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I'm one of the few that thinks Dats is better than Hank. I also would pick Dats over Hank for Conn Smythe. Again, he's one of those guys whom do more than most notice.

s***. I might have to hit this.

If Detroit wasn't the better team for most of the game, it'd still be a big maybe. But they were. The had a rough first period that most likely can be attributed to nerves, but they're clearly the better team. Osgood knows how to bounce back strong and has shown that in the past. We won't come out so soft in the 1st again and in game 6, it'll be your Pens dealing with the nerves and pressure that home ice brings in situations like this. I think Pittsburgh could very well win a close game 6 on home ice to stay alive. I don't think they're as great as the Wings are at this point, but they're a great team and they're not going to give up. But as objectively as I can look at it, it's still clear that Detroit is the better team. They will learn from this and come back stronger to finish this series out. I don't doubt that and I'm not worried. I'm only nervous about missing the party atmosphere a bit if we win it on the road.

I'm in shock. I can't believe it but I think that's what happens when you're jumping up b/c there's 30 seconds til the Cup then it's, err, delayed. They still looked hungry right after. A legend will be born tonight and we will hoist the Cup tonight.

I don't know if I can watch this. Shock.

Oh baby! There it is!!!

This game is not over. I'm thinking we're going to have a big 3rd. Just wait for it. Confidence. We're the better team.

Time to win. The big one. I'm pumped. To. Say. The. Least.

So I've been thinking back to the '97, '98 and '02 Cup victories and I love that I taped the final games and the post-game celebration and it's great looking back on it all. What's unfortunate though is that there were so many great interviews from the various stations covering the game and celebration and some that I've wanted to watch again are from a channel I wasn't taping. So I'm thinking now considering that so many of us have DVR's even built into our computers, it might be cool to band together and spread out some DVR duties so we can cover all the main bases in order to edit together an eventual set of DVD's. The biggest thing will be the post-game stuff if we win but obviously the game's a big one too. Here is what I'd like to get as well as a signup per se...it'd be nice to double up on things if it all gets covered incase errors occur. It'd be ideal if you have DVR's built into your computer as it's easiest to retrieve and edit the files obviously. I'm not sure HD material can be retrieved from set-top boxes even but I'm not totally informed on the matter. But here goes...lean to HD first if you can... Game 5: NBC HD - gcom007 CBC HD - open and if anyone can pull this off, that'd be great! CBC - open Stanley Cup Post-Game Celebration (hopefully!): NBC HD - gcom007 CBC HD - open ABC HD - open Fox HD - open CBC - open ABD - open Fox - open It'd be great if people jumped on board and then eventually we could get a torrent with an .iso that people could then burn to DVD's and however else it might be distributed. Hell, maybe we could even get a Blu-Ray going!

Hopefully someone gets CBC...

The thing about the shots that Osgood stops is that with our D so good, the opposing team has to make better plays to get shots so when they do go through, oftentimes they're of a more difficult nature. Osgood doesn't get a lot of easy stuff to pad has Sv.% with yet he's still in the upper .930's, no? There's something to be said for that without a doubt. I think it's going to be a tossup between him and Zetts but to say either has it outright over the other right now is just silly. If Zetts is up there, Datsyuk better be too as he's not far behind in points and has done more than his fair share of the little things as well. My gut's saying Osgood though...

I still think he's going to end up better than Zetterberg when it all shakes down. I don't know if he'll be captain, but he's a sure-fire leader at this point, a great two-way player and he just seems to be getting better and better at everything. I'm thinking Osgood's pretty close to having the Conn Smythe locked down, but if not, I'd like to think that Dats would have a fighting chance for it. I think he's been far more important and consistent than people realize this year.

Well, I mean, we read stuff by fans here and by fans that are better writers in the papers. Chris Pronger is a descent writer or has a good editor and is a pro hockey player. I'm not surprised that he has a well thought out analysis on the matter. What's more shocking to me that people here actually think these guys become pro's by accident or something.

Once again, I feel it's important to note that I supported Holland and numerous times stated to look for Franzen to come up big only to get replies of, "Franzens alright but he can't be relied on for secondary scoring..." Mmmmmmhmmmmmm..........

Some friends of mine are having a little party tomorrow for the holiday and are having a bonfire and we're going to set up a projector and watch the game outside on the side of a garage. But, they don't have cable (I don't know...) so I'm thinking our best bet may be trying to find a sopcast and hooking the computer up but I'm not real up on these things. What's my best bet here? I know there are people on here who have been around the bases with this scene. Any help would be appreciated...thanks!

Is it odd that it says it's playing Tuesday?

Top? Anyone?

Totally true, but Osgood's got the buzz that the writers are loving now too. Osgood articles are all over the place. He's the feel good story of the year really. That combined with his numbers, record and steadying effect certainly work in his favor. Not saying Zetts doesn't have a damn good case, just saying...personally, I care more about the silver bowl... ...but deep down I'm still pulling for Datsyuk...

Totally true, but Osgood's got the buzz that the writers are loving now too. Osgood articles are all over the place. He's the feel good story of the year really. That combined with his numbers, record and steadying effect certainly work in his favor. Not saying Zetts doesn't have a damn good case, just saying...personally, I care more about the silver bowl... ...but deep down I'm still pulling for Datsyuk...

I think at this point if the Wings win, it's definitely between Zetterberg and Osgood. How this series goes will determine that. If Zetterberg keeps it up, no question he'll be a favorite. Not much to it. You can't ignore with his play and numbers. If Osgood continues to play great, I think he's got as good of a shot as well, maybe more so still. They can't ignore how much stronger the team has played since he took over the starting role. I think Pavel is the dark horse here. I think he's made more of a case for it then it appears. If he has an amazing finals, he'll have to be considered. I think Franzen's ruled himself out ultimately due to injury and the teams success without him. edit: I think I'm comfortable saying this right now actually: I think we win it, right now it's Osgood. He's got the same kind of great numbers as Zetts proportionally and it's obvious how much of an impact he's had considering where they were at. Zetts wouldn't have gotten the chance to play as well as he has had Osgood not stepped in and played great. So Zetts is going to have to have an insane finals to win it I think. Not taking anything away from him and not saying he can't, just retracting a bit and saying maybe Osgood has more of an edge than I first thought.

I'm very, very, very happy with this win. Great, great play throughout. Great mental excercise for the Wings to come back after stupid calls and hold the Pens back and take the lead. Great. Just great. You can't complain about winning 4-0, but I think it would've been a little better for Game 2 to have won it 2-0. Maybe? Hell, we won and it was a beaut! Ozzie getting the shutout against Fleury is a nice way to kick that goaltending battle off, but Fleury played a solid game for all intents and purposes. This is going to be a good one. The Pens played tough, gave a good challenge and will come back hard. I'm excited!

Who is this guy wearing #37 and where on earth did he come from?!?!??!

Yeah, it's a bummer that my biggest concern going in that could give an edge to Pittsburgh was the ref's and then I thought, nah, it'll be alright. I thought if the ref's call it even, these are pretty evenly stacked teams and it'll be a good series. But these damn refs...seriously...Terry Foster's going to ******* flip a lid on Bettman on Monday...

I could literally feel the steam coming off me after that happened. ******* bulls***. Justice will come. This is just ******* bulls***.

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