LeftWinger

ok. I think there are enough threads concerning this topic. We will all agree to disagree. Homer elbowed, Brown diliberate headshot on Hudler. Homer gutless, 90% of the Anaheim tean gutless. Lets move on.

Boy, that Selanne is SOOOOOOO gutless, whatta ya say Wizzer?

Well you gotta know, with Pronger and Brown on Hudler, it's genetics. For Holmstrom, well, gutless... How Gutty is this Pronger? Talk about GUTLESS! Hey Wizzer, what would you call that, Good Ol' Hockey? Bravery? Rough PLay? or gutless? sidenote: Look at this embelishment

Well, not discrediting an injured player, nor making fun. But I am pretty sure Holmstrom didn't know he was already hurt, even it is was on purpose, which it could've been, BUT to call Holmstrom gutless because of it, then what do you call 90% of the Anaheim Ducks when they crosscheck, slash, punch, face wash, etc... AFTER EVERY ******* WHISTLE!?!?!?!?! I am so sick of players throwing rocks in glass houses! Oh, Holmstrom is so gutless for elbowing me! Oh Boo Hoo! Dude, sorry you got hurt with the puck, but even if you didn't you'd still be calling Homer gutless, so YOU man up. If Holmstrom is gutless, then you are spineless, yellow, and a c**ksucker, so is your entire goonery squad. Oh I am big bad Chris PRonger, I wo't drop the gloves with anybody over 6'2"! I would love to let Ericsson loose on Pronger or if Downey ever got in. Pronger would ***** away along with the rest of the team. If Datsyuk is there, oh sure he'll drop the gloves! Same goes with every other player on the cucks team. Talk about gutless! You see Corey Fairy don't f*** around with Ericsson anymore. Get well soon Wisneiwski, so we can see just how full of guts you are.

Thing is, really, what do you have to lose using Abdelkader or Kindl or Leino? You already cannot generate any offense against this team, they've figured us out. Sure Chelios is a playoff vetern but he is a liability, with no chance of adding anything to the offense. I am sure though that Meech would get the call before Kindl. Now, Abs and Leino you could easilt sit Maltby and Kopy. Maybe dress 13 forwards and have Kopy on standby, with only 6 D. I know Babs won't change nothing tonight, but I sure hate to wait until an elimination game to start changing, that will put too much pressure on the kids. I understand NOT dressing Downey because then Anaheim will know exactly why he's there and goat him into bad penalties. Maybe just change Maltby and Kopy, PLEASE Mike!!! Leino and Abs could be the spark we need! Honestly though, Homer needs to be demoted, he aint producing, he aint bothering anyone, especially Hiller. Put the Mule on the top line with Dats and Hank. I am so hoping they win tonight!

Ok, let me start by saying I want the Wings to repeat as Cup Champs. If they had to lose, I'd rather see them los in the finals than to Aneheim. With that being said, here are a couple of positives that may come out of losing to Anaheim (for next season) Or lets put it, where do we go from there? You will probably see the last of Sammy, Lebda, Chelios. The whole Hossa scenario would become clearer, he doesn't re-sign or signs for far less because of his lack of performing in the playoffs. You get to keep either Hudler or Filppula,the latter being my first choice. You could still get rid of both of them and save money for a top 5 goaltender. You will definately see the like of Helm, Abdelkader, Ericsson, Leino, possibly Kindl (I am not so sold on Howard, if we don't sign Hossa, then try to get Khabibulen or someone of that nature (if available.)) Our defensive problems. Hmmmmm, will Brad McCrimmon still be here? RIght now there are two VERY good coahes out there who would fill in nicely for McCrimmon, Guy Carbonneau and Jacques Lemaire (once again the latter beingmy choice.) BUT would they come here for an assistant role? Lemaire would turn this defense into something special, especially if Lilja is cleared to play and Ericsson hee fulltime. If Kindl can make it that would be 4 out of 6 defensmen over 6' and 200 lbs. Lids and Rafi being, well, Lids and Rafi that would make a pretty impressive D Corps. If Kindl can play his way in to the lineup that is. If not you have Meech, who probably is more suited as a forward on this team. Of course there may not be room up there either. I don't know, all this talk about the "Call" and the thuggery and refs, I just thought I'd post a thread with something other than that to talk about. I want the Wings to win, but if they do, that is the worst thing that could happen for the kids of this organization, because Holland won't want to make too many changes. If they lose, obviously it'll be devistating, but then getting rid of or losing some players may no hurt as much. If we lose, Hossa should give us even more of a discount, lets say, like Franzen money. That'll free up cash for a goaler if needed. Maybe the Wings could convince Maltby to retire.

Lets look back. 1999, Wings sweep Anaheim, win the first two games IN Colorado, game 2 a shutout. Come home, flying high, in control, lose the next 4. 2002, Vancouver wins first two games in JLA,Wings fans calling for heads (of their own players) fly out to vancouver, Vancouver riding high, WIngs win next 4. Bold prediction. Wings win game 4, finish the series in 6. All they need is a solid 60 minute effort, win by more than 1 goal, gain the confidence they need, move on the the next round. Dats with 5 points tomorrow, Hossa with 2 goals... Go Wings! (and go Caps)

I think so! Although they'd have some problems when Television deals. I am sure the couldn't get VS. But Espn, Fox, ABC would love to have them, since they wouldn't be asking for billions in revenue... Of course not sure if they could wrestle the Stanley Cup away from the NHL.

Well, next time you want to defend women and children, do it the correct way. The way a Detroiter does it. Get out of the car and whip out the 9, and tell them "leave them women and children alone. You wanna piece of me.....punk? Do ya?" Oh wait, that would be the wrong thing to do. Would have been funny if the kid told the fat mexicans to go f*** themselves! LOL! That would've been a hoot!

BREAKING NEWS!!! This just in, NHL confirms that the league DID review the "Call" from last nights game between the Wings and Ducks. Even though they cannot change the call, or the outcome of the game. They issued this video statement to help clarify their previous statement (the one the OP posted.)

The Cops wouldn't have helped because they would have just deemed that the man in the Wigs jersey started it because he is a Wings fan. No way a Ducks fan would resort to thuggery. And when asked about the Non-arrest, the Anaheim Police Department sends out a response to the situation.... "Although we know it may have been a mistake and the wrong call NOT to stop the fight, our officers are insrtucted to look the other way as soon as think they've " lost sight" of the reason the fight started and when the security camera slo-mo review clearly showed that the Ducks fans were the instigators by attacking 5 year old children with drunken obsenities, it is our policy to look the other way and with "intent" NOT stop the fight because of the clothes the attackee's were wearing. The fact that the Red jerery'smay have blended with the red blood, could've been a factor in not seeing the attack. I will say this though, now that the fans that were attacked (physically and verbaally) will probably never come back to the arena, that will allow more seating for Duck fans to come, possibly NEW Duck fans, and they will buy Duck merchandise generating revenue for this local team, insuring league parity when it comes to revenue. To wrap it up our officers did not make a mistake in not "calling" the attack, they were doing what they were taught to do, that being said I will insure you, traffic moved smoothly throughout the night and most children who attended last nights game were tucked in their beds only a couple of hours past bedtime. We hope the actions of the 5 innocent Duck fans, who were defenfing themselves from an irate opposing team fan, doesn't deter the rest of our 39,595 fans from coming to see a great show and having a great family night out."

next stop, Las Vegas...

Ok, you drew me in. Here it goes. Gary Buttman all but guarnteed parity when the "staged" and "pre-planned" lockout took place in 2004. He guaranteed that he could put wining franchises in cities where most people don't know the difference bewteen Hockey and Jai Alai. Passing the Cup arund the "Bettman" cities allows him to market the fact that the lockout and salary cap (which he said HAD to be in the CBA or he'll shut the league down) would ceate NEW fan interest and generate NEW money. No matter who wins the Cup, the Detroit Red Wings will ALWAYS be the most popular team in the NHL. They will always sell millions and millions in merchandise. But give the Cup to likes of Anaheim, Carolina, Tampa Bay, now wer're talking NEW teams selling merchandise. Fot that one miracle season that team sold their arena out. Possibly the next season as well with fans hoping for a repeat performance. The more mney "HIS" teams make, the more money the NHL makes. Unfortunatelyt using this conspiracy, the CUP will NEVER return to Canada because Hockey popularity will NEVER die down up there! After a couple of years of handing the Cup around, there comes a year when he HAS to let the players decide the Cup, so as not to look TOO conspicuous(sp) and that is when a REAL team will win it, like Detroit or New Jersey. Think about it 2002 - Detroit, 2003 - Jersey, 2004 - Tampa, 2006 - Carolina, 2007 - Anaheim, 2008 - Detroit, 2009 - ? (Could be the year of the "FACE" of the NHL to win instead of a "Bettman" team.) Well, you asked for it!

They gave St. Louis the Rams and gave Oakland back the Raiders.Oh, and they'll be the first in the ocean when the St. Andreas Fault breaks away! Hopefully Pronger and the Neiderhosen's will be with it!

comparing the two, if Holmstrom Drowns puppies, then Brown Electricutes them!!!

I am not a complete homer, no it was not offside. I just watched it a few times and when the puck goes over the blue line, Neiderfaggot's foot is still on the blueline. Good goal... Tonight, well, there is a new term in the NHL when goal iscalled back, its called getting PEELed...

1987 I believe, Down 3-1 against the Toronto Maple Laughs, come back win the series. GO onto to lose to Edmonton in Conference Finals...

Sure it would help to play good for the entire 60 minutes, but even when we don't, when we eventually pick it up, the refs f*** us. The Stuart hit, and the goal are the two examples tonight. So if they played 60 minutes instead of 30, they would've been f***ed 4 times instead of 2... Can't beat the Ducks AND the NHL. Sad thing is, if the Ducks win the series its gonna they beat us physically and intimidated us with their size, when all hey do is wait for the whistle to blow (or intent to blow) then start crosschecking, elbowing and slashing and punching. When is Perry gonna get his just desserts? That crap in the second after the whistle when Zetterberg skated by and he elbowed him? That deserves payback. How about a nice stick in the chops? f*** it! The NHL is giving the series to Anaheim anyhow, take the ******* suspension, just BC Two hand Perry right in the mouth...

what did I say about losing fair? Utter bulls***. Not only was the goal that should've have never been a power play to begin with, end up being the game winner, the refs f*** us again. Even if he put the whistle towards his mouth, by time he came behind the net it was sitting in plain sight, he could've waited. I am big into conspiracies, even if the NHL is NOT corrupt, they should hire refs who know how to their job. Puck loose, play not dead. Again, if we're gonna lose, lose fair, not by getting f***ed by the refs. Should be 1 to 1 right now going into OT. Funny, Buttman thinks that nobody can see thru his crap. He just has to give Crysby or Ovechiken a Cup. I throw up in my mouth everytime I see something so blatent like that. And whats with Anaheim gettign away with liberties after EVERY ******* whistle? What was that bull at the end? I just don't get it. It's obvious th NHL wants this series to linger on. I guess the longer it goes the more money they make, I understand that, but that was almost as obvious as the Twin Towers be blown up via detenation...

WHen it comes down t it, we are all human (well most of us.) Get Well Soon Wizzer! The clucks need you! Just as much as we need Raffi!

just a quick word. Cannot wait to hear the clucks fans call me crybaby, but if we are gonna loser, lets lose fair, ok? Bull garbage call on Stuart, then right before the goal Getlaf two hands Osgood on the blocker, no call. Did it bother Osgood? Probably not, did it hurt, you can't hurt a goal these days, BUT it is a penalty! You cannot slash ANYONE in that matter, let alone a goalie trying to make a save. POOR POOR POOR officiating! Just to show that I am not biased when it comes to officiating, Prongers penalty was garbage too. I'd be just as mad if it were called on us... oh wait, there has been plenty of garbage calls on us. Officiating sucks, Colin Cambell sucks, ashamed to admit he is a former Red Wings Ass. Coach. You suck Soupy!

is this everything you hate about the Ducks? or Anaheim? Ducks - The fact that they are named after a crappy Disney movie (or used to be) Anaheim - The people. Living in Anaheim is like living in a bowl of granola, what aint fruits and nuts are flakes!

Wow, I can understandbeing a huge fan of the Wings, but DREAMING about them? Wow, that is borderline stalker there...

I just think its bull that Anaheim continues to get away with all the punching, crosschecking and roughing after EVERY whistle. Sure the Wings do some, but nowhere near as much! Someone is gonna get hurt. They gotta call some of that crap so it will stop. Its ok to grab a guy after the whiste to make he's tied up, but every whistle there is a Hack and a Whack. It's pathetic...