filled their dreams, if the Ducks series didn’t set their hearts toward the finish line, you Maxina tallbutt has just lit the fuse of a skater with two overdrive gears under his hood. Not wise Maxina, just not wise.....the bulletin board is full.....loose the dogs of war......D-day.
Posted by Gunnar from ada mich on 05/29/09 at 06:37 PM ET
4 games to 12. That’s Cups. 4 more games until a Dynasty is secured.
Damn, Chief..... a SWEEP prediction?
Outstanding.
Posted by dougie on 05/29/09 at 06:40 PM ET
Damn, Chief..... a SWEEP prediction?
I don’t think so Dougie. It’ll probably go more than 4 games total but there are only 4 wins to the Cup.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 05/29/09 at 06:43 PM ET
You probably didn’t make it past the Wing blogger roundtable. I blew chunks in that. Didn’t represent you well at all.
You did alright Chief but admittedly it wasn’t the Chief we’ve come to know and appreciate. Where was the vitriol, the sarcasm, the juvenilicity? We know you have it in you.
But I get it. The crankiness, the stress, the need to punch someone in the neck. I’m there.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 05/29/09 at 06:48 PM ET
Sorry gang I left the out the shot at Vladdy on Pensblog..........Tabasco sauce.
Posted by Gunnar from ada mich on 05/29/09 at 06:51 PM ET
I am presently watching the NHL network program “On The Fly”. The talking heads are at Cobo Hall interviewing the teams at media day. In between segments I have the pleasure of watching sidney in commercial after commercial teling me “you are watching the NHL network”. Then Babcock takes the podium and says
the following when asked a question:
“....from watching the commercials you would have thought that They had Won last year.....I have to go back and check every so often to make sure we actually won...”
Outstanding !!!
Babs soaked up a lot of Scotty during the past few years , and he is a psychological zen master at playing mind games without being obvious.
Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 05/29/09 at 06:52 PM ET
The Pens had stage fright last year. This year? No stage fright. They’ll shit and piss all over themselves. Often. Just like what goes on in the Hasek Club Car every game.
And to have a star of his magnitude lifting the Cup over his head is an image the NHL is ready to plaster across the globe.
Add that to the bulletin board. The collective will of everyone who does NOT want to see that image for the next year or twenty will push the Wings over the top. I believe in crap like that.
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago, on the poop deck, not over it yet on 05/29/09 at 06:54 PM ET
...thanks to his remarkable postseason run and unparalleled leadership in bringing his mates back to the finals.
Dictionary definition of unparalleled.
unparalleled- unequaled or unmatched; peerless; unprecedented.
Apparently, RBK 87 is the first captain to lead his team back to the finals, ever. I didn’t know that. An amazing accomplishment I’d say.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 05/29/09 at 06:58 PM ET
Bill, in ten months:
16 to 12, let’s do this, bitches!
Posted by Puckhead from Jersey, you dolts! on 05/29/09 at 07:01 PM ET
Bill, in ten months:
16 to 12, let’s do this, bitches!Posted by Puckhead from Jersey, you dolts! on 05/29/09 at 08:01 PM ET
Wings aren’t looking that far ahead at this point. we’ll worry about that when we get to it.
Posted by Jeebus on 05/29/09 at 07:09 PM ET
Elitist and arrogant? You’re damn right I am. I’m a Wing fan motherfu**ers. My team has granted me the right to be arrogant.
Here, here. Suck it.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Earth. on 05/29/09 at 07:10 PM ET
So, last night I got the movie ‘Zack and Mira make a Porno’. I was all pumped to watch it until the first scene when Mira rolls out of bed with Gary’s Baby Boy blue 3rd sweater on. Moments later they show Zack waking up with a Pen(i)s championship banner in the background. Needless to say I stopped the movie and sent it back but not before grinding it into the floor. Fuch Pittsburgh. Do It.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Earth. on 05/29/09 at 07:19 PM ET
Later in the show he’s out in front of the Melon getting pasted in the nuts by two punk kids (dressed in jerseys) with paintball guns. IIRC he’s wearing an Bruins jersey.
Posted by mrfluffy from Cincy on 05/29/09 at 07:23 PM ET
The Kid ended (hopefully) one of the truly moronic semi-traditions in hockey Tuesday night after the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched the Eastern Conference crown by sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes. - Damian Cox, Toronto Star
Guess what would happen if Zetterberg did touch his trophy: “Red Wings defy all hockey gods!”
Or if Crosby haven’t touched his: “Sid the Kid respects tradition...”
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Guys are comparing Helm’s grat PK to Orpik’s 4-hits-shift… come on!
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Ok, the Non-flying-birds have more experience, but media treats as if Detroit forgot haow to play (and win)
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Go Wings!!!
Posted by Guilherme from Brasil on 05/29/09 at 07:25 PM ET
bummed to say im going to be late for the game and live blog but ill be here. probably sometime during the first and no later than the start of the second.
on another note, i love how the front page of nhl.com is spewing vomit in the form of comparing the penguins and the 80s oilers.
Posted by stayouttamalibu from Temporarily in Tempe, AZ on 05/29/09 at 07:48 PM ET
I plan on smiling a lot these next few weeks. Here’s why:
Everybody seems to be counting the Wings out. I don’t know if this is because from watching NHL marketing campaigns, you would never know that the defending Stanley Cup Champions even existed. It’s also possible that the commentators have been brainwashed by Bettman’s obsessive need to shove Crosby’s face down all of our throats. Whatever the reason, it’s pretty much universally agreed that the ice is tilted in Pittsburg’s favor this time around. The only people who believe Detroit has a chance are wearing the Winged Wheel--on the ice or in the stands. It’s OK. We’re used to this. Every year, series after series, people doubt the Wings talent and drive. People predicted that Columbus would overwhelm the sleepy Wings with their playoff virgin excitement. They said that Anaheim would grind the soft Wings down with their physical play. They said that Chicago would outgun the slow Wings with their youthful exuberance. But guess what? The Wings answered the call every time.
http://www.snipedangle.blogspot.com
Genius.
Posted by Alix from The Mitten on 05/29/09 at 07:49 PM ET
People predicted that Columbus would overwhelm the sleepy Wings with their playoff virgin excitement. They said that Anaheim would grind the soft Wings down with their physical play. They said that Chicago would outgun the slow Wings with their youthful exuberance. But guess what? The Wings answered the call every time.
http://www.snipedangle.blogspot.com
Genius.
Posted by Alix from The Mitten on 05/29/09 at 08:49 PM ET
awesome. the season of STFU still rolling.
Posted by Jeebus on 05/29/09 at 07:57 PM ET
being upset because a teams fans think they can beat another team? that is the most ridiculous, stuck up, cocky thing I’ve ever heard anyone complain about in my life…
Posted by dunn56 from Pittsburgh on 05/29/09 at 07:58 PM ET
being upset because a teams fans think they can beat another team? that is the most ridiculous, stuck up, cocky thing I’ve ever heard anyone complain about in my life…
Posted by dunn56 from Pittsburgh on 05/29/09 at 08:58 PM ET
HI! Welcome to A2Y.
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 05/29/09 at 08:02 PM ET
wow, this dude is whining that pens fans think that they’re gonna win this year? noooo waaayyyyyy.
Posted by james from ohio on 05/29/09 at 08:06 PM ET
being upset because a teams fans think they can beat another team? that is the most ridiculous, stuck up, cocky thing I’ve ever heard anyone complain about in my life…
Posted by dunn56 from Pittsburgh on 05/29/09 at 08:58 PM ET
f0r r3alz!!11!1LOL!!!1! i mean these Wings fans. four Cups in 12 years. what’s that shit about, man? jeez, you’d think there was a season before Crosby and we all know there was only four seasons of the NHL. where do these crazy Wings fans get off on the idea of 4 Cups in 12 years. I mean, come on…
Posted by Jeebus on 05/29/09 at 08:06 PM ET
more gold from the presser transcripts at on the wings:
Q. You said it was a difficult decision. When you did pick the Wings you said that was the best chance to win the Cup. Do you think in any way that your former teammates on the Penguins would be upset by that?
MARIAN HOSSA: Well, that’s the thing. You know, that’s a part of it why I decided. Not just because of it, but of course the winning situation was one thing. But another thing, you know, no offense to Cheli who may end up playing longer than Sid and Malkin, but there was another reason why I choose this team because the group, Cheli and Nick, and Draper and Maltby. The experience who can help me in the future learn something new from those guys. Why they’re winning so well and why they’re going so well during the years. So that was another reason why I joined the Red Wings.
So it was not about the best chance to win, right. Because Pittsburgh had an unbelievable team, you know. That’s why it was so difficult. So I chose this for a number of different reasons, not just that.
i get two things from that statement:
1. hossa came to detroit because he wants to learn something from our experienced players to become a better player himself.
2. he very much would like to remain in detroit.
Posted by laerm from rochester, ny on 05/29/09 at 08:17 PM ET
Posted by laerm from rochester, ny on 05/29/09 at 09:17 PM ET
That coincides a lot with the past convesations he had with Uncle Mike while he was still with the Thrashers in which he said [paraphrasing here], “I’d love to come to Detroit.”
It’s sort of the old cliche WuShu student seeking the best masters in WuShu to learn from but to get the opportunity to learn from the best, he has to prove it. His four-goal burst as a Thrasher in ATL against the Wings before being traded to the Pens was an opening salvo. Then the big playoff year for the Pens in which he damn near scored the GTG in Game Six was the next part of the audition.
I think that was more than enough.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 05/29/09 at 08:32 PM ET
His four-goal burst as a Thrasher in ATL against the Wings before being traded to the Pens was an opening salvo.
oh yeah, i forgot about that. it does all jell together nicely, though, eh?
Posted by laerm from rochester, ny on 05/29/09 at 08:42 PM ET
I think the Wings really wanted him before the trade deadline but that horrible February probably screwed everything up in Holland’s plans to get him so Holland had to make a trade for a top-4 defenseman thus ended any further pursuit for Hossa. It was a tough move for Holland to get Brad Stuart instead of Hossa but with Lidstrom, Rafalski, and Chelios out for the Wings, it was a no-brainer. It’s one of those tantalizing what-if scenarios had those three guys remained healthy, we might’ve been able to obtain Hossa instead of him going to the Pens.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 05/29/09 at 08:49 PM ET
i daresay that worked out better in the long run. stuart’s fit into our system really well. also, i think if we had gotten hossa last year and still won the cup, he would have just been more like a hired gun and moved on to a big contract elsewhere last offseason. now, he’s had a full year with the wings, lived the system, gotten to know everyone, and has a real taste of what it’s like as a wing.
then again, maybe getting that close and missing it last year changed the way he thinks. who knows. any way you look at it, he’s more wing now than anything else, and i do find it hard to envision him leaving. (really. i’m *this* close to convincing myself he’s better to keep than happy.)
Posted by laerm from rochester, ny on 05/29/09 at 08:59 PM ET
All the more compelling reasons for him to want to win the Cup with the very guys he’s been wanting to play along side for a while now.
Time for more Jameson’s. VooX, a double, please.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 05/29/09 at 09:12 PM ET
There is a video clip of Pavel up at NHL.com as he is being interviewed today.
Q: Pavel you looked tentative out there today?
A: What means tentative?
Q: Tenative...cautious..?
A: I don’t know cautious
When asked whats different about playing the pens this year, Dangle anwsers...this year is 2009 last year was 2008.
This guy is an untapped Goldmine of humor, I can’t believe some media outlet in Detroit doesn’t have this guy on once a week during the season. He is a classic.
Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 05/29/09 at 09:14 PM ET
i get two things from that statement:
1. hossa came to detroit because he wants to learn something from our experienced players to become a better player himself.
2. he very much would like to remain in detroit.
3. And I’m convinced of this… “I was at the end of my contract, could choose where I wanted to play, and I didn’t want to play for Michel Therrien.”
Funny that no one seems to want to look at that angle, but if Therrien had stayed all season, the Pens would never even have made the playoffs this year. And no one would have been questioning Hossa’s decision. At the time, given the pieces in place in both Detroit and Pittsburgh, Hossa clearly made the right call. He had no idea Bylsma was going to ignite that team the way he did. Hossa saw Therrien get completely outcoached by Uncle Mike last year, heard him bitch and whine about obstruction instead of manning up and saying “we have to play better and it’s up to me to get our guys to do so,” and knew that he was going to be back behind the bench at the start of this season.
So Pens fans need to unbunch their panties. It’s not because he didn’t like Pittsburgh, it’s not because he didn’t like playing with Crosby and Malkin… it’s because the head coach was kind of an ass. Based on the Pens’ performance under Therrien this year, would you have argued that Hossa made the wrong decision?
Posted by Incognetis from Exile in Alabama on 05/29/09 at 09:17 PM ET
Wings fans-
You are just nervous about WHEN your dynasty is going to end, might be this time next week. The Penguins are the biggest threat. Malkin and Crosby are young, the Pens are starting to build a good system. The same third/ fourth liners from last year are back and have grown up.
What do you think you invented the sport or something? Sure, you are part of the original 6, but to be honest that means *#$%@& all to the average hockey fan.
The feelings and emotions you have are natural. Dont worry, you’ll be fine.
Posted by Ben from USA on 05/29/09 at 09:42 PM ET
Penguins in 6
Mark it. I’ll be back..
Posted by Ben on 05/29/09 at 09:45 PM ET
wings are fine. they’re ready to play.
Posted by Jeebus on 05/29/09 at 09:47 PM ET
but Ben! you’re welcome to be just as nervous as we are because that’s just waht fans do. the players don’t care; they just play the game. see how easy that was? play along with us the nerrvous fan game.
Posted by Jeebus on 05/29/09 at 09:52 PM ET
ings fans-
You are just nervous about WHEN your dynasty is going to end, might be this time next week. The Penguins are the biggest threat.
Actually thought the biggest threat to an end of our dynasty was the Anaheim Ducks. Those bastards are dirty, physical, have good goal tending and seem to retain a lot of big names in the same sense we do, i.e. lots of all-stars somehow fitting under the cap. They were our biggest nemesis over the past few years. I’d say apart from that, our only fears are the normal, quite typical ‘soiled-undergarmets-feelings’ we get every playoff round. Put Selanne and Pronger and Giguere and Getzlaf and Ryan and Perry on your little West Virginia Penguins team and we have an issue. That reminds me, West Virginia seams to be loaded with sasquatch sightings. Could I see a meshing of nemeses here? No...can’t be. Couldn’t be…
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 05/29/09 at 09:53 PM ET
Wings fans-
You are just nervous about WHEN your dynasty is going to end, might be this time next week. The Penguins are the biggest threat. Malkin and Crosby are young, the Pens are starting to build a good system. The same third/ fourth liners from last year are back and have grown up.
Paging Dr. Obvious to the O.R. We have a guy in immediate need of an encephalocolorectomy.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 05/29/09 at 09:54 PM ET
Just admit it wings fans, you are scared like the early eighties New York Islanders were scared because their bones hurt and they realized they were too old to continue.
Jesus, I used to play NHL 94 on SEGA with half of your team.
Posted by Jim Paek from USA on 05/29/09 at 10:06 PM ET
The thing is Im not really that nervous, my team wasnt even supposed to make the playoffs this year.
I didnt give up on them, but man, what a run they have been on huh?
We are about to own you Detroit.
Posted by Ben on 05/29/09 at 10:08 PM ET
Hossa knows....
Elitist and arrogant? You’re damn right I am. I’m a Wing fan motherfu**ers. My team has granted me the right to be arrogant.
Last year....after all the hoopla, after all the lip chapping, butt kissin, whore loving efforts on Little Gary’s part, the Pens had to take their broken condoms and head home...without Lord Stanley’s Cup.
Marion Hossa had a decision. He look the devil that brought him there in the eye. He sized up Thidney and his friends. He evaluated the odds of getting back to where he had been, he talked with his agent, he though hard about the future.......and he walked away. A guy that has forgotten more about hockey than I will ever know.......walked away.
HE WALKED AWAY.
Left cash on the table and said see ya later boys.
Hossa knows.......
Factors......Coaching? Maybe a part; Chemistry with the team, prolly; History in the playoffs....well, LOSERS. Small flightless birds with no external genitalia.
Hossa saw it. He believes.
That’s enough for me. Wings just need to seal the deal. They will. 4 to 12.
and the thing with Vladdy..........
FU Penguin.
Posted by Rumbear from Sandy Eggo on 05/29/09 at 10:09 PM ET
Wow, what a load of BS.
Hossa probably had a man crush on Lidstrom or wanted to find out what Zetterberg put in his hair. He played for Pittsburgh for a few months, Pens fans dont care anymore.
Pens in 5.
Posted by Oddjobber from PIT on 05/29/09 at 10:17 PM ET
Pens fans dont care anymore.
Mmhmm. I’m sure there will be no booing whatsoever when he touches the puck in Games 3 and 4.
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 05/29/09 at 10:23 PM ET
I actually get less nervous the more Pen(i)s fans sound off in this battle. They are simpletons. They know so little that it’s just adorable.
Has any amongst you ever read what I consider one of my favourite books of all time: A Canticle for Leibowitz? Written by one Walter M. Miller, Jr? If not, it’s amazing. I see us as those in a post-apocalyptic (NHL) world trying to restore the knowledge of humanity (hockey) but hunted down and martyred (Vladdy, Jiri Fischer, even Stevie Y and the Grind Line, to a point) by evil simpletons (Gary.Ass) who blame all of hockey’s failures (our Dynasty) on us (which is absolutely reasonable). The only problem is that we play (hockey) with a sense of knowing that is they way (hockey) is meant to be played. A poster child, the old NHL never had. A ‘face’ of the NHL, we never needed, because we had so many. Now that we are being hunted down and martyred, we stand against all, not in forceful opposition, but in a stance that reflects our attitude of ‘Go ahead, do whatever the hell you’d like, we’re going to persist and prosper no matter what.’ The salary cap couldn’t make us go away, old age couldn’t make us go away, Gary.Ass’ conspiracy-efforts to manipulate the NHL into forcing us into more and more elaborate traps that keep our best men out couldn’t keep us down. Last year’s shameful debacle of officiating didn’t work. This year’s loss of Hasek yielded no proverbial dice. The ‘suspensions’ handed out to Datsyuk and Lidstrom over the All-Star Game festivities only strengthened our bonds. The no-calls against Anaheim equated to a Red Wings victory. The Kronwall call backfired for the opposition. And now, how will our team handle the last speed bump? Well, probably like they, and the rest of us handle speed bumps. Cautiously moving past it. To my Pen(i)s followers, a franchise I once respected, I say you can harbour all the hatred you want towards our greatness, as long as it is deep enough to keep you warm at night when the power fails in Pittsburgh this series. The hockey Gods hath always smiled upon us. We are not a team that accepts failure. We will bring our best and leave nothing out there, just as our inspiration, the Venerable St. Vladimir did in 1997. I guarantee you that every Red Wing, since that incident, looks back on the Stanley Cup Finals saying “He has no regrets of the effort he put forth in his series. Do I?” And the answer, as our collection of Stanley Cups reflects, invariably, is no.
Now if you will excuse me, the skin on my b*lls are almost cracking from the dryness of the Arizona desert, in Crosbaby’s mouth they must lie and soak.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 05/29/09 at 10:26 PM ET
“He played for Pitts for a few months”. As part of a trade with which he had no input . Maybe,just maybe he felt the fit just wasn’t right with those 2 primadonnas in place. Players talk about their organ-i-zations, and he probably felt more comfortable here, the hell with a long term contract he might have regetted later. Like the anology of last year, you (the pens) took the hottie to the prom and the star qb took her home. Sorry Biffy 
Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 05/29/09 at 10:41 PM ET
A Canticle for Leibowitz is indeed a great book. I’m not really sure if your analogy fits though…
Posted by Squiboda from Port Huron, MI on 05/29/09 at 10:44 PM ET
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