Uncle Danny

A few quick thoughts: 1) They lost one game. Come on, guys. This is not a series that either team was capable of sweeping. Too much talent on both sides. 2) All this talk about the Ducks dominating last year has me somewhat baffled. As I recall, they were flat damn near the entire series against the Wings, and somehow found a way to win despite that. Brett Hull (I know, shhhh) was absolutely SCATHING in his review of their play mid series, saying things like (paraphrasing) "There is no way this team deserves to win a game." Fact is, they found a way to win four against us, and then four more. As much as I sincerely hope this series ends 4-3 in favor of Dallas, I'm not counting the Plucks out just yet. They're scary in their lack of dominance. 3) I think we can take them this season. We're hungrier and at least as talented. Go Wings!

My sink, just before the puck dropped today on the first game.

Gah, NBC announcers need to STFU about Toews and Kane and CALL THE FLIPPING GAME. Less color, more pbp! Edit: Typo

Zing!

Your Babs photo rocks

Mods, please merge the threads.

ROFL, are you serious? What are the odds? http://brass.pair.com/to_catch_a_pred.jpg from http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.ph...p;#entry1298029 I actually looked for a pic of babs that would suit but couldnt find one, so I settled on lids.

Well done, well done!

I like it!

I'll throw my hat in...be gentle. Didn't have the font I wanted, but oh well.

Ack! Brain fart, and good catch! I revamped the list to only forwards on a rewrite and somehow missed that one. Hitting: Neely?

Here's my forward. Not going to limit to ex-wings, although, based on my viewing habits, I will tend to be a tad biased. Also worth mentioning that, like a lot of you, I only started watching hockey 20 years ago. All players are, obviously, in their primes on this list, and I've limited it to forwards, never using the same name twice. Speed: Pavel Bure Wrist Shot: Joe Sakic Slap Shot: Shanny Puckhandling: Jaromir Jagr Passing: Adam Oates Defense: Sergei Fedorov Hitting: Scott Stevens Leadership: Steve Yzerman Vision: Wayne Gretzky Fighting: Bob Probert Strength: Tony Twist Lockerroom: Mark Messier, AO or DMac

The record is for winning 50 games in each of a coach's first three seasons with a given team, which he has done with the Wings.

Anyone else think of that kid from Jerry McGuire whenever they hear "Zidlicky?"

These refs need to take some freaking Ritalin. Neither team can so much as look funny at the other without a PP ensuing. Let them play, for f's sake!

If I hear these Nashville jokers call a scrum a "board meeting" one more time, I'm going to vomit. These guys are terrible.

Broken finger -- out for the rest of the regular season, at least.

Centerice Online is great and doesn't require a TV

Not this again. No. That goal was not Dom's fault.

I was at the game back in the Russian 5 days when an all hands fight broke out against the Rangers and they had to end the 1st (?) period early, with time still on the clock, to sort things out. As for taking crap, I live in SF these days, so I take some ribbing at Sharks games when Detroit is in town. But all in all, it seems to be in good fun, and they're a pretty friendly lot. I think I get more positive feedback from other Detroit transplants here in the city when I'm wearing a jersey. People will literally shout across the street at you here if they're also a fan.

Good question on the jersey. I have to imagine they'll fast track it, ala Yzerman, but he's a tier down from the Captain in terms of historical impact (no knock to Nick implied), so maybe they'll wait for his HOF induction? Very good question. Either way, it'll be up there before too long. As for role with the organization, something tells me he'll wind up coaching in Sweden. He's said many times that he wants his kids to know their culture, and, if memory serves, he contemplated retiring a few years back in order to facilitate a move back there.

Man! Being a d-man for the Wings this season is like being a drummer for Spinal Tap.

LOL... I'm watching the Ducks/Blues game right now, and they run an intermission segment called "Hockey 101." This game's question was "What does it mean to be a 'healthy scratch.'" The answer was something akin to: Well, a player can be scratched due to injury, when they're unable to play or on injured reserve, or they can be held out of the lineup due to suspension, ala Chris Pronger, or they can be able to play and it's a coaches decision that they won't dress for the game. The fact that this came from the Ducks broadcast is funny on so many levels.