AtomicPunk

There we go! I was just yelling at Lids to SHOOT and he did! Goal - HOMER!

We can score! Just don't TRY to score and we will score!

LA is keeping the Kopitar line on against Z's line tonight it looks like.

Geez.....LA has got the jump in this first period, let's see if they tire out as the game goes along...

Puck in the face. 3 teeth.

So much for them coming out with their hair on fire and being the rested, dominant team.

THERE is a call. No call made.

Crap. Even strength and puck sitting in the crease with no one on him.

Good work by Helm on the PK.

Are you kidding me on that hook? Man. Do the refs have a quota?

Kings played NYR tonight, flying in for the game, Wings are rested and at home, pissed about getting their asses handed to them in Buffalo (hopefully), no excuse not to come out flying and get all over this team. Make it happen, boys.

Ask them why they suck on defense. Go ahead, I dare ya.

Starting a thread like this is just throwing raw meat in Jake's cage.

I've gotta concur with the McCrimmon firing. You can't fire the players....it's been going on for a year + now...they need a shakeup...no one to call up or trade for....might have to happen. Long overdue in my opinion.

Let's not forget that our team defense was best when we ran the left wing lock system. It is very important for the forwards to be responsible defensively as well. I throw a lot of blame at the defensemen for not covering up like they should but usually there is a man free in the defensive zone and that means some forward is not doing his job as well as he should.

And work with Dats on some moves for the penalty shots. Damn, that was weak.

Jake has a HHO of his own....Helm.

So is Forsberg. Everyone see everything said about Shanahan. This is not 1998, people. Stop it.

I would be all for #16 getting retired. But let's do it while people still remember how great he was, please. Not 25 years later like Sid Abel. #5, too, obviously.

Was just reading something on the Gretzky trade in 88 from the Oilers to LA, there is a special on ESPN tomorrow night at 8 about it. At the screening, Gretzky, Pocklington and McNall were all there and were interviewed. There is a part in the Gretzky interview where he says he told Pocklington he wanted to go to Detroit or LA. His wife Janet said, "Go to Detroit. It's a hockey city". Then I got to thinking about what might have been had Gretzky been traded to Detroit. Was there an offer? What players might have been involved? We know he got 15 million (CDN) in cash plus Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, 3 first round picks, and Marty McSorley came with him to LA. Might they have shipped a young Adam Graves or Adam Oates, Gerard Gallant, cash, and 3 first rounders to LA for Gretzky? Hmmm....

I noticed several times in the game tonight when the Wings dumped it in, the first one on the puck was...Homer. Just sayin.

So if a GM is being interviewed in the off-season and someone asks them if they would like to sign "X" free agent, from now on they have to say "No Comment". Nice. If the player is a free agent and is going to hit the open market on July 1, how is that tampering? If he says "Sure, that guy would be a great fit on our team", that's tampering? Please...

Playing on #8's line might give him just a little more room since defenses watch Ovechkin so much. Just sayin'. But yes, I like them all very much.

I watched this game live and I saw the hit in real time. I thought the penalty called on the play was OK but I am really surprised that he is being fined. He was hit the first time and was kind of going down when Hordichuk hit him.

Ahh....what did we do before YouTube?