Thanks?

Your friends at Pensburgh.

I voted for Pitt in the poll. the exact reason written behind the selection is a big part of the choice.

the other, much larger reason? you guessed it: FUCK DETROIT!!

Begrudgingly, seeing as they have the biggest douchebag ever to be the NHL’s biggest star (No offense, Hooks Orpik, I’m sure you’re still cool).

Anyway, I’m keeping my promise of rooting for whoever wins the East – the one I promised before the Conference Finals started.

TRIPLE-PENETRATE DETROIT WITH MULTIPLE STEEL-SPIKED DILDOS!!!!!

I hate the Wings. A lot. I like Malkin and a lot of the other Pens. Sure, Crosby is a whiner, but he’s a damn good player. And a Pens win would e good for hockey, if you’re in to that sort of thing.

I hate guys who sucker punch people in scrums and then skate away scot-free because 1) they’re untouchable; 2) They don’t stand up for themselves EVER, instead letting a teammate do the “dirty work”.

That having been said, I’ll take the Pens over the Dead Things any year of the earth’s existence.

Abstain.

Not gonna vote on this one. Both franchises makes the bile crawl up my throat a bit.

Detroit is a organization of douchbags and Pittsburgh has a douchbag for the organization centerpiece…and by centerpiece I mean both Lemiuex and Crosby.

“Let’s absolutely suck balls for the latter part of the 1990’s and early part of the 2000’s so we can do nothing but draft high and cry poverty to the NHL.” I hate Pittsburgh almost as much or maybe even more than HockeySlum. They have much in common as they are both whining and diving bandwagon shitbags.

looks like there are >= 12 Douchebags who come to this website. Vote for the redwings?? Seriously!?

I hate the shit fallating red wings as much as the next guy, no fucking way.

I also hailed the Penguins as my team from the East growing up. Don’t even get me in an argument about Lemieux being the greatest player ever, not The Great Douche. I hate Crosby and Fleury from team America, but for the most part, I like the other players. I would like to see Guerin win a Cup. He deserves it. He fits perfectly into this team. I like Gonchar’s style of play. Malkin has proven he’s the better of the two between him and Crosby and still gets no respect. I definitely like their team better on paper, even if you throw aside the fairweathers out there. I still hoped for a Caps / Vancouver final though. goddammit.

I’ve been a fan since I’ve been a little kid (I’ve always loved hockey so much that I needed a team in the East to root for in the playoffs, and I had a HUGE crush on Mario), so I’m going Pens. Not a huge Crosby fan (didn’t appreciate his treating Valabik’s balls like a speed-bag one bit) but I adore Malkin and most of the rest of that team, and their coach, unlike Boudreau, is the real deal AHL call-up – cool headed, no weird decisions, no line mix-ups out of desperation.

I don’t have a beef with Hossa regarding what happened here in Atlanta – he’s still one of my favorite players. My issue, like someone mentioned on the Thrashers boards, is that he didn’t want to spend the time with the Pens to work at things over time as a team. Instead he wanted to join a ready-made winner, and that just seems lazy to me.

this whole situation reminds me of what i can only imagine is the conundrum a guy might face at closing time at a bar looking at two questionably attractive women and trying to decide which will accompany him back to his home (or basement) for the rest of the night. as a female, let me suggest choosing with the one who is least likely to pass on a communicable disease. in terms of hockey, detroit would definitely be the lady who makes it burn when you pee. go penguins!

You Phruit Ass Euro!

Go Bill Freakin’ Guerin!

Picking one of these teams is like drinking a glass of diarrhea or eating a bowl of hot and fresh human feces mixed with pubes.

I’m such a hockey nerd that I will find myself watching this series and will probably be pulling chunks of my hair out in frustration.

god i hope the pens win just to see the look on hossa’s face. i was so pissed off when people were writing about how great it was to see a player (hossa) accept less money (still 7 mil) for a chance to win a cup. fuck that noise, he made a knee jerk reaction and bailed on a good team, now its time for him to get his comeuppance.

i kind of thought it was a dumb move on their part to win game 5. youre up 3-1, two of your best players are hurt, if you lose you get two more chances to win the series that you’ve dominated and the cup finals start on june 5th. instead you win the game ensuring that the finals start off with back to back games saturday and sunday. good call.

I still hate the Pens from all the brawls in the 70s with Bugsy Watson, Battleship Kelly, Steve Durban and Leo Boivin. Lots of punchups with them and the Plagers.

I like the Penguins despite the media blitz that surrounds them. Hey, they are fucking good, and fun to watch and represent the future of hockey. A Penguins win means the kids have taken over and that is good for hockey and good for the Blues! I like Hossa but I hope he does eat a big shit sandwich on this one. He will probably want to re-sign with the Pens after they kick his ass.

Oh yeah and another factor: FUCK DETROIT!!!

Maybe one year, one of the teams I root for will bring down the Evil Empire.

Props on your Puck Daddy Hawks eulogy, BTW, Sean.