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13 shots thats all they have and i know Dom would like two of those back. I think he comes up big for us in the 3rd, hopefully we win this and come back to Detroit with the opportunity to close this out

I'd rather punch getzlaf

i hate intermissions

alright get this powerplay going

keep it up boys their d is starting to look slow and tired

Cleary almost a hat trick

What a save, great move by flip

last two calls against both teams have been weak, but I'll take the goal

How about Lilja and not because he scores but because he will prevent scoring. I'll go with 6 hits, 3 blocked shots, Wings kill their penalties with the help of Lils, and he even picks up a short handed assist If not Lils then Lids because as previously mentioned he is Lidstrom Defense is the key tonight

aarond, I'm with you Yzerman played as well as anyone in that series. For some reason there is just a different feel to this team. Last year other guys on the team just seemed to skate as if the Wings were going to be handed wins in the playoffs, this year they are going and getting the wins. Everytime this year when we needed someone to step up someone has. since 02 we have not had that in the playoffs. When we needed a goal against Edmonton we didn't get it, when we needed a save we didn't get it. This years team has that hunger whether it is Flip digging a puck out of traffic to free Lang at the end of the game, Franzen scoring in OT, Lilja killing penalties, or Hasek standing on his head, This team is making plays. I am not sure if Stevie and Shanny leaving had anything to do with it because for the most part a lot of these guys that are stepping up were with us last year. It just may have taken the previous two early round exits for these younger guys to realize what it takes in the playoffs. Imagine if these guys played like this in the first round last year

I do agree that I am enjoying this postseason run much more than the previous runs of 98 & 02 because every one of my hockey friends have been picking against the Wings and it feels good being an underdog for once (even though we finish 1st in the West). Every other year people would pick the Wings and then rub it in my face when they lost. This year every picked the Flames, then the Sharks, and now the Ducks. Also people in St. Louis still love Pronger so they root for him. Just exceeding our expectations has been fullfilling as a diehard Wings fan living in enemy territory. I have a job as a personal banker and I wore my Lidstrom jersey to work and people thought he was an old Cardinals player, one person even asked if it was supposed to be a Pujols jersey

What about goaltending? Does anyone think that we would be in the position we are if we still had Legace? If Hasek would have stayed on the team after 2002 would we have lost early in the playoffs? The year after we won the Ducks beat us in one goal games, then the Flames beat us is a couple more one goal games, and Edmonton beat us in game 6 when we went into the third period with the lead. Would Hasek the way he has played make a difference? I don't think that Yzerman or Shananhan kept our team back, but if we would have had a goalie to steal us a game or two a series then it would have been different. Yzerman and Zetterberg were the two best players against Edmonton last year. Cleary should have had more ice time, but that's more of a coaching mistake. It was a good article, but no mention of goaltending in the playoffs bothers me

Man crushes go in the following order 1. Steve Yzerman, even if he's not playing do not care..... Greatest Hockey player of all time 2. Nick Lidstrom................ greatest defensemen to ever play the game 3. Hank Zetterberg, this guy is freaking awesome 4. Andreas Lilja, based solely on the fact that his nickname is "The Pain Train" 5. Franzen, takes a goal stick to the chest from the Flames then eliminates them people will move in and out of the bottom two spots, but they will have to impress honorable mention Chelios Dats Cleary

Muck Felrose

I really hope that the rest of the games are close from here on out. I doubt that 5-0 wins helps the NHL marketing department, no matter which way it goes. Here's to the rest of the series being more like games 1 & 2.

I would love to hear some insight from ducks fans after game three. This series is still far from over. Lots of hockey yet to be played. Remember the Wings were down 2-1 last round

I am also impress with Ottawa, so I would love to see our team match up for a 7 game series with the Sens. But as usual we still have to finish off a very good Ducks team so I don't want to get to far ahead of myself. LET'S GO RED WINGS

no one cares about hockey in Anahiem, It's not like Edmonton, Detroit, Toronto, etc. where hockey players are treated like kings. So I don't think Pronger will have that many opportunities to cheat on his wife

Let the Pain Train forecheck for the third period and give Pronger the business

GO HOLMSTROM............. GETCHA SELF SOME PRONGER. back for the 3rd, what a hockey player

I just sent an email to Bettman asking that the NHL reviews the play, I don't even care if the email address is real or not. In fact I'm kind of impressed someone even had it

and i hope he gets hit by a bus. Seems a little extreme, how about he falls off a cliff or a high rise building

I just hope the league reviews the play and make an unbiased decision that leads to a suspension for Pronger

I just hope Holmstrom is alright. He looks like the key to our teams success. One of the bigger reasons we made it by the Sharks. Puck Fronger

This just looked all kinds of dirty, both Pronger and Nieds went up high along the boards. I hope to God Holmstrom is alright. This seemed to be much of the frustration in the game coming out on our best player so far this game. I hate me some Pronger