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Penguins Have Championship Mentality
by Paul on 05/28/09 at 06:50 AM ET
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from Mike Prisula of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
They’re headed back to the Stanley Cup final, but this time they won’t arrive wide-eyed.
This time, the Penguins will be bringing with them the mindset of a defending champion.
No, the Penguins didn’t win the Cup a year ago.
But since losing it, they’ve done what turned out to be the next best thing.
They’ve adopted the philosophy of the NHL’s reigning champions, the Detroit Red Wings.
It’s a philosophy shared by Red Wings coach Mike Babcock and Penguins coach Dan Bylsma, who not long ago shared a coach-player relationship in Anaheim.
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Nathan, I agree alot of teams adopted Detroit’s style, but only 1 has gone to the finals in back to back years with a core group of 21ish year olds. They are a very good team and have been getting better and getting some hard test in this years playoffs as opposed to last years easy ride to the finals. They should be a force in the NHL for the next 5-10 years, win or lose.
Posted by Lindas1st on 05/28/09 at 09:12 AM ET
The article says nothing about Pittsburgh duplicating or copying Detroit’s organisational excellence. It boils down to adopting the following attacking philosophy:
It stresses going to the net and getting pucks on the net and repeating those two things as often as possible.
I’m reasonably certain that neither Detroit nor Babcock invented that approach. But they’ve excelled at implementing it close to perfection. Bylsma wants the Penguins to do something similar. That’s it.
All in all a rather uninspiring article, where the headline promises more than it can keep.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 05/28/09 at 09:27 AM ET
No, the Penguins didn’t win the Cup a year ago.
Really??......the pens didn’t win the cup last year?.....Wow!...I guess those commercials I’ve been watching all year running every 5 min. on T.V just had me a little confused. Are you sure the pens didn’t win last year???
Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 05/28/09 at 12:48 PM ET
No, the Penguins didn’t win the Cup a year ago.
Ya sure ‘bout dat? Strange because several months ago, I distinctly recall an airheaded idiot on TSN saying that the Pens were indeed the 2008 Stanley Cup Champs.
Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 05/28/09 at 04:00 PM ET
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Hah, a lot of teams over the last dozen years have thought they adopted Detroit’s professionalism and style. Look no further than a few years ago when the supposed turning point in Ottawa’s season was when their coach challenged them to be as professional as Detroit.
Since then, that team has imploded.
I think the Pens are better than that, but my point is it’s easier to say you’re “like the Red Wings” than it is to actually be like them. It took over a decade of steady building and hard work to make the Red Wings what they are, and let’s be realistic, they did it with some of the best minds in hockey and the best owner in hockey. That makes it easier.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/28/09 at 07:47 AM ET