In the words of Yogi Berra, it's deja vu all over again. The Detroit Red Wings & Pittsburgh Penguins meet Saturday night in the first Stanley Cup rematch in a quarter century. The only difference between this year and last is star right wing Marian Hossa pulled a Benedict Arnold and signed with the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings in the off-season.

It is a move he will soon regret as the Red Wings look more like a MASH unit than a team at this point.  Six-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom and Selke trophy winner Pavel Datsyuk both missed last night's Game 5 clincher against the Chicago Blackhawks and are questionable for the Finals. Injuries so decimated the Red Wings blue line that even 47 year-old defenseman and unofficial team mascot Chris Chelios earned ten minutes of ice time last night.

Hockey is a crap shoot and a hot goalie like the Ducks Jonas Hiller, who led his 8th seeded Anaheim team to a 1st round victory over the top seeded San Jose Sharks,  is all an underdog needs to achieve the impossible.  Unfortunately the Wings have Chris Osgood between the pipes, a goalie more known for giving up the soft goal than for acrobatic stops.

I forsee a repeat of the the last Stanley Cup rematch when the young and dyanamic '84 Edmonton Oilers swept the geriatric Islanders. Marian Hossa will live to rue the day he passed up the chance to be Jari Kurri to Sidney Crosby's Wayne Gretzky.