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NHL DVDs | Home » » » NHL: Stanley Cup 2008 Champions - Detroit Red Wings | | | | | | | Description: | | Come along for a magical ride with the 2008 Detroit Red Wings with this special collector's edition DVD set. This four-disc compilation includes the entire broadcast of all six games from the memorable Stanley Cup Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Relive all the sights and sounds from Detroit's 11th Stanley Cup championship - their fourth title in 11 years - and go inside the glass with one of hockey's greatest franchises. | | | Features: | |
• Come along for a magical ride with the 20008 Detroit Red Wings with this special collector?s edition DVD set. This four-disc compilation includes the entire broadcast of all six games from the memorable Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins.Relive all the sights and sounds from Detroit?s 11th Stanley Cup championship -- their fourth title in 11 years -- and go inside the glass with one
| | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 4 | | Studio:
| Warner Home Video | | Run Time:
| 700 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 07, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
It is what it is!Jan 24, 2009
By OrangeCrush
"Still shooting with Film!"
I am sorry that some people feel they got duped by this set not having the highlight video in it but that is nobody's fault but thier own. The description of this set was perfectly clear to understand and nowhere did it say anything about the highlight video. I pre-ordered this the day it went up on Amazon and I understood fully what I was getting because I actually took the time to properly read the description. I pre-ordered the highlight video at the same time I pre-orfered this set. If you take the time to properly read a description then you wont run into these problems. If you do have a question then email customer service or do some researching on the net. They actually had a page up on the Red Wings homw page that also explained what was going to be in this set so you could have gotten that info from multiple places. Again this is nobody's fault but thier own.
As for the set, Its everything I expected it to be and I am a huge fan of these types of sets. They should release these for all of the recent Red Wing Stanley Cup seasons. I would buy them without hesitation. My one complaint and ultimatly why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that they cut pretty much all of the commentary. I enjoy the pregame and postgame commentary. The pregame commentary sets up the game your about to watch and the postgame gives you a nice conclusion. By just jumping right into the game and skipping the commentary you basically cut out an essential aspect to the games. IMO those pre and post game commentaries are vital. It just doesnt feel right jumping right into the game with no setup whatsoever by the commentator's. With how cheap DVD's are to produce there is simply no excuse for cutting out such material. If I were the one in charge of making these sets I would include absolutely everything I could get my hands on. Personally I would love to see all 4 playoff series in a set like this but I can understand why they concentrated on just the finals. In the future it would be nice to have 2 different releases, one that is more expensive and has all 4 series and a cheaper one for those who just want the finals. I would easily pay 50-60 bucks for all 16 victories on DVD.
Beyond that one complaint its a great set. Having these games in DVD quality is awesome especially when the finals were as entertaining as they were. As I am sure most other Red Wings fans are aware, the Wings absolutely destroyed the competition in the finals during the 3 previous cup victories. I think they only lost 1 finals game out of the last 12 before coming up agains Pitt. I was really hoping for a quality series and not another sweep and we absolutely got a great series It was one of the best finals in a long time and this set gives us Winger fans the opprotunity to enjoy it for years and years to come.
Highly recommended even if it is a bit flawed.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Bought through AmazonDec 01, 2009
By Anthony J. Troiano III
"Tbone0924"
This has every cup game between the Penguins and the Red Wings from their classic 07/08 finals. Hopefully the rematch in 08-09 comes out too.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Could have been produced better.Dec 31, 2008
By Wing's Fan
By biggest grip with this package is that they didn't bother to put anything extra. Why not include the open and close of each game? This is more of a coach's copy, periods only, they do offer the celebration at the end of game six, but don't bother to hang around for the team picture, and of course there is no time for the game highlight montage.
The celebration, really every game just cuts off quickly, did they run out of time? I don't understand that kind of half done producing. As mentioned by another reviewer, this package does not come with the other Stanley Cup video, again, I would say why not? If you can put the entire game 5 on one disc, why not put the series show at the end...oh, I know, just go out and buy that one too (classic consumerism tactic).
I'm a long time Red Wing fan, but I would only recommend this if you were not able to watch the games and really wanted to see how it played out. Or you could buy the other video. That one is mixed bag too, they used many different cameras, not mixing in much from the actual telecast, and they edit it together so fast that you don't really get to enjoy the actual highlights as much, the creative editing was more important.
Overall, the games package is barely produced & the series highlights video is overdone.
7 of 10 found the following review helpful:
DescriptionOct 06, 2008
By Jacob B. Schopp
"Finally, Red Wings fans can re-live all the sights and sounds from the 2008 Stanley Cup Final with this special collectors edition DVD set. This four-disc compilation includes the entire broadcast of all six games of the memorable Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins."
Red Wing Championship DVDAug 30, 2009
By T. Searcy
This DVD set is almost perfect, in my opinion. I'm only 23 years old, but I'm a very dedicated and lifelong Red Wing fan. Let's go over the pluses of this package here...you get all six Stanley Cup Final games spread across four DVD's, without commercial interruption. However, the big downside, and only real one in my opinion, is that you can little to no pregame or postgame on any of these games. Sometimes you get maybe 30-60 seconds before, and maybethe same afterward, but just to recap and/or introduce what you all ready saw. There is no intermission reports, which isn't the end of the world, but would have been nice and seems like it could be part of a Championship DVD pack. After Game 6, you do see the presentation of the Conn Smythe and the Cup, along with some interviews and celebration (maybe 15 minutes or so). Overall, I give this a B+ or so, and if you're a fan, you should invest in this. The Season highlight/recap video is NOT on this DVD, so if you want that instead/too, you need to get it separately.
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