Paul from Kuklas Korner had this video posted on his blog and this season was one of the most exciting Stanley Cup Finals I have ever watched. This video is definitely a perfect exclamation point to a great season. No my team didn't win the Stanley Cup but twenty nine teams didn't win the Stanley Cup so I am not alone, none the less, at least someone other than the Redwings did win the Cup this season.
The NHL is the greatest game on the planet is now the season is over for the summer. The NHL and NCAA division one hockey will return in October. The big question is; what the hell are we going to do for 3 1/2 months? I guess I can perfect my really bad golf game and train my dog for the up coming duck season. I bought a Trek 4500 and that has gotten a lot of use. I plan to play in a couple of golf tourney's and plan to play the Galen Nagle Friday, July 17 at the Bemidji Town and Country Club.
I predicted that the Penguins would win the series in six games so I was off by one. Marc-Andre Fleury was amazing and stopped the Redwings in the closing seconds from tying the game. For the Redwings the finger pointing will begin.
I also think it is funny that Marian Hossa didn't get his cup, if he had only stayed in Pittsburgh he might be drinking champagne right now. Marian Hossa turned down a big contract with the Penguins and signed in the off season with the Detroit Red Wings, because the prima donna believed, the Wings gave him the best chance to win the Stanley Cup. Maybe Marian should talk to his Buddy and fellow Slovak Marian Gaborik and let him know the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Gaborik another selfish, self centered, prima donna Slovak will test the free agency market July 1st. Maybe they can package the two spoiled brats together on a team that can fit them under the cap. Hello LA Kings?
Evgeni Malkin was the best playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs and deserving of the Conn Smythe trophy. Malkin is the first Russian to ever win the Conn Smythe.
You aren't the only one to say something like that, but I have never understood how passing up 80 million dollars to try to win a championship makes you a prima donna or a spoiled brat. He's one of the few athletes that has said "It's not about the money" and actually meant it.
ReplyDeleteFair enough but he reminds me a lot like his friend Marian Gaborik and I can see why the Pens fan's were booing him at times. The Wild went after him hard last season and It was rumored that he might have swayed Hossa to stay away from a deal with the Wild.
ReplyDeleteHossa was right to make the decision he did, in believing that Detroit gave him the best chance to win the Cup. Up until the final series, Detroit was far and away the better team, and was much better than Pittsburgh all season long, as well as being one of the most consistent and high-level teams for the past few years. Yes, it is ironic that fate has lost him a Stanley Cup to the club he turned down big bucks from, but no one outside of Pittsburgh would have told you the Penguins were going to come back a year later and win it all. Sometimes stuff just happens like that ;)
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