Wings in 6...

Wow, that was the closest non-OT game I've ever seen. Credit to the Pens that the Wings totally outplayed them in five out of six games, and they still made it THAT CLOSE.

Henrik Zetterberg: - The 5 on 3 kill in game 4 won him the Conn Smythe. He deserved it just for that, let alone scoring the cup winning goal.

Chris Osgood: - Strong when he needed to be. What a comeback story. (And my favorite player, so extra good for me... So glad Hasek got chased...)

Nicklas Lidstrom: - The perfect human.

Darren Helm: - I like this kid a LOT. It looks like we have Draper 2.0 at least.

Johan Franzen: - Holmstrom is good, but I think Franzen should be the top winger with Datsyuk and Zetterberg now...

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Marc-Andre Fleury: - No fault here. This guy is a solid goalie. It's too bad his biggest in-game mistake had to be the one that cost them the cup, but with Kronwall's mistake in Game 5 that ended up losing it for the Wings, I can't say anything except "Karma's a bitch."

Sidney Crosby: - Needs to grow up a little, but hopefully he'll get there. Way talented, no doubt about that. If he can get some good coaching and mentoring, he has the talent to be Pittsburgh's Stevie Y. (Rather see him go that route than the next Lemieux. He needs to quit with the whiny attitude...)

Evgeni Malkin: - I felt bad, since I LIKE Malkin. He just wasn't in the game at any point in the series. Even his goal didn't wake him up. Reminds me a lot of Sergei Fedorov, both in good ways and bad ways.

Brooks Orpik: - I'd have him on my defense line - any time. He definitely made a name for himself this playoff in my book. He was the name I was most frustrated with, which makes him the peskiest defender for sure.

Ryan Malone, the entire defensive unit... You guys played your hearts out and should have no shame in this loss.