PITTSBURGH – The National Hockey League has decided to honor the upcoming “Sex and the City Movie” by leaving us with two days of talking. No blood, no stitches, no open-ice hits, no battles for position in front of the net; there's just talking.

And we might need those two days of talking just to recover from the sight of the sportjacket Don Cherry likely stole from the set of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” for Game Three.

Surprisingly, this feelings-fest was Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock’s finest hour. You would have never guessed his team lost last night. If was as if he went back to his hotel room, cried it out, went to the mini-fridge for two pints of Ben and Jerry’s, and woke up this morning with a new outlook on life.

“No sense beating yourself up over it,” Babcock said. “We didn’t win the game. It’s a new day tomorrow. It’s a new day today. It’s sunny. Let’s go.”

All Babcock needs to do is start singing the first few lines of Hannah Montana’s “Nobody’s Perfect” and he’s ready for tomorrow night’s screening.

“Bottom line is players make mistakes. Coaches make mistakes,” Babcock said. “I’m not talking about not having a good game plan, or not trying to do the right thing. But sometimes when you’re trying to do the right thing the wrong thing happens. That’s life.”

C’est la vie.

Then Babcock buttered up the media like a freshly baked roll. Or in the media’s case, he gave them the equivalent of an open bar and a free buffet.

“But I think it’s a process, just like you as a writer or anybody else in here,” Babcock said. “You’re trying to get better all the time. If not, somebody else has your job. And to me this is a great learning opportunity no matter how many times you’ve been here, how many times you’ve won.”

Give a writer a good quote and he’ll love you for a day. Compliment what he does and he’ll love you forever.

The Pens came into last night’s game as confident as a zit-faced teenager on Prom Night. They left as if that Clorox cure from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” actually works. Though unlike “Sex and the City,” Head Coach Michel Therrien showed up late to his press conference this morning because he had to pick up his daughter from school.

As if Carrie Bradshaw would ever have a daughter.

Then there’s Mike Lang, voice of the Penguins, who wanted Sidney Crosby to “slap him silly” after the first goal of Game Three and wanted a new pair of shoes after Adam Hall's game-winner.

Georges Laraque was in the "Sex and the City" mood as well. You see, the tough-guy on the ice, big softie off of it, was shopping for gear in the Penguins team store. He was also dishing fashion advice to anyone who would listen.

Specifically, don’t buy any Conference Championship gear.

“It’s bad luck,” Laraque said. “Why would you want that hat?”

He would know about not wanting that hat. At the register, he asked the clerk if she remembered the Stanley Cup Final two years ago, when Laraque was a member of the Edmonton Oilers, who lost in seven games to Carolina, and jokingly said he was so distraught that he wanted to slit his wrists with a razor blade. The woman at the counter then turned to Laraque's friend to see if he remembered that game. The friend quickly replied that he was the guy with the razor blade.

“Nobody remembers you if you don’t win,” Laraque said.

So I guess that story would be the NHL enforcer equivalent of, “Oh my God, I'm so going to like, die if I don't get that new handbag.”

Laraque spent a good 30 minutes signing everything for any customer who approached him. As long as it wasn't Conference Championship gear. He’s waiting for some Stanley Cup Championship gear to go on sale next week.

And he’s so going to like, die, if it’s Red Wings gear.