tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post8756232371135055839..comments2024-02-05T04:02:37.395-05:00Comments on The Sports Flow: 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Preview and PredictionStefan Minghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317847499073607707noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post-11063002688338268042008-05-22T02:27:00.000-04:002008-05-22T02:27:00.000-04:00This is a Stanley Cup Finals matchup I can really ...This is a Stanley Cup Finals matchup I can really sink my teeth into. The NHL could not have hoped for a better matchup. I just think Pittsburgh's youth will outlast the gritty experience of the Detroit Red Wings. I'm really looking forward to the start of this series on Saturday.Neil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997652987881028651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post-29388664791689119042008-05-21T13:55:00.000-04:002008-05-21T13:55:00.000-04:00After the way the Penguins dismantled my Flyers, I...After the way the Penguins dismantled my Flyers, I'll go Pens in 7. <BR/><BR/>-Ed.<BR/>www.edthesportsfan.comEd The Sports Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11539959533972074677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post-81387004589116077952008-05-21T09:59:00.000-04:002008-05-21T09:59:00.000-04:00i agree totally. i only wish NBC would carry the w...i agree totally. i only wish NBC would carry the whole series. this is a final that could bring the NHL a much needed influx of new fans. i still don't understand why people don't love hockey like they love baseball or basketball. the NFL in king in the USA. hockey is the closest to football. hits, low number of scores but excitement all the time. dare i say far more than an NFL game.<BR/><BR/>s it because the NHL players don't make enough headlines off the ice? youth in america seem to value the bad boy over the upstanding. look at all the vick, chad johnson and TO shirts out there. the worst news story i've seen involving the nhl over the past year? the staal brothers being arrested for underage drinking after a bachelor party. and two baby pens being arrest. both being drunk, one daring the other to streak down a main street in wilks-barre. not exactly on the level of the NFL or NBA.<BR/><BR/>i live in pittsburgh so i don't know if all teams do this but i doubt it happens in any other sport. young sidney crosby has lived with the lemuiex's since coming to the nhl during the regular season. malkin has lived with the gonchar's for his first 2 NHL seasons, and until he was traded, mark recci's house was jordan staal's home.<BR/><BR/>this seems like a great idea. this young players get a role model to teach they, show them a great family life instead of spending their time and money doing other thing.<BR/><BR/>even look at marketing. we have sidney here in the burgh. he has 2 major ads, both barely run. i bet it's the same in every other market. i love my pens, the do tons of community work, the delivered season tickets to the longest standing ticket holders in person. laroque, know for his fists one the ice is a great man off the ice. he runs as many youth camps as he possibly can. he brings hockey to many disadvantaged youths. i hope we keep him.<BR/>i ranted for 3 paragraphs, i see the cup coming to pittsburgh in 6 also. split in detroit, win both in pittsburgh, a gutsy detroit stays alive at home in game 5 but fall in the burgh in game 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com