The Stanley Cup Finals Thread

[crazyivan]

Only Red Wings names I see are Ruskie. Well 1 canadian.  Good Game. j/k

pump your brakes girfriend.

[Bosco123]

I had a good laugh when I watched it last night on nbc.com, it was 10 seconds ahead of my TV. I knew there was a goal, and then watched it on my TV and they get a goal.

[TonyJoey]

GO WINGS GO

[Matador]

wings and caps are my two fav teams, and seeing as the pens won against caps (i got to go to game 2), im pulling for the wings

[betty]

WOOT WOOT!!! GO WINGS! 3-1 GAME 2!!! LETS GO RED WINGS LETS GO!!!

[Husky01]

It almost looked to easy. 

[Sandman]

...and if the NHL upholds their instigator penalty, Malkin will be sitting out game 3.

[MORAY37]

...and if the NHL upholds their instigator penalty, Malkin will be sitting out game 3.

The end of that game was maddening.  People not around hockey won't understand why all of that happened.   If the Pens are behind in game three, it could get vicious.  The league was adamant that this kind of stuff wasn't going to be acceptable.  I hate the Wings, but now I just want them to throttle the Pens.

Pens are totally frustrated.  No doubt trying to shove Osgood into his own net with a stick says it all.  Maybe Sid the Kid-iot knows now not to touch the conference trophy.

UPDATE:  Campbell rescinded the Malkin suspension at around midnight eastern.  Honestly, I don't understand why, but, whatever.  Campbell's interpretation of the instigator rule is not the sole reason the rule was put into the book.  Malkin received the penalty on the ice, as instigator... he chased down a Zetterberg, ostensibly for an incident earlier in the game, and started punching.  This is a clear cut instigator call, and the referee made it.  Game 3 is going to be wild, players will realize the league is letting them go at it now.

Also, Malkin's jersey was not tied down, which is an automatic game misconduct.  It can't be enforced after this game, but I bet the Red Wings have a referee check it twice a period from now on.

Rule 47.22 states: "A player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five minutes or at any time in overtime shall be suspended for one game, pending a review of the incident. The director of hockey operations will review every such incident and may rescind the suspension based on a number of criteria. The criteria for the review shall include, but not be limited to, the score, previous incidents, etc..."

Following that review, Campbell said: "None of the criteria in this rule applied in this situation. Suspensions are applied under this rule when a team attempts to send a message in the last five minutes by having a player instigate a fight. A suspension could also be applied when a player seeks retribution for a prior incident. Neither was the case here and therefore the one game suspension is rescinded."

[Masherbrum]

I refuse to watch the Playoffs.   Bettman has proven his ineptness as Commissioner for his entire time at the position. 

Which brings me to the latter.   In 1993 he was brought in from the NBA with the task of selling the game in the U.S. market, end labor unrest, complete expansion plans, and modernize the views of the "old-guard" within the ownership ranks.

 * He's failed at every single task for being Commissioner.    He more or less lost the US market share with the last hold out.   They went from 2 games a night on ESPN to a "renamed Outdoor Life Network" channel called Vs.   

*  He caused the last strike by not being pro-active and trying to get tough with the very people who hired him in the first place.

*  Phoenix is a joke of an "expansion team" as are the Panthers and Wild.   

*  He'll never come close to the "Old Guard".   

I don't watch Hockey when there is a baseball or football being thrown around.   

[betty]

holy cow! pens finally won a game! 4-2....doesn't matter. they are just postponing their destiny!! they gonna lose!! GO WINGS!!!

[Latrobe]

The Wings are mearly blinded by the fact they won last year 4-2. They can not see that they are facing an even better Penguins team that WILL beat them! 

[Masherbrum]

6 players on the Ice for over 20 seconds and no penalty?   

[betty]

6 players on the Ice for over 20 seconds and no penalty?   

i know!  its complete BS! and all they had to say was pretty much " we just got lucky"....grrrrrrrr!!! 

[Bosco123]

Here we go, game 6, this ought to be good. Have to go with Penguins this game, but Red Wings win the Stanley cup.

[SuBWaYCH]

Pens in 7.

^^^