Believe: Red Wings 5-0 Penguins
Fifteen down, one to go! Best of seven: Detroit 3-2 Pittsburgh.

All class, Pittsburgh, all class.

Detroit Alternate Captain Pavel Datsyuk (the A is for alternate, kids, not assistant) is a finalist for the Hart Trophy as M.V.P. of the entire N.H.L.; you can't lack a player of that caliber and expect it not to make a difference. Had Datsyuk been healthy all the way through, this series might well be over. But let's not speculate. For tonight, let's rejoice that sanity has returned to the Stanley Cup Finals (I hate that the N.H.L. is calling it the "Stanley Cup Final." Final? There's more than one game, you twats, making this the Finals, plural!), and toast to the fact that our Russian is better than their Russian. Go Wings!

Believe.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
They Might Be Giants, "Cyclops Rock" from Mink Car (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: When you think cyclops, please think of Polyphemus, not Scott Summers. I thank you.