Game 3 Pre Game Thoughts

Boy... this is familiar territory now isn't it? we're back home for game 3 after splitting 2 games in Detroit during the playoffs. And how about game 2? Three overtimes...whew! That's a lot of hockey. I would first like to thank both the Ducks and Wings for an entire day of hockey and also a rabid Ducks fan that creates marvelous posters for games, like he did for tonight. It seems like playoff games go by so fast; it was actually nice to be sweating all day long while watching the Ducks. Now on too business.....

Tonight is game 3, and one would seem the teams are tired. These two teams are going to play their butts off tonight. I do not think that either team can afford to let the other take the lead in the series, so look for both sides to play hard but cautiously. Once again the Ducks need to just concentrate on their game. The pressure is on Detroit right now (Sound familiar) because they are the unofficial Stanly Cup champions this season. I woke up to different papers basically saying the Ducks have been very lucky to make it this far, but the cup belongs to the Wings for the taking. The press has been so disrespectful to Anaheim, the Denver Post went as far as saying that "in this sport, more than any other, a team can be lucky in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, as was the case for Anaheim in 2007."

Are you kidding me? Not only did they disrespect the Ducks with a stupid comment like that, but the entire NHL and previous cup champions as well. Lucky?

Were the Wings lucky last year? Were the Hurricanes lucky? Tampa Bay? How about the Avalanche, being that the story comes out of Denver? If it just takes luck, why are there only 17 different Champions in the Cups 100 years of existence? Luck? I think not.

Tonight's game will be intense, hard hitting, unforgiving, and loud....but one thing these teams are not....is lucky.