Patience, not panic, is Detroit's mantra
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comDetroit's slow start has led some critics to ask whether this is the beginning of a Red Wings decline. But the team is banking on its methodology of patience before panic to save the day again.
Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009Wings' goalie situation just got cloudier
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comOn a night when Detroit backup Jimmy Howard hoped to start answering questions about his ability to handle NHL play, he instead created more skepticism about the Wings' goaltending situation.
Story | Conversation | October 03, 2009'It's a heck of a lot more enjoyable now'
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comTodd Bertuzzi's NHL story is an infamous one. The latest chapter brings him back to Detroit. Can he reclaim his game in 2009-10?
Story | Conversation | October 01, 2009Game 7 upset still fresh in Wings' minds
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comIt's been almost four months since the Red Wings were upset by the Pens on home ice in Game 7 of the Cup finals. But even with the start of a new season in Stockholm, that loss is still close at hand.
Story | Conversation | September 28, 2009Canada, let the scrutinizing begin!
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comWith the unveiling of Team Canada's men's Olympic orientation camp roster, the obsessive scrutinizing of the 2010 team officially begins.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2009A playoff pattern? Not in these finals
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comA playoff series will often follow some sort of pattern, but not these Cup finals. It has made the series both compelling and maddeningly difficult to predict. Here's a review.
Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009Will? Character? Penguins show both
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comSheer will? Character? The Pens proved they are a team that possesses those qualities after denying the Red Wings a chance to duplicate their feat from last year of celebrating a Cup win on Mellon Arena ice.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009Our special take on the mundane quote
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comWe're taking it one game at a time. There's no "I" in team. An elimination game brings out the cliches, and we're breaking out our own translations of the mundane and predictable.
Story | Conversation | June 08, 2009Finally, Pens' big three unite in playoffs
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comFor the first time this postseason, Pittsburgh's big three -- Crosby, Malkin and Staal -- were in sync, and the result was a crucial Game 4 win over Detroit.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009Zen-like Gonchar delivers for Penguins
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comOn a night when the Pittsburgh Penguins absolutely had to win, it was the quietly cool Sergei Gonchar who delivered at the most crucial moment.
Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009Different road, same reality for Pens
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comOver the course of about 27 hours, the Penguins came face to face with a past they seem unable to escape, one that includes yet another Stanley Cup parade in Motown.
Story | Conversation | May 31, 2009What more can Crosby do to save Pens?
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comHistory suggests that if Pittsburgh is to mount a comeback in the Cup finals, Sidney Crosby will be a catalyst. The problem is we're not sure what more he can do.
Story | Conversation | May 31, 2009The little things escape Pens in Game 1
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe Penguins were good in Saturday's Cup finals opener, but it was the small details that beat them in Detroit.
Story | Conversation | May 30, 2009Cup finals preview: Wings vs. Pens
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe Red Wings have survived, advancing to the Cup finals despite a banged-up lineup. But now, they face an offensive juggernaut unlike anything they've seen this postseason.
Story | Conversation | May 27, 2009Second-round preview: Wings vs. Ducks
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe Ducks display a bunch of weapons against most teams in the NHL. But playing against the Red Wings is a whole different story.
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