Keys to a Pens victory in game 7

The Pens have put themselves in a position to win the Stanley Cup with a win on Friday night.

Standing in their way: the evil robotic Detroit Red Wings.

So far, this series had been a homer delight - the home teams has won every game - and the visitor has looked pretty crappy on the road.

This doesn't bode well for our beloved Pens, but like I said before - in February, a LOT of Pens "fans" had already written this team off, and were discussing high draft picks.
To be in this position is an unbelievable feat.


I listened to Head Coach Dan Bylsma's presser today, and the dude just continues to impresess me more and more.
Here are a couple of notable things he said:

-He wants the Pens to go to Detroit to try to win the game as opposed to try not to lose the game.

-He wants to be aggresive, and dictate the play.

-He wants the Pens to shoot a LOT - put pucks on net - don't make the extra pass, shoot - the more pucks on Osgood the better.

Here are a few of my observations and stuff:

-Crosby better show up - this is his chance to shut up all the narrow minded fans of the Flyers, Caps, Wings and the rest of the "experts" that go out of their way to job this kid ALL THE TIME.

-Our D seems to give the Wings offense way more room to maneuver in Detroit than they do in Pittsburgh - which I think is the reason Fleury seems to play much better at home - and so poorly at Detroit. Our D needs to play like they do in Pittsburgh.

-Now that Sykora is out, I hope we go with 7 D - this will give Sid and Geno valuable extra ice time on the 4th line, and looks with different linemates.

-I hope to God we score first - thats all I have to say.

I honestly think the Pens will come out hard in game 7.

If the Pens score first, we have a 60/40 chance.

If the Wings score first we have a 30/70 chance.

So this is it....we'll see exactly what Sid, Geno, Fleury et all are REALLY made of. This is where legacies are made - I hope our guys are up to the task.

Balls to the walls boys