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Abs is sick right now.

He came here to learn from the best. And if he resigns, he'll do just that and he'll be better.

There are way more teams that could become a contender. The fact that the rematch happened this year was astonishing. I doubt it will happen again. Though, I'd love another shot at them. I hate how it feels like the Pens' cup kinda negated ours because they got "revenge." I feel awful about it.

As far as I'm concerned, Holland is planning on keeping the nucleus in tact, which he has done, and recycling the mid-tier guys. So as far as Hudler and Sammuelson are concerned, they are good depth players, but they are replaceable. We let them walk and develop new players that can fill in their space. Helmer and company come in there. If one of them proves to be irreplaceable, then we add them to the nucleus. But this is just how it's gonna work. The real question right now is if we want to add Hossa to the nucleus with a hefty contract, because I have no regrets letting these mid-tier guys walk. We have the players that can step into their roles. I'm leaning toward keeping Hossa. I feel like it was his first year in a winning organization and he has more growth to do. I think if we can help him mature into a playoff performer, then we will have gotten a good bargain for signing him when he wasn't a playoff contender. He'll need to take a hell of a discount though.

What's gonna kill me is that the media will make it feel like the Penguins negated our cup last year, that they got "revenge." It's gonna be awful.

There was actually absolutely no space for him to shoot. If you look at it again, Fleury positions himself perfectly and makes himself huge in the net. What was once open, is immediately shut down. I knew it wasn't a goal as I watched him slide into position. But the beginning of the play looked just like the game 1 winner against the Ducks, so I was excited. Then I was broken. Edit: especially if you look at the in-the-net cam. At first you see a bunch of space and Lidstrom skating in. And then Fleury takes up the whole screen. There's no space.

No one ever denies he's an incredible player. So we'd welcome him on our team and support him. Thought, he would admittedly remain a ***** and a crybaby.

I just can't see that slightly mustached kid get his grubby hands all over that cup. And if we do win, I will be SOOO disappointed if they give the Conn Smythe to said grubby kid. Right now, losing is not an option to me. We'll cross the bridge of what I'm gonna do when we get there I suppose.

You're crazy if you're not watching it. The whole point of being a fan is to go on the ride through every type of terrain. A game seven finals is new for fans of our generation. Don't you want to be there to go through it with your team?!?

He can't run around okie-dokin' everyone like the regular season, people. He's still busting his ass. It may not be the best hockey he's played, but I'm still glad he's on this team. He just needs to get over himself a little and carry the puck to the net instead doing spin moves and shooting wide. He gets fired up sometimes, I don't know what the deal is. Some days he really brings it. I still support Hossa.

It's not the most valuable player of the best team, just the most valuable player. And that can easily be from the opposite team. It's just a matter of how spread apart your talent is. If one guy is pulling a lot of weight, he should be given consideration. I highly doubt though, that they'd give it to the opposite team unless it was a real grueling 7 game series in the final or something. My fear is that they'll give it to Crosby or Malkin this year. I don't want their s*** anywhere near those trophies.

I'm soooo in, dude. Let's take over the joint...

I really think Dats' foot is broken guys. Something is up if the swelling still hasn't gone down... We need to keep up the pace though. Let's go Red Wings!! I predict further frustration and hissy fits from Malkin, and hopefully a few tears will be shed by Crosby as well.

Here's some arithmetic for ya: 71 + 40 = 0, and we got the depth to score otherwise. Just a little boy letting out his frustrations.

Thunder thighs. Haha. They call him Speedy on the team. I like Helmer.

I hope we can sign Helmer to nice lengthy contract... so he ends up playing for a while for cheap... kinda like how Z is playing right now for 2.6 mil and Franzen for .9 mil. Haha. What a steal. I got a text after that breakaway goal against Chicago: "Darren Helm has two speeds. Fast, and WARP SPEED!!" Haha, I love watching this guy take off.

The time to reclaim our silvery chalice has come ONCE AGAIN!! We must retain what is rightfully ours. Red Wings fans everywhere, no matter where you are, let's show the hockey world that we can take it up another notch. Let's redefine what it means to be a fan tonight. Cheer louder, more often, and unrelentingly. The cup is ours!!

Helmer deserved that one more than anyone. That boy busts ass. Such a good day.

Anyone got a good picture of Helm right after he stuffed it?? PM me a link if you do... His body just collapsed in happiness and rejoicing of hard work paid off. Wow.

Let's go Wings!! It's gonna be my birthday too. I'll see if I can pull some strings for us with the powers invested in these things (you're not supposed to tell anyone what you wish for!!).

Everyone over in Chicago is losing their cool, huh? Any paying for it too.

Let's not feed the fire folks. Just let things like this die, sad and alone. Instead of bringing attention to it.

We all know this Versus deal is a debacle. I try to get my friends into the sport and I finally convince them to check out a game, but then they report back telling me it's not on their TVs. Makes the sport look like a joke. The finals are almost here, and it's pretty much all I can talk about, and I come off as the random dude who is following some obscure sport that's not even on TV.

When he scores, I yodle "JoooooohaaaAAAAAAaaaan" and then scream "THE MUUUULE!! THE F**KING MUULE!!!" Hey, it's been working for me. You keep on doin' what you're doing.

Brilliant.