GMRwings1983

Sharks. I don't think Montreal is a likely choice, or else I'd vote for them.

I neither know nor care what other coaches would have done. I was talking about our situation.

Looks like Babcock switched the top 2 lines around?

I guess the important thing is to not get overconfident going into game 5. We're still down 3-1 after this game, so there's a lot of work left to be done.

From now on, I think I'm going to take every first period off the rest of the series. I was at a social event for a-holes(lawyers), so I missed it.

Are you ******* kidding me? Why don't we play like this when I'm watching? I've been waiting my whole life to see this kind of game.

Just in guys. What's the score?

I'm not nervous either, but that's a bad thing because I want to be nervous at this time of year. It just means that I don't expect us to win the series. I just hope we can win tonight so I can watch another Wings game this year, especially since I'll miss half the game.

In this case an exception should have been made, because Howard already played so much. A playoff run was more important than playoff seeding, especially since we already had a spot basically clinched.

Osgood should have played more. We already had a playoff spot in the bag with more than a week to go, and we knew we weren't getting home ice. Instead of riding Howard to become a 5 seed (even though we didn't know who we were facing), Babcock should have looked at the big picture and seen that Howard would need some rest.

But it's so funny and so true.

Me too. Hopefully we'll be up by 5 goals by the time I get back and get the stream going.

I think it's funny how Shane O'Brien grabbed him and tried to get him to fight, and then Bufflin pulled away and went after one of the Sedin twinks instead. The guy may be the biggest ***** in the NHL. I wish the instigator rule was eliminated, just so I can see someone like him get destroyed.

Remember how we owned San Jose all year with our AHL lineup? Shows you how different the regular season is.

Why does God love the Pens so much?

Should have been May instead of Ritola, and Lilja should have gone in for Ericsson.

Sundin is good on faceoffs.

Two years ago, we had a 3-0 lead on Dallas, and we beat them in game 6 in Dallas. San Jose did the same to Colorado in 2004. I believe that was on the road too. Home ice advantage is meaningless in this situation.

The sad thing is that Howard owned San Hosay in the regular season.

I'm about 98% confident that if Brad May is inserted into the lineup, we will win this series.

Spot on.

I like Johnny Walker as well, but I rarely post under its influence. How can you say we haven't been outplayed in any game this series? We got severely outplayed yesterday as soon as the 3rd period began. In all honesty, we've been outplayed every game this series. Yeah, there have been some bad calls and all, but the Sharks have flat out been the better team. They're hungrier, they're getting better goaltending (yes the goalie is actually a part of the team) and they've scored clutch goals in the 3rd that we haven't gotten. And it's funny how you say we haven't been outplayed, yet you mention that we lost due to Howard and mental mistakes. Doesn't that count as being outplayed?

Expectations change as the year progresses. When the season began, people were expecting a lot. Then with injuries, we were just trying to make the playoffs. However, after the Olympics and once the playoffs began, expectations had to be much higher than being 4-6 in the playoffs. So you expected us to miss the playoffs during the Olympic break, but how about once the playoffs began?

This team had the best record in the league after the Olympics and looked unbeatable. So no, we're not expecting too much. These players are not playing like they did a month ago. The intensity and urgency aren't there, despite having the same talent level with the injured players returning. We're 4-6 in these playoffs. We all deserved to expect more.

I also voted for Howard. Seems like most people think it's between him and the refs.