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2008 Stanley Cup Finals

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It's the game that never...

Hell, Fleury should be considered as Conn Smythe runner up because of this game.

 

 

Uwe Krupp scored a Stanley Cup GWG in 96 in Triple OT, and there was no scoring in that game at all.

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I can't imagine being a Red Wing fan and being at that game.

 

Joe Louis Arena is a ghost town already. I wonder how awesome the road rage is out in the parking lot.

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They oughta. Fleury has tons of confidence right now and can single handily steal this series.

 

 

Gonchar? Questionable for game six?

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Damn goaltender interference. I mean, I sort of understand the call and how much it would suck to have Pittsburgh's season end because somebody came hard to the net and cleared Fleury out of the way for an easy goal, but you have to let the guys go to the net if there's nowhere else to go.

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What's the point. 40 motherfucking seconds away from your dream coming true and you fuck it up. I can't take much more of this fucking shit. Where is the goddamn killer instinct on this team already.

 

Last time I checked, he hasn't played yet in this series so far. :D

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Man, this is so fucking awesome. Hank was already my favorite current Wings player but this post-season somehow made me like him even more. And how about Darren McCarty, coming back and getting his fourth Cup. This is unreal.

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Oh good, the Red Wings won again. I'm sure fans will be Russian to Czech out the Swede Finnish to this game.

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Nice assist from Fleury there lol.

 

I'm a Red Wings fan, but that's pretty cheap. This game should have gone into overtime.

 

Well, if we are going by that, the last game shouldn't have gone to OT off of Kronwall's cheapie.

 

But in all seriousness, that was a great game and a heart-attack-inducing ending. God, this is a great shot in the arm for the sport. Hank getting recognition, Lidstrom getting another big check-mark against his name (The first European born and raised to lead a team to the Stanley Cup, as apparently some guy out of Odessa who was raised from infancy in Canada lead Chicago to it in 1938), and (FINALLY!) the Wings finally cap off a season the right way.

 

Just beautiful, people.

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Oh good, the Red Wings won again. I'm sure fans will be Russian to Czech out the Swede Finnish to this game.

 

God damnit, dude.

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Nice assist from Fleury there lol.

 

I'm a Red Wings fan, but that's pretty cheap. This game should have gone into overtime.

 

Well, if we are going by that, the last game shouldn't have gone to OT off of Kronwall's cheapie.

 

I was speaking in reference to actually bragging about the goal. But I still enjoyed the entire series.

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Congrats to the Wings. They proved me wrong three times this year, and now they are champions.

 

 

Like Banky said earlier, Red Wings could be going into a dynasty.

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next year will be the test for the wings. i'm sure there are going to be a few solid players leaving the team. they have tons of young defenseman just waiting. if the players like eriksson, meech, kindl, and quincey come into their own, i have no doubts that this team can beat anyone. their top 9 players are locked down for the forseeable future, except zetterberg, but i'm sure that will be taken care of. seriously, franzen and filpulla are only going to get better. and they're second liners. having helm as a fourth line centre. keeping drapper and cleary together. if they resign stuart, they'll have the best defensive core in the league. i was so impressed with the domination of the wings. although in the last minute, i was worried. they seemed snake-bitten after giving up the game in the last minute in game 5.

 

another key componant of all of this is mike babcock. this guy is firstly an amazing leader who doesn't bitch and moan like other coaches, he is very low key, which suits the team perfectly. but this guy also understands every intracacy of each player. whenever he switches his line-ups he found the right connection and always changed the momentum of the game. putting franzen with zetterberg and datsyuk instead of holmstrom when it was 2-1 was genius. franzen skates better and was their defensive third line specialist when draper was out earlier. putting hudler and helm on the fourth line while using hudler's speed on the second powerplay. little things like that makes babcock a great coach, and the red wings so much more dynamic than any team in the league.

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But in all seriousness, that was a great game and a heart-attack-inducing ending. God, this is a great shot in the arm for the sport. Hank getting recognition, Lidstrom getting another big check-mark against his name (The first European born and raised to lead a team to the Stanley Cup, as apparently some guy out of Odessa who was raised from infancy in Canada lead Chicago to it in 1938), and (FINALLY!) the Wings finally cap off a season the right way.

Finally! The long drought is over!! These last 5 seasons must have been brutal for you Wings fans.

 

Sorry to bust balls, but when your team has won 4 in like 11 seasons, it's tough to see a "Finally" and not make jokes. Try being a Bruins fan or a Leaf fan who hasn't gotten to see a Cup celebration in their life time. (Especially a Leafs fan, I'd say ... at least us B's fans have seen our team play for a Cup)

 

EDIT: And having said that, congrats to the Wings fans. Your boys really did deserve the Cup this year, they were the best team all along and deserved the win.

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