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I think we just won the offseason.

God, I hope there's no relation.

SUCK IT PITTSBURGH!

I even love Samuelsson right now. Go Wings. Hearing Osgood give Shanny and Stevie props brought a tear to my eye.

I'm pretty sure I saw Zetterberg say, "I got you good you f*****!"

It's so fun to hate the Pens.

You know, I agree with this 100%. It's hard to identify overrated guys on the Wings. You could argue that Holmstrom is another one. Sure, he's a huge part of our first line and powerplay, but I wasn't all that worried about having him out of the lineup. We've got other guys who can make goalie's lives just as miserable. In terms of very subtly underrated play, Darren Helm made our second goal happen last night. He tied up a Pittburgh player, allowing the puck to get to Hudler (another underrated guy).

And don't forget Jimmy Howard.

Maybe if their team wasn't made of ******* and divers, they wouldn't have so much to complain about. I almost feel bad for them... yeah right.

I'm pretty sure I've seen Mo Cheese in every home Red Wings game that I've watched this postseason. And that's been all of them except for the first two of the Nashville series.

It's hard to develop bad blood when the team is firing on all cylinders. So far they've handily beaten everyone they've faced by just playing their game. There's no need for them to cross those lines, and I don't see anything nasty developing as long as the team keeps rolling.

At times he can be one of the hardest players in the league to knock off the puck. His lower body strength is absurd. But like Forsberg, he spends way too much time getting knocked over in attempts to draw calls, on hits and nudges that he has no business going down for.

Just be glad we're in the Western Conference and don't have to put up with Penguins and Flyers fans.

Go watch the interview with him on TSN.ca. It's pretty obvious that the parading and guarantee-seeking are all a function of his agent, who's trying to cash in as big as he can. In the interview it's pretty apparent that Brunnstrom is tired and frustrated with the whole charade. He even said he's ready to work to earn an NHL roster spot, and that he's not sure he's NHL ready. Brunnstrom is an athlete. He wants nothing more than to put all the politics behind him and get to playing.

He's obviously still got it. I can't imagine that he won't be back next year.

I'm in Pittsburgh too. Whenever I'm in that kind of situation, I just remind them that Crosby is a pansy. That usually works.

Honestly, there's no comparison. Humiliating Roy and the rest of the Avs, in a game 7, in front of our home crowd. Gotta go with 2002.

Holy s***. I want to go to Poland. And drink the water.

I can dig it.

Hahahaha, hilarious! I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.

Franzen is a beast, and I love how he ramps it up in the playoffs. I think his injury at the start of the season really threw him off, so once again I'm expecting him to take a big leap over the course of the next season.

The most enjoyable hockey drinking game I've ever played was last year when we were watching Dallas/Vancouver and drinking every time an announcer said "Stu Barnes." This works with pretty much any player whose full name sounds better than just their last name. (Jiri Hudler anyone?) Another one of my favorite rules for the Wings is to drink every time Lidstrom winds up for a shot, hesitates, looks like he might pass, and shoots anyway. Also, there was definitely an identical thread to this from about a year ago.

Absolutely the right play. Sure, Ovie's a goal scorer, but Biron is going to stop that shot 9 times out of 10, especially as much as he was challenging. Instead, the play Ovie made was a narrow miss, the sort of thing that Fedorov would bury 9 times out of 10. I'm getting really sick of Melrose and the other TV cronies playing up the drama. If that's what it takes to sell this sport, fine, but I've heard just a ton of idiotic s*** these playoffs.

I'm sorry, but Steigerwald and Errey are the absolute worst announcers I have EVER heard. I go to college in Pittsburgh, and my housemates and I just want to break down and cry whenever the best hockey game on is a FSN Penguins game. Those guys, in addition to being mind-numbingly boring to listen to, think that the NHL begins and ends with the Penguins, that Crosby, Malkin, and Therien can do no harm, and that Ryan Malone is the second coming of the messiah. Listening to them rave all game, I have to wonder if Mrs. Errey ever gets angry or jealous when Bob accidentally calls her "Sidney" in bed. It's that disturbing. Hall of Fame: Thorne/Clement, Daniels/Redmond, Beninati/Laughlin, and whoever the Dallas and Carolina guys are. Hall of Shame: Steigerwald/Errey, the Nashville Guys.