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<blockquote data-quote="COOL MAN" data-source="post: 129268973" data-attributes="member: 1080466">Speaking only for myself, I don't get any impression that a Penguins crowd even remotely meets the standards of one in one of the looney bins like Ottawa or Winnipeg (or established Original 6 places like Montreal or Toronto, for that matter). Then again, when your fans are hoping you you win......rather than expecting you to win.....the dynamic is fairly significantly different. To that extent, this is the single most atypical Penguins home playoff game we've seen since Sid established himself in Pittsburgh.&nbsp; But while the Pens have earned at least some manner of respect even from the cement heads for the last 5 periods, most still figure this as no worse than a 5 (or maybe 6) game series in favor of the NYR.&nbsp; For that reason alone, tonight should (or at perhaps better) be the best crowd ever at Consol Energy Center.Of course, we all know that good teams find a way to overcome this kind of thing all the time in the NHL playoffs;&nbsp; like the Canadiens did last night in Ottawa.&nbsp;&nbsp; But in any series which is 1-1, each successive game becomes the biggest (though Game 3 is always bigger for the underdog going home).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="COOL MAN, post: 129268973, member: 1080466"] Speaking only for myself, I don't get any impression that a Penguins crowd even remotely meets the standards of one in one of the looney bins like Ottawa or Winnipeg (or established Original 6 places like Montreal or Toronto, for that matter). Then again, when your fans are hoping you you win......rather than [B]expecting[/B] you to win.....the dynamic is fairly significantly different. To that extent, this is [B]the[/B] single most atypical Penguins home playoff game we've seen since Sid established himself in Pittsburgh. But while the Pens[B] have [/B]earned at least some manner of respect even from the cement heads for the last 5 periods, most [B]still f[/B]igure this as no worse than a 5 (or maybe 6) game series in favor of the NYR. For that reason alone, tonight should (or at perhaps [B]better[/B]) be the best crowd [B]ever[/B] at Consol Energy Center. Of course, we all know that good teams find a way to overcome this kind of thing all the time in the NHL playoffs; like the Canadiens did last night in Ottawa. But in any series which is 1-1, each successive game becomes[B] the[/B] biggest (though Game 3 is [B]always[/B] bigger for the underdog going home). [/QUOTE]

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