tommingthepuck96

Point being people were crying for a trade before .Well... who would be playing taking over the datsyuks big minutes, including power play and penalty kill at this point in time now Sorry outside of datsyuk and zetterberg, the wings dont have any other top 6 center.. You can praise helm all you want but his game is not nearly as complete as vals...

Nothing new, they dress an extra D man (7), while double shifting malkin or crosby on that fourth line, Also both malkin and crosby play the full 2 minutes on the power play..

Injuries and an influx of bad calls against the wings are the only thing making me nervous. They do need atleast lidstrom back, but can do without pavs for a couple games.. Also I have trouble believing that the pens are somehow the least penalized team in the league.

Who were the refs in game 3, and in game 4?

This is why val makes 3 mil a year. To all the people who were crying for a val trade, who do you think would be taking datsyuks place right now?

Reasons why i hate NHL writers very much...

More like 1. Sip Dasani 2. Chew Big Red 3. Curse out opposition coach. In 2 NBC broadcasts i counted 13 times he used the word "Ricochet"

Yeah im getting a little annoyed seeing crosby on the front page every single day... but what can you do? Crosby sells tickets, and T.V revenue for the NHL... there going to market him the best they can all the way through the playoffs. Crosby is a superstar but i seriously doubt he would be leading the league in points if he wasnt getting the ice time that he gets..

Its annoying when people think just anyone can play center, not to mention a top 6 center. Babcock will NEVER put sammy at center maybe at best a fourth line center but only on a rare occasion... Filppulas not getting traded, hossa is likely be gone next year.

? Can tell you made that reply really quick... "avberage"..... Anyways Re-read the post. I said samulesson is a top 5 shooter on the wings, meaning in my opinion he has one of the top 5 wrist/slap shots on the team. Although not saying samulesson has in any way shape or form a better shot than hossa. I would bet alot that if hossa was getting those chances, he could have finished that play off just as well as anyone else on the team.

Samulesson is a top 5 shooter on the wings for sure, and definetly a top 5 clutch performer in the playoffs. But 95% of the rest of his game is 4th line status. Turn overs, bone headed plays, stealing pucks from pavel, still just makes him a third line player at best.. Unless samulesson scores like this the REST of the playoffs, and HOSSA is a complete no show the rest of the playoffs, hossa wont be going any where.

Refs will never let that happen, when the game gets boring those stupid calls including 5 on 3's will spice up the game..

Iv'e heard "how can you cheer for the wings... their the Yankees of hockey"... compliment or insult?

Hossa needs to play with the lower line players, playing him with super stars makes him force the pass to much, in other words hes not playing his real game. If you put him on a line with hudler and helm he wont play scared, he wont try to make amazing plays, like he does when he has datsyuk or mule on his line. He'll know hes the best player on his line, and thats how he'll play. Mule Z Cleary filp Datsyuk holmstrom/Samulesson hudler helm hossa abdel, draper holmstrom/Samulesson

The stupidness of refs really sticks out when games go to overtime. If you look at it from a real perpective..... Refs ALAWAYS call it tight in overtime.... ok thats cool... but why is it ok to call bull s*** penaltys in the regulation, but then call it tight in over time? Besides the fact that their decisions would be more magnifed OT?

Anyone know? I live in san diego and its blacked out almost every game for some stupid reason, (we dont get prime ticket here).

Will i be blacked out on versus if i live in the anaheim market tonight?

Anyone know if game 7 will still be blacked out in anahiems local market since its in detroit?

Yeah it would either be on prime ticket or FSN west, through the whole season they only showed a couple duck games on FSN west, Im pretty sure prime ticket is the ducks main channel where most of their games are aired, rarely duck games are aired on FSN west. Where as the L.A kings are soley on FSN west and are never on prime ticket... Its all really confusing, and its all part of being a hockey fan in san diego i guess...

Yeah prime ticket is for residents in LA and anaheim, its not available in san diego. Fsn west although is available in san diego. Problem is, when games are on prime ticket and versus they black out the versus feed for san diego residents. So it basically f***s over anyone in san diego. Fun being a hockey fan in southern california isnt it?

Uhh found this.. http://twitter.com/duckstv Apparantley game 4 was exclusively on versus, game 6 tonight is not... Guess ill have to find an online stream. Anyways thanks for the help....

Yeah we get FSN west down here, but not prime ticket, so every time its on prime ticket, we get blacked out on versus, because for some odd reason they think prime ticket is available to us which it isnt so i end up not being able to watch the game... So annoying. Although im pretty sure game 4 was on prime ticket, but wasnt blacked out on verus for some reason, which is why im wondering if im missing something here..

So for a fact its going to be blacked out on versus for people in southern california?

I guarantee atleast a 3 point night for pavel. Quote me..