MissyLKS8

Ok... so you basically said it...

I hate my life. I really do. You HAVE got to be kidding me. My friend made me leave after the speeches. I wanted to stick around to try to get see if they would do anything special with the fans. Without a doubt, Ozzie has been my guy since '96 when I started to watch hockey. I loved Steven, the Russians, Shanny, The Grind Line but I just has a "connection" with Osgood. Maybe it was the fact he was a goalie like me (although I did soccer - damn hockey was too pricey). Maybe because he was doubted a bit in the '98 playoffs and came out like an underdog. As a kid I thought he was the best goalie ever. I like his awkward interviews, the strange things he says or does, his odd sense of humor, but really, I feel he is a really great guy. As a middle schooler, I cried when he left. I took it personally too. He was like my childhood and I know that's not a good reason to like a player but it's what I did. The best thing was when he came back. Throughout all the years, I would always stick up for the guy when someone bad mouthed him. I'm no longer a kid. I can't be the "cute" child when asking for an autograph he can't refuse. I don't have all these crazy connections to the Wings. I don't live around him and see him walking the streets. I don't have his autograph or a picture with him and I certainly never met the guy. He has improved SO much. He finally has respect. I love that guy and NOTHING makes me more happy then what he has become. I just fear I'll never get to meet him.

They say there will be about one million down there. From the past, my mother, her work (who is helping cover the parade) AND the radio say to be there SUPER EARLY. So... shouldn't you get the like REALLY early??? We were going to do 6/7am but for reasons I really don't want to get into, my friend can't go until 8am. I so pissed cause I wanted a good parking spot and to be close up there at Hart Plaza. I really can't put up with a fourth time not be able to see anything. I didn't grow much since I was 10 either. What are your thoughts. If you are going, what time? What's the best thing to do?

Nice idea for a thread... -Lid's goal in round one game six. -The few shutouts we had! -FRANZEN SMASH! -Forgetting a few days ago who we "played" for round two. I actually forgot since it wasn't really a battle. Franzen's hat trick, well the two. Losing count in game four thinking we had five goals when it was seven. The whole 8 to 2 thing. The day the Wings, Pistons, and Tigers all had amazing games on the same day... boy those were the days. -Pav's hat trick! -Okay, don't kill me but out of the whole entire playoffs, I missed one game. Game four of the finals. I was at a Tom Petty Concert (please don't hate me for it) and I was nervous the whole time I was watching the game by looking across the Palace into someone suit before the concert started. I had to call and make sure we were the net on the left side since I couldn't make out who was who. The best part was when the whole place started a Red Wings chant before the concert started and after. -Any awkward interviews from Ozzie! -To see Osgood, my guy, who I cried when he left us in 2001, who everyone hated but I had way to much love for, basically kick ass. I'm so proud of him and that he finally is getting respect. -Val's goal that reminded me of the one Franzen had on April 3rd. Pretty sweet. -All the hard work that got all the records and "first." I can't even list them all but you know what I mean. -All the adorable post-game junk! LOVE IT! -All the festivities in downtown Royal Oak... man, that was great! -The fact we won. I'll think of more later. Yeah... we had hell of a season. Thank you all!

You're telling me. It's 3:30am, rioted downtown Royal Oak, partied a friends house, and now watching what I taped of the game again. I wish I taped NBC's as well... crap. I have to go to Ikea early morning and paint my car. I can't sleep at all, everyone I was with was "tired." I'm a bored fan who is full of energy and has nothing to do....

For those who went to the game, did anyone get a lunch box who was not 16 and under. The previous game where they had the same rule on the giveaways, they passed them out to everyone once during the second intermission. Thus, how we got a Lidstrom poster. I'm only 17... hmm... not too far from 16. I was denied a lunch box after I paid for tickets. A year off, come on! And as soon as my friend and I walked up, we got yelled at too. One lady said "Can't you read the sign? "Sixteen and under!" I never said I wasn't 16, but I couldn't prove it. I was a bit upset since there were SOOO many people who got them who were NOT the appropriate age. (One lady put a drink down walked over and got one. So she had to be at least 21 - right?) We even asked really nicely, "please" and everything. So right before the 3rd period, we walked back to see if they would give them away like last time. Right when we got there, they just got done packing up with HUGE boxes filled with lunch boxes - there had to be at least six of them. What a waste! As we were leaving, I asked this middle-aged guy and who had one and he said he "sweet talked" his way to it. Err!!!! This lead my friend and I to have to bargain with a group of younger kids. We ended up having to pay 15 dollars each for ONE lunch box. (We could have gotten two for 10 each but the third kid got someone to pay $30 for one - which then they changed their minds). The whole reason I went to this game was to get a lunch box for my nephew. I had to pay so much for it. Plus we lost the game so I was a little bummed. Anyone else have a problem like this? The people who do the giveaways weren't that nice. In fact, I wasn't pleased at all! Sorry for the complaining. I'm not having a good evening!

Hey, my friend and I were there too. I wonder if I saw you. We got Aaron to talk to my friend's dad on her cell phone. It was his birthday today. I even recorded on on my camera. Second time meeting him - just as cool as the first! You're so lucky though. I never get autographs. I get so scared. I can never bring myself to ask. Hopefully, I'll post my pictures up soon. Once I get my flickr account back to it's old state and I upgrade to pro again.

I was so bummed. I recorded it on my camera, to have it no safe to the disk. I need a new camera NOW! Keeps doing this. This much be the fourth time when something really cool happened that I recorded and didn't work. Although, I did record the game on TV too. Is that what you are talking about?

The fact of the matter was there was at least 600 at one of the giveaway spots at the end of the night (six boxes, 100 in each I'll say). I understand that a five-year-old comes before me. Yea, completely. And if it came down to it where there were just enough for the little ones, I wouldn't have cared. I was just upset how a there were a TON of people who got them who weren't the correct age and there were so many left over. I didn't buy one from a five-year-old either. Three 15-year-old boys were selling them at the game. They didn't want the boxes themselves, so I bought one. Just a lot more then I wished I did. I'm such a chump.

Yea, you're right. It was cool. In fact, we banged on the "glass" and he turned... we waved... he smiled back. That was pretty neat.

Oh my friend, it was more than a lunch box. It was a symbol of the hunger and passion of the game of hockey. The tin represented the obstacles one player must overcome in life. The handle represents how we, the fans, support the play. Together we carry our spirits, hopes and dreams, to playoffs and beyond. The clamp is a metaphor for the closeness, the bonds, and friendship among the players. The four side stands for the qualities team must possess; determination, dedication, unity, and uniforms. The the players show leadership. The fire is the common goal we all share in our hearts. Plus, you can carry sandwiches in it. ...My nephew hopefully will be happy. But I wished I could have gotten one for myself. My friend didn't get one either. Oh well... can't always get what you want.

I'll try. I'm [hopefully - things have a tendency to go wrong] recording the game too.

Ok, I can probably get an extra poster. But if anyone can get a Zetterberg flag... I'll pay shipping or whatever... it would mean so much!!! Maybe a trade - poster for flag??? Let me know ASAP.