NHL Discussions

[hellawaits77]

Oh this is a great day in history!! Pens survived the huge onslaught from the Wings in the 3rd. Fleury had the game he needed to, and as has been the case these whole playoffs, the Pens 'D' had some huge shot blocks.

Sucks I gotta work tonight, but rest assured tommorrw I will be in full celebration mode!!!

[maidencolorado]

Great ending to a great season. Not sure how many Pens fans were in the crowd, but I was surprised how loud it was in there for the presentations, even the booing for Bettman. Not at all surprised Malkin won the Con Smythe, he was a force at both ends of the ice. I really enjoyed watching Talbot's press conference after the game, he came across great.

Shame Crosby couldn't be out there for more of the 3rd, but glad he was able to skate the Cup, it looked bad when he took the hit.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we've now seen the end of Billy Guerin and Chris Chelios. I'd love to see Chelios back with the Hawks in some capacity.

[The_Horsemen13]

The wings fans were just so respectfull. They all stand up and applaus the Pens like if there team won the cup. Many of them stayed to watch the ceremony. That was just an amazing respectufll moment.

That was the 15th time a 7th match up occured for the stanley cup final. We just watched an historical moment. And what suprise me the most is that 12 of the 14th other time, the Homers did won. The pens are the third team to won away on a 7th match. The last team to do that were the Montreal Canadian somewhere in the 80's or the 90's I dont remember

[King_Nothing]

Guerin will be back next year, Chellios is out of Detroit, but not sure what the future holds for him...Habs maybe??: P

[maidencolorado]

Habs or Hawks are the sentimental choices for Chelios, I'd like to see him return to one or the other. I really thought Guerin was done after watching his interview right after game 7. Looks like someone had a good night:

[King_Nothing]

hahah that is a great picture of Sid.
I heard on TSN or The Score.ca that Guerin is still hungry for more, and I hope he stays with the Pens, I think the addition of him and Kunitz really helped.

I am wondering what Petr Forsberg will be doing, same with Joe Sakic.

[maidencolorado]

Yeah, I'm sure Sid slept great. It is a cool picture.

Just not sure how much more Guerin has left in the tank, though in the right situation, he could be very valuable. His leadership and experience were great for the young Pens this year, and he could add more if they keep him around. I'd hate to see him go somewhere like Tampa or Phoenix and just fade away.

Forsberg seemed to want to come back, interested to see what kind of shape he's in. A shame to see one of the superstars of the game reduced to so little so fast. Sakic is pure class, the league would be well served if he were to stick around. If not, he needs to be involved in the league somehow, either directly working for the league, players association or as a coach.

[maidencolorado]

Congrats to Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman on induction to the Hockey Hall Of Fame. No doubt any of those 4 should or would get in, but nice to see such a great class going in at the same time.

Brett Hull getting elected will make the first father / son pair in the Hockey Hall.

I'm looking into trying to get up there for the induction ceremonies, Yzerman and Robitaille in particular were among my favorite players to watch. Hopefuly something will work out. Sadly, I've never been to the Hockey Hall, at least not yet...

[King_Nothing]

Those 4 definatly deserve the nod this early on. All very classy players, 3 of which were Red Wings at one point lol.
Yzerman, to me, is the head of the list. Class all the way.

The ballots for induction just keep getting better each year it seems.

[King_Nothing]

Just watching the draft, glad to see the Avs get Matt Duchene, can't wait to see him play.

Some nice trades & trade rumors so far too:

Pronger to Flyers for Lupul and picks - happened
Kessel to Leafs for Kaberle - rumor
Lecavalier to either Islanders or Canadiens - rumor.

The night is still young