siwelwerd wrote:Having watched half the Penguins games and just about all of the Wings games, I don't see how Pittsburgh stands a chance. The Wings just match up better top to bottom. It will be interesting to see how Fleury deals with Holmstrom (and hopefully Franzen) in his face the whole time.
The Pens will be good for a long time, but I think their young guys need to mature a bit more before they will win it all.
I don't know... Fluery did a good job dealing with LePointe in front of him in the first series. He did just fine with Avery in front of him in the Rangers series. I think he's doing alright with guys like Umberger in front of him in the Philly series. He'll do fine.
Why do you bring up that they need to mature?? Detroit's not an aged team. They've got young inexperienced players, too. I think it's going to be the best series of the playoffs... it's going to go 6 or 7 games. Why can't the Pens compete with Detroit?? Our 4th line scores and grinds. The first two lines can score at any time from anywhere. The D has been incredible in the playoffs.
Good matchup.
GOOD HOCKEY!!
And the Rangers outplayed them for a lot of the series. They just couldn't finish when they needed to, and everytime they had a defensive breakdown, Pitt was all over them. Which is why the Pens beat them in the end. They were able to withstand the pressure, and counterstrike effectively. The Rangers played better against Pitt than Philly is playing, and should have won more than just the 1 game they did take. Go Rangers!
