Almost everyone knew it was going to happen, as soon as the Penguins and Detroit Red Wings took control of their Conference Finals series. Questions have already been asked about how it would feel for the Pens to face the Red Wings again this year; Marian Hossa already asked how it would feel playing against the team he was playing for at this time last season. Now it is official, it will be the Pens against the Red Wings for the second straight year. Detroit beat the Chicago Blackhawks last night in overtime with a score of 2-1 and won the series 4-1. Now these questions take on real meaning. The Pens gained experience from last year's tough loss in the Final to the Red Wings and I am sure this year they are having some feelings that lead towards wanting revenge. As for Marian Hossa, well he said a matter of days ago that it would be "interesting" to play against the Pens in the Finals this season.
Well, we will see Saturday, the day of the first game of this series, what it will be like to face the Red Wings again, to see if last year's experience taught the Pens what they need to do to be more successful. Or if the Red Wings learned last season just exactly how to stop the Penguins. Though, this is not the same Penguins lineup and many have said that last year's lineup was better, but we have many of the same faces who went through the heartbreaking loss last year to Detroit and many of those people will use that as motivation to never feel that pain again. We will see what the result is and see what last year taught us enough to change or if it will be another repeat. One thing I can say for sure, I hate repeats.
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