Another Letter from PensBurgh

by Christy on May 29, 2008 7:38 AM CDT

Dearest Wings Fans:

We have a series now, huh? That was one hell of a game. Hard hits, fast skating - it had everything. For the sake of the sport, let's hope the ratings were through the roof for NBC.

The Pens proved that Osgood is breakable and they did it in superb fashion. And Franzen? Now I know why they call that guy The Mule. That power play goal was just devastating. His stock value has skyrocketed this post-season.

So now we have two days off. Two days for Detroit to shake the loss, and two days for Pittsburgh to try and ride it out till Saturday night. If this series heads back to Detroit 2-2, we're looking at what can possibly be one of the best series in years.

Good game,
FrankD
Pensburgh.com

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It’s not a series unless it gets tied up at 2 in my opinion.

I haven’t been following the playoffs as much this year, so why hasn’t Hasek been playing? Is he hurt?

by Linix129 on May 29, 2008 9:11 AM CDT 0 recs

Nope

Just old and ineffective. He started the playoffs for the Wings (better to start a has been than a never was I guess?), but blew up against Nashville, was replaced by Osgood, and hasn’t been back since. He is done. The Wings are good enough to cover up Osgood’s deficiencies. No team in the history of hockey is good enough to cover up how bad Hasek is at … what ….. 45?

by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bob in Boulder is right.

Hasek was pulled after game four in the first round against Nashville and the Wings have stuck with Ozzie since then. Hopefully, there will be no need to put Hasek back in net this round.

by Christy on May 29, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up 0 recs