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I loved the story about how when the Wings landed in Vancouver, some fans had a beater car all decked out in Nuck stuff and were hanging out the windows with brooms a wavin' and horn honking and chased the Wings' bus all the way from the airport to downtown. Apparently, the Wings sat and silently brooded the whole way... Well we know how that short story ended...

Yes, well I wasn't saying that Van is trying to emulate us as such I was speculating on why the Nucks always get up for games against us and play us tough...I think they elevate their game against the Wings cuz they aspire to being, and are perhaps becoming an elite team... As for Bieksa, nobody intimidates the Wings... Give Datsyuk a rough ride? He'll knock you on your ass, ask Chara...

Personally, I am looking forward to a Van-Det match-up. It sounds funny, but I think both teams have much to fear about each other. Van has a solid team with scoring, depth and great team defense. Vancouver is getting the secondary scoring to back up the top guys. Roberto Luongo. And, that certain something that makes them tough for the Wings to play against. I think it's as a Van fan said above, the Nucks know the Wings exemplify the elite of the NHL and are a model Vancouver aspires to. Detroit is, well, Detroit...and the Wings are firing on all cylinders a la the cup run of last year. Of all the teams in the West, the Wings have the skill guys that can beat Luongo one on one. I think the Wings have faced enough ridiculous goalies in the playoffs to know that even if you can't beat them one-on-one, you can do it with passing plays or deflections. This could go seven! With home ice the deciding factor or course!

Datsyuk is the best hockey player I've seen.

Nice.

YES!

That and the goonery of the Quacks... Let them cheapshot the Sharks' best players not ours!

Wings look ripe for a first-round exit...No heart...

I agree with the guy that said "tell us something we don't already know..."

Head in the sand?

Slappys are trying to equate criticism with hoping the wings lose...

Uh oh... Slappys can worry now...

Datsyuk with the laser pass.

I wanna hear that from Babcock.

This is not a good time of year for our pp to stall...

He had a belly ache from eating too much polish sausage...

You know squat

You better make up for that lack of hustle Zetterberg...

Now is not a good time to talk about Pav's remarkable resistance to injury (one of the many reasons why he is clearly our best forward).

Is Hossa gonna be a perimeter guy again tonight? I.E. Lobbing pucks that drop from a lack of speed or is he gonna play like Franzen and go right to the net? I guess you know who I want to sign first and use the rest on a good goalie right?

I take back wanting anything to with a Canadian team in the playoffs... Last night's reffing screw job brings back too many bad memories of getting jammed...

Milktoast.

Home-cooked reffing to be sure... With Ozzie sucking too, it's surprising we were still in it.

Those god-damned Oil. Babcock got his ass handed to him by McT. That was embarrassing. Babcock pulled the too little, too late deal. He couldn't get his Wings to beat the trap or their shot blocking. By the time he started getting through the trap and attacking from down low, instead of having the point men fire pucks into shinpads, it was too late. I would like another crack at the Ducks too...I hate those bastards... Another go with Vancouver would be cool too... Some of them still think the Lidstrom goal saved us even though we swept the last 4 games.