On Game 5

After watching game 5, there were several people in the media that suddenly turned their backs on the Detroit Red Wings. It’s actually quite humorous because the media consensus prior to the game was that the red Wings were going to hoist the Stanley Cup at the end of the night.

Here are some of the latest quotes:

Sportsnet’s Jim Kelley overdoes it a bit with some sketchy analogies:

This must be what it feels like when the air tank runs dry just metres from the top of Mt. Everest.

It must be what the dirt tastes like when the Triple Crown is lost on some longshot’s improbable last leap to the wire.

This must be the way the Andretti family goes home from Indianapolis.

What else can you say about how the Detroit Red Wings were denied the Stanley Cup Monday night at Joe Louis Arena?

Mr. Ron Cook from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette even lost a little faith in his hometown team and is now trying to claw it back.

All of the Penguins were too tired after 109:57 of tense, grueling hockey to revel too much in the win. There was no time for that. There’s still too much work to be done. To win the Cup, the Penguins must beat the Red Wings in Game 6 at Mellon Arena tomorrow night, then again in Game 7 here Saturday night.

The odds still heavily favor the Red Wings.

But, at least, Detroit’s big red machine no longer looks quite so invincible.

Not after the Red Wings blew a 3-2 lead in the final minute of regulation.

Good Ole Bob McKenzie from TSN thinks Therrien is almost solely responsible for the Game 5 victory with his strategic coaching wizardry.

The moves weren’t huge but they got some good chemistry going. He moved Tyler Kennedy onto a line with Evgeni Malkin and I thought Kennedy played inspired hockey.

But the real move that I liked was putting Jordan Staal, Max Talbot and, at most times, Adam Hall together. Therrien got a lot of mileage out of what looked like a hard-grinding defensive line. It was a lot of the grinding players and the lesser-likes that stood tall for the Penguins on Monday night.

Not often do you see Talbot out as the extra man when the goalies been pulled, but Therrien played a hunch and why not. Talbot played a tremendous game, getting the tying goal.

An example of the media flip-flopping at every corner and claiming they were right all along.
Is this an election year or what?

Kudos to Kukla for the pointers.