Vladifan

This is hilarious and very creative. Other than that....! And boyohboy did I need a laugh this poopy Monday morning. THANKS. And I wouldn't personally mind at all if you re-entered this puppy on the' official' thread when it comes out.

Ah. You could rent out that crystal ball/Ouija Board/fortune-telling turban for millions.

Agreed They almost always play up to the level of the talent on the ice. And hopefully, they'll have some of the same kind of motivation the Wild had. This is their chance to gain points and they cannot pass it up.

Yeah. Ask Cleary.

I was pondering the same possibility. Great minds and all that....

I heard they cheered Sundin when he got the GW goal. So there was at least one shining moment on the ice tonight.

And whaaat did I say about Leino on the 4th line? Anybody? Anybody?? (...like anyone gives a s***.....WAAAAHHHHH!....) Anyways and OK, so I was wrong about Kopy but I am very happy for the three of 'em. I'm still reading posts but the 3rd and 4th lines were the only ones doing anything tonight.

Fifty-Five Fan With it you ran. You found yes, you can And you be da man!

Mickey's already screwed up a coupla times tonight, bless his buns, and that was one of 'em. We did have four at that point.

I'm thinking 3-2 Wings because of the Wild's stupid, boring defensive play. I'd love to be wrong about how Howard plays. Fine with me if he gets a shutout ahready.

I will be one of the first to whoop, yeehaa and holler if he scores. Yeah, you won't hear me but you may feel the vibrations.

Why oh WHY can't they put Leino AND Maltby AND Drapes on the fourth line? It worked well before so what the hey??!! Yeah, I know it might be taken as a demotion for Leino, but it would probably make that line a force again. But do they call? HELL no!

never mind.

Yeah, Lilja got Pronger good! And goonduckie was on the ice for at least three if not four of our goals.

You were right on when you wrote about the 2nd line thing. Hudler is indeed a puck magnet because he is a threat, and especially the 2nd line - that has 3 guys who will shoot "makes life difficult". Right now, Filppula is not creative enough or "dimensional" enough to be too much of a threat to our opponents. Again, I hope he figures it out and pushes himself.

He did do better at shooting the puck. You didn't hear me whoop from my house, eh? And I hope his all-around game picks up for his sake. But I've really been watching him lately and he needs to finish a whole lot more than he has been.

I disagree with your take here. As I recall - and I still have it recorded so I can check it again - the puck was taken from Filppula and the Duck's player who tried to pass it from the boards area screwed up and passed it to Franzen. Filppula simply lost the puck and had nothing to do with the pass to Franzen.

OOHHHH, THANK YOU for throwing in the Dr. Cox quote from Scrubs. Love the show. Love him AND his excellent taste!

NOW that you bring him up....He was responsible for losing the puck at least four times tonight. Twice with his stupid-ass drop passes to NO one, and twice because it was merely taken away from him with very little effort. I say that even acknowledging that the fourth one still resulted in (Franzen?) a goal. And he actually did shoot one toward the goal tonight. And Hossa did not have his usual good night tonight and I'm guessing it was partly because of Filppula. IF Flip can't play with Hossa, WHO THE HELL CAN HE PLAY WITH? Hell, even I could score on Hossa's line. OK, so that's a big fat lie, but HE DRIVES ME NUTS!!!

Thirded. :punch:

Also enjoyed Mickey's comments about the "shelf life" of a hockey coach. Their away series could indeed be interrrresssting.

I knew that Stephen was working on the Gravity Thing, but that is really heavy s***!

I never played hockey so I have a question. On the Ducks' goal, could or should Drapes have tried to block the shot from Getzlaf - even without his stick? I'm thinking if Lilja had been in position, he might have tried to do just that.

Pronger was on the ice for both of our goals. BWWWHHUUUUUUUYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!