soonboomer

What a painful game to watch. The Bolts' power play before their second goal resembled a 5 on 3 for long stretches of time........kind of reminded me of the way the Wings used to treat opponents in the not too distant past. The Wings are a physically weak team, always seem to lose the 50/50 battles, and they are no longer skilled enough to overcome that fact. It's hard to blame Datsyuk for wanting to get the hell outta there..........prospects for quick improvement look bleak. It's time for Holland to make some drastic changes, but we all know what the chances of that are. I'm sure he's still muttering to himself "We like our team".

Maybe it's been mentioned in this thread already, but Franzen's main perception problem is that he's a *****. A guy that big has to be one of the guys who makes a stand when you're getting pushed around, and Franzen's never been that guy. If Mule had a bit more Shanny in him, he'd be loved. Fact is though, when he's healthy, he's worth his salary. kitten

I've been a Redwings fan since the early '80's..........flown to Chicago, LA, Denver, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, St. Louis and of course, Detroit to watch em play. If there is no hockey this season, I'm done with the sport for good. They can all kiss my ass.

I'd take a chance on Morrow. Has kind of a Dallas Drake feel to it.

Ilitch is too old for a rebuild. Holland will pull something out of his arse.

What aspect of the game is "the best player in the world" the best at? Goal scoring? Stick handling? Passing? Captaining his team? Defending? Skating?

What a ride!!.......Hindsight is 20-20, but I remember thinking that losing 7 of our last 11 regular season games to finish 1 point behind SJ for the 2 seed might come back to bite us in the arse.........maybe it did..............game 7 at the Joe would have been a trip.

I disagree. The Sharks could be a bit fragile right now and trailing early might not sit well with them. Lets be real.........they've never won anything.

Think the first goal might be a little bit important Thursday nite?

Why, you gonna come up with another boneheaded prediction for us?

Both were clearly past their prime.

How profound!!

Really? You people are pathetic.

Did you predict the wings to win any games this year? Gotta love "fans" like you...........and I use the term "fans" loosely.

We didn't bet because I didn't want you to lose your 3 month old account name and come right back under a different one. You basically had nothing to lose. If you throw enough horse s*** against the side of a barn, some of it is likely to stick. Just like the accuracy of your insipid predictions.

I hope your predictions are as good this round as they were against the Yotes.

A few observations: 1......Why are people upset with Doan's play and comments?.........if he was a Wing and did that in a game alot of people in here would be creaming their jeans. 2......All the conspiracy theories about the refs being "anti-Wing" are bulls***. The notion that the league wants new blood in the cup is insane.......besides, the Wings aren't exactly like the Lakers going for a three peat. They haven't been overexposed. (Not to mention that they are the most popular team in the States.........so wouldn't their success be good financially for the NHL?) 3......It's time to get off Howard's ass.........from my observations the goals he's allowing, for the most part, are more due to defensive f***-ups than his playing poorly. 4.....Datsyuk might have the most skilled hands any of us have ever seen. and finally ........Grey Goose makes a great martini. Wings in 6

I thought the interference call on Helm was the correct call.

Awesome win!!!!!...........and all the gloom and doomers are wrong again. Let me guess.........the same guys will predict a coyotes win in game 3..........and if the wings win that one.........will predict a coyotes win in game 4............just so they can say "I told you so" when the Yotes do win a game. Talk about embarassing.

Another prediction by the genius.

Nice call einstein.

Wanna bet?

Unfortunately, it was the right call.

A healthy 3 seed is much better than a beat up 2 seed. Chill out.