I agree 100%

They put their chips behind Malkin and Crosby, and now they are both acting like dirty, self-righteous punks.

Think about it. The pens have been dislikable enough to make it easy to not only root for the Red Wings, but to actually now want me seeing Kronwall running someone.

The Pens have been such punks. Even when the BlackHawks melted down against the Red Wings, it didn't get as dirty as with the Penguins. I saw cheap slashes, esp to Datsyuk's well-known injured foot, I see Crosby still getting into it with Zetterberg, I see Guerin skating by the crease with his elbow raised, inviting someone to back into it. I see a lot of rabbit punching by Pitts in clench ups. I don't even care about the Detroit interference. The only guy whose play I like at this point is Matt Cooke, who's also been a little dirty, but always plays that way.

But you have to admit -- I was right about Malkin. Crosby hates the man to man marking, and is melting down vs Zetterberg. Meanwhile, Malkin can be neutralized with a couple hard early hits -- really gets him off his game. As soon as you start seeing him trying to make hits, you know you've won. Even if he does manage to deliver a big hit, his biggest hit is scoring goals, so if he's not doing that, I say advantage Red Wings.

And re: Phils. Good bounce back game. Good to see Bastardo and see how limited he was, but still somehow effective. Even ESPN easily dissected Rollins' problems at the plate. Here's amazing thing. I think you could make argument that Phils MVP this year so far has been Ruiz. He's hitting for average, meaning they get to at least clear the pitcher a lot of innings. But he's also knocking in a lot of runs from the 8th slot. And like I said, I think he's invaluable defensively, esp calling the game -- much better than Coste, even tho I like Coste. But I think the phils do better when Ruiz is catching, notwithstanding their respective stats.