Jedi

No touchee!

Yzerman's deal, if I remember correctly, was to take the trophy but not give much of any celebration for it. I think that we went to the finals in 95, Yzerman took the trophy, raised it up and skated around with it, making a pretty big deal about it. When we went to the finals again in 97, he seemed to think better of it, and just took the trophy, raised it once and whisked right off the ice with it. Although he touched it, he definitely had bigger and better hardware on his shopping list. In the end, if anyone REALLY thinks that the finals outcome is determined by who touches what trophy, then there's really no reason to watch the games then, is there?

If the Wings win the Cup, as long as Helm plays one game the Finals, he'll get his name on the Cup. It's on there from last year too. A player has to play at least 41 games during the regular season -OR- one game in the Finals to be eligible to have his name on the Cup. So guys like Helm and McCarty got their name on the Cup from last year, though they didn't meet the 41 games in the regular season requirement. http://www.nhl.com/cup/fun_facts.html

I think you're thinking "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani.

I've got to say though, that they're dead-on when it comes to the injury analysis. This series is a WHOLE different beast if Lidstrom, Datsyuk or Draper are missing for any substantial length of time.

You could tell he asked Z "Do you want to hold it?" Z says "NO WAY".

Love the voice crack by Doc there!

REMATCH!!!!!!!11111

Wow. Cheli showed some good speed there!!

Good pressure boys.

I need some Pepto Bismal... And Xanax... And a shot of Vodka to chase...

Save of the series there, easy. No problem giving Huet credit for that. Holy jumpin...

OMG... Franzen had the SERIES on his stick!

Wow, great save Ozzie!

Chicago looks to be waiting for the Wings to make a mistake on these rushes they're giving us.

Ah... You knew that was going to happen. Not enough pressure to follow up the Cleary goal.

Ok. Now we REALLY need to get another one. Chicago is going to pull ALL the stops out here.

I can see Cleary now the rain is gone!!!

Geez Cheli... With defensemen like that...

Game on!

Well, despite the 3 PK situations, and the horrific start, we finished out the period well, I thought. However, we CANNOT let them have early chances like they did at the beginning of the second again.

OH WOW, Hossa almost had that...

God ALMIGHTY Versus... It's a RED WINGS and BLACKHAWKS game. STOP talking about the Penguins!!

That's it. I'm buying a Darren Helm jersey!

And right back to the PK we go...