I've read a lot here...but this is my first post...I really felt the need to vent. I'm a whole plethora of emotions right now. I'm angry because it felt like we were in the driver's seat twice in the series (up 2-0 and up 3-2) and both times we let Pittsburgh string back-to-back wins right afterwards...it was almost like we let our foot off their throats and didn't show the same killer instinct that a team needs to show to win the Cup. I'm angry because, although I believe we were by far the most talented and deep team in the playoffs, Pittsburgh legitimately outplayed us in the four games they won, and I feel that shouldn't happen to a team as talented as the Wings.
What makes it even worse for me is that I live in Colorado (at least until I go back to college) and so all these damn Avs fans who have had nothing to cheer about hockey-wise for 2 months are coming out of the woodwork to give me crap about this (I'm a very vocal Wings fan). Hell, some of them called me DURING game 6 after Pittsburgh's first goal. Thank God the Avalanche suck, or else this would REALLY be bad...but the only way I think I could feel any worse about this is if we lost to the Ducks or the Avalanche. The nation's crushes on Malkin and Crosby are sickening (hell, the announcers couldn't get Crosby's balls out of their mouths long enough to even...well...announce...all they did was talk about his absence in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals...) and I'm sure we will see even more bandwagon fans for the Pens than we already have.
I'm also hopeful though...because I hope this will light a fire under their asses...sometimes the greatest teams need to lose to become even greater. Maybe next year we can have a beautiful run and beat the Ducks, Avs, and Pens on our way to another Stanley Cup.
