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Reflections on the Game
by Alanah McGinley on 06/04/08 at 11:11 PM ET
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From Chuck Carleton at the Dallas Stars blog at the Dallas Morning News,
This time, Pittsburgh ran out of miracles and the Detroit Red Wings claimed the Stanley Cup with a 3-2 nail-biting win.
1. Detroit remains a hard team to figure. The Red Wings were the best team in the NHL in the regular season and the best team in the playoffs—great skill, veteran leadership, smart coaching and the most accomplished braintrust in hockey. At the same time, they were capable of lapses that could make you wince, like Game 5 and almost in Game 6. Give them credit for rebounding from what could have been a catastrophic triple-overtime loss.
more thoughts on the game from the former Wings beat writer
And some reflections from Jim Kelley at Sportsnet.ca:
Hossa’s effort just missed Detroit goalie Chris Osgood’s glove and had it hit it, it likely would have gone in, setting off a debate as to whether or not there was any time left on the clock.
It was that close.
As finishes go, it was more dramatic than most of the game that featured a gritty effort from both sides, but one that was clearly marked by fatigue on both sides, something that took away from the overall contest.
And from Mitch Albom at the Free Press:
“We always have to make it interesting,” Osgood would tell the TV cameras.
Interesting? That ending would have killed most mortal men. But here, in enemy territory, the Wings used the courage and the pounding heart that got them this far, and in their 104th game of the season, they took it over the mountaintop.
All’s well that ends red.
And from Bob Wojnowski at the Detroit News:
They took it in gasping, grasping fashion - fitting fashion, really - with Chris Osgood swiping at Pittsburgh’s final, desperate shot. As the puck slid perilously past the open goal, the crowd shrieked and the final horn sounded, and then the Wings leaped in celebration and launched another rollicking Detroit summer.
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Ericsson was there, too - but I think Hartigan had his day with the Cup in the summer after Anaheim won, even though he didn’t meet the qualifications for his name to be on the Cup. Even though they were small parts of the team, they were still part of the winning effort, and I think it’s neat that they skated with it.
Space is also an issue with the names, so they can’t list everyone who was part of the winning effort.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/05/08 at 06:30 AM ET
What a game! For anyone in Toronto, the red carpet for the awards show starts at 6 pm on Yonge Street, outside the Elgin Theatre, next Thursday (June 12)! Come show your support for our Wings
Posted by Wingsman on 06/05/08 at 11:42 AM ET
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So I am watching the celebration after the game, and I see all the players skating with the cup and having a good time. Then I see Justin Abdelkader skating around with the cup WTF!! Now I understand this kid is on the payroll and might be a future star of the Red Wings…but the guy only played in 2 regular season games, had no points, and his only stats are a +1 in 1 game…a -1 in the other and 2 penalty minutes. It is pretty obvious that he is not going to get his name on the cup for this year. Why on earth would he touch it? It just seemed to me to be out of place and not deserved by Abdelkader.
Posted by Falkon on 06/05/08 at 01:35 AM ET