Stanley Cup Finals - Discussion Thread - Pittsburgh Penguins vs Nashville Predators

[canucksfan007]

Rinne was the only reason Nashville was there in the first place. Even with those 3 losses, he still ended up with a 1.99 GAA and .930 save percentage for the playoffs, which are incredible numbers for playoffs. Do you think Crosby didn't have any bad games in the playoffs?

Not 3 bad games in the Stanley Cup finals that had the most influence in their team losing. Rinne himself would tell you he didn't deserve that because when games mattered most, he didn't rise to the occasion.

If anyone should have won it other than Crosby, it should have been the duo of Fleury and Murray. But when there is no clear cut right decision, it's easiest to give it to the #1 star on a team that still did have a very good playoffs

[10-4 collector]

Not really the refs fault but it just sucks that this happened in such an important game. The Preds had their chances, a couple breakaways, couple posts, I think they played better than Pittsburgh in that game. Not every team has the luxury to have players like Malkin, Crosby and Kessel. The Predators made a heck of a run with the team they had. Who knows what they could've done with Johanssen in the lineup! Congrats to them!