GMRwings1983

Wonder why the NHL culture is that way compared to other sports. Is it because coaching is not as important in hockey as in other sports? It sure seems that way when teams re-hire coaches who they fired not too long ago. Maybe your goalie analogy makes sense. Also, isn't Dave Lewis an assistant coach there?

Didn't the Canes already fire Maurice like 10 years ago? Seriously, hockey is such a freaking weird sport when it comes to coaching. Teams rehiring coaches who they already fired. Or how about Larry Robinson being an assistant in Jersey. Didn't he coach them to a Cup in 2000? Why is he just an assistant now? This revolving door seems more common in the NHL than the other leagues.

Obviously, they were going to remove him instead of letting Ovechkin go. The players always win these battles.

Reminds me of Roenick a couple of years ago, when a slapshot broke his jaw and knocked him out cold. Very dangerous play and I guess Eaves will be out for a while now.

Foligno should have just dropped his gloves and pounced on Crosby. It'd be interesting to see if the Pens players would let Crosby fight, or would jump in there to save the day. He's had a few fights in his career, but I have a hard time seeing him doing it after this concussion business.

Thanks.

It went into the net too. He needs to switch his backhand with his forehand side. That stick doesn't aim on the forehand at all.

If only Hossa gave such a speech in 2009

There should be a new Subway sandwich in Detroit called, "The Soft Euro"

According to the GDT, this game starts in 5 minutes.

When does this HBO show begin anyway?

I've never been in their locker room, but honestly I can't imagine Zetterberg or Lidstrom giving that speech either. Heck, I've never personally heard Yzerman giving a big speech. It's one of those things that goes on in the locker room that we don't get to see.

We have Drew Miller, though.

Dude, Lang beat the Sharks for us singlehandedly with his tying goal in game 4. Also, he was awesome in the 2004 playoffs and played well in the Edmonton series in 2006.

Crymson, I'm unhappy that we've only won 4 Cups in 12 years. I want more.

Crosby = John Cena All the fans hate him because he gets way too much attention.

Except Lang scored big goals in the playoffs.

I wouldn't mind if Pavel was given the captaincy. He seems to be bringing it every game, which is the mark of a captain and leader. I haven't seen that from Zetterberg this season. Too many off games. The fact that he speaks better English than Pavel is not as important as his play every night.

No, I actually like those jerseys is some sick, sadistic way. Honestly, both jerseys seem to have no rhyme or reason behind their color scheme. However, The Canuck jerseys are like a bad cult movie. Some people like them. I don't see how anyone can like these Islander 3rd jerseys.

There is no excuse whatsoever for those 3rd jerseys the Islanders are wearing tonight. Probably the worst jerseys I've ever seen in the NHL. No kidding.

Unfortunately, with San Jose, it seems to be mental as well as physical. They just have an edge over us. I remember how much trouble the Wings had against Anaheim as well, in 2007 and finally 2009, where we edged them in 7 games. I don't know if size is necessarily where Holland is looking for the trade deadline. I don't see us getting Weber like some hope.

I have a new favorite poster around here. Thank you son.

My point was about our defense, which I don't think played great. Don't know how anyone can say otherwise. Datsyuk was awesome, but he's not what I was criticizing. In fact, he "was" his line. I was talking more about the defense. Howard's turnover was in part because we had trouble handling the forecheck. Same with Zetterberg's gaffe. The part about teams catching up getting more chances doesn't hold water. Neither team was ever up by more than a goal. If anything, our defense should have tightened up and not give up a shooting gallery. And you're right about Boston's aggressive forecheck usually getting lots of chances. That's the whole point I was making. We don't handle that kind team well. Lastly, San Jose beat us two years in a row. People have a hard time grasping that. So we took them to 7 games the second time around. Big deal. We still lost.

Did you watch the game? Our defense had trouble getting the puck out of the zone and turned the puck over constantly. We gave up around 45 shots. That's hardly winning hockey. A team as big as Boston or San Jose can do this to us at will. Howard stood on his head. That's why we won. God, you guys are such blind homers. We won because Howard was awesome. Giving up 43 shots is not winning hockey in general. That's why we can't beat San Jose in a playoff series. We struggle against big, forechecking teams. What is not true about that? This board can be ******* amazing sometimes.

Actually, the commentators were blowing Lidstrom all game long, like they usually do. And people here always complain about too much Crosby love during his games. We have our own media loved players too. You could throw Datsyuk in there as well.