beachwing

I hate when Howie gives up a break away cus he gets harpooned here on the boards.

Pav is making rest of our team look silly

Helmer should have 500 career goals.

Capacity crowd tonight:)

The Yoots

I cant begin to imagine the pressure that guys like Pavs/Ovi/Maulkin must be carrying w/ them about Sochi.

Gladyl take a point out if this mess!

The confidence and arrogance the kids have is fun too see. No backing down. Earlier this year when smith got his head beat in but wAs still chirping in the box.

The pk is like a 5 on 3

Z is just plain amazing.

Even though games like this really show our flaws...they are fun a hell to watch.

Helm is fast

Still have no clue what Tootoo did to get in Babcocks s***house besides exactly what they signed him for. Some point to a couple staged fights....big ******* deal, who does it hurt to box at the the opening bell with willing combatant and it happened twice and then he played hockey. Sure he hit behind the play a few times. Probably out of boredeom and frustration from getting 2 minutes of ice a game. Probably just wanted to do something to feel like part of the team and just like the staged fights, the hits happened rarely that put he and team in bad position and Tootoos mistakes were generally done 100mph. Plenty of Wings do far worse and still earn pats on the back and more ice time. Im happy he's is on ice every night for Griffs contributing...seems to be having a lot of fun down there as well and the fans and teammates love him. Sucks he was deemed not worthy of getting ice time with Wings but im happy he's playing pro hockey and cashing big checks from Detroit payroll, he deserves every cent! 35 years being a Wing fan, and I'm sure why but the Tootoo thing has saddened and frustrated me more than I can recall anything else. I felt very similar about Modano as well. I guess i just really feel both guys seemed so genuinely excited to come to Detroit and be a ******* Redwing. Both could have flourished here and really help out the Wings but never got a fair shake by no fault of their own. Its a tough bizness.

Imagine having a headache for 3 weeks then you wake up day 22 and its gone and you feel great. Unfortunately the 'great' feeling is in comparison to the last s***ty 3 weeks of headaches... Doesnt mean Mule was good to go, just feeling relief and much better. But, when all the tests look good and the patient is happy, feeling 'great' and looking like their normal self it must be very hard for a dr to see any reason to hold you from going back to work or the ice. This head trama stuff is very tricky and the athletes need to be just as accountable as the med staff. Im guessing the majority of former or current athletes on this forum lied to a coach/dr/Trainer to get back in the game.

I typically dont rag on our guys and never being a NHL goalie makes my opinion fleeting but my god Gus comes out of the net to center ice sometimes.

Loved that shift wen Tatar had the puck and made the panthers look like little ceasars mighty mights. That high stick turned him green, Doc Bruce Banner belted by gamma rays turned into the hulk. Dont make Tats angry, you wouldnt like him when he's angry.

Abby with the Crane-kick screen.

3 goals in a game....mark it dude!

We are the Stanley Cup Champions of missing the ******* net!!!!

Geesus I really dont want to see that fairy leg kick be the winner.

The reaction on this forum after Q's goal is priceless!!! If i wasnt a Wings fan I would have figured I was on a Hawks board:)

Once the Wings get up by 3 i hope Someone breaks shaws nose with their fists!

Put Tootoo on 1st or 2nd line. After he grabs you 35pts and wreaks havoc with his energy Babs could easily move him for someone that could get you 30-35pts, hit, grind, protect, fight(if needed) and energize teammates and crowd....oh wait!

I can speak from personal experience as I own and operate a personal training/sports performance biz here in Florida. Training has become so specialized that most players have their own trainers in off season and the training they do may contrast deeply from the Wings protocol. So basically you train all off season a certain way with your trainer then, as soon as camp starts you train a different way. You can see how this may create some problems. Trainers can be obsessive dictators(my way is best) about their philosophies and have a hard time leaving their ego at the door. Unfortunately its all about them and not their client. You can see how this would not be a good for an athlete as well. Lots of athletes unknowingly trust people they shouldnt and trainers can be those people. Example: I caught some video of Z training off season one summer and in all honesty I didnt like what I saw and cpuldnt beleive his trainers had him doing it. If any of you saw it, you probably freaked out too. Its no suprise that there was a video of it too. Trainers showing off their prized stud for more biz...look at me and who I train! Now, Im not training NHL players BUT we work with lots of D1 athletes and aspiring college athletes and The rule is simple...Risk to Reward...and I see far too much risk being taken with athletes training on all levels that are not worth the reward. Im sure all of you have pulled up youtube training vids of pro athletes and they might as well have been training to be in cirque du soleil. If memory serves, Helm f***ed his back up doing a squat! A SQUAT!!!! Was it a freak thing? An unlucky break? Was he ******* around? Was there a trainer there pushing too hard? Was there a traine? Was helm supposed to be squatting? Lots of questions for sure, if he did indeed mess his back up squatting. Only thing worse than s***ty unsafe training is OVER training which most people had no idea exhisted. Its truly amazing that pro athletes can perform the way they do day after day without suffucient recovery time. Add in a soft tissue injury and its a borderline miracle they come back as fast as they do. This is speculative but if the Wings currently are not, I think they need all need to all be on same page year round with their players. Lot of $$$ invested to be letting dudes choose their own workouts and end up crossfitting with a junior high cross country team trying to out Pr each other. Lots of bad luck for sure but, I expect some changes will Be made this summer.

We miss a ton of nets.