Litke: Hockey as it should be, missing nothing at the edges

 
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Whatifsports - Stanley Cup Finals Prediction

Whatifsports uses its super-computer to simulate the Stanley Cup finals 10,000 times to see who will win between the Red Wings and the Penguins. One team wins 68% of the time, with the most common occurrence a 5-game series.
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Introducing the Penguins

For the BTJ regular readers, I wanted to point you all to my favorite Penguins blogs. But before I do, I couldn’t resist the urge to insert a couple of my favorite commercials of all time. I was 9 years old and I remember watching the 1996 ...
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Penguins face unfamiliar foe this time

To this point, there has been a lot that has been familiar in each playoff round for the Penguins. They played teams they knew well -- Ottawa, a club they face four times a season and met in the postseason last year; the New York Rangers, one of those ...
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Best matchup in sports? Wings', Pens' dynamic duos take center stage | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Fates could not have bestowed upon hockey fans a better Stanley Cup finals than the Red Wings against the Penguins. The series, which begins Saturday night in Detroit, will feature the two most dynamic teams in the NHL, headlined, of course, by two ...
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Buccigross: Revisiting the Red Wings and Pens

John Buccigross revisits his preseason outlooks for the Red Wings and Penguins to help predict what will happen in this season's Cup finals.
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