Conference finals are duds, Cup Final should be great

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It's official — both NHL conference finals are 3-nil duds. The good news however, is that a Pittsburgh-Detroit Stanley Cup Final should be dazzling. The Pittsburgh Penguins joined the Detroit Red Wings in positioning themselves one win away from a Stanley Cup berth, taking a commanding 3-0 stranglehold of their Eastern semifinal series against the Philadelphia Flyers . On a night ... [link]

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No Sweep
Published 5/16/2008 by Mike at Flyers Fan Central
Well it seems like the conference finals are not going to be the dud that some have said they were . Serves you right for counting the chickens before they hatch. So why did it take Stevens 4 games before changing up the lines? Hitchcock wouldn’t have made it out of the first period in game 1 before he would have mixed them up. Stevens needs to be more proactive in getting the matchups he wants. I cant remember seeing Hatcher looking that pissed off in that fight. The series is finally getting good. Why no pregame coverage on Versus? It is the freaking NHL conference finals. ...

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