GMRwings1983

Tampa beat Price and Lundqvist. As I've said before, top goalies don't play for the best teams anymore. This isn't the late 90's, when you needed a big named goalie to win Cups. Chicago has beaten good opponents. They would have an even easier time against a Rangers team with no offense and an elite goalie.

And bring back the Ultimate Warrior logo!

Boy this kid must have pissed Devellano off.

If Stamkos is one of the best players in the world, he hasn't looked like it. You can't disappear in two of four playoff series in the playoffs and be one of the best in the world. . And that little ***** boy Tyler Johnson hasn't been scoring much since the first several rounds.

None of those posters would disagree with your description of those players. It just so happens that the standards in Detroit for retiring numbers is higher.

Tampa may as well hand Chicago the Cup after that goal.

I think Lilja and McGrattan need to come to this guy's house, sporting their beards, and show him what it's like.

And now we have these days, with these posters.

Chelios is good enough to play for this defense.

I didn't say favorite. I said best. LOL. These guys aren't from American Ninja Warrior, nor do they compete on NBC.

Pretty much. No different than how espn treated hockey. American Ninja Warrior is basically a bunch of dweebs, who happen to work out and do stunts. It's like American Gladiators, minus the Gladiators. So you're just left with dweebs.

I want to find a video of the exploding players. Not finding it. In its hockey promos, Fox would show players getting hit and then disintegrating. It was hilarious.

I love it!

Hey, they went to the Conference Finals more recently than the Wings.

Someone should tell this Chairman that the NHL season doesn't start in January. I don't think NBC realizes that.

Meh. Never liked seeing that cowardly pest behind our bench.

Indeed. This will be Holland after game 82.

Imagine what a talented player could have done playing with Zetterberg and Nyquist much of the season.

Is it because most people here have never heard of Red Kelly? Or is it because Kelly was traded? Osgood and Fedorov also played for other teams. And Kelly's all time NHL ranking is higher than either player's. He should have his number retired as he's one of the 5 or 6 best players this franchise ever had.

Neither. And neither was spelled correctly. Retire Red Kelly's number first.

I would like to wish Jonathan Ericsson the best in his future endeavors.

Are you comparing Osgood to Roy and Brodeur, or are you just trying to say that other goalies have played with great players around them? The latter statement is true, but doesn't make Osgood an elite goalie. Besides 1996, was Osgood ever a candidate for the Vezina, like Brodeur and Roy were many times? Was he ever considered one of the top 5 goalies in the world, let alone for a stretch of time? No is the answer to both questions. He's not elite. He's a good goalie that accumulated wins because he played with great players around him. And unlike Roy and Brodeur, he never stood out for individual awards or nominations. Wings fans overrate Osgood. I've done it before too. But you need to see things in context.