Electrophile

It's only bad when other people do it. When our fans do it, it's okay. The hypocrisy is sickening sometimes.

Can we at least not get shut out?

YAY FOR LOSING!!!1!!! WTF is wrong with this got damn team.

I'd like to score a goal. I'd like the Wings to like that too.

There. Is. No. League. Conspiracy. Against. The. Red. Wings.

All caps is abusive.

Ugh. I come in to check on the game and this is what I find? I want to be shocked, but I can't even fake it anymore.

Is it sad that I don't really care? I just don't want any of our players getting hurt.

Yankees' pitchers and catchers report to Tampa February 17th. So I'll be very busy seeing what comes out of ST and how everyone looks after the off-season layoff. Also, I want to see how our new acquisitions are doing.

I predict a horrible, embarrassing loss. Now for which team......I don't know.

Let's trade Datsyuk for Sidney Crosby! That'll fix everything!!11!!1oneoneone!!

A loss is a loss. There's no such thing to me as "Degrees of Losing", wherein certain types of losses are seen as better than others. The whole point of any competitive game, especially sports, is to win. Baseball, soccer, hockey, basketball, football.....whatever. If the Wings lose 10-0 in regulation or 1-0 in OT, they still lost and it still sucks. The latter isn't more palatable to me just because they didn't lose in regulation.

If you don't win the game, you don't get any points. It doesn't matter to me if it was a regulation loss or an OT loss. Teams should only be rewarded for winning their games. You don't see this in any other sport - can you imagine if the MLB did something like this? "Oh it's okay if you lose in extras, we'll give you a win in the standings just for hanging in there for 9 innings." 1 point for an OT loss is the hockey equivalent of a mercy f*ck. It's telling teams "Hey, don't worry about winning. Just get it to OT and we'll throw you a bone."

I don't think you're understanding my point. The Wings play the Penguins. After 3 periods, the score is tied 2-2. We go to OT. After OT, the score is still 2-2. In the standings, it counts as a tie but no points are awarded because neither team won. You're making this more complicated than it need be. 3 points = regulation win 2 points = OT win 0 points = loss, tie See how only teams that win their games are rewarded? You get one less point for winning in OT, since you couldn't win in regulation. If you came up bupkiss.....oh well. Better luck next time.

Seeing the thread title immediately made me think of this:

Why? There was no winner. You only get points if you win the game. A tie is not a win. It's not a loss, but it's not a win. If you can't win the game, you get jack s***.

Count me in the group that says "eff the shootout". It's stupid, it's a gimmick, it should be reserved for the ASG or similar competitions, not games that count in the standings that affect playoff chances. It's ridiculous. Furthermore, I'd like to see them re-do the points system. You only get points if you win the game. If you lose the game, you get no points. Stop rewarding teams who failed to do their job in the 60-minute allotted time frame. You play three periods. If the score is tied, you go to OT. If the score is tied after OT, it's counted as a tie in the standings and neither team gets any points since nobody won.

Franzen alone isn't enough to save us. We need the whole team to wake the f*ck up.

High Hopes (live at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena; April 16th, 1994) - Pink Floyd God damn do I love this band. I've got probably 40 boots of theirs.

If you lose the game, you should get no points. How hard is that to understand for the NHL? It doesn't matter if it was tied in regulation and you lost in OT/shootout.....you lost the game. Period. If you win the game, you get points. If you lose the game, you get no points. Quit rewarding teams for failing to do their jobs in the 60 minute allotted time period. Shootouts are ******* lame. I'd feel that way if we were winning them all the time or losing them all the time.

Of course Crosby scored. Quelle surprise. Also we lost. WOW. SO SHOCKING.

Things I hate: shootouts NBC Pittsburgh Pierre McGuire the previous four repeated ad infinitum

I hate shootouts. So stupid.

They're douchebags. Just a guess.

Look, you have two choices. Get on the merry-go-round or get off. Things suck around Red Wing-ville and the townspeople are cranky. I learned a while ago to just let them be cranky.