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How do you know where they will be seeded? The game hasn't even been played yet. Nobody is on Osgood's nuts, nobody in their right mind thinks he is going to start in the playoffs. The only people that are exaggerating in here are the people that have an obsessive disliking of him. Everybody else, whether they are big Osgood fans or indifferent, are carrying on like normal here. I'm not going to get into the whole are you a fan debate thing. You all claim you are Wings fans. That's fine, I'm not going to argue that. Wanting somebody to fail though that plays on your favorite team - when he's dedicated a good bit of his career to one organization and doesn't have an attitude problem or is a jackass - is just embarrassing and pitiful though. That's how some of you are acting regarding this. Absolutely pitiful. I will never understand the obsessive Osgood disliking from some people in here.

Why do we need to attack either goalie? No reason to try and use stats to hurt Howard, and no reason to wish Osgood to fail. Let's just be happy we have an experienced goalie as a back up, and a young stud who has played great all year.

Those stats can't be right, Eva, considering the Wings are 8-0-2 in their last ten.

For those of you who are of the mind "Chris Osgood sucks, Jimmy Howard should play 90 minutes a game" I have some information for you. In Jimmy Howard's last ten starts, here are his stats: W/L/OTL: 5-4-1 GA: 27 SA: 265 Sv: 238 SO: 0 Mins: 597 Sv%: .898 GAA: 2.71 SAPG: 26.6 And an inordinate number of the goals he's given up recently have been 'weak' goals. So claiming "Playing Osgood will ruin our season!" after the way Howard has been playing recently is ignorant, biased, or both. If Osgood is stellar against Philly, I wouldn't be shocked to see him get two of the remaining games after that. If he gets a shutout in impressive fashion, maybe even all three. Doubtful he can do anything at this point to change Babcock's mind on who the playoff starter is, but he might earn a couple extra regular season starts with some strong play.

Ok seriously....Hank has played SIX less games than Pasha and has 1 less point. This constant "Zetterberg needs to step it up" needs to stop (unless you're gonna call out th entire team). As for Flip, he has 35 points in 50 games and went on an huge streak when he was meshed with Z. Flip and Zetty also play great defensively- both of them, which cannot be said about Homer or The Mule so you cant just measure points as a yardstick for success. 10 days ago the Zetty, Flip, Bert line was the second coming but they dont score in a few and they are thrown under a bus...sheesh!

Lame. They stole my idea and changed the words around so they could say it is original. As you can see above Pierre Mcguire is a dousche who is a commercial break away from Rob Ray coming out of retirement for a few minutes. Man I miss Darren Pang being the on ice reporter on national broadcasts. And watching all those old broadcasts making all those videos I really miss Gary Thorne and Bill Clement. I don't mind Doc so much, but eddie is lame.

Just because you've been a fan for 20 years doesn't mean you're a "true fan". But, who are we to determine "true fanship" when the reality (imo) is that it's the heart behind cheering for your team that makes you a fan. I hated Hasek his entire time here; hated the guy his entire career for irrational reasons, but I still supported him as a Wing until he retired. I want the Detroit Red Wings to succeed regardless of who is playing in goal, if Howard falters I'm happy having Osgood take over, especially if he gives us a chance to win.

I wanted them to play together several weeks ago, but I can see now that they have no chemistry at all. They've played like 4 or 5 games together, and I don't think that line has scored 1 goal in that time. We don't have time to wait for them to develop chemistry together and I think the line needs to be split. Hank is playing like crap and Flip is afraid to shoot. Cleary and Bert both suck right now. Basically, we have no second line and haven't had it even during this 3 game winning streak.

Datsyuk has looked like the old Datsyuk in many instances now though. Those same instances are rarer for Zetterberg. I think that's where the frustration lies for a lot of fans. Datsyuk looks more dangerous much more often. And it's quite possible that Datsyuk IS just as dangerous as ever. His goals are quite near his pace from the last few seasons. What is down is the assists. This is largely understandable since he was playing a lot of games with worse finishers than he's used to. It would explain how he could look dangerous and not be putting up points like other years. (Although admittedly, the guy was just ice cold early on in the season). As far as Zetterberg, he's supposed to put the puck in the net. I'm not saying he's been a liability by any means. He's great defensively. But too often he's a non-factor offensively. The guy himself admitted during the Olympic break that he hadn't been having a good season. It does seem like it's turning around though, despite the last couple of games. He's been getting better offensively. I just hope that he can get back to the Z form we all know and love for the playoffs.

To each their own, but it wasn't even close to being my biggest disappointment as a Wings fan. 1) 1994, 2) 2006, and 3) 2001 were far worse for me, in that order. It was a fun ride winning the Western Conference again and going back to the finals, the Anaheim and Chicago series were excellent! I was upset we lost, but I got over it quick. I too am hoping for a Wings-Pens 3. I bought a Crosby Sucks t-shirt here http://www.zazzle.ca/crosby_sucks_tshirt-235033381060675664 and am looking forward to wearing it in June!

You think this team is fine just because it put together a streak for the first time this season, they haven't played 60minutes since the pittsburgh game and both games against nashville were brutal, if a team play trap wings will lose because babcock is too dumb or doesn't have the player material to be successful against it.

Could have been 16-2-0

yeah it's ridiculous... 14games that could have been wins instead... or aatleast half of them... 14 OT losses are way too much... wings don't have as many wins as the teams near them in the standings because of all the loser-points

Detroit is now tied with Dallas for the most OT losses this season.

Lame that bert was called

There is not one thing he does well. What a s*** ******* call.

I LOVE HOLMSTROM!!!

you mean like Hossa did? How did that work out?

His career would read like that of Patrick Lalime, Chris Huet, or Dan Cloutier without having played on powerhouse Wings teams.

Could you google and photo-shop slapies take a break? Thanks.

13:39 per game... 9th on the team. Finished 5th on the team with 57 points.

This isn't as much about Osgood as it is about Howard. It's Howard's team. I love Osgood, but this is to just give Howard a breather. Ozzy will do fine, Philly is struggling and if he can't outplay Boucher than I don't know what to say. Give Ozzy a few starts then let Jimmy play the last two games of the season to get into a groove.

Would be glad to have him back. Putting up nearly 60 points in a season in his limited role/ice time is solid. Keep him as a PP specialist and roughly 3rd line minutes as he was used his last season with the Wings. Unfortuantely though I am predicting a Filppula vs. Hudler pissing and moaning match coming from a mile away later today... *sigh*

Agreed, Canada losing to Russia in Canada would cause a s*** storm.