What a game. Grinning from ear to ear the entire time. Now cap it off with a win tomorrow night. Please just come out motivated.
Bourque seemed to be going the hardest, which naturally fits his personality lol.
I don't hate the Red Wings anymore. In fact, I kind of enjoy them and have over the last decade due to Pavel Datsyuk who is (I'm sorry) one of my favourite players in the league. However, I disagree with anyone who says we lost the rivalry. We won the playoff series' 3-2 (I don't count 2008 since there was, what, 4/5 players left on the combined teams at the end of their respective careers). The Red Wings won 3 Cups to our 2, but in terms of pure rivalry between the two teams I believe we won it.
Great quotes from Roy after the game. Corsi comment is hilarious. Solid showing from the fans in Denver, too. I've been openly critical about Pepsi Centre being outnumbered handily by Wings/Wild/Hawks fans but 50,000 fans and it felt like it was 40,000 Avalanche fans. Great to see.
Lastly, as much as I enjoyed it, the video package in the introduction wasn't really professional. This is a celebration of the rivalry, not a glorified troll job of the Red Wings. Should have included more Wings highlights and less Avs.