toledojames

I really hope Larsson sees some action in net. Really anxious to see how he does. Still pretty unsure about Howard backing up Osgood all year.

obviously its going to come down to hank and ozzie for us.... but for some reason i have a sick feeling in my stomach that malkin will walk away mvp.... i hope its just that mexican food i had yesterday though..

Believe it or not I did expect it to be quite intense, just not hostile. Dont remember saying i thought id be walking into a lovefest. Didnt trash talk, i made a true statement about the meaning of a last name, not in a taunting manner whatsoever. I havent based my perception of pens fans on that group at game 6 last year. I said hundreds of pens fans showed their true colors. Thats exactly what happened. I didnt say every single pittsburgh penguins fan showed me true colors....just hundreds of them. Not all of them were intoxicated either.

I went to pittsburgh for game 6 last year knowing i would be sitting outside on the lawn watching the big screen. Didn't think too much of it other than I wanted to be in pittsburgh when the wings won. Other than the Wings winning, it was one of the worst experiences ive ever had. I still have a small scar under my eye from being hit with something. My fiance, her cousin and I werent taunting their fans or anything of that nature. We ended up sitting in the middle of around 3,000 pens fans with 3 other wings fans. it was horrible. from the moment we walked up we were getting harassed. Throughout the game wether we scored or they did the taunts were endless. At times you almost felt like your life was in danger, seriously. People threw all types of things at us. Gatorade bottles, empty and full. Pennies nickels dimes... Boxes of crackers? After we won and the lawn was filing out someone threw a lawn chair. I had my black practice jersey ruined from getting something thrown at me which stained the white part. People tried fighting us constantly once the game was over. In the end we won and that's what mattered to me. We remained classy wings fans while hundreds of pens fans showed their true colors. I'd say go even if your sitting on the lawn, it's an experience i'll never forget and I really do think we'll win in pittsburgh again. Oh and the only thing i remember saying back to the pens fans, after nonstop ozzie bashing i said something along the lines of "how many cups does he have, he'll probably win another tonight, and your goalies name means flower." after that last part no one said anything. kinda funny.... if your going, enjoy and be careful. and dont sit in the middle, youll be surrounded and too far from the police if you need them haha

i followed Steve Shield's career from the minors all the way through his NHL career and the 5(?) different teams he played for....that guy could fight. I remember him getting into a couple good battles with Garth Snow.

getting ready to head to Columbus with a buddy of mine. His brother is a jackets fan and got us tickets 8 rows from the ice. I'm gonna use tonight to scope out the arena in preperation for thursdays game. Just bought a nice 4 pound octopus. The plan is to use my standing room ticket for game4 to launch it onto the ice after the national anthem. since i surely will be thrown out ill be heading back in with my other ticket to join my fiance in our seats 4 rows behind the wings bench. And plans have definetly been made for photos and possibly video.....

I've been on this board every day for almost 2 years and thought with this topic it was time to register. I'm heading to Columbus for games 3 and 4. Just wanted to let everyone know that I WILL BE THROWING AN OCTOPUS. Wings fan for life and I cannot wait to carry on the tradition in Columbus. I've got 2 tickets just like the guy in pittsburgh last year. You heard it here, look for it, it will happen.