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[Dupes]

Prediction for the Stanley Cup Final?

 

Schedule

Game 1, Monday, May 29: Predators at Penguins (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

Game 2, Wednesday, May 31: Predators at Penguins (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

Game 3, Saturday, June 3: Penguins at Predators (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

Game 4, Monday, June 5: Penguins at Predators (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

Game 5, Thursday, June 8: Predators at Penguins (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

Game 6, Sunday, June 11: Penguins at Predators (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

Game 7, Wednesday, June 14: Predators at Penguins (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVA Sports)

[Dupes]

Predators in 7!

[Max92]

Please Bring the Cup to the Montreal Hospital PK !

[shoeshine boy]

it's once again Pens against the World. Pens in 6.

my friends keep asking me if I'm driving up for the game. the cheap seats are $655 so, uh, no. besides, the games are ALREADY completely sold out. take THAT Ottawa Excuse Makers!

[sgmccaskey]

Hey Shoe next time try calling Pens direct for tickets I called and got seats for game 1 for $417 ((412)642-7367) with fees included everywhere else throws in crazy fees. Got permission from the Wife after I bought the tickets now just got to figure out how to get off work Tuesday day!!

[Max92]

i really like the pens ... but as i am a guy from montreal i hope Subban will win !

[Dupes]

I was gonna buy tickets for game 6, but the cheapest are $657, which is close to $1k cdn

[shoeshine boy]

Hey Shoe next time try calling Pens direct for tickets I called and got seats for game 1 for $417 ((412)642-7367) with fees included everywhere else throws in crazy fees. Got permission from the Wife after I bought the tickets now just got to figure out how to get off work Tuesday day!!

 

still too expensive for a cheapskate like me. I probably got an email from the Preds. I've been to probably 6 games the last few 2 seasons. great arena!

[Dupes]

Tickets in Nashville are actually much more expensive.

[Dupes]

I cant believe the Pens won!

It was an OK game, i expected more.

[dimpled]

Third period, Pens without a shot on goal in 36 minutes, Guentzel breaks out 1 on 1, scores. The most frustrating kinda goal.

[Maligator175]

Preds haven't played in a week? First Cup appearance for the franchise? After a rough first period and the nerves calmed down, Nashville owned that game. Plus the controversial reversed goal. Pittsburgh better watch out... I'm seeing a lot of cocky Pens fans posting on Facebook about how their team will overcome anything, but in my opinion they were lucky to come out of that game with a win.

[Dupes]

Will the Preds lose in 4?

 

You dont see this everyday...

[shoeshine boy]

there's an old saying, it's not a series until someone loses at home......

[Dupes]

Im anxious to watch tonight's game!

I was invited for game #4 in Nashville, trying to figure out if I can.

[shoeshine boy]

if you've never been to a game in Nashville I'd say do everything you can to make it happen. even for just a regular season game it's a great place to watch a game.

 

I think the Preds will win tonight's game. if they don't there may be a fire sale on tickets for Monday's game. yesterday on StubHub tickets for Game 3 were well over $1000 a piece!

[Dupes]

All tied up!

My original prediction still stands!

 

Go Preds Go

[JoeyJ0506]

Down to a best-of-three

 

Penguins are in a boatload of trouble if they cannot find a strategy (for game 5) that mitigates Rinne's ability to play the puck. It completely changes the flow of the game, and Pittsburgh's attack, when those dump-ins get scooped up by Rinne and played to one of their stud defensmen. It makes all of the Pens' speed and skill so much less effective when the Preds' defense never have to turn their backs to the oncoming forecheckers. The Penguins haven't seen a defense the likes of Nashville (almost all of them are skilled defenders, skaters, AND puck-movers) there is not a real weak-link in their 6 blue-liners. Add in Rinne finding his game... It makes things really difficult for Pittsburgh moving forward in the series.

 

As a proud Pittsburgher, it drives me bonkers that the Penguins struggling against a team is always a Penguin's fault. There is NEVER any credit given to what the other team is doing that is causing them problems. The Predators haven't absolutely dominated this series, thus far, because the Penguins are letting them. The Preds have dictated since the start of the second period in Game One, and if not for some suspect goal-tending by Rinne in games one and two, this thing may have been over last night.

[shoeshine boy]

I thought in game 2 they had come up with some kind of short-side dump-in that made it difficult for Rinne to come out and play it?

in any case, imo the Pens are just out of gas at this point. it has become virtually impossible in today's NHL for teams to go back to back.

[weskuz]

Was it you JoeyJ or your brother that was wanting a Crosby trade a year or two ago? And Shoey I expected more. So easy for you guys to give up on the Pens.