themcityblues

Anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen

Franzen sucked for a long time, but right before he got injured, he was actually pretty valuable. 'Tis a shame.

This is a bad game for Ottawa. They are supposed to win with Hammond. Hammond looks like he's done. Montreal is out-classing Ottawa on the forwards/defense.

Yeah, he looked like a dumb kid. Which... perhaps he is!

Good call throwing out PK. That was a totally unprovoked and unnecessary assault. These TSN announcers are major homers. Disgusting.

I also think it will be Howard. Knowing Babs.

He was fairly good in last year's playoffs. I wouldn't be concerned if they brought him up. Would be a good opportunity. Probably won't be our worst defenseman

Bab wants to win and loathes drama. He won't go to Toronto.

Can Nashville score enough goals against the Hawks? NHL.com says the Hawks might have problems in the backend but they are #1 in Goals Against. I would say the Hawks have superior offensive depth, even without Kane. Nashville has looked built for a cup run for a few years now (good goaltending and defense), but they always fall flat. I guess I would expect that they'd lose this series too. 6 games for Chicago.

I think Ottawa is the perfect team to bury the Canadians. I predict that Montreal's dependency on Price will become evident, and that the pressure will mount and the team will collapse.

I also think that the Blues are just not playoff performers, so I pick the Wild in 6.

They won't!

Cool, I'm in. Looks like we can't see each others brackets. Interesting.

Don't know

Sheahan is exactly what Babcock likes and Weiss is exactly what Babcock hates. That's comparing a defensively sound, responsible-with-the-puck, win the board battles defenseman with a turnover machine who is slow and can't backcheck. Weiss would probably have to put up 175% the numbers of Sheahan to even be comparable.

I think we overachieved. People expect the young kids to continuously improve and play at a top level, but I don't think that was probabilistically the most likely outcome. If Nyquist and Tatar hit sophomore slumps, and the young defense and PK regressed, this team could've had a terrible regular season record. All the questionable pieces came together, for the most part, probably because of the excellent coaching staff. Babcock said that he thought the Wings had "no chance" before the season started, which is very telling. The young guys stepped up and achieved, and it turned a losing team into a winning team. Would've been tough to predict that last summer.

His response was so cringe-worthy. Agh.

Start Mrazek vs Carolina? Howard was terrible.

Damn, that's a crazy high %, considering this team is quite capable of losing both games. I guess it's the fact that they can lose both games and still squeeze in. It's not even that bad that Pittsburgh beat Ottawa. The Penguins are like... finished.

I don't get it? 3 points... how are they divvied from W, L, OTL?

Well, Glendening was fantastic

When Tatar doesn't score he's worthless. He's a great second-liner for scoring depth.

Cleary has balls and this team needs testicles right now.

Ferraro was called up last year in a similar situation: deep in the season with the Wings desperately looking for points. He played pretty terribly. I don't recall anybody thinking he played well. Maybe he's a year wiser, but based on the history I wouldn't expect him to do anything for this team. I hope he does, though... he plays with his heart on his sleeve. Small guy, though, and probably not used to playing in the NHL near playoff time where the game truly excels above and beyond. Losing Abby sucks. Sometimes he strikes me as the only guy on this team gritty enough to be part of a Stanley Cup team. He's been excellent all year, especially in physical games where the Wings get shut down. Losing him is a big loss. Oh well, hope we can school Carolina twice and luck out against Montreal. It's possible!

I was not being sarcastic when I said I love your lines. Sorry, sometimes I am unusually passionate about things. I truly think your line combo is exactly what this team needs. Then I edited my post and talked about Ferraro. Now THAT was sarcasm.