SouthernWingsFan

Yes. The person below me likes goobers.

He has 4 points in 5 games, about a point-per-game pace, and he was averaging about a point-per-game in the regular season. Hossa is doing all right.

I thought a game was warranted, but whatever. He got a major penalty and was ejected during the current game. It's a start. Baby steps, baby steps.

He has 4 points in 5 games and was about a point per game player in the regular season. 4 points in 5 games is the same thing more/less. Plus he is great defensively, hustles and backchecks well. Hossa is fine.

And I have every right to react how I want to as well and say that such reactions are ridiculous sometimes.

This isn't 2007, it's 2009. What happened in 1 series does not affect another series. Results of all series are independent of one another. The Wings are leading this series right now. Get a grip.

Yes. The person below me has yelled this morning for no apparent reason.

Why is it in here that when media outlets don't stroken the Wings egos 24-7-365 they are automatically biased against them?

Good point. Brashear's hit was much left to be desired in terms of being "clean" as well. I have no problem with physical play in the general sense, but you cannot hit high like what Brown and Brashear did. I'm assuming Brown is not a repeat offender, so at worst I would guess he'd be out a game at most (if any obviously).

I don't blame wanting to play physical hockey at all, generally speaking, but you can't hit high like that.

How do you know? Only 1 game has been played, and the Red Wings won that game. Get a grip. Sometimes you can't play due to injury.

Was there intent to injure on the hit on Hudler? Highly unlikely I think. Could Hudler have gotten his head up quicker? Possibly. Could Brown have not hit to the head? Probably so. I don't blame him for playing physical hockey whatsoever, generally speaking, but you can't hit high.

And we still don't know the extent of the injury. If Rafalski could play, he would. If Draper could play, he would. They aren't cleared to play though and it isn't up to them. Even beloved Steve Yzerman had to sit out playoff games due to injury. Sometimes you just can't play.

Don't we collect them already? Or are we talking about action figures? The person below me has rolled their tongue lately.

^ This. In today's times I'll take Rafalski over Chelios any day of the week, but from some posts in here, some of you seriously need to get a grip.

I'm not one to have conspiracy theories on the refs or blame them for Wings losses, but to say Tomas Holmstrom gets away with a lot around the crease when he's gotten some ridiculous shafts/no-goals against him is pretty laughable.

Shouldn't be all that surprising. Hockey isn't the most popular sport in the country. ESPN caters to as many people as possible in this country, plenty who follow other sports first over hockey. ESPN doesn't follow hockey as much as other sports. It's neither bad/good, it is what it is.

Yep, I'm too nice of a guy. The person below me has jumped off a tree before.

Whether you think it is legitimate or unfair with Fedorov leaving Detroit, it will probably play some role in getting his jersey "retired" or not. It'd be nice if it were just merited for on-ice contributions, but like when you are applying for a job or college, there's other stuff to consider outside of just work experience - people skills, extracurriculars, whatever. When he left the Wings, I was still in college. I didn't know much, I didn't know much about work/businesses in terms of the work world today. Fedorov was one of my faovrite players, I was pretty bitter for a while with him leaving. Granted about 5 years later I'm definitely not too much wiser, but at least I think I have the maturity to know now that people have their reasons to move on in life to a new job or career or whatever else. Those decisions are not easy ones to make. I'm in the middle of trying to figure out whether to stay at a job that's been good to me over the past 4 - 4 1/2 years or move on to try something else out. It's hard and something I'm not going to solve overnight and if/when my time is up in my current job and company, it's not going to be easy leaving. If it was Fedorov's time to move on back then from Detroit, so be it. Good for him. The departure though was not smooth, it probably could have been handled better from both sides in management. His time in Detroit wasn't always smooth. As much as I can't stand how media overdramatizes stuff, generally speaking, I find it hard to believe that they'd just make up stories about Fedorov perhaps questioning his heart or loyalty or dedication or whatever just for s**ts and giggles. All this being said, I've been well over my bitterness of Fedorov leaving because things certainly change in people's lives personally and professionally, but things definitely are not forgotten. All these things - his dominant play on the ice, him being questioned for the not so good things, the departure from the Wings, will probably play roles in the whole jersey debate thingy. It may not be completely right/fair, but again people don't forget things, BOTH the good AND the bad. If his jersey gets retired, great. Power to the people. I'll be happy for him. If not, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. A jersey retirement or not does not have to validate how damned good he was on the ice (nor his "drama" or "actions" or "stories" off of it). I wish nothing but the best for Fedorov at the end of his NHL career and whatever he wants to do after post-NHL play. Off-ice actions matter in things like this.

So somebody predicts the Wings to win a series, and there's still disdain in here directed towards this columnist for picking the Wings to win. Unbelieveable.

Indifferent, I don't watch basketball enough to have an opinion one way/another. The person below me likes blowing bubbles.

While I'm all for fans of other teams visiting this forum in a respectful manner to discuss and debate, trolling and starting s**t just for the sake of it is a no-no. Plenty in here get up in arms about fans of other teams doing it. Why do it on another site? It's a waste of time.

I have no clue what the "Elements" are, so I don't know. The person below me has yelled like a scary monster today.

Not sure why there seems to be shock and surprise over this. ESPN caters to as many people as possible for sports viewing. That means football, baseball, and basketball. They don't focus as much on hockey. It's not good, it's not bad, it's just the way it is over there. I like watching hockey, everybody in here likes watching hockey. Not everybody else or every sporting network has to as well. It can really be that simple and we can leave it at that.

Nope. The person below me has destroyed an alarm clock with a hammer before.