Shaman

am i the only one who wants to play nashiville souly because i like the idea of 7:30/8:30 starts?

Nash@Det 1 week from now (I pray)

I agree, the reason i agree is because though intense the rivalry between Wings/Avs was short, if you are a new fan, or a very old fan, its a just a blip, Chicago will always be a rival, besides, Cheli was a dirty player

If i had a time machine back to the early 90s and i told myself cheli would be a wing, id have to hit myself. There was a time the Hawks were a pretty good team, and, I had the luck to see some of those games in Chicago (since i live in Kalamazoo, I have the ability to go see the Wings in chitown in same amount of travel as it would take me to see them in detroit) and I remember all the Wings Sucks jerseys and the pregame hate fest, then the feeling id be mugged walking to my car wearing a wings jersey after we won. And while the Detroit Avs rivalry was good, it was short, the Avs lost most of their talent and just now are recovering. So id Agree with never forget mac.

Well, Anaheim is the darlings of the NHL what do you expect?

I keep hearing people when they talk about the wings this year always bring up age, now, aside from Chelios and Hasek, is our team really that old? I mean because our mean age is a few years older then SJ or Anaheim does that really invalidate all the things the wings have going for them? We have the best Defense in the league, 2 good goalies, 2 of the top ten scorers, playoff experience, good coaching, and somehow all that goes out the window cause we are old? I am sorry for the rant...but, I am just tired of hearing this from all the 'experts'.

Except Datsyuk has a cup ring and Big Joe has to shave his beard every year well before june...

I have been showing people Polanco's projected record season all week lol

hmmm Barry Melrose's hair Holmstrom's English Hull's ability to put his foot in his mouth Pronger's Dirty play Sean Avery's attitude Claude Lemuix's Reputation That would be the perfect hockey player...

But better then having a very tired 3rd line 7 mins into the 3rd overtime of that same game 7...

Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Mule-Filpula-Cleary Hudler-Samuelson-Kopecky Maltby-Draper-McCarty But personally i think putting Samuelson (or the second coming of lang, as i have dubbed him) on the third line is still too high, hes been lack luster this whole season, cant score, skate, hell, i think id even take lang over him at this point... And I dont see the point of all the Hudler bashing, hes not doing that badly given the minutes he gets, again see Sammy as my example, he plays on the top line, but Hudler has 1 more goal and is tied in points with him, but hes the goat and everyone thinks he isnt playing well, id love to hear an explanation for that...

yea, for the most part they only break it up if its just people bickering or face washing eachother, but if they look like they are going to actually fight, they will usually let'em at it

Well, the reason why he was a disappointment was because he played so well in 2005-2006 regular season, had 38 wins, but, the next step for goalies isn't how well you do regular season, its can they steal that one or 2 games that keeps their team in the playoffs, that ability is why teams like Edmonton (2006), Calgary (2004), Anaheim (2003) got so far in the playoffs.

To start some discussion again, Manny Legace, Why? because he was never able to take that next step from back up to starting goalie. He had a great season with us as our starter, then let in some weak goals when the pressure was on in the playoffs.

Hudler, Lang when he was in a wings jersey, Hull whenever you put a mike infront of his face.

Filppula/Datsyuk/Holmstrom Cleary/Zetterberg/Franzen Maltby/Draper/Kopecky (shut down) Downey/McCarty/Drake (fights) depth: Hudler, Samuleson, Hartigan Lidstrom/Rafalski Kronwall/Stuart Meech/Chelios depth: Lebda, Lilja Hasek/Osgood

Separated at birth?

Am I the only one who loves this idea? if it stays like that, this would be great for detroit, a 100% chance that either dallas or Anaheim will be eliminated in what will be a long series with lots of cheap hits, chinsy penalties and dear i say triple overtimes? I thought maybe this would be a fun topic

Id like to see san jose vs vancover for that series...

I personally think Sammy is filling Lang's old job really well, kind stands there, makes dumb shots but still eats minutes other players should be getting.

Has anyone else noticed since separating that line the wings scoring has been lackluster? I think babcock needs to bring the line back, because personally im tired of watching Dats making a great pass with no one to finish it, or zetts fight for open ice with no one able to get him the puck. I could understand separating the line if they werent producing, but they always do, it still makes me wonder why babs did it, so from here till they arent the best line in the NHL I vote keep them together.

I know homer is out, but, still, Zetts and Dats feed of eachother. And I agree, Sammy is probably our worst player, he cant pass, cant take a pass, cant hold the puck in the zone, and isnt a goal scorer.

2 line pass reinstated=ovi losing alot of points, please notice that there are alot of goals he scores where he just sits back near the red line, while the other team pressures and waits for the feed up ice. Wonder why the caps are on the outside looking in? The wings only have 16 more GF then they do, but, but 51 GA less? Its not just because of our defensive unit, its because our forwards are some of the best 2 way players in the league. Id say if you want to goto the playoffs, where defense, not offense is the key, Id take Zetts over Ovi any day of the week and twice on sundays.

I really dont see how the wings cant be the favorites, 2 #1 goalies, the best defense, a dynamic offense, I mean, if they play a good tight game and limit the other teams shots, they will have a great chance to go all the way.

Well I really dont see why everyone is so hot on Luongo, I would say hes top 5 goalies, but, hes not the best, and, even if our scoring goes south, I dont see theirs even matching a subpar red wings performance. If we play them wings in 5. My support Vancover GF/GA 186/180 and away record 16-15-5