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#401 |
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Pulling for a Hawks/Pens final personally.
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#403 |
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PENSSS
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#404 |
GO HABS GO!
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Bruins/Hawks, with the Hawks prevailing.
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#405 |
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Crosby was unreal that game (and series)
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#406 |
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even as a Ducks fan, I have to admit i'd like to see the Hawks vs. the Pens in the final
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#407 |
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WOOO HOME ICE
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#408 |
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Missed the games last night. I'm glad to see the Canes made it, however I wouldn't have been upset for the Bruins to have prevailed either. Hope the Pens can beat the Wings. If it comes down to goal tending, the Pens should have the edge.
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#409 |
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Pens in 6, Wings in 5 for this round.
Pens in 7 for the finals. |
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#410 |
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#411 |
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What? Marc Andre Fleury is awful
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#412 |
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#414 |
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lol. My dad is a Philly fan and even he admits Fleury is one of the best goalies in the league.
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#415 |
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Lookin like gonna be a Cup Rematch vs Wings. Way to G Pens. Canes had a great playoff run but the Pens fire power just too much.
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You add all that to horrible goaltending (yes, I do realise they played without normal G Nikolai Khabibulin), and a Detroit team that was looking to avenge the game 4 loss and take out some serious frustration and there was just no way we were going to let Chicago fly back to the Joe for tonight's game 5 with the series knotted @ 2 gm.'s a piece. |
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#417 |
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I'll admit I am not his biggest fan, but Osgood has been stellar in the playoffs. I remember reading that Marc Andre Fleury's Save percentage in the 2nd round was somewhere around.89
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#418 |
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In fact, you guys want to go inside the numbers.
Chris Osgood- 11 wins, 4 losses, 33 Goals Against, 2.14 GAA, .921 Save precentage Marc Andre Fleury- 12 wins, 5 losses, 46 GAA, 2.62 GAA .905 Save Percentage. Sorry guys but the numbers dont lie |
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#419 |
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You have to take into consideration that Detroit's defensive brigade is better, and thus lets in fewer dangerous shots, less breakaways...
You shouldn't trust numbers all the time. People did that with Theodore in 2002 and look where it got him. |
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#420 |
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Well, Detroit won, surprise, surprise.
The Pens do look like they'll be tougher to beat this season, especially if the Wings remain banged up, and the top guys on Pittsburgh keep playing like they've been doing. |
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#421 |
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can't wait for this series after last year. I will finally be able to watch a fucking game now instead of following it on google.
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#422 |
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It is going to be hard for Detroit to beat the pens in back to back finals for sure,
But if Datsyuk and Lidstrom get ready in time, they will probably win. |
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Avatar bet for the Finals? You put a Detroit Red Wings logo as your avatar until the start of next season if they win, I'll show a Montreal one if they don't
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#424 |
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That save Huet made on Frazen with like 3 seconds left in the 3rd was fucking amazing.
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#425 |
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IT'S GONNA BE A BLOOD BATH!!!!!!!!!!!!...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was hoping for this final. Like to see the Pens get revenge. |
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#426 |
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And the consporacy-theorists have more fuel...
"The NHL wants the Pens to win, since Crosby is 'the face of the sport'. Why else would they have scheduled Games 1&2 on back-to-back days?" Personally, I'm digging it. |
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If they wanted him to win, they woulda made it happen his 1st year with Lemieux.
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#428 |
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True, I am enjoying this back to back game process. I think it will add more intrigue, however, it will make winning game 1 that much more important
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#429 |
GO HABS GO!
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#430 |
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I'm debating getting tickets again this year. Maybe I'll try and get some to game 5. I don't know. Go Pens.
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P.S.--Detroit F 12th overall Stanley Cup! ![]() ![]() |
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Pens FTW! |
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#433 |
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The latest on Detroit players in question for the Finals (\/):
Red Wings expect Lidstrom, Ericsson to play Friday, 05.29.2009 / 2:01 PM / News Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said Friday defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Jonathan Ericsson will play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. Babcock said Pavel Datsyuk's status will be a last-minute decision before Saturday night's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL's first championship rematch in 25 years. Lidstrom and Datsyuk practiced the day before the opener, but Ericsson didn't as a precaution just days following surgery for acute appendicitis. The defending champion Red Wings will lean heavily on Lidstrom against superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Lidstrom is a six-time winner of the Norris Trophy, given to the NHL's top defenseman, and a finalist to win it again this summer. He has missed two games with a lower-body injury Detroit would also get a boost from Datsyuk, a finalist for league MVP and best defensive forward honors, but doesn't want to rush him back because a foot injury kept him out of the last three games in the Western Conference finals. |
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#435 |
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Go Pensssssssssss
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#436 | |
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Incidentally, can someone with some time on their hands figure out how many players from both Pittsburgh and Detroit played in last year's Cup final and will play in this year's? (Hossa doesn't count, I mean guys who played for the same team both times.) I do NOT have time on my hands, btw. And what am I even doing in this forum. |
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#437 |
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Datsyuk isn't gonna play tonight.
I think the Pens take game one, just have a feeling. |
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For the Wings it's the same team except for rookies who will get in due to injuries and Conklin. Edit, that took all of 5 minutes lol Last edited by LoDownM; 05-30-2009 at 02:01 PM. |
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#439 |
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#440 |
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Well then, guess we both thought wrong.
Tough going against the best sports franchise in all of sports for the past 15 years. |
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