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Grading the Stanley Cup Final
by Alanah McGinley on 06/12/09 at 11:18 PM ET
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From the Canadian Press via the Sporting News:
A report card look at the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings, evaluating their performance in the Stanley Cup final:
FORWARDS
Penguins, A: The prevailing thought was that Pittsburgh couldn’t match the Red Wings depth up front—WRONG. The Penguins won the two biggest games of the year without even receiving a goal from either Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin. And how about Max Talbot? His four goals in the series were two more than anyone else could muster. And how about managing to win Game 7 after losing Crosby to an injury? Impressive.
Red Wings, C-plus: This group was clearly hurt by the foot injury to Hart Trophy finalist Pavel Datsyuk. Even though he was back in the lineup for the last three games, there’s no way he was at 100 per cent. Henrik Zetterberg, the best Wings player in the series, did all he could to pick up the slack but it wasn’t enough. It was a miserable final for Marian Hossa.
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