(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Dallas Stars
Underdog Dallas has outperformed everybody they've faced so far in these playoffs, handling the Ducks and Sharks pretty easily on their way to the conference final. Detroit has had a similar easy go of it, being taken to six games by Nashville and sweeping Colorado along the way. Difference is, the Red Wings were expected to play that well, while everyone ptetty much wrote the Stars off when the playoffs began. Well, something's got to give in this series, and I have a feeling it's going to be the Stars. Their captain, Brenden Morrow, and goaltender, Marty Turco, have been playing extremely well, but Detroit just has too much depth, and many of their stars, most notably Johan Franzen, are on fire right now. They kind of remind me of the 2001 Penguins, who won two very exciting series against the Caps and Sabres to reach the conference finals against New Jersey, only to lose in five games because they just seemed exhausted.
To be honest, I haven't watched many of the Red Wings' playoff games this year, because I find them kinda boring, and frankly, I'm sick of 'em. And something tells me I'm gonna be a lot more sick of them by the time these playoffs are over. Red Wings in five.
4 comments:
Great stuff, Rob! If the Stars advance, how about basing the Stars girl for the finals off of Willa Ford (Mike Modano's wife. She'd make a great illustration! lol)
FINALLY a Stars girl! And what an illo - well worth the wait :)
Since moving to Tampa it's been increasingly difficult to keep up with my favorite team (trying to get jazzed about the Lightning is a total exercise in futility), but I'm loving their recent surge. They dropped Game 1 - I really, really hope we're not seeing the now familiar post season collapse of Turco.
Great illustration, Rob!
GO WINGS!!!!
THE WINGS WIN IN SIX!!!!
See you in Pittsburgh!
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