If we were the Pittsburgh Penguins, we would be demanding the NHL do wholesale DNA tests on the Detroit Red Wings. Because, two games into the Stanley Cup finals, the Wings are looking anything but human.
Machinelike, certainly otherworldly, the Wings have controlled every facet of this series and reduced the talent-laden Pittsburgh Penguins to a collection of matchstick men.
With the Wings' 3-0 victory in Monday's Game 2, the question isn't so much whether the Red Wings will win their fourth Stanley Cup since 1997 but rather whether the Penguins will manage to score at all in the series.
"They're obviously not giving us the things that we've been able to accomplish the rest of these playoffs," Pittsburgh defenseman Rob Scuderi said.
Scuderi, one of the most thoughtful players on the Penguins roster, was asked whether the Wings are really this good. "I definitely think they're that good," he said.
In some ways, the Wings' almost flawless play through the first two games has sucked the life out of the Penguins and out of the buzz that preceded the series.
Machinelike, certainly otherworldly, the Wings have controlled every facet of this series and reduced the talent-laden Pittsburgh Penguins to a collection of matchstick men.
With the Wings' 3-0 victory in Monday's Game 2, the question isn't so much whether the Red Wings will win their fourth Stanley Cup since 1997 but rather whether the Penguins will manage to score at all in the series.
"They're obviously not giving us the things that we've been able to accomplish the rest of these playoffs," Pittsburgh defenseman Rob Scuderi said.
Scuderi, one of the most thoughtful players on the Penguins roster, was asked whether the Wings are really this good. "I definitely think they're that good," he said.
In some ways, the Wings' almost flawless play through the first two games has sucked the life out of the Penguins and out of the buzz that preceded the series.
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