SCF: Penguins VS Wings
May 22, 2008 NHL
The 2008 Stanley Cup Finals begin this Saturday, pitting the Original Six Detroit Red Wings against the risen from the ashes Pittsburgh Penguins. The young Penguins, led by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, will look to run roughshod over the older, ‘more experienced’ Wings. Still, you have to respect Zetterberg, Datsyuk and Holmstrom (Zetterberg in particular saved my fantasy team on more than one occasion). In goal, both Chris Osgood and Marc-Andre Fleury have been doing excellent work, Osgood especially as he had to step in after Hasek tried to give their opening round series away.
My excitement for Game 1 (8:00pm start time) has waxed and waned, thanks in no small part to the NHL having the teams sit on their hands for days and days so they can start the series on a weekend. I know they are trying to take care of their core market (namely, the millions of people who watch on HNIC) but it’s really hard to stay interested for that long when the Sabre-guys aren’t involved! I’m picking the Penguins in 6, and I hope America tunes in to watch this clash of two US teams whose cities actually know what hockey is when their teams aren’t in the finals.
Tags: crosby, datsyuk, detroit, fleury, hasek, hnic, Hockey, hockey night in canada, malkin, NHL, osgood, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, zetterberg
Any Game, Any Time
There is talk of making ESPN Classic into just plain ol’ ESPN3, and the local sports talk radio discussed just what you’d like to see on it. One interesting idea (more of a dream, really) would be to have an OnDemand channel for any sporting event that’s been put to film. I got to thinking of just what I’d want to watch on there. Would I want to relive Championship memories for my favorite teams? See the best players of another era in their prime? Catch a historic event, like Jesse Owens at the Olympics? I put the question to you. Comment away for any option I missed.
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Raising the Cup
May 22, 2008 NHL
The NHL’s newest commercial, and a cool one at that. Via Mirtle, who got it via Wyshynski.
Tags: commercial, Hockey, mirtle, NHL, stanley cup, wyshynski
