Detroit Red Wings in Control, up 2-0 in the Finals

It’s the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals and the Detroit Red Wings are in control, up two games to zero against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and only two wins away from winning the championship.

After winning both games at home, the Wings travel to Pittsburgh for the next two games of the series.  It’s possible that the Penguins might tie up the series, but more likely that Detroit will split the next two games, setting up an epic Game 5 in Detroit.

It’s funny how the players and the fans in Pittsburgh, and even the news media are saying Detroit’s players are too old, too slow, not physical enough, and they have too many injured players.  It’s true Detroit is playing without their best offensive player (Datsyuk), their #1 Faceoff man (Draper), their best defenseman isn’t 100% (Lidstrom), and their best players aren’t scoring many goals (Hossa, Zetterberg, Holmstrom).

However, the Wings don’t pay any attention & just continue to win games anyway, beating the Penguins with their 3rd & 4th line role players, including the young, fast minor league players called up from the Grand Rapids Griffins.

I think it would be great for the Wings to beat the Penguins again in the finals like last year, just to spite the NHL’s over-hyping of Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby.  The only thing better would be for the Detroit Red Wings to sweep the Penguins in 4 games, closing them out on Pittsburgh’s ice, in front of all their fans.

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