It took 28 seconds on Monday night to realize that the Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup run for 2013 was over.
Done. Finished, Finito, Caput. Sayonara, have a nice day.
Sidney Crosby, the "Next One," the greatest player the league has seen since Wayne Gretzky, turned the puck over at his own blue line and in a flash super-pest Brad Marchand stormed down the ice and beat Tomas Vokoun glove side to send the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Of course, it's never that simple. Marchand's goal simply gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead in what would turn into a 6-1 rout as the Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 series lead heading back to Beantown.
But it's the way the Bruins have taken the series lead that has me thinking this series is already over. The fact is that Boston has gotten to this point by overcoming adversity, both on and off the ice, that Pittsburgh simply cannot match, though they will desperately need to if they want to have any chance in this series. And the stark reality is that they don't.
The Bruins are playing physical hockey and are winning nearly every battle and eve ...
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