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Blowing a 4-0 lead at home to a perennial division doormat with your ace on the mound really, really sucks. I am still upset about it. Dammit. We'll never catch the red hot Cubs if we keep pissing away winnable games like this. Dammit.

The Red Wings lost, so that was good.

Popeye_Card wrote:The Red Wings lost, so that was good.

Yes...Fleury's save was amazing.

TimeForGuinness wrote:

Popeye_Card wrote:The Red Wings lost, so that was good.

Yes...Fleury's save was amazing.

His play throughout the entire overtime(s) was outstanding. His defense certainly wasn't doing him many favors. 55 saves!

I was actually sorta torn watching the overtimes. On one hand, it would have been awesome to see a team win a Stanley Cup at home on a goal in sudden death OT. One of the coolest celebrations you could see. But it was the Red Wings, so I didn't really want to see it. So while I'm cheering for the Penguins to ultimately win, it's harder to cheer for the team who's just trying to make the series 3-2 and get it back home. I would have been somewhat happy with either outcome last night. My heart was still racing a bit watching the action, even though I ultimately cared little about the outcome. Fun game.

I was at the game last night and it did indeed suck. Wainwright went from looked like possible no hit type stuff through the first 5 to giving up the game tying GS and then coming back the next inning and giving up the lead only to watch Izturis and Miles end the game

Then I got back home to watch Detroit lose in triple overtime and it helped my mood quite a bit.

I turned the game on tv in the 7th when Waino started to suck it up. I blame myself.

Popeye_Card wrote:

TimeForGuinness wrote:

Popeye_Card wrote:The Red Wings lost, so that was good.

Yes...Fleury's save was amazing.

His play throughout the entire overtime(s) was outstanding. His defense certainly wasn't doing him many favors. 55 saves!

I was actually sorta torn watching the overtimes. On one hand, it would have been awesome to see a team win a Stanley Cup at home on a goal in sudden death OT. One of the coolest celebrations you could see. But it was the Red Wings, so I didn't really want to see it. So while I'm cheering for the Penguins to ultimately win, it's harder to cheer for the team who's just trying to make the series 3-2 and get it back home. I would have been somewhat happy with either outcome last night. My heart was still racing a bit watching the action, even though I ultimately cared little about the outcome. Fun game.

I'm just glad that hockey is exciting again.

I watched the overtime last night, the first hockey I've watched in years. I'm sorry, I know there's more to it, but hockey basically appears to be two teams just frantically slapping the puck in opposite directions. I think the reason I like it so much more in video game form is that the players actually control the puck and pass to teammates. Last night all I saw was people slapping the puck in the general direction of the other team's goal the second an opponent got near them.

cpebbles wrote:I watched the overtime last night, the first hockey I've watched in years. I'm sorry, I know there's more to it, but hockey basically appears to be two teams just frantically slapping the puck in opposite directions. I think the reason I like it so much more in video game form is that the players actually control the puck and pass to teammates. Last night all I saw was people slapping the puck in the general direction of the other team's goal the second an opponent got near them.

video games don't get tired

cpebbles wrote:Last night all I saw was people slapping the puck in the general direction of the other team's goal the second an opponent got near them.

Yep, that's pretty much hockey. No clue why Canadians love it so much.