Nick Lidstrom is possibly THE best defenseman in NHL history !!!

that donkey mouthed loser is behind malkin and ovechkin for good. I hope he gets his teeth knocked out.

crysby if FAR from the perfect NHL player. it is sickening the way the NHL & NBC are trying to cram this guy down our throats as the face of the game, absolutely sickening. he is a premadonna and a crybaby. i noticed that NBC didn't happen to show the tape of Crysby's good sportmans ship after losing game one last nite to detroit. the wings were in line to give congrats to Chris Osgood for another great performance, and the incomparable Crysby skates along side of the wings players, and semi-slashes Kirk Maltby with his stick on the shins as he passed by. what the heck is that all about, real classy...and what a sports man!!! i certainly hope one of the wings returns the favor to Crysby tonite in game two with a little "Kromwalling" - a fitting answer to his child like behavior!

Will someone tell piere mcguire to get a room with Crosby!!!! My God...I'm trying to watch the Wings beat the pengs again and thats all I hear is Crosby, Crosby, Crosby. How many goals has he scored so far in this series??? Ha Ha!!

cindy crosby is wayoverrated -it makes me sick to see nbc and the nhl blow him up into a super hero while passing over many better players who have a lot more class and have done it year after year

go wings you still have fans but not from nbc or the nhl(NO HIT LEAUGE) ITS ALL ABOUT THE PENNS AND CINDY CROSBY

Not only does Cindy Crosby suck, but Pierre from NBC sucks too. When Pierre says, "your team is not in trouble until you lose a game on your home ice" and none of his colleagues agree with him nor support his comment with similar comments of their own, it shows that the colleagues know that Pierre sucks as well. What a dick. I'm done watching NHL on NBC. If Cindy Crosby stops quickly he is going to have to go to the emergency room in order for the doctors to remove Pierre's nose from Cindy's azz.

Pierre McGuire should be taken off the Stanley cup Finals broadcast team. His stupid comment about a team not being in trouble 'till they lose a game at home, left his broadcast team speehless. His biased fawning over Pittsburgh, Malkin, and Crosby is unprofessional. His support of Malkin's instigator fight penalty is another example of his stupidity, the "emotion" Malkin was showing was frustration at being down 2 games to zip; Malkin's reaction to Zetterberg pushing Talbot away from Osgood after Talbot speared Osgood, had nothing to do with "sending a message to his team"; another stupid comment by someone who should be getting a paycheck from the Pittsburgh Penguins, not NBC.

I heard that Pierre was found after the last game in a parking lot with Malkin and Crosby, suppossedly he was so excited that he blew a $3.00 hawian wonder cooler all over the parking lot!!

NBC sucks as bad as VS.

Go Wings!!

Go wings!!!!!!

Man, just like in person, all you Redwing fans are just bitter and poor sports. I am a Pens fan, but I actually voted for Ovechkin in this pole....and I can't stand him. What a cockey arrogant punk. But he is a fantastic player. You guys are so freakin angry and just spewing with hatred. Get a life. If you were true hockey fans, you would realize that the NHL is getting a great facelift from guys like Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin, and yes, a lot of the players from Detroit (namely Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and a up and coming apparent super star named Helm). Enjoy the game for once. Without these other players, there is no NHL.

Go Pens in 7!

Will NBC pulease find better announcers? Jeez, all we heard from every game was Pengie this and Pengie that. You're supposed to be announcing the game. Nobody really cares about your "OPINION" and we all know, like a certain orifice on the body everybody has one. The way some of the Pengies played and acted looked like they learned from the Lemieux book of bad sportsmanship. If I wanted to watch youngsters fight, I'll turn on the station with the cage fighting.

I am a newbie hockey game fan and it's because of the Red Wings that I even watch hockey. But between Fox Sports (another blowhard network) and NBC Sports, the lovefest and fawning over the Pengies was just ridiculous. Have these announcers even played any hockey? You hear the same thing when the Pistons play and other teams from Detroit. Frankly I wanted the Red Wings to win just so those stupid announcers could be rendered speechless since they can't seem to think of anything good to say about Detroit. They come up with the dumbest comments! (Please see previous comments above). I thought Ozzie did a great job with saves. What about all the dang penalties that should have been called in some of those games (mainly in the Pittsburgh home games but even tonite's game).

The fans aren't stupid you bozos. We know you're trying to stoke the ratings by creating some kind of "controversy" so more people will watch NHL. Next time I'll turn on the dang radio to listen to playoffs that our REd Wings will be again next year so you better find new announcers that don't play favorites and do their job (you know==announcing!!) HEY, why don't you ask Stevie Izerman? Bet he'd be a much classier and professional act. See you next year in the playoffs! LET'S GO RED WINGS!!!!

Alex CONGRATULATIONS! We love you in DC! Keep up the good work, you deserve it!

If one of the categories was "biggest whiner" I'd have picked Crosby instead of Ovie.

This is why the NHL is 5th among the top 4 north American sports. It is all about Cindy Crosby and the Red Wings. An over hyped player and the evil empire of hockey get shoved down our throats.

Real hockey fans do not respect either of these teams as there are many great players in this league who are way better than any of these guys mentioned. So many great young stars in the league and Cindy Crosby is the best? wow, that doesn't say much for your league.

I agree with the above posts about Pierre McGuire... get rid of him NBC and your hockey ratings will likely double. That guy is not respected around the league at all.

They need to chance the letters N-H-L to SCL(sidney crosby league) or BWL (band wagon league) since people who like cindy, pittsburgh, and/or detroit obviously don't follow hockey... they just do what they are told and like the teams that get the right calls and win recently.

Jerome Iginla. Alex Kovalev. Jumbo Joe fom San Jose. Zdeno Chara. Brendan Shanahan. Peter Forsberg. Joe Sakic. Cam Neely (seabass). Jeremy Roenick (in his prime). Chris Chelios (in his prime). There have been so many great players throughout the years. You can't name just one.

Want to build a team around a player ? Jerome Iginia plays hard in both ends of the rink, never takes a shift off and is fearless ! His hockey sense is awesome and he's a great leader much like Mark Messier. Hockey fans in the USA rarely see him play and he's the whole package. Canadians know he plays like former NHLer Ron Francis another great player most fans never noticed. My hometown team has another up and coming star Jonathan Toews, soon to be in the same class as Joe Sakic. Media BS aside there are plenty of NHLers who fly under the radar and do all the little things every shift that most goal scorers don't do.... like back checking in their own end. The NHL has seen plenty of Piere LaRouche type players who net 50 goals a season and are gone in 5 years time !

All these Detroit fans should get a life......Detroit has had it's run and it's over.

The only good thing that ever came out of Detroit beside Lidstrom is the highway !

Want to see some good hockey ? come to Chicago and you'll see a team of highly skilled hockey players who move the puck and are fun to watch.

I remember the shame of the DC fans attacking Detroit fans with shouts of "commies" because Detroit won. I also remember everybody in Detroit hating Chelios (until he joined their team). Referring to a Lemieux school of bad sportsmanship is a real stretch too. Keep in mind that Gordie Howe was "hated" by rivals in his day too...winning can cause that. For my money, the biggest whiner in the league would be that certain player who jumped ship for LESS money in Detroit thinking he'd win a cup, only to lose like he had the year before. The comment about hitting a player's shin is silly...you'll notice they all do that down the line. Anyway, hockey's a brutal game. If you can't take it, watch olympic curling.

I go with who wins. Under pressure, on a grand stage, Crosby is money.