I really do not like Penguins right now

Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals concluded last night with a 2-1 nail-biter and one of the best game 7's in recent history. The Finals had the injuries, the story lines (Hossa), the youth verses the veterans, the evenly distributed match-ups and all the other ingredients to make an epic clash. The Pittsburgh Penguins barely hung on in the final 2:00 minutes, from stopping six straight close shots in a Red Wing barrage that had fans nearly jumping the glass. Then it came right down to the 1.1 second mark where Theo Fleury made a last ditch dive (see picture) to stop Niklas Lidstroms' snap shot off a juicy rebound that would have sent it into what would have been a spectacular overtime with the home crowd in a frenzy and the tilt in their favor.  However, it did not happen, and the Red Wings couldn't finish the job. 

It seemed a little poetic that last years Finals had the Penguins watching their shot a half inch from the goal line as time expired in the 3rd with the Detroit Red Wings hoisting the Stanley Cup. That's irony I guess, and that's hockey. 

Sidney Crosby and his supporting cast of Malkin, Geurin, and Stall raised the Stanley Cup. Being a Red Wing fan, it definitely stung, but I think the Penguins were due. I didn't like the handshake snub at the end of the game, but I don't think it reflects Sidney Crosby's lack of respect for tradition, but his lack of maturity in obviously getting caught up in the moment. The young captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins surpassed Gretzky, Lemeuix and Yzerman as the youngest captain to ever raise the Stanley Cup. It hurt. Maybe next year Hossa!