I usually have a feel for games in the playoffs with the Penguins.........and I truly do not have any feel for this game, as I have had no feel for any game in this series.......because of this, I will do my viewpoints with the glass half empty outlook and then with the glass half full outlook. First, the glass half empty:
This series, like this season has been a season of missed opportunity for the Pens....they had an opportunity to win their division with a .500 March, had opportunities to win a couple of these games they lost in this series, and they did not;
Fleury loves to give up VERY EARLY and VERY SOFT goals this season;
The play of Malkin and Crosby has been pretty mediocre this series by their normally mercurial standards;
Fleury's play has been below average in many games all year and in the post season;
Symmetry, as the Canadiens won the first game in this building and now have the chance to win the last game in this building;
The winner of Game 6 in the post season wins Game 7 more than 60% of the time;
The Pens have played more hockey than anybody over the past three seasons and could be just tired;
The Penguins defense has been porous at times in their own zone;
Trade deadline moves that usually bolster the Pens in the playoffs have brought a useless Ponikarovsky and an okay Leopold this season;
Glass Half Full
They are the goddamn defending Stanley Cup Champs, and they have been here before and prevailed;
Fleury usually bounces back from post season losses with a 15-5 record in games after a post season loss;
Crosby and Malkin are DUE for a breakout game;
The teams have been trading wins and losses since Game One, so it is our turn now;
The Pens seem to play their best hockey when their backs are against the wall, and that is now the case;
Mario is their owner, period;
Crosby's career is full of moments like this in which he leads his team to the big win;
The Penguins are 8-1 in their last 9 playoff series;
The Penguins have won their last two Game 7's...................................
Well now we are down to a one game playoff to see who goes to the Eastern Conference Finals, and soon enough we will know the outcome. Go Pens, do not lose your chance to make history!
This series, like this season has been a season of missed opportunity for the Pens....they had an opportunity to win their division with a .500 March, had opportunities to win a couple of these games they lost in this series, and they did not;
Fleury loves to give up VERY EARLY and VERY SOFT goals this season;
The play of Malkin and Crosby has been pretty mediocre this series by their normally mercurial standards;
Fleury's play has been below average in many games all year and in the post season;
Symmetry, as the Canadiens won the first game in this building and now have the chance to win the last game in this building;
The winner of Game 6 in the post season wins Game 7 more than 60% of the time;
The Pens have played more hockey than anybody over the past three seasons and could be just tired;
The Penguins defense has been porous at times in their own zone;
Trade deadline moves that usually bolster the Pens in the playoffs have brought a useless Ponikarovsky and an okay Leopold this season;
Glass Half Full
They are the goddamn defending Stanley Cup Champs, and they have been here before and prevailed;
Fleury usually bounces back from post season losses with a 15-5 record in games after a post season loss;
Crosby and Malkin are DUE for a breakout game;
The teams have been trading wins and losses since Game One, so it is our turn now;
The Pens seem to play their best hockey when their backs are against the wall, and that is now the case;
Mario is their owner, period;
Crosby's career is full of moments like this in which he leads his team to the big win;
The Penguins are 8-1 in their last 9 playoff series;
The Penguins have won their last two Game 7's...................................
Well now we are down to a one game playoff to see who goes to the Eastern Conference Finals, and soon enough we will know the outcome. Go Pens, do not lose your chance to make history!
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