The silenced majority

In the end the Detroit Redwings were faster, crisper and better conditioned than my beloved Pens.

Congrats Wings on winning the Stanley Cup, you deserve it.

Gipper

The Wings won the Stanley when they beat the Stars. Pens and Flyers just duked it out to see who was the best team in the East.

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The silenced majority

The Pens didn't show up til game 3, but that alone wasn't enough to battle Detroits skill & bending of the obstruction rules .

Gipper

I was actually shocked it went to 6. I predicted "Wings in 5" before it started, but I had hoped that Franzen was 100%.

Pens are a great team, but as I said...it's the East. What hurt the Pens is that they had no legitimate team to challenge them on the way to the Stanley. Wings had to play some decent teams and good goalies. Eventually Turco got negated. Pens just whipped through a conference where no team was even close to their caliber, and Crosby had more help on his team than Ovechkin did.

Redress

Don't even go there. The myth of a ton of obstruction was just that, a myth. I was more upset about the stupid goaly interference things....

Speaking of goalies, was it just me, or was Fluery possibly the best player on the ice for either team? I really think it was a 4 game sweep with any goaly but Fluery. That kid is just unreal, and so young.

I don't think I have been as excited watching hockey as I have been the last two games. Both where just incredibly exciting, and the ratings are showing that alot of people seem to agree. That has to be good for the league.

The silenced majority

Fleury should have won the Conn Smythe. If it had gone 7 it would have been hard to deny him.

It was exciting and was good for the league. That's pretty good considering that this series had better stats than pre-strike. That's really amazing considering that the NHL is no longer on a mainstream sports network like ESPN and now has the majority of their big games on an obscure outdoor network.

The Pens are very young & will likely get back.

They couldn't have even had champagne in the locker room legally!

Gipper

Crosby has become the Anna Kournikova of the ice and, quite frankly, most hockey fans love to see the Wings lose. I've talked to many hockey fans, and it seems damn near unanimous that if you're not a Wings fan, you hate them to the point of obsession, comparible to what a Bronx native thinks about the BoSox.

I guarantee that tons of people tuned in to see the next Gretzky beat the "Dead Things" (as I've heard so many times).

The silenced majority

Now that I think of it, I've always kinda leaned Blackhawk myself. Sid's good for the league. I'm sure I know who Bettman was rooting for.

Redress

I always thought the WIngs where to hockey what the Yankees are to baseball, the good team that everyone hates.

Comrade Ogilvy

I`m an old Red Wing fan...what I thought was funny was that one goal that the Penguin goalie looked like he sh1t a puck out of his azz....HAAAAAAAAAAAA......HAAAAAAAAAAA....