yeah! The Pens won!
The Red Wings completed the choke job tonight. Congrats to the Penguins. They played like champions. I will say that this choke job by the Red Wings is way worse and more embarassing than the choke jobs by the 2006 Mavs and 1996 Braves. Those were teams that had 2-0 leads in their sports' championship series and lost.
The Red Wings followed the path of the 2000-2001 NJ Devils. They got back to the Finals after winning the cup the previous year but lost game 7.
Way it goes. Im kind of already over it.
Congrats to Pittsburgh. Damn well deserved it. I wrote in this thread that Pitt impressed the out of me in game 6 and they brought that exact game with them to Detroit.
The Pens thoroughly outplayed the Wings the final two games. Enjoy your Cup, you earned it.
Choke job? This was a rematch of the Finals from last year.....the Wings were fighting through tons of injuries all throughout their playoff run. The Pens are younger and healthier (at least in the nucleus).
When you have the dynamic duo of Crosby and Malkin, along with a very good young goalie in Fleury.....you always have a chance to be successful.
I do not believe this was a choke job by the Wings. Up until game 7, both teams did what they were supposed to do, win at home. Yes, the Wings were favored to win the series, but they didn't choke. They merely got beat by a young, hungry, aggressive group from Pittsburgh. It isnt like the Pens won 4-0 or 4-1.....it was an epic heavyweight fight between the two best teams in the league the last two seasons.
I would love to see Pens vs Wings 3 next year.
GO PENS GO
Good post a choke job would have been losing in the first round to the 8th seed. Dallas fans should know about that. Congrats again to The Pens.
BTW, the reason the Mavs were chokers was because they blew a 13 pt 4th quarter lead with 6 minutes to go in game 3. They win that game they are up 3-0 in the series and most likely sweep. But they lost that game, all momentum and ended up losing the next 3 as well. It was a huge choke job. They followed it up the following season by owning the leagues best record and choking it away in the first round vs Golden St.
Detroit's loss this season is nowhere near the same hemisphere as those two losses.
Not to take anything away from Pittsburgh they deserve it
But man, you can tell the Wings looked tired.
Pens swept Carolina, so they had plenty of time to rest;plus, they are younger than the Wings, which helps with recovery. Red Wings won the West Finals in 6 games, and #$%^&$#@ Gary Bettman scheduled games 1 and 2 to be played on consecutive nights, because of ing NBC.
Just pointing out facts, but again, congrats to Pittsburgh, well deserved
Think about it, before replacing Therrien with Bylsma, they were 6 pts out of the playoff race
And also, I'm happy for Guerin; great great pro, played with ty NY Islanders for a few seasons before the trade, never complained.
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As a lifelong Blues fan, I took great joy in seeing Detroit go down.
They had a nice rivalry in the 90's
Sounds like something Stern would try to pull to over the SpursNot to take anything away from Pittsburgh they deserve it
But man, you can tell the Wings looked tired.
Pens swept Carolina, so they had plenty of time to rest;plus, they are younger than the Wings, which helps with recovery. Red Wings won the West Finals in 6 games, and #$%^&$#@ Gary Bettman scheduled games 1 and 2 to be played on consecutive nights, because of ing NBC.
Just pointing out facts, but again, congrats to Pittsburgh, well deserved
Think about it, before replacing Therrien with Bylsma, they were 6 pts out of the playoff race
And also, I'm happy for Guerin; great great pro, played with ty NY Islanders for a few seasons before the trade, never complained.
Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins! The last 4 seconds I couldn't breathe!
It was a chokejob. The Red Wings were the defending champs and the favorites to win the Cup this year. They had a 2-0 lead in the series. Games 1-6 were won by the home team therefore giving an edge to the Wings since game 7 was in Detroit. It was a chokejob and it was worse than the Mavs. The Mavs had never been to the Finals. They were fish out of water. Most of the players on the Red Wings have played in multiple Stanley Cup Finals. Besides, if people say the Mavs choked because they blew a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals then how can you honestly say that the Red Wings didn't choke? They blew a in 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Aaaah, choking....but hey, what are you gonna do about it , eh?
Shaq was hurt...Dallas had a 13 pt lead with 6 minutes to go in game 3. Neither team had ever been to the Finals.
Pittsburgh was in the Finals last year. It was a rematch. Pittsburgh was a year wiser, a year hungrier, and a lot healthier than Detroit. Pittsburgh also had the league MVP, Malkin, and the face of the NHL, Crosby on their team. Detroit wasnt far and away superior to the Pens. They were the favorites, but not by a whole lot.
Was it an upset, YES.....was it a choke job, NO.
Stop trying to compare every other team that loses to your piece of Mavs....it doesnt work. Very few teams can choke like the Mavs.....
BTW, as a Cowboys fan too, the Boys choked in the playoffs two years ago against the Giants.....it was horrible.
It was still a chokejob. Don't even compare the Red Wings to the Mavs. Everyone knows that the Red Wings are one of the best francises in NHL history. I like the Mavs but I will admit that they aren't one of the best franchises in NBA history. The Mavs also don't have the history and winning that the Red Wings do. The Red wings were suppose to win game 7 and they lost. They were also the defending champions. The Mavs had never been to the Finals until 2006 so they were newbies to the experience. The Red Wings weren't.
Blowing a 2-0 series lead is a chokejob. It forces your opponent to win 4 out of 5. Your team has to win 2 out of 5.
You choked.
DETROIT (AP) - Henrik Zetterberg says it was disrespectful for Penguins captain Sidney Crosby not to shake hands with all of Detroit's players after Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup.
"I think that's one thing you should do," the Red Wings' Zetterberg said as the players cleaned out their lockers at Joe Louis Arena on Monday. "I don't know why he didn't do it, it's disrespectful."
The biggest snub after Friday night's game was to Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom, who waited while Crosby celebrated winning the Cup with his teammates. But he finally left the ice with a few other Detroit players.
"Sidney was probably caught up in the emotions and everything," Lidstrom said, adding that Crosby would learn from the situation.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/9...;Disrespectful'
I didn't see if that happened but if it did, that is a crock of . If he did do it, I would expect Mario Lemieux to call that kid into his office and explain why he ed up. Mario is a class act and that is how he runs the Pens.
I did not choke because I'm not a player on the Mavs. The Mavs choked in the 2006 and the Red Wings choked in the Stanley Cup Finals this year.
...well, if Mario does call Crosby to his office, Sid need only walk down the hall seeing as he lives with Mario...in his house....since he was drafted.
I wasnt ascribing my comment to you. I was ascribing it to the Wings, in my pretend world where they read ST and my posts specifically.
Game 7 most-watched contest since '73
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NEW YORK -- Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals is the most-watched NHL game in 36 years.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' championship-clinching 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on NBC on Friday night averaged 8 million viewers. The network said Monday that's the most since Game 6 of the 1973 Stanley Cup finals between Montreal and Chicago.
Game 7 earned a 4.3 rating and 8 share. It was the highest rating for a series-ending game since Game 7 of the 2003 Anaheim-New Jersey series.
The rating is the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program, while the share is the percentage of all TVs in use at the time
i dont watch hockey.
we both at the same age, Crosby has already won a champion as a captain. but me ,just drinking beer and watching tv at home and ing around.
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