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gdt ECQF Game 6 GDT : Lightning 5 at Red Wings 2 - Series Tied 3-3
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
Currently watching in Vegas, torn. Half of me is obviously wanting the win, the other half is flying to Tampa tomorrow so a Wednesday game 7 may be my only chance to see the Wings in person. Still... Hoping for a win whatever! -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
Just to shh the questioners. He was good today. Howard just seems sluggish off his post (which then kindly bailed him out). -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
Babs post-game: Mrazek game 3 starter -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
I really miss Rafalski. The potential pin-point where it started to slip. If Z is dross, and the 3rd line is non-existent, why not throw Z on the 3rd? He's not going to cut it on the top 2 so nothing to lose. -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
It's a Lightning trait it seems. So much dissent creeping into the game -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
I think it's telling that now, the guy on the ice most likely to pound on someone is probably Howard -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
Q with a change right after... holes are there if we're smart and look for them instead of forcing a broken plan -
ECQF Game 2 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Wing Across The Pond replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in General
Sad to see. I was saying he may be a new Drapes... not quite got it anymore so you limit his minutes, but still boss faceoff guy. Yeah positives to take definitely. 1-1 is better than 0-2, and hopefully we'll have more fire at the Joe. Someone said it yesterday... Cleary would hit. But then it's weighing up the benefit of him hitting against the downside of him being Danny Cleary -
Request for a Playoff Facebook cover photo
Wing Across The Pond replied to Triple Deke's topic in Water Cooler
I can try and knock you up something this weekend? See how you like it, but don't feel like you'll have to use anything. I was going to rework my sig into a counter just for this series, then (hopefully) have another for the next round. -
Quite a few sports have upper and lower limits on regulation pitches. A football (soccer) pitch can vary in length by 30 yards, and width by 50! It actually is beneficial for teams to alter the dimensions of their playing surface to suit their play (Arsenal typically always favoured a narrower pitch to suit their short passing game). Rugby teams can change their in-goal area as well (same as a football end zone) - a deeper in-goal area lends itself more to a kicking game where a team can get the ball in behind a defence without it bouncing out of bounds. Heck, in cricket you can actually change the boundary to a different shape, which obviously changes the distances. It all depends on what the home team wants. Imagine, with our top-notch goal-scoring from the blue line, if we could have slightly shorter ice for all home games. Just bringing that blue line a little closer to net. Could make a lot of difference playing 41 games on that. It's not much different from the 'lively boards' at the Joe. Teams should be allowed to have their own idiosyncrasies which benefit them at home. But as has been said, would need to come in when teams build new arenas, which the majority won't/can't do. Edit: On the baseball point, there's nothing wrong with the same hit being a homer and an out in two different stadiums - you play to your strengths. Different stadiums lend themselves to different styles of play - the way I imagine it, a larger outfield would benefit teams who get base hits and steals; smaller outfields suit sluggers.
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From the album: Photoshop/Illustrator
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ps 2015 Round 1 Photoshop War: Tampa Bay Lightning
Wing Across The Pond replied to marcaractac's topic in Hall of Fame
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From the album: Photoshop/Illustrator
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ps 2015 Round 1 Photoshop War: Tampa Bay Lightning
Wing Across The Pond replied to marcaractac's topic in Hall of Fame
DAMN?! Not sure how I managed that one... thought it was 6 & 5... will edit PRONTO EDIT: Lol... same with my sig too. Maths dyslexia -
ps 2015 Round 1 Photoshop War: Tampa Bay Lightning
Wing Across The Pond replied to marcaractac's topic in Hall of Fame
Quick one from me, considering the above ^^ -
From the album: Drawings and Randoms
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BASEketball. In conclusion: Money (and some safety).
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Yeah it's soccer, but that sums it up for me. You do fall in love with teams, often through no fault of your own - you're taken by a parent or (in my case) you stay up as an 11 year old and watch hockey at gone-midnight on some low-budget UK tv channel. And it's often for no apparent reason. You don't really say "oh I like their uniform so I'll support them", it just seems to happen. But in all facets of love you can be disappointed. Some people react differently - some shout, some try to ignore and move on, some lose hope. Personally, I'm English, but cannot support English football. For a long while I stopped supporting English rugby for the same reason - I'd lost touch. I couldn't associate with they way they were going about the game and I felt disillusioned. The same may yet happen with the Red Wings. But the main thing is, as in love, I won't move on to another team just because "I like [sport x]". If my partner disappointed me I wouldn't shout and then go out with their friend the next day. I'd be annoyed but eventually I'd get over it. Who knows, if it was Boston or New Jersey that was being shown on tv when I was a kid maybe I'd be over on their boards. But then I'd probably be crying and shouting.
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Is Hank too slow and ineffective to play center?
Wing Across The Pond replied to unsaddleddonald's topic in General
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he start his NHL career on Dat's wing, along with Brett Hull? It is noticeable that he's slowed down, especially on every rush into the offensive zone. Seems to coast over the blue line then try to skate around guys, and it's not really working. He shouldn't be the guy doing that any more. If Babs doesn't want to pair him with Dats then why not have him on Weiss's wing instead? Couldn't hurt -
Kane & Toews Sign Identical 8-year, $10.5M AAV Extensions
Wing Across The Pond replied to _SP_'s topic in General
This whole situation is loyalty. We have the game half right, we're loyal to our players wholeheartedly, 100%, and that will never change. But the 21st Century sports loyal is reciprocal. I don't think this is really a case of an organisation shelling out over the top cash and handcuffing themselves, they really wouldn't do that to the detriment of their long term future, but it more a show of "we're loyal to them, they're loyal to us". Like I said, we've got it half right. We love being loyal to our players, helping them out at every opportunity and often giving them good money. Yet where it falls down in the modern game is that the players we re/sign can't guarantee 100% loyalty to us, either through health/fitness, or lack of game or drive or motivation. My soccer team over here in Britain, Brentford FC, was taken over a few seasons ago and have improved year on year until they achieved their initial goal of promotion to the next tier of competition. The main thing that was stated throughout those years was "we shall only sign players who are 100% committed to Brentford FC". This year we offered contracts to a few of our free agents that we were committed to, they accepted, yet also entered talks with other teams. We chose not to pursue these players further, despite their past with the club, because they weren't committed. I see a lot of that here. They wanted $12m, Hawks showed their loyalty by offering them increased terms, but asked theirs by offering them $1.5m less than they asked for. Full term as well, just confirms that. If they can keep that going with the rest of the roster I don't see it being any issue for them. They may ask players to stay at the same, or potentially less, money and if they say no then goodbye. They'll find someone loyal to the cause. That way it won't matter if they cap rises, they just need to find the right pieces and go hard at them. This is what we should be doing. Reciprocal loyalty. Unfortunately we show loyalty to people who can't reciprocate - Cleary with his health, Franzen with his spotty play, to name some whipping boys. Ericsson showed vast improvements and was rewarded, Quincey showed none yet was rewarded also. That's the problem. The fear we now have at losing the people we've got is leaving us behind. Good on Chicago. (P.S. Kane isn't worth $10.5m... jeeeeez! I'd take Toews for that though. He's their Stevie... blasphemy I know) -
A lot of the issue is a lot of what has been good with us in the last 2 decades. This organisation has built players - in this case such as Ericsson - and the man running the show isn't going to want to give away the pieces he's created for someone else. Even though it's probably about time that some should be.
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A year before your spreadsheet, he signed Marian Hossa. And a year before that, he signed Brian Rafalski. One won us a cup. The other got us to back-to-back finals.
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Nicklas Lidstrom:Greatest Red Wing Ever
Wing Across The Pond replied to Son of a Wing's topic in General
Comparison of Lids to Yzerman is probably that Lids was by far the better player, but Yzerman seemed to give more. Playing on one or no knees and probably significantly shortening a career so he could give his all. Nick in a way was the opposite: playing as good as possible for as long as possible, with very little risk in terms of longevity, and even the individual plays on the ice. Nick made the best decisions, Stevie made the right ones. Both are incomparable but I got to watch more of Lids so will always hold him in the highest esteem. But having seen how Gordie is still revered in the locker room shows he's the man to beat.