Vladifan

Was that Stuart? (She asked, after the fact...!)

Wild just tied it up 4-4 with two minutes to go. I feel so bad that this seems to happen to the Sharks so often lately....

..."If everyone lit just one little candle, what a greeeaaat game it would be!...." <...ducking, dodging, weaving...>

Sorry 'bout that. Lidstrom punched (probably) Upshall. Right after the camera went on that uh...shot, there was Lids' fist coming right at the screen and Whoever....It was all very quick but I swear it happened!

And I have at least one missing. And of course, it must have been high-quality...hrrrmpphhh!

Lidstrom bopped him one too. That's about all you could call it but it was nice to see that our Leader takes no s***.

So far, he's having a good, hustling-type game.

Yea, FLIP!!! If that ain't a confidence-booster, I don't know what would be. YEEEEEEHAAAAA!

I was thinking that the McCarty/Lemieux fight took place right after a faceoff? If so, if that rule had been in effect then, we just might not have won the Cup in '97. And if that's how it happened, I have mixed feelings on their proposed rule changes.

Yeah! I saw the Storm Thing on TV and thought of you. Poor baby, having to go into the fetal position with pretzels, etc. at hand and hopefully watch the Wings beat their butts.

Not to worry. You just took your turn at messin' up. Good to know you're not perfect after all. Meanwhile I'll be sorry if you miss a good game, but if they play crappy again, you can at least be grateful for that.

That team from Arizona might as well be in a coma 'Cause with hope they're gonna lose this game big time. And their iffy fans from Phoenix might as well get out their kleenex While our team turns our fickle fans to mimes. ...Tried to rhyme "Coyote" and "Peyote" but neeeuoooo!

Wowza. You made your point that you weren't all that thrilled with Oz, but you didn't rip and tear. SOMEbody check the skies. Thanks for your input.

Yessss. Everytime I watch the championship videos that they announced, I am reminded of how enthusiastic, funny and how knowledgeable they were.

I agree with everything you wrote here. I also agree about those teams that have landed a playoff spot...and furthermore, I think a major part of the Wings' problem right now is that they're just not there to play in the first period and so teams that are fighting for playoff berths can and do out-hustle them and beat them. I don't know what it will take to get them where they're askeert enough to shape up either.

Yeah!!...What's it supposed to have in it? Endorphins (sp?) or something like that? Mebee we could just get a big vat of endor...whatever, and dip 'em all in it. They'd at least be smiling and licking their lips a little?! And they'd be all sticky so it would take them awhile to sit in a chair without sliding out of it, plus their fingers would keep sliding off the keys, and, and....probably time to go to bed, huh? And could you please re-enter your (I think) three-lined BaDum CHHH here? I tried to find it earlier and don't know where to look. I hope you know what the hell I'm talking about. You put it on this board within the last two days. THANKEE!

Well, now it's lak this... - If you remember to sing it in French, they jes think it's a lead-in to some Paree-type topless girlie show. Nooo problemo! There's always a whole lotta boot stompin', pointy-white-hat-wavin' and a bunch a "YEEEHAAA'S!" goin' on. It is indeed, a sight fer sore eyez! :hockeysmile:

Tsk tsk.... Gotta watch that Logic Thing....

Amen, and yeah. But you know they're not coming out till the air gets thick with gloom and doom because that's when they shine. That's the only time they stand out. If you just picture them sometimes as these little creepy things...the street lights shining down on them as they slowly crawl out into the cold, dank, wet air... Yes indeed, they're just the Wings' little dementors. And we who've been here for awhile just have to keep working our patronus charms by using logic (?! and perspective (??!!). GO, WINGS! GO, OZZIE! GO, D! GO, TEAM!!! EXPECTO PATRONUM!!!!!!! :noevil:

RWK, thank you so much for this! I used to have it faved but lost it. That brought back such great memories. You're a sweetheart! That is, I'm assuming you're a girl? Hell, even if you're not, you're still a sweetheart!

I want to apologize to the originator of this thread and to those who understood what it was actually about. Honoring Ozzie for what he's already accomplished and respecting what he's done for the Wings. I got carried away and helped screw up the direction and for that, I'm sorry. Here's to the Wizard of Oz. :beerbuddy: And what he's meant to this team in the past and hopefully, his positive role with this team in the future.

Riiiight. You're not 100% anything, except negative. What's your alternative? If this kind of play continues for the Wings, who would you put in there right now that, for instance, could have realistically stopped the first three deflection--type goals and the 14 turnovers/giveaways, let alone all the other un-team-like play by the Wings? I've tried, I've really tried to understand where you FWF's are coming from with Ozzie (or any and all the Wings' goalies given enough rant time). The Wings have done as well as they have because they play as a team. That's their forte, their strength. How you can totally ignore that fact and single out ANY one player is and will forever be beyond me. Those are reeeeeal special blinders you're wearing there, yesssirrreee...... WHO CAN WE REALISTICALLY PUT IN THERE AND HOPE TO SUCCEED? Lay it on us, oh Great Negato. JUST FOR ONCE, give us your realistic alternatives. No, better yet just call Babcock and fill him in.

Uh. When Jim Bedard worked with Ozzie during those ten days off, one of the main reasons was to remind him to come out further from the goal. He said it. Mickey said it. Everybody who knew anything about Ozzie's main problem said it. That Ozzie wasn't trusting his D (HAH!) enough to come out more and cut off the angles. Helluva lotta good that did on at least the first three goals, eh? But it's OK. With any luck at all, Babsy'll start listening to you FWF's and Conklin will be in net; Ozzie'll go down to GR and Whoever will come up and he'll play just great too because he'll have all that consistent talent in front of him. And Babsy will just nod and smile every fricking time the D can't clear the zone or stay on their men, or give up more breakaways, or not be near the net to help guard it or stop deflections...and I'm sure he'll just do a little dance everytime the forwards lose the puck, lose their man, don't screen the goalie, and just keep playing their Every-Man-For-Himself-kind of game. And by God, he will have listened to you and not to almost everyone else in the professional hockey world who says that all the Wings' play pretty much generally sucks right now. What do they know? Right?! Of course if more players keep breaking their sticks over their frustration about their own rotten play, well now that could get kind of expensive. But I'm sure you all have an answer for that too. Probably bill the expenses to Ozzie, huh.

God bless Roberto Luongo. And all his stalwart friends on the ice. I actually whooped and hollered on their third goal. Who's desperate?! "OH, CANADAAAA".....(Love that anthem!)

It's on the NHL network which is free this week, methinks. Go for it!