User blog comment:SpartHawg948/Spart's tongue-in-cheek blog of the... whatever. You know what this is./@comment-2250460-20110517212135/@comment-217683-20110517234932

Obviously not. If you want to blame anyone for Detroit losing, blame Justin Abdelkader. The Sharks need to name him their MVP. Three games in a row he cost the Red Wings with his dumb*** penalties. I love the guy! I'm also pretty sure that he's on the take, accepting money from San Jose.

Again though, let's face facts: San Jose did better than any Western team other than Vancouver. And yes, that means they did better than Detroit. And then they beat Detroit in the playoffs. And, unlike Detroit, they did so without a ridiculously stacked team. Let's face it: Detroit has more talent than any other team out there. But they took stupid penalties and got overconfident, and the Sharks exploited it. A true sign of a great team, right there.