Doug got me thinking about conspiracies the other day in his post, so I thought I would write about one of mine. The Pittsburgh Penguins will win the Stanley Cup. As a fan of the NY Rangers, you may think I am biased. Well – you can ask any fan of any team they have played since early this year. I think the National Hockey League has a deal with the refs, coaches, whatever and will do whatever they can to get the Penguins to win. Why? The NHL loves their boy toys Crosby & Malkin. Look at all the money they are making from ads for the NHL, Gatorade, etc. I personally, don’t even think they are as great as we are all led to believe by the media. They were so hyped up in the series vs the Rangers, when Jagr had the best stats so far in the playoffs and was barely mentioned except that it looked like he was trying. I’m not even a huge Jagr fan, but come on and give the man some credit! I don’t think Crosby had more than 2 assists and no goals in the entire 5 game series. Malkin played well but was certainly no superstar. Marion Hossa was really the star as he was picked up at the trade deadline. Other than that, the Penguins are ignorable and their defense is poor. How else could they have come so far? Every announcer on Vs or NBC I guarantee will mention their two names no matter which teams are currently on the ice. Why do I have to hear about them when I watch Montreal & Boston? I think the NHL is doing everything they can to get these youngsters a cup as it will improve their image and create a story for them. The Rangers played the Penguins eight times during the regular season and won 5 times. So what happened in the playoffs? Well, we won once, lost twice, and the other two games the refs gave to the Penguins with some of the worst officiating I have seen since the Rangers playoff series last year versus Buffalo. Call me crazy but that’s my conspiracy theory. Let’s see what happens in the finals…
PS – I really hate Penguin fans. To show how dumb they are, when the Rangers come to Pittsburgh the whole stadium boos when Jagr is on the ice and cheer when he gets checked hard. For years and years when he played with Lemieux he was their hero. Now he is their most hated. News flash morons – Jagr didn’t leave Pittsburgh to go to Washington for more money like you all think, Pittsburgh traded him. He wasn’t a “traitor”, they traded him!
