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Notice that after his goal he seemed to exude a bit more confidence out there. He just looked like he had a bit of a monkey lifted off his shoulders today...A game like today where he was really down on himself and then felt the euphoria of netting the game winner can do wonders for his mental state and help mold him into the player everyone was touting him to be over last summer... You MUST lose to learn to win. You learn by mistakes and only get better. If people weren't meant to make mistakes, God would not have created erasers. You may go through your first couple of pencils quickly, but with every mistake erased and life's lessons learned, eventually the eraser last longer and longer and longer...until finally you have the experience and the confidence to use a pen!

Whoa, easy man....without going back through the pages of this thread someone had said that if that was Sid that scored that goal it would been replayed on NBC X amount of times already...which is what I said in the first line of my post of the vids, which you obviously chose to ignore. Instead all you saw was someone mention Sidney and decided to try to incite a war over it. You are talking to one of the biggest Sid haters in the world, which is why I chose to show Val scoring two goals that are rarely equaled by Sid. In which the point of my post was to say how much Val deserves some similar TV time to Sid because of todays goal, yet he won't get it. So, if you would have read the post instead of just trying to flame me since I mentioned Sidney, you would've gotten that. I never said he was the greatest player of all time either... So, back to the topic of the game and the goal, it was a great goal by Val that deserves to be shown over and over again on NBC and TSN.

Did Hossa get a penalty for that?

Well, I see that someone earlier mentioned that if it were a certain other player who made that shot, it would be non-stop playing on NBC and TSN all day and night...Lead me to start looking around for some super goals by "him." First off, I found Val's on Youtube: Also here is Val's from 2008: Sid has had some amazing goals and even though I have looked and looked, I haven't found ANY that are much better if at all than these two by Val. Sure Sid has some, and they are great highlights, but that is expected of him, Val's goals are equally amazing. $6M amazing, nah! Not saying Val is as good as Sid, but he deserves some well deserved NATIONAL press time for this goal...it was every bit as equally amazing as any of Sids I could find...

Don't these players ever learn? When they complain about not getting calls in the hopes that they are "politicking for more calls to be made" they end up getting more calls against them and even less against the opposing team...It's as certain as death and taxes... Thank you Porky, even though we are struggling on the PP, it'll be nice to have your team only have 4 guys out there for about 16 mins next game... Thanks!

anyone have Val's $6M goal on video yet?

1-1 Teams.....1-1 Franz v. Hossa

Not claiming to be a doctor nor have I played one on TV....but how can Drew Miller break his hand and is now playing in the game and Dekeyser broke his thumb and cannot play? Just curios, nothing against either of them.... Go Wings!

Really? Wow.....the kid is in his first FULL year. FIRST EVER NHL Playoff's. On a team where he is #3 defenseman as a rookie....PLUS HE JUST SCORED! He will grow into a great player, have patience...

Uh....did he just say that since Dec. 2010, the Hawks are 13-1-2 against the Wings? Sheesh...let's turn that around boys, SOON!

Johan, buddy, if you want to score, you have to shoot the puck on the net. You still got time...

Tootoo in....White in.... Not gonna hurt.

Well, even though Jimmy kept us in it for two periods...the final score is going to reflect what happened all night...we were dominated. Sure glad we play more than one game! D has to get the puck to the net....our stars need to get the puck to the net...

Can't win them all...I am not a Hawks fan by far, but even when Bowman was here, we had some playoff poops after dominating the regular season. Just seems like since Bowman went there to work with his son, the Hawks have been where we used to be every year...on top of the league.

Not that you are too far off base, but seriously the way you say that is like you have been here for 10 years... nothing wrong with a little overreaction... Chicago just the better team tonight....lets just hope the Wings are playing flat and this is not just how good the Hawks are compared to us...

Well, Hawks showing what they are made of...relentless attack... Success just follows Bowman around...

....and the wheel's fall off.

nice to see the shoe on the other foot for once! How many periods have the Wings played like that the last 22 years? How many young goalies have they made look like the Berlin Wall? I say its about time! Now come on out a poke in a couple of sloppy goals and run out of there with a game 1 win!

1-0 Hossa so far....Hossa has also be a huge threat almost everytime he was on the ice....I have noticed Franzen a few times, so he is doing pretty well too, he just needs the rest of his team to step it up some so he can try to equal Hossa's goal... Still hoping for a Wings win!

Smith is struggling...maybe White will get a shot this series... Anyhow....we have that Average Goalie to thank for stealing that period. Chicago is showing why they were the best, BUT we are still there. Gotta come out and get a bit of puck luck.... Hawks have killed off 20 straight PP's...law of averages says it's time to give one up.

Because only most the fans in the world like the Wings, the corporations, NHL, ESPN, NBC, hell the White House, they like to throw jabs at them every chance they get. Oh well, can't take away the last 22 years, you could put the Winged wheel on a down syndrome kid (no offense) and it wouldn't matter...4 Cups in the last 22 years 6 Finals, 6 Presidents Trophies (no one else has more than 2,) 16 years with 100 points or more... Hey haters, You Can't Touch This!

One thing our D will have to work on next season is getting the puck to the net...It seems nobody can get a shot through the net, everything gets blocked....last series as well.... Sure glad Brunner tied it up....gotta stay out of the box...

Well he didn't use the actual #0... http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/nhl/detroit-red-wings/story/Babcock-Zero-chance-Datsyuk-will-leave?blockID=902537&feedID=3701

Well, he was this confident about DeKeyser too! I like! Now, Mr. Holland, GET SOMEONE TO PLAY ON HIS LINE!!!! A #1 SNIPING SCORER!!! Make a trade, buyout some players, bury some players so whatever it takes to make that cap room available to get that #1 guy!!! We are enjoying our team....but We DON'T Like Our Team....It needs change, it needs scoring, TWO scoring lines would be GREAT! I am being honest when I say, I do not remember this happening....I know he played in Russia during the lockouts, but I don't believe he ever LEFT Detroit to play in Russia. Considering they cannot negotiate with him until July 5th, that would be kinda hard to do....but I like where you are going with the idea!

Meh, Ok 5 years at $4M per....I will take it!