KingBobCat

Always good when we score first!

Did you see that Chicago non-goal (in the 3rd) clang off both pipes? Haha! Life is good tonight, huh?!

I have to say that I don't believe that Holland has suddenly gotten stupid ... He's had a hand in building some pretty good teams for us. I do hate that a lot of our higher paid players didn't step up this year (especially in the playoffs) ... Our consistency has been pretty darn terrible! But this isn't just a 2016 problem, I don't think anyone would disagree that we've been in a steady state of decline over the last few years. And I think there's plenty of blame to go around for that. That being said, while Holland has a lot of responsibility for WHO we have, Blashill has responsibility for WHAT we're doing with it. And I think a good share of this year's failure falls back on coaching decisions and player inconsistency (and you could argue that "preparedness" and "motivation" are a coach's responsibility). When we've had good games, you can see the potential that we have as a team. It just never seemed like we were constantly clicking on all cylinders this year. Am I alone in thinking that yeah, I wish we had some "better" players, but that some of the players we do have simply didn't show up some nights? I will say that in years past, win or lose, I liked the players on our team so much, I would've hated to see almost any of them traded. This year, not so much... I'm just anxious for some positive change.

Just got home from a business trip and just saw the final score. Heartbreaking way to lose, but almost appropriate for this year. The Wings have been under-performing all year long... It should never have come down to stuff like needing other teams to lose to get in the playoffs (they've blown so many games they should've won this year, it isn't even funny) or losing a key game because of one goalie mistake... If they'd scored some freaking goals tonight, one mistake wouldn't have ended their season. But that's been their sad story all year.... Heck they're won ONE game in the last seven (arguably) "must win/critical" games to close this year out (since Philly).... All I know is that there has to be a big shakeup in the off-season ... This team needs a retread.... All I can say is ...... Go Tigers!

I'm very disappointed the way things have turned out with Blashill this year. Maybe that's somewhat on me, but man... It seems like they built him up to be something potentially even better than Babcock. Current disappointment aside, maybe the real test for his abilities is in the next year or two. Cooler heads would likely argue that... In the meantime, as much as I would love to see the Wings win the cup every year, realistically, this is/was not likely going to be their year anyway... Not with the team we have.

Simple math.... You don't always win when you score 2 goals a game...

One down, three to go!!!

Great, great game!!!!!!

Good to get out of the period w/ the 2 goal lead....

That was dumb penalty, Z!

Talk about desperate to take this goal off the boards!!

That shooould be a goal....

Which Wings team will come out for the second period? Or the third?

Part of the problem with us trying unload these underperforming players is that we (the Wings fans) are not the only ones around that see that they're underperforming.....

Once again, the sad trumpet plays for our beloved Red Wings this year. Why is it that Tampa Bay has all of these monster-sized guys shoving our guys around and we really have no one to answer the bell for us? Plus we have leaky defense/goaltending and no one can score a goal when we need one. It's a freaking mess! We need some personnel changes man.........

Thanks, Marcaractac...

Did I hear Ozzie say on the post game that if the Islanders win-out that they could slip in to the Wing's spot? Does that mean we might not play Tampa?

Just glad we're in... Embarrassed how we did it, but glad we did....

You gotta wonder if the Wings know that Ottawa is up 4-1.... Hope not....

Ottawa just tied it...

That period was an absolute joke.....

The Wings have been disappointing this year, but this game absolutely takes the cake.....

How can we look so bad today, so soon after looking so good yesterday?!?!

So, sorry if I missed this.... Assuming we lose this game... Do we still get in with our ROW if we beat NY but Boston also beats Ottawa? And what if we both lose? Then what?