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i wouldn't exactly consider you off the bandwagon (had you jumped?) or a hater...

let's make it three, just to be safe.

ahh... did you show up here just to pick a fight with me? it's been a while since you've whined about me. there's so much irony in your statement, I don't know where to begin. I guess the difference between my post and your is that you're being specific. so how's this: You're an immature little douchebag who does nothing more than pick fights and whine about how brodeur is overrated. This forum would be better off without you. specific enough?

Thank you eeyeore. Jeez. They just scored in like 5 seconds. You can't get happy for that? then why watch?

To all you haters and those jumping off the bandwagon. Suck it. This game ain't over yet.

woohoooo!!! Welcome back Homer!

c'mon guys. It sure ain't gonna be easy to get two on these guys when they're trapping in the third.

There's an idea that doesn't get much attention here. Maybe it's that the Wings are playing a good team.

You keep mentioning freedom of speech as if you have some constitutional right to be heard here. You don't. Maybe Blakchamber or someone else could brief you on how freedom of speech doesn't apply on an internet fan forum. we're all here because we're wings fans. We all want them to win. No need to be an ass.

I'm sure that's it. They were content to beat the Flames, but now they want to golf instead of advancing to the next round. Or maybe the Sharks are a good team and it's hard to get a win against them. Good teams make the other guys look bad.

The key players need to step up. Datsyuk and Zetterberg, I'm looking at you both. You're the future of this team. start showing it.

I'm totally okay with the team getting called out on their pathetic play (and actually my comment wasn't directed at you when I said tantrums). I just get tired of the "Game over!" after the first goal is scored. Or the incessant whining about how the refs have it out for us. They blow calls for sure, but they don't have an agenda. And then there's the immediate scapegoating. Who can we blame this game on...

Man do they need to get their sh*t together...

I think there's ways you can make it clear you're unhappy about the Wings losing without sounding like a year old throwing a tantrum. i see your and raise you

exactly.

Wings tie it up right here.

it's one goal Captain Overreaction.

All that's missing is a picture of Wilson saying "Please Homer, don't hurt em!"

singles, fives or twenties?

exactly. like that song is so sick man, it's awesome. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sick Tomas Holmstrom camps out in front of a goalie's crease like he's tailgating the superbowl. I swear I once saw him eat a brat during a t.v. timeout. Homer is gonna spend so much time in front of Nabby that after tonight's game he'll know how to say "get the f*ck out of my way!" in Russian AND Kazakh. He's gonna be in front of the net so much tonight that if Nabokov were wearing a goalie cam, they'd rent ad space on Homer's ass. The most frustrating part for Nabokov is gonna be that the whole time Holmstrom stands at the end of his crease, he keeps saying "I'm not touching you. Not touching you. Still not touching you...." (sorry, just trying to get this thread back on topic)

Don Cherry is like your drunk uncle at a family party. He's loud, obnoxious, a little racist, but usually pretty friggin entertaining if you don't take anything he says too seriously.

The musing of a playoff shootout by a few sportswriters is hardly comparable to the widespread complaints about the new schedule. They're not even close. Especially since any article I've read that floats the shootout idea usually includes them admitting it would never happen and be unpopular. Certainly no schedule will keep everyone happy, but I'm confident they can work out one that will make more people happy. If this one's so popular, why did 19 owners vote to change it? Most teams do enjoy less travel as a result of the schedule. Why would they vote against something that saves them money and time? And I'm certain there are people who like this schedule, but I bet it's not close to 60%. According to my research only 32.7% of hockey fans approve of it (I can make up stats just like Gary can) I think it is]/i] bad for hockey. The season has a few too many games as it is. Then when you play a team for the eighth time that season, it does just the opposite of what they allege it does. Instead of it creating a rivalry and heightening the intensity, it makes the game nothing special. As for the Crosby/AO issue, I wasn't even necessarily talking just about seeing them live. There's so few conference games that teams don't get to play them at all, so the fans can't even watch them on t.v.

it took you that long to come up with that? I'd say he's gained some weight because he's been carrying a lot of the team on his back.

Bertuzzi may be a big guy, but he's nothing like Holmstrom in front of the net. Homer spends so much time in front of the opposing team's goalie, he keeps his own water bottle on top of the net. Here's hoping that Nabokov's only break from staring at Holmstrom's backside is when they're pulling the puck out of his net.

On paper the schedule looks like a benefit to hardcore hockey fans in New York. But even then I bet they don't travel to the other games as much as you'd think. Maybe some Rangers fans going to see the Islanders, and vice versa, but Jersey? To the Rangers fans I know in New York, that seems farther than someone from Detroit going to Phoenix. And Long Island to Manhattan ain't much better. The Devils have trouble getting people to go to their own games. I'm guessing not many follow them around the boroughs. LA Anaheim is a more reasonable example. Still, assuming that all is true, so fans of those 5 teams out of 30 make up a big portion of the alleged 60% approval? This isn't just something invented by homer Wings fans. Fans have talked about it. Announcers have talked about it. Sportswriters have talked about it. There were complaints by owners about their fans not getting to see many of the league's stars. I hear there's this kid Crosby and some AO guy that are supposed to be good, but I've never had the chance to see them play... As for rivalries: St. Louis-Detroit = old Norris division rivalry dating back to the early 80s and includes years of playoff battles. Boston - Montreal = two original six teams in fanatical sports cities. Calgary - Edmonton = division rivals since the Smythe days, plus the two cities have a rivalry that extends beyond hockey. Colorado-Vancouver = Bertuzzi incident. Toronto-Ottawa = I wasn't really aware of an intense rivalry that's any greater than any other canadian team loving to beat the Leafs. so what rivalries has this great new schedule created that weren't already there? Playing a team over and over and over will not manufacture a rivalry. All great rivalries come from games that actually mean something. Detroit Colorado was born not just from the Draper incident, but from two powerhouse teams having to get past one another to get to the Cup. Besides, a new schedule would still have the teams playing their division rivals more often, just not so many damn times in one year. And it'd be nice to occassionally play a team from the other conference. This was a cost-cutting measure made by the owners in a money grab once they broke the players union. The new schedule is bad for hockey. And I'd bet there's more than 40% of hockey fans out there who agree with me.