Wow...this was an unexpected come back for us... Down 0-3 to a very talented and strong Caps team and we somehow clawed our way into the second round. Jason Spezza was huge in this one as he was demoted to the 3rd line and he came up big setting up the GWG tonight and scored another.
The Gretzky Conference was the conference of the underdog so far this playoffs as all the lower rated seeds move on. We entered the playoffs as the #5 seed and we are now the top seed left in the conference and will enjoy home ice as long as we last through the Gretzky playoffs. We will have a tough Nords squad to deal with next round who are straight off the upset win over the very strong Thrashers.
We would like to congratulate Helsa on a great season as he built a great team and was not a team we wanted for a first round match up. Our teams were about as even as could be and it is too bad we squared off in round 1 and one of us had to go.
Neil you had the best team all season long and were built for a long run. It is too bad that your season has ended so prematurely. Sometimes upsets are in the cards and unfortunately for you your team fell victim to an early upset.
The Pens are looking forward to moving on and want to continue our strong play that we had over the last 4 games against the Nords.
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