NHL: 2008 - 2009 season is upon us

[Grace]

Watching the post game...

Zetterberg got away with covering up the puck in the crease. Oy. Its true what they are saying about "bounces" for the Pens. A millimeter here and there... Its 3-1 Pens.

Not making excuses Grace... Just a very educated observation. The Wings are VERY, VERY good. But this means they are VERY good at the "gamesmanship" part of the game too. LOL

Come on Pens... What do you have to lose? Forecheck 2-2-1. GO for it. STRETCH the neutral zone. Heck... Cherry Pick the left winger from time to time. Make the Wings do something REactive. Oh and go 5/7 hole on Osgood. Stop trying high glove/blocker. It ain't working and he is looking for it.

My only response to your comments - did you happen to see Matt Cooke and/or Hal Gill last evening? Penalties that weren't called? It works both ways. I prefer that the refs let them 'play the game'.

The Wings are good - and have been good for 2 decades now. That is not a reason for me to suddenly cheer for some other team. One reason why they are so exceptional -

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[sparks19]

I am also one that prefers that they j ust let them play the game....

HOWEVER.

They can't call it close half of the year (I would say the whole season but that never happens lol) and then let everything slide in the playoffs.

it's just confusing for the players and contradictory.

Either call it ALL year.... or DON'T