Michel Therrien and Marian Hossa

First, and foremost, congratulations to the Penguins for playing one hell of a game last night. Marc-Andre Fleury could not have performed any better, and Maxime Talbot showed why he is just so important to the Penguins organization. From the start of last nights game, you could tell it had a different feeling than the previous games at Joe Louis Arena. Although my prediction of Detroit in six games is wrong, I am very happy to be proven wrong. Congratulations Pittsburgh Penguins, and even more importantly, congratulations to Bill Guerin! Who deserves it more than him?

Anyway, back to the focus of this blog...

Just sit back and think about how Michel Therrien feels today! After guiding the Penguins under his defensive minded system, Therrien could not find his team anywhere better than 9th and 10th place in the Eastern Conference. When Shero finally had enough, he brings in AHL coach Dan Bylsma who proves everyone wrong, guides the Penguins to an astonishing run at the end of the season, and all the way to the Stanley Cup. Congratulations, Mr. Bylsma, and talk about good-riddance for Michel Therrien.

Lastly, and briefly, Marian Hossa. If anything felt sweet last night for me, it was seeing Marian Hossa get what he truly deserved. After giving up a king's ransom for his services last year, the Penguins were faced with a player departing because he felt the Penguins had no chance to win it. Hossa left for so-called greener pastures in Detroit, where winning the Stanley Cup seemed more probable than it did in Pittsburgh. Well, Mr. Hossa, I'd like to introduce you to the 2008-2009 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Too bad you didn't stick around, you may have been on that Cup as well. For a great player, you look pretty dumb today in the mind's of hockey fans.