Its playoff time. The beards have begun to poke through to the surface. The cross-state trash talk is coming to a head and about to boil over. By now, we all know the stats and we all know the steaks. We have our hopes, our worries and our confidences. Superstition is at an all time high. What does it all really come down to, though? For me… its how much fight is left in them. 82 games of hockey. Can you imagine having your body take a beating like that for 82 days out of the year and then still having to approach an extended post season? A post season that often times, is more physically taxing than any game in the regular season. Simply put… that’s a lot. So who has more fight left in them? Not literal fist to fist fight (though that will probably matter this series) but digging deep down, having the most heart, fight. If Vitale’s fight on Saturday afternoon is any indication as to how much all around fight the Pens have left in them… the Flyers better have comfortable couches ordered in 2 weeks because that’s where they’ll be spending the rest of playoffs.
I never get tired of watching this fight. When Vitale gets that uppercut in as Zolnierczyk is on his way down, it reminds me of the heads flying off of Rock’em Sock’em Robots.
LETS GO PENS!!!
