Pavrik Zettersyuk

The penalty is a technicality it doesn't matter where they are. If San Jose has posession and is making forward progress with the puck, and there's more than 6 (including goalie) guys on the ice, it's a penalty.

I was feeling like s*** and starting to think about next season. Now I realize that's a ****** bag thing to do, 'cause our season isn't over. We have at least 1 game left, let's stop crying and support our f***in' team.

Lets leave that shinannigans in last off season as water under the bridge, welcome back Huds.

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=15&id=67962&navid=DL|NHL|home His speechless postgame interview screams one thing to me. 'How could the Habs beat us?' With that attitude, the question answers itself. I don't have anything else to say, I'm just curious if anyone else noticed it, and if they agree or disagree about the message being sent unintentionally by Ovi.

The internet is for porn.

I wasn't 100% in my notion that his silence was a reaction to getting beat by the Habs, rather than just getting beat. But I leaned that way naturally because I don't know if I've ever seen anyone act like this after a first round exit, or if I've seen him act like this. The silence made him seem not just upset, but stunned. Stunned by who beat them. Normally in post game interviews after games this important, you see players a little more quick to give their opponent credit (although he did credit Halak), and at least a little more talkative (Doan after getting beat in 7 for example, and he didn't even get to play). All in all, I don't want to think of Ovie as one of the arrogant super stars (Roy), and this interview doesn't come close to proving that he is, it just sparked my curiosity, and perhaps I read a little too much into it. Thanks for your thoughts on the matter. As far as coaching goes, I agree Bruce doesn't belong in the dressing room of any team. Almost anybody can get a team with the Caps skill into the playoffs, but just look at what structure did to the 'Yotes who are maybe half as offensively gifted as the Caps. Add structure to Washington and you got a team I never want to face in the finals. I could see the look on Bruce's face while still on the bench after the game 7 loss. I've never seen a coach show that much emotion with just one exspession.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5dY0bzock Found it on Youtube from another camera's point of view but it's the same interview.

Pizza doesn't sound bad tomorrow. It's the most food I can get for my money anyway, I think. Although I'll say the quality is hit or miss at the Little Caesars in my town, don't know about elsewhere.

Sounds like typical Red Wing hate; a ton of jealousy. You even specify the city of Detroit, not just the organization of the Wings and their fans. No one would hate an entire city if there's no bitterness and a green eyed monster (psst, that's envy).

This response sounds bitter.

People get bitter over success.

I think it's some of what you said, but mostly I think it's mental. I don't think I know any more than you, but my opinion is that when the Wings play like they did yesterday, they prepared and they executed and were probably just excited to be in a game 7. I'm sure anyone knows that when you're mentally drained it's almost worse than being physically drained, and the Wings were full of mental energy last night that allowed them to execute the play at lightning fast speed and precision.

I enjoyed that as well. Contrast to that is Fiddler's post game, who broke it down to a few bounces not going their way. I just wasn't sure what game he played in, 'cause it clearly wasn't the one I watched. All 3 of the Wings wins in this series before game 7, I could say, the 'Yotes played well enough to give themselves a chance to win, but this game 7 is something else. There's NO WAY with just how well the Wings played and how well the 'Yotes didn't play, that they had any chance to win. When you're goaltender is standing on his head, and is your best player in the game, and you still lose 6 to 1, you're doing something wrong, and the other team is doing something right. Full respect to the 'Yotes and their season, but it just bugged me a little to hear Fiddler underscore what the Wings accomplished in this game 7. But I'm not too irrated by it, it's still one of the best games I've ever seen and I'm still excited about it.

The lines are good as they are I think. The Hank, Flip and Bert line is firing on all cillinders, but even with Hank there it's not first line material. So unless Babs breaks up this killer 2nd line, the matchup will have to be Pav > Thornton, which is fine, Pav is the 2 time Selke winner afterall. It works out anyway, Hank matching up against a similiarly hot second line is something to be optimistic about, with his shutdown and offensive ability. 3rd and 4th lines just need to keep doin' what they're doin', they're beautiful.

I think the Sharks are more prone to sloppiness in the playoffs, particularly Nabakov. Although he was good in his final 2 games of the series, I'm not going to underestimate his ability to drop the ball. I agree that the Wings will get into big trouble if they tempt fate early like they did against the 'Yotes, but it's hard to imagine the Wings flubbing a few games, meanwhile the Sharks remain perfect playoff role models. Wouldn't that be the day?

I'll take anyone over Emerick, or that one guy from VS... I don't know his damn name, because he sucks, and his voice is more annoying than Emerick's. Gotta say I like Keating, but I like Redmond better, even if he's always talkin' about composites and wooden sticks, and what old time hockey was like. He's honest, and doesn't seem to have a TV persona, he's just his humble self and analyzes everything how it is, without his bias for the Wings getting in the way of giving either team credit or lack-there-of.

Agree with this. 1. Hank 2. Flip 3. Howie

My friend asked me who I thought would lead the Wings in playoff points this season as soon we clinched 8th spot. I picked Hank, he picked Mule. Mule is an obvious choice and I hope he catches up to Hank (on acount of Mule speeding up, not Hank slowing down), but Hank can do no wrong this time of year.

Did anyone notice a 'Yotes fan throw a beer bottle onto the ice during live play in the 3rd period? At least I think it was the 3rd. Hope he's having fun in jail.

I was just about to make a topic about this. Yeah, if Montreal upsets Washington, I think the Pens would make it back to the finals. Especially since that would make their second round opponent the Habs, who although they stand poised to upset the Caps, I honestly don't think they could do it to the Pens. Our best chance of seeing the Pens golfing early, is them facing the Flyers in the Conference Finals. How would we feel about the Flyers if the Wings made it to their 3rd cup finals in a row? I personally feel like the Wings can take on any opponent, but obviously that doesn't guaruntee them a win (last years game 7 wound hasn't healed). I just would hate to see the Pens in the finals, poised to repeat a year after the Wings couldn't get it done. You know we'd never hear the end of it as fans, if this nightmare transpired.

I hate these stats, and I don't like when they're brought up. Ken Daniels has a habbit of bringing the opposing teams stats up when it comes to this stuff. 'X team hasn't scored on the PP in 10 games.' Low and behold, they score on the Wings PK. Anyone remember that goalie that hadn't gotten an NHL win in, like, 13 tries or something? Ken Daniels was mentioning it about every 2 minutes. What do you know? The goalie gets a win. That may seem like bringing up this stat for our team will reverse the tide of our bad luck in road game 7's, but we can't reverse jinx our own team. Either way, it's ancient history. Tell anyone of the Red Wings that they won't win because of history and they'll punch you in the face, if they had less class.

I hope William's was watching Abby last night. That's how playoff hockey is done.

They've got one for Vladdy now And one for Drake

Nabakov was terrible.