Dmac coming back, I met him and we told him how awesome that was and he seemed to appreciate it.
Whenever I think of those playoffs though, I think of how it was kinda Kronwalls coming out party physically. He absolutely killed a few guys first round against Nashville.
And then the number one shift I think of, even more than Zetterbergs 5 on 3 kill is this one.
All of this. While waiting for this thread to load, Dallas Drake literally having no regard for his physical well being in that Dallas series was the first thing that came to mind.
I thought the transformation from the Charmin ultra soft 05-06 team into a deep and physical team in 07-08 was incredible with Kronwall really establishing himself and additions like Drake, Downey (in the regular season), Stuart, McCarty and Helm.
Being a big fan of Osgood, it was awesome seeing him get some redemption for those much maligned post Vernon years.
The McCarty story was great. I swear I remember a game from early on in that season where Ken and Mickey discussed how Draper was having a hard time getting a hold of McCarty, then a couple weeks later they showed him in attendance at the Joe. Shortly after that was when he started playing for Drapers UHL?/IHL? team.
Some other small but funny ones:
-McCarty jawing with the Dallas bench after Ribeiro slashed Osgood
-A Channel 4 (I think) bit on how Al Sobotka hosts( or hosted
) an annual Spring BBQ for the team during the playoffs, which had Dallas Drake cracking jokes about how much food Johan Franzen can fit on a paper plate
-The asshole Pens fan that found himself behind Mickey in at least games 3 and 4 during the live pre-game stuff before games at Mellon and would say "Detroit sucks". Mickey would then lose it on him.
-Therrien calling Osgood a "good actor"
-The outrage after finding out that Katrina Hancock lady from Channel 4 told the Pittsburgh media the Pens had better fans.
-Brett Lebda dropping an F Bomb during a post game interview
-The Osgood and McCarty interview after the game
-Going to the parade and hearing boos completely drown out Kwame Kilpatricks speech and then Hudler leading a "Let's go Red
Vings" chant at Hart Plaza