Tarkus' Nonsensical Musings and General Bruhaha

Yeah, I've been watching the Red Wings too, and the only reason they've lost a game in this post-season is because Hasek is washed up.  And sorry to my Eastern Conference brothers, but the West is simply bigger, stronger and better right now.  And the Wings are the best in the biz.

The Pens are playing great team hockey right now, but I think they go into the series against the Wings as the underdog.  Can they win?  Absolutely!  But they're going to have to bring their "A" game almost every shift, let alone every game.

Not sure if the West is so dominant anymore, Crow. The Avs are reloading and pretty weak in net. The Stars are a mystery, but pretty good. The Sharks sank like a stone and could be a paper tiger. The Canucks have one fantastic line and the Ducks are solid, but we saw they flounder without the old guys that keep retiring and then returning. Soon they won't return anymore. The Flames and Wild are pretty solid.

Meanwhile the East has been drafting well and building some solid contenders. Just look in your back yard. Look at all the young studs being groomed in the East! Ovie, Geno, Richards, Crosby, Kovalchuk, Spezza, Bergeron. Not to mention about 6,000 Staals. The list keeps growing and the talent is thickening.

However, then you have the Red Wings. East or West no matter - those guys are just monsters.

Although I will say this - and tark I'm sure agrees - the Oilers will soon be very very scary. Give 'em a goalie, a great defenseman and just a tad longer to mature. They are some faaaaaaaast mammajammas.

Yeah you're probably right, Red.  The gap between the east and west isn't that big if at all.  These things just go in cycles.  With all the young talent in the east, the tables might be reveresed in a year or two.  But the Wings are their own beast ... that is for sure.

I respect the talent and depth of the Wings but I am too high on my team to not expect to win!

Haha that's great.  I would love to share that kind of optimism, but I just can't ... not in my nature.  I've only been confident (or even cocky) about the Pens once ... in 1993 ... and that obviously didn't end too well.

There's a King of the Hill episode where Hank shows Bobby footage of him in high school when he tears his ACL dancing in the end zone after a touchdown.  He says something like ... "Senseless showboating, Bobby ... and God punished me."

That's pretty much how I am ... I keep everything on an even keel.  If the Pens win, then awesome!  But I don't get too excited until the final horn.  And if the Pens lose, then I don't get too down either.  Not sure if that is a blessing or a curse, but that's how I am.

Sure do! Remember when the East was dominant in hoops and hockey? Remember when the NL was incredibly deep and loaded with the best pitching? Remember when the AFC was that 'other league'? Wasn't all that long ago, really.

Actually, I think the AFC is starting to come down to the NFC's level again as well. I put it that way on purpose. I don't think the NFC is getting all that much better, I just think the AFC teams aren't quite what they were. The NL has done a good job of closing the gap as well, but the Sox are still titans with the Angels not far behind.

Not so much in basketball. The West has quite a few great teams.

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