Down goes Crosby: Habs oust Pens, Flyers knot Bruins
by Ryan Weiss on May 13, 2010 9:12 AM CDT
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Our beloved Detroit Red Wings may be out of the Stanley Cup hunt, but the NHL playoffs keep giving us new reasons to keep watching.
The defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins were finally outed last night by the Montreal Canadiens in a not-so-thrilling Game 7. Montreal jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never really looked back, even when the Pens cut the lead to 4-2 midway through the second period.
University of Michigan product Mike Cammalleri powered the charge, scoring seven of his 12 playoff goals against the Penguins. Cammalleri upstaged Penguins star Sidney Crosby, who had dominated his first round series with the Ottawa Senators.
On the other side of the East, things are just as crazy. The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins for the third straight time last night, tying the series at three games apiece. The Flyers could end up becoming just the third team to come back from a 3-0 deficit in NHL history if they win on Friday in Game 7.
In the West, things actually went according to plan. The Chicago Blackhawks destroyed the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 in Game 6 on Tuesday, setting up the West Final with the top seeded San Jose Sharks.
The result of the crazy East could be an 8-seed versus 7-seed Eastern Conference Final, and if Chicago beats San Jose in the West we could see an all-Original Six final. Try getting that in the NBA.
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Crosby says...
“I don’t know how that’s a penalty 10 seconds into the game”.
Hey news flash dude – it’s a PENALTY period – no matter when it occurs, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd periods or even in OT. Now you’ve got all summer to pout.
You didn’t come ready to play and your coach didn’t have a real game plan – except for letting Les Habitants score early so you’d have a deficit to make up…or was that Fleury’s game plan, IDK…
Oh, and nice .861 save percentage for Marc Andre….
Smitty
haha
Yeah I try to not be a Pens hater/Wings homer…but it’s so difficult when Crosby says shit like that. He’s still a great player though. Unfortunately, Crosby couldn’t solve the Canadiens defense…even without their best defender for basically the entire series!!!!!!!!
MAF looked pretty bad the entire series. Even in his shutout, he only made like 18 saves. I hate when Pens fans try to convince me that he is one of the top goalies in the league. He’s not horrible……but definitely far from great.
HALAK for Conn Smythe!!!!!!!!! Lol watching that guy has been a blast this playoffs….
by plopperrawr on May 13, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
ROFLMAO!!!!
plopperrawr, quit trying. I don’t even try to hide it anymore. Crosby is such an ass clown it’s unbelievable!
With all his talent it’s a shame he can’t manage to drag his head out of his ass. Even when the Pens win he’s the center of contraversy over his poor sportsmanship and continual whining.
Other than the Red Wings winning, nothing makes my day more then to see crybaby Crosby get his ass handed to him.
yeah watch
this is the year of the 3-0 or 3-1 series comebacks…
’cept for the Wings. Go fig.
No Limits.
It was posted at A2Y last night...
…and I never really got around to agreeing with the sentiment…but I was really concerned with just how happy that made me last night. I was busy with other things but was getting text messages from a friend of mine about how the game was going. I stopped what I was doing…kicked my daughter off the TV…and watched the last few minutes of the game.
I honestly don’t know who to root for now that the Wings are done and nobody is playing with the Penguins but themselves.
Don't Panic!
Now only
if the hawks get beat I will be at rest. I hope the sharks absolutel destroy them, Im tired of hawks fans… they act they have done something already. Pens down 1 team to go.
Protective Cups...
YES! Our back-to-back cups remain intact for another year! The Wings being ousted early hurt so bad…but now that the Pens are out, I hurt so good.
kinda feel sorry for pens fans
I didnt think there was any chance, but now I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders haha. Now I want the habs to win the cup. i mean, caps AND pens? damn
Post game interview quotes
Blysma: “I can safety say I didnt anticipate or plan for how the game started. Going on the PK twice in the first two minutes and the way we started. Not how I thought the game would play itself out.”
Crosby: “They came hard.” (made me laugh) “Yeah, I mean, I dunno many teams who go outscored and try to hang around … but we’ll see as it goes on. They’re opportunistic, but they’ve been out chanced pretty heavily and we’ll see how it goes” (ouch) “I was stunned yeah, I dunno how that was a penalty 10 seconds into the game in game 7, I was stunned with that call”
How is he stunned with that penalty? I don't get it.
He hit a guy on the numbers from behind near the boards. That’s a penalty. In fact, it’s the one penalty the NHL fails to call most consistently…not the worst offense in the world, but it’s hard to argue against that being called (who cares if it’s game 7?) And I mean, does it matter if it’s 10 seconds into the game? Mayeb you should have though twice before making the hit.
Besides, his team had 6 PPs, including a full minute of 4-on-3 in the third with a chance to make it a one-goal game. So, in the grand scheme of things, you really can’t complain about that first penalty. It’s how the refs have been officiating all playoffs long.
Also, I’d like to point out that taking away the two “too many men” penalties on Pitt, they only had two penalties all night, and one of those was a high stick. The officiating wasn’t as lopsided as you think, Sidney…and you are not immune to being called for borderline penalties (go talk to Bertuzzi, if you want to feel better about yourself).
In other words...
I think Sidney still shows his youth and inexperience with quotes like that. He still has yet learned how to shrug off a bad penalty or unfortunate bounce here or there…
Great hockey player, but still quite a bit immature at times.
to be fair
he did admit after that the usual “lots of hockey left” remark and that they just couldnt find a way to catch up
See idk
if i really want the habs to win either. People tend to forget the pain that used to be around with the cup always ending up in montreal. One more cup puts detroit down another chance to catch them within my life time. O and I always want the team who beat us to win… just because it makes us look better.
i dunno about anyone catching montreal in this lifetime lol
SCF Appearances
34 Montreal Canadiens 24 W 9 L .727 Win %
24 Detroit Red Wings 11 W 13 L .458 Win %
21 Toronto Maple Leafs 13 W 8 L .619 Win %
Leafs played in less finals but have more cups. Look at our win/loss differential compared to Toronto’s. Anything can happen, but it’s gonna be pretty damn hard to catch Montreal any time soon
Not in my lifetime
They won 1 Cup since I was born in ‘87 (1992-93 season) and just 2 in the last 30 years, with the other being the ’85-’86 season. Not much pain there, IMO. It was much more painful watching Pittsburgh skate around with the Cup in the Joe last year.
I was
born in 87 as well and I was at the joe for game 7 last year, and all i know is my dad said the montreal experience still leaves a more bitter taste then game 7 last year. So i guess i was talkin about the older crowd… i would def like to see the habs win it over the pens.. but montreal still wouldnt be my first pick i guess is what i was trying to say.
Whoever wins the East please win the Cup
Preferably the Bruins…how much do the Habs have left?…man what a run beating the top team in the league and then the defending champs…coming back in each series…i think they are going to run out of energy in the Eastern finals but if they don’t then please continue to upset teams (Sharks or Hawks) also…Hopefully the Sharks take out the Hawks…which i think they will…especially if the hockey gods stay with them in this series again.
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
haha that and catching all the breaks
for everything they have been through over the years hey they deserved the breaks for once
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
by TuLoRocks2008 on May 13, 2010 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
So, this is the exact opposite of what i thought would occur
Seven out of the eight Western teams had over 100 points. And yet, the top two seeds survived to the Conference Finals.
Much more disparity in the East, and yet there’s a possibility of a 7-8 matchup in the Conference Finals.
What other sport, exactly, would have something like this happen? The NBA? Laughable. This is why i love hockey so much, it’s unpredictability…and it’s why you can never take success for granted and why it feels oh so good that Detroit has 4 cups and 19 straight playoffs appearances in the past 2 decades.
And also why people need to chill the eff out and take it easy on their goalie once in awhile. (I see dumb Wings fans all the time, mostly not here but elsewhere, who constantly complain about Howard, screaming for Ozzie. WTF?) It could be waaaaay worse. We could have the rebound-machine Luongo wrapped up in a 12-year multimillion dollar deal. Yeah, have fun with that Vancouver…
You're right
But of the two, it’s way more probable in hockey. If I say it’s extremely rare for hockey, then for basketball it would be next to impossible,
Both sports have their upsets
but when is the last time we saw a 7 vs. 8 or 6 vs. 8 (depending on tonight’s game) conference final? The score on this sort of thing may be something like 2-1 in the NHL’s favor. Anything can happen in a 7-game series, regardless of the sport. It depends on personnel matchups, coaching strategies, the ability to adjust to your opponent, officiating, injuries, and a host of other things.
Never before...
It has never happened before. This is the first 7-8 Seed conference finals to occur.
i couldnt believe it
watching gonchar just let whoever it was slip by him and net the fourth. he just gave up. and then i forgot who it was keeping the montreal player wrapped up behind the net and then the second goal was scored. man oh man.
Yeah, that was sad.
Apparently he didn’t get the memo that it was game 7…or he was afraid of taking a penalty. But it’s game 7, not time to play tentative! He of all players should’ve known that.
As if we needed more evidence this guy is a tool
Crosby has nothing better to say than dispute a first period call? Anyone who is a hockey fan can only shake their head. His hit was the definition of boarding. It was an example of a player who now thinks he can hit, but does not think a star of his status should be hit. He is classless. Way to go Canadians and, Cindy, you can’t hit someone into the boards from behind. Refs fault, right? Good ridance.
by katiebarthedoor on May 13, 2010 4:55 PM CDT reply actions
Crosby thinks that shouldn’t be called because he gets away with stuff like that far too often. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy/team.
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