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So I just tune into the game and I see a beautiful play from .. Lilja to Samuelsson? Lolwut

Actually, 2. They discovered another recorded one like a year ago or something. However, Gordie Howe had a LOT more 'unofficial' Gordie Hatties. I mean, it was named that for a reason. A goal and an assist wasn't an abnormal occurance for him (he was in the top 5 in scoring for 20 years!). A fight wasn't very abnormal for him, either. The reason his recorded GHHs are so low is because a fighting major was assessed far less often 'back in the day'.

Include the facts that the Wings have: 5. The worst traveling schedule in the NHL. 6. The most back to back games in the season. 7. Had a series of minor, but chemistry disrupting injuries in the beginning of the season, plus Lidstrom adjusting to new equipment. 8. Played (in my opinion) a much tougher series of opponents in the first 25 games than the Sharks, with a lot more mileage (including multiple grueling west coast and northwest road trips, and their entire series vs Luongo Vancouver). The Sharks are just starting to get into their long trips for the season, and in general have to travel quite a bit less. Despite the plethora of weak teams to prey on in the East, I've actually been more impressed by the Bruins (that's another thread, though). 9. As the defending champs, everyone steps up to play them (including Raycroft doing his best Patrick Roy imitation.) This isn't to say there hasn't been defensive/goaltending/coaching/whatever problems for the Wings, but they have been playing through a crapton of adversity and doing quite well in light of that. Hell, 2nd in the conference could be nice for a change.. I'd rather play #7 than to play one of the hungry teams at the #8 spot, which are often in the middle of a hot streak that allowed them the points to slip into the playoffs.

1. Duh. Offense = win. Edit for clarity: That 1 point can be a secondary assist.

Well, the jersey I ordered for my dad's birthday finally got in. Heh, his birthday was the 17th of Sept, I ordered it on the 15th figuring it would take a couple weeks and that would be okay Well, after a long fiasco with lightinthebox I finally got my money refunded there, and promptly ordered from one of the people on dhgate... $50, free shipping with EMS, 3-4 days packaging, 5-8 days shipping. Sure enough, it was shipped by the Saturday of the week I ordered it, and didn't take but a week to get here. Got him a Lidstrom. Almost got him a Datsyuk, but he got me a Yzerman a few years ago so I figured I'd reciprocate with an instant hall of fame Wings captain as well. It's freakin' sweet. Quality actually seems a little higher than my authentic Yzerman CCM.. very durable. Stitching is well done, all numbers and what not stitched on. Only a small handful of loose threads I've noticed that can be easily taken care of. The Winged Wheel seems slightly off, but that was expected.. funny thing is, I don't think I would ever notice that it was off if I didn't expect it to be. The red might just be a slightly more of an orange tint than the real deal.. I won't even be able to tell 'til I can compare it to my CCM, but it's close. It also has the fight strap, with velcro + button. My CCM doesn't have the fight strap Got him a size 54, and had one of my coworkers close in size to my dad try it on.. its about equivalent to an XXL, so that's a good fit. I suppose that makes the sizing with these particular replicas 52-54 = ~XXL, 50-52 = ~XL, 48-50 ~L and 46-48 = ~M. Oh, came with all the RBK/NHL tags too, by the way. If I didn't know better, I'd think I just got the real thing. For a quick reference, my dad is the net admin at a textile mill, though he worked in the actual plant before he became a computer guy.. I worked there on and off for a couple years as well, doing some digital printing. That said, we both have a decent eye for good fabric, so if anyone was interested in the opinion of someone with experience in such *shrug* Well, it certainly gets my seal of approval. I'm quite impressed. PM me if you want to order from the same guy I did, I'll PM you his dhgate user name. He carries Lids, Dats and Z. He responded to all of my messages and questions quite promptly and even asked some of his own to make sure I was getting what I wanted. His english is a little broken but intelligible, and his customer service gets high marks from me. I'll post pictures when I have a camera on hand. Edit: No cup patch, by the way, but it wasn't supposed to have one. My dad and I both thought it looked really goofy next to the C. Besides, there's not enough room for 4 (5? ) cup patches on there.

It's frustrating. We aren't Isles/Leafs fans. ...Though I do happen to like TB...

Incredibly lazy final minute.

Holy crap, Franzen is dragged down to the ice and dry humped and no holding call.

Now here's some irony. Song I just heard playing at the Joe: Slow ride... take it easy..

I'd rather not. We need to save you know, the 1 or 2 we have left for the playoffs.

Everyone.. BRACE.. FOR.. TRAP

Holy non-call Batman!

Wait, that hasn't been Roy out there?

Lol @ Eddie Olzcsyyxyczcydfhylyk's strained laughter. Goal!

Holy crap, look at all the shot blocking on the chart by the Avs. There's a several game gap in my memory of when a Wing not named Lilja has gone down to block a shot.

You want to pull Ozzie after giving up a penalty shot goal to ******* Leopold of all people, but talking about wrecking the confidence he already doesn't have tonight.

I don't want to break your spirit, so I'll try to be optimistic. If Raycroft wasn't playing like Patrick ******* Waaaaaagh, it'd be 4-2. If the Wings D was playing like.. Wings D... and Osgood wasn't channeling the spirit of Dan Cloutier.. it'd be 1-0. If both of the above, 4-0. You should be able to pull your answer out of that.

If by odd man rush you mean more Wings defenders than attacking skaters.. No, probably not.

BY THE GODS, Osgood/Babcock/Filpulla/Samuelsson/Lilja/Lebda/Chelios/Rafalski/Holland/Red Wings/Jesus H Christ/Universe... DO SOMETHING! Sorry, I think that collective explosion has been building up on here all season. It channeled through my keyboard.

MFing Raycroft's glove has been magnetized to the puck tonight.

Coincidentally, those two quick goals are why we're down 2-0 at the moment. And I've been loathe to jump on the 'tending with how sporadic the D has been this year. Oh shi- Goal!

A nasty looking scrum going on between the Wings and Avs and they cut to a commercial break. Wait, what?

I'm convinced backups and crappy goaltenders channel the spirit of Patrick Roy against the Wings as he is eternally damned to have to make up for his Statue of Liberty.

It was the initial shock getting the jump on common sense.

So I come in, a bit hazy from being at the pub, with my glasses off, and see "something something something Lidstrom traded something" and had to do a double take. Lindstrom, LINDSTROM... that Norris trophy guy...