First post. Big Pens fan here and I come in peace. I must say, this is a great site. I'm finding Red Wing fans very knowledgeable and passionate...w/out being annoying. I guess you'll have that with the rich history. I knew in due time I would read something that would get me to apply for a sign-on...."Every sports talk show host and fan in this city is bashing the Wings...." I'm finding just the opposite so I needed to defend. The Pittsburgh sports talk shows are not bashing the Wings. They have been very complimentary....almost too much. I do not sense throughout our fanbase what the OP is talking about.
I will say I've read some Pens Fans posts here and think they're not giving enough praise to the Wings defense and more importantly "team defense." There's been some unfair comparisons. You have at least four studs on defense (I don't even have to name them...afterall this is a Wing site) and two Selke candidates on offense. Enough said. I remember back towards the end of the season when the Wings had trouble winning and thought to myself...."how in the world with that defense, can they lose that many games in a row." Anyway, the Pens will have to work hard and support each other when in the Wings zone. If they can have some quality shifts where they out work the Wings D, I think that will bring some quality scoring chances. The Pens need to capitalize on those scoring chances because I think they'll be few and far between. I think the overall assumption out there is that this will be a high scoring series. I disagree. I think you'll see a lot of 2-1 / 3-2 wins. I've said a lot of "I think" in this post....but there one thing I know....this will be a great series!
