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Yes, some people are calling it "Handshakegate."

We're calling it "Whinergate."

 

The issue here isn't with the handshake line.

It's with the circus that the whining has created.

 

We tried to stay away from this.

We didn't want to give it any additional press.

We mentioned it once and assumed it would disappear like the non-story that it is.

 

Then someone asked Henrik Zetterberg about it.

"I think you should do it after a series, shaking hands," Zetterberg said. "I don't know why he didn't do it. I think it's disrespectful. I don't know the reason he didn't do it, but I hope he has a really good one."

Anyone who didn't watch the game and just read Zetterberg and Draper's comments would assume Sidney Crosby pulled his hand away from Lidstrom and laughed.

 

Of course, that's not what happened.

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Woke up. Pens still won the cup.

 

If the midwest goes into a drought this summer, they can just use the tears from Detroit to end it.

 

Rick is going to be taking charge of the blog very soon. And it is going to be one post a day unless something big happens.

 

We're going to recap the season this week sometime, then it is vacationblog.

 

 

 

After the jump:

 

• Some kid gets yelled at and people make that "ooooooohhh," sound.
• Some local Michigan retard blames the refs.
• Rinko winners.

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UPDATE: The Pensblog Stanley Cup Parade Flickr Group has all the photos.

You can add your own photos to the group or you can email them to us.

Wooooooooooooo

 

 

 

 

Per the POST-GAZETTE:

This goes back to the troubling minutes immediately after the Penguins' 5-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final. The players were a mess. You aren't supposed to lose a game by nearly a touchdown with so much at stake. The coaches might have been worse. What had just hit their team and what in the world were they going to do to keep it from happening again?

"We were, obviously, pretty upset," coach Dan Bylsma said yesterday.

But there, suddenly and unexpectedly, was Lemieux. He was the first to meet the dejected players coming off the ice, which is something he never does. He then huddled briefly behind closed doors with Bylsma and his staff.

It was all positive.

"All he said basically was, 'We'll be all right,' " Bylsma said. "He did the same thing with the coaches in Washington D.C. after we lost the first two games of that series. I clearly remember him saying, 'It's a long two months.' "

Bylsma was touched by the support in a tough moment and said as much to general manager Ray Shero as the team was boarding its flight back to Pittsburgh that night. Shero sent Lemieux a text message to thank him.

Lemieux sent one right back.

We are a family and in this together. We don't need anyone that is only with us WIN or TIE. I really think this is our year. Let's forget about tonight ... It happens. We will win Tuesday and win the Cup Friday.

"Amazing," Shero said yesterday. "We had just got shellacked, 5-0, our goalie had been pulled and he says he's got a great feeling about this team? That's awesome to me."

Shero showed the text to Bylsma, who asked Lemieux if it was OK to send it to each player. Lemieux agreed. The Penguins won Game 6, 2-1, at Mellon Arena Tuesday night.

Just as the boss said they would.

On Friday morning, each of the Penguins awoke to find this on their cell phone:

This is a chance of a lifetime to realize your childhood dream to win a Stanley Cup. Play without fear and you will be successful! See you at center ice.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the Stanley Cup Champions.

You're not alone if you still don't quite believe it.

 

 

At Diesel Saturday night.

 

 

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As we said on Friday, it wasn't right to gloat on such a glorious evening.    We knew that our Game 7 recap, to us anyway, would echo in eternity on the Internet.   We didn't want to click that link four years from now and see us jobbing Red Wings fans.

 

But this post now is the equivalent of a slow-burning cigarette after the sweet sensory sex we've all been experiencing over the past however many hours.

 

 

 

 

 

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There is a feeling in this town that is unmatched.

The Parade is on Monday, but the Pens prompted their own parade on the southside on Saturday night.

Thanks to [Seen and Be Seen] for the tip via Twitter. The Pens took the Cup for a tour of the southside.

All the pics are [HERE].

And they are worth every minute.

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On Friday morning, we looked back at this playoff run and highlighted the big plays.

All that resided in the SCF at that point was a question-marked YouTube.

 

Not anymore.

 

 

what a rush.

 

Friday was about our Pens.

Sunday will be about the whining emanating from Detroit.

We are collecting the exhibits.

 

We drive down the Parkway with groceries in our front seat.

Geno drives with the Conn Smythe.