Jake Ryan

I cringed when he said that, too! Needzees and Getzy probably room together on the road.

TOUCHE! Well done.

Anybody else getting the feeling that a MAN named Jonathan Ericsson is going to lengthen the career of Nick Lidstrom?

Yah, you're right. His jaw is smashed.

20 bucks says Wisnewski's jaw is broken.

Holmstrom / Paquiao.

I'm telling you, if the Wings don't get back into this fast, they need to run Hiller AT LEAST once this game. They need to show some BALLS. The REFEREES have decided to keep the penalties even, no matter how the play goes on the ice. So now it's time to do what the Ducks are doing. Play like ASSHOLES. Do it Babcock. Or enjoy the golf.

Anybody noticing Lidstrom and Ericsson completely OWNING the Getzlaf line's cycling ability? I like this. I had the feeling that Getzlaf or Ryan was about to score at any time in games 1 and 2. Not even close to the same feeling this game.

Why is Holmstrom getting a FREE PASS with all of this line juggling and finger pointing. To me, this guy is one of the reasons that Datsyuk and Hossa are having a hard time. He's slow, and he really isn't asserting any type of real physical presence out there. Get Helm up and get Holmstrom down. Give Homer his power play time, and not 5-5 time.

I agree. For the life of me, I can't figure out why HELM isn't playing with DATSYUK and HOSSA. Holmstrom is NOT Franzen. His 5 on 5 value is extremely small. The guy has a roll on the PP, but please, get Holmstrom down on the 4th line where he belongs and give Hossa and Datsyuk some much needed speed.

I can't believe babcock didn't make a change for Chelios. That boggles my mind. What a waste of a roster spot.

Wings were flat that period. Let's hope they pull it together and we see a DIFFERENT team in the last 2 periods. It's 1-0. Not 5-0.

I AGREE!! I was thinking the same exact thing. He's not half a step behind. He's a FULL step behind.

NOTE TO HOSSA - 40 foot wrist shots to Hiller's glove will NEVER work. NEVER. PLEASE STOP SHOOTING WRIST SHOTS INTO HIS CHEST AND GLOVE. PLEASE. Try SLAP shots to his blocker side and see what happens.

You're going to be happy when I tell you that I just gave you another hour of life!

Mistake #2 for Chelios. Come on, Chris. The roids can only carry you so far.

I see what you are saying. And believe me, I like her enthusiasm for the team. I just think that going to their hotel to take pictures of them after there plans get leaked is out of line. I think this is an invasion of privacy.

Listen to you! The irony here is sickening! Do I HAVE to like paparazzi? I never knew that I had to like paparazzi. I thought I was entitled to MY OWN opinion. Maybe not. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paparazzo Is there anything that this poster did that doesn't fit into that definition? NO. Simply, she is a paparazzo. I'm not saying she's a bad person. I'm not trying to tell her how to live her life. I'm simply saying that doing what she did goes beyond ardent fan and into another category. That's all. Agreed?

Yah, pretty weak trash talk, but that's cool. I'd rather it be light from Pavel. His stickwork does all the talking he needs.

Yah, look at the pictures and see all the other red wings fans. It's like a parade out there in that public area, I tell ya. I'm allowed to have my opinion, right? OR do I have to go along with all the other posters and say "Great job, girl. Bikinis and cameras. Way to go, girl. Great shots." The Wings are cool guys and put up with it. That's great of them. I'd be more than willing to bet that they weren't overexcited about it, though. Datsyuk's house is probably on a public street, too. But if we go to his house and take pictures of him kicking a soccer ball in his front yard to his friend, you think he's going to like that? No. Neither would you. The players offer the fans plenty of other times to get in photo opportunities and get in autograph sessions, etc. To follow them to their lodgings and disrupt them with fan stuff is out of line. Maybe not to you. But to me, it's over the top.

Getzlaf - Freddy Mercury. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!! Great call!

Jealous? Of what? I've met all these guys. But I didn't have to follow them to their hotel rooms where they were enjoying their PRIVACY to do it. Go to Traverse City in September, and all these guys are happy to joke around with everybody there. There is a little thing that most of us live with in this world called "demeanor". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demeanor Some of us have proper demeanor and allow others their space, time off from their work, and privacy. Some of us don't. The players hold special media days, fan days, and other events that are designed to allow the fans of the team get in tight with the players. To go to this level to get beyond that barrier is a bit crass, in my opinion. to the Wings hotel room crashers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3atOIUzMb0

He called Chris Pronger a "тунец" in game 2, which translates roughly into "fat fish". Then he called Neidermayer "борода дедушка", which translates roughly into "bluehair". So yah, Pavel mixes in a little trash talking during the contests.

Gee, what do you think that reason is? Hint: It starts with a pav, ends with a syuk, and has an eldat in the middle!