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Nice. I don't imagine that selling too well in the long-term but it's a nice holiday-esque kind of gimmick for the NHL playoffs like the Shamrock Shakes at McDonalds around St. Patrick's Day.

Guess who placed 2nd in Bloopers of the Year?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdaYBZJ0hwE

Babcock himself said he doesn't really yell all that much. Probably because he believes that yelling won't reach a group as filled with veterans as the Wings. Therefore he believes it won't do any good and it's a waste of energy. Not sure if I agree but I've perceived that kind of sentiment when I heard him say that.

Anybody have a replay or transcript?

So how many Rangers played with blood on their jerseys? And how much longer until the league says you can't do that anymore?

Size is important whether it's for the forwards or the dmen but it's far more important to have dmen with size as seen in these playoffs. You need dmen who can block shots and take hits. But if we're going to worry about size, then based on some of the notoriously bigger teams, size becomes a little less important when it comes to the forwards. What seems to be more important up front is a combination of good speed, work ethic and hockey sense. And yeah, you want some bulk so you throw a significant hit and take a significant hit to make a play. A lot of the guys on these teams are about 6'0 and 200 lbs. It'd be great if the Wings could get just a little bit bigger with their depth. As far as guys who are at least 6'2 and 220, the Wings have about three and that amount is nearly as much if not actually as much of an amount in comparison to the notoriously bigger teams. The Wings just have a bunch of guys who are 5'10-5'11 and 190 lbs that they perhaps need to upgrade just a little. I'm just saying that they don't have to search for a bunch of Gaustads to remain competitive in terms of size. Ideally if their main concern was getting bigger then they would acquire one Gaustad and beef up a couple of the other depth guys by one inch and ten pounds and then they'd be around the ballpark of the notoriously bigger teams. And these guys aren't too expensive. The Wings are a smaller team for sure, but it's not AS bad as one might think. I'm starting to get on board with that idea just because I'm definitely more tired of the guys who are too slow to keep up than the guys who are too small.

I'm starting to root for Worshington a little bit.

Jesus... Ovechkin and Green do give effort and mean well but man oh man... Do they have the absolute minimum of defensive awareness/positioning/anticipation for NHL players or what?

Is it safe to say that whoever wins this game will win the series?

Hmm... Parise-Datsyuk-Cleary Filppula-Zetterberg-Franzen Andersson-Jarnkrok-Nyquist Abdelkader-Helm-Mursak

The center depth in a few years might be quite awesome. Zetterberg/Datsyuk Filppula/Jarnkrok Helm/Abdelkader Andersson/Sheahan/Aubry

I bet he begins every answer with "Well..." And I also think he'll say "real good" about 50 times.

So that one commercial was pretty much a finals preview?

Has anyone questioned his ability as a motivator yet?

Which team would piss you off the most if they won the cup this year? I'm not 100% sure which one team would piss me off the most. Right now for me I'd say it's among the rather obvious handful of teams: Vancouver, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Jose and maybe St. Louis; with Vancouver as the current frontrunner by default.

Who on the team doesn't care much for political correctness? Off the top of my head, Kyle Quincey isn't afraid to keep his mouth open when it should be closed. Datsyuk should be interesting to watch, even though maybe only Wings fans can understand him. Franzen always has some candid comments every now and again. Speaking of the Swedes, I've heard from many that Swedes behave differently in front of the Swedish media; they're more candid and they often let out some minor swear words. It'd be great if the Swedes on the Wings felt that same kind of comfort for this 24/7 special.

A girl said that to me once. But I was already done. Like Chappelle once said, "I'm a speed f*****. I'm just trying to hit my best time."

Yeah I can see that but did Nyquist even throw his hat into the ring for a shot at the national team? I mean, sure, it's every kid's dream growing up in Sweden but I just wonder if he really had other plans.

Keep it up and make other teams afraid to bring in Russians so that we keep getting players like Marchenko.

Yeah I kind of forgot how NY fans and BOS fans are eerily similar to each other. I guess I was temporarily happy since BOS fans and NY fans are kind of the same animal to me.

Dude WTF is up with these penalties on LA???

New order. 1. Blues / Flyers ( Douchebags. ) 2. Devils ( I want Parise to leave. ) 3. Predators ( I don't want the team who beat my team to win it all. ) 4. Coyotes ( f*** Bettman. ) 5. Capitals 6. Kings / Rangers

What the hell is that thing on his face?

I'm not even sure how much consideration they gave to Nyquist or how much consideration Nyquist gave to playing for the WC.

I hate the Flyers and I don't want them to win but the deeper Parise goes into these playoffs, the more he might feel as if he shouldn't leave NJ.