kipwinger

Is anyone else as pumped as I am today? I mean, seriously pumped? A lot of good games the last two days and now...finally...it's our turn! Anybody see that St. Louis win last night. How can you not love playoff hockey? Tonight can't come fast enough.

And when the series is over...Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser" for our friends in Beantown.

I like Legwand and all, but nobody on this team deserves more than Alfie...except maybe Bert. I've secretly always wished to see Todd Bertuzzi get handed the Stanley Cup.

Who the hell said Franzen should play with Datsyuk? Not me. Franzen-Legwand-Nyquist and Alfie-Dats-Abby. It's that simple. Edit: Not Andy but rather Abby with Datsyuk. Edited to reflect the change.

Are you predicating this statement on what you wish would happen or what actually happens in reality? Nyquist does not produce on Datsyuk's wing. Putting him there is a waste, no matter how much of boner it gives everyone. To beat Boston we need production, proven production. This is not the time to try and develop chemistry or teach guys how to play with new linemates.

Iggy Pop and the Stooges: "Search and Destroy" or "Gimme Danger".

Don't worry about it. I spoke with Tomas Tatar today and he assured me that while he has every intention of listening to loud music, getting smashed, and chasing tail all night; it absolutely will not hinder his ability to score two goals (including the game winner) tomorrow night. It was more than a guarantee...he said it was basically science. Tatar + (booze x women x dancing) = Playoff success. Or something of the like.

I agree, the first two periods were absolutely punishing and the only penalties where for s*** like interference and the like. That tells me the rough stuff is ok, just don't obstruct. I can live with that. Shout out to my boy Brandon Dubinsky who apparently loves the s*** out of cross checking Sidney.

There's no way that you can believe that anybody would realistically use Anthony Mantha as a starting piece for Matt Greene. Furthermore, that's only the second craziest thing in your post. The first is your insinuation both that Gary Bettman somehow has something to do with the prices other GMs ask from Ken Holland on the trade market and that he ought to be doing something about it rather than "allowing this ass raping to go on".

Whelp. Missed opportunity there for Columbus. Really wanted them to win that too. They started out great, but looked like they were skating in glue by the third.

Ryan Johansen is a ******* beast. I want, I want.

Yeesh 3-3 after 2:30 minutes into the second

1-1 2-1 BJs

At this rate, even if the Pens win they'll be mush for round two. The BJ's are punishing.

BJ's 1-0

Columbus hits everything that moves.

I don't currently have a Free Press alter ego. Apparently I need one. I created The Glistening to torture a good friend of mine who writes for Mlive. He finally caught on but it's just too much fun. But I've got St. James firmly in my sights now.

Bugsy's is the best bet, I watch a lot of games there and can always find a good tv and a place to sit on a friday night. But RFD in Chinatown plays all the games as well. Outside of those two, I don't really watch games anywhere else.

What's the over/under if we play Pittsburgh and Neal's in the lineup?

Well, as my friend The Glistening would say. That guy needs to "get rill".

I've been thinking about that all day. I hope to god Jimmy has another gear to shift into. Last year's playoff Jimmy would be nice.

If you like that you might want to check out the comments section on the article below. It's getting out of hand. http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2014/04/mlivecoms_ansar_khan_brendan_s.html

Ansar Khan and Brenden Savage both picked Boston. I'm currently making them rue the day by utilizing the comments of my arrogantly ignorant Mlive character "TheGlistening" to baffle, confuse, and idiotically insult them. In past exchanges I've accused them of being the "liberal media" for reporting Red Wings loses, as well as attempted to arrange a Khan v. Albom celebrity boxing match for a charity of TheGlistening's choice. In that case it was a fundraiser to support my character's made up dance troupe "The Tri-City Manikins" located in Saginaw, MI. Don't ever be a Michigan sports writer and pick the opposition on my watch.

I still don't get why Babs wants Nyquist and Datsyuk together so bad. You're putting your two most dynamic scorers on the same line against one of the better shutdown lines in hockey. Pair this with the fact that they don't play particularly well together and it just doesn't make sense.

Personally I think that Dats, Abby, Alfie could play the Bergeron line even. I also think the Kid Line would give the Krejci line fits because of it's speed and because Sheahan and Jurco are the biggest and strongest options we've got to play against Lucic and Iginla. If we could get a wash out of those two and free up a Franzen, Legwand, Nyquist line to play against their third line, I think we could beat them. And it goes without saying that Miller, Helm, and Glendening would eat their fourth line alive/provide for defensive relief with defensive zone starts for the kids/augmenting the Kindl-Lashoff pairing. Your thoughts?