sdwingsfan71

Sean Avery is the biggest pile in all of sports. Make me wish Plaxico Buress or T.O. played hockey. Think I could even respect those two more than him. I hated him when he played here and I hate him even worse now. I really wish that they would let Marty McSorley tomahawk his face to shut his ass up.

I grew up in a small town in South Dakota so I had never seen anything having to do with hockey (with the possible exception of broom ball in gym class) until my father sat me down and watched the "Miracle on Ice". That was probably my first glimpse into the world of hockey. I did not understand it in the least but it definately peaked my interest. I ended up going to a Minnesota North Stars game a few years after that. The Stars played the Wings and I do not know why for sure but I was immediately a Wings fan. All my other favorite teams at that time were Minnesota teams (Vikings and Twins) but for some reason I found myself rooting for the Wings. I really never saw another game or really pressed the issue with my father (who had no interest in hockey) into going to another game so I kind of fell off the hockey bandwagon I guess you could say. After I graduated high school I moved to Rapid City, South Dakota to work for the summer. I ended up working with a rabid RedWings fan. I also ended up spending a lot of time getting my head handed to me by those Red Wings on Sega (I was not allowed to play with the RedWings if I was playing against him). But I learned the rules of hockey, sadly enough, by playing it on video games. And I started again to be a big fan of hockey and a bigger fan of the RedWings. I still had not seen them play since I was about 8 though. My buddy ended up moving to Brookings to attend SDSU and I had already been living there working for about a year before that. He ended up working at DakTronics, who makes scoreboards for many MLB, NBA, NFL, NCAA, and yes NHL arenas. Well long story short I went to my second RedWings game about three years ago against the WIld. I have been to three more since then and there is nothing better. I started back in the Yzerman, Yserbart, Chevelde years so I can't claim to have loved them sense the Gordie years but I have been a diehard since at least late 80s early 90s. And I always will be sink or swim. All I can say is that in growing up in a small South Dakota town playing Basketball, Baseball and Football is THEY ALL SUCK...HOCKEY IS THE BEST. And I am envious of all of you that were given the gift of hockey in your young lives. I am just glad that I was finally exposed to hockey, because there is nothing better.

Did anyone else think that it was a bit odd that immediately after Kipper was replaced that McClellen went straight after the first Wing to come near him. And as soon as he was booted he was praised and patted for the job he did. Seems kind of odd for a goalie who never has had an incident like that before. Seems to me that he was sent out their to do just what he did.

I know the easiest thing to do right now is blame the refs, Lang, and Sammy. But lets be honest, the reason we are now 2-2 and will probably end up losing this series is the same reason as last year. No heart and no intensity. I admit Lang is probably the biggest offender. But most of our star players coast around and show no intensity. Just sit back and watch the Flames intensity versus ours. There is no match.

THIS YEAR NO HEART (I just meant we were going to go down to another 8 seed like last year). And I do realize that some of them are playing with heart. But as a whole I am not seeing the intensity and heart compared to the opposition. Very True

All I know is that I see us getting out hit, out worked and out played the last two games.

I'm with you...this will be last year all over again

He sucked in Game 3 too