Heroes of Hockeytown

And Chris always seemed like such a nice kid.

The mighty fortress, old but sturdy, stands now and forever in the Flames way. In the hallowed halls of the Joe, where the walls are painted with legends and the banners held aloft signify excellence, the Flames will meet their decisive and crushing doom at the hands of these Red Wings. We will defend this house.

A hockey guy said a bad word.

I was away from the comp for Thursday's game, but today... I'll be all up ins. Be prepared!

And the Sharks, like a blood-thirsty, teeth-laden, aquatic killing machine, march onwards...

It pained me so to see Koz miss the score sheet this playoff year.

Giggity giggity goo.

A win this Saturday and I think my symptoms will mysteriously dissipate.

It's not so much a matter of personnel, if you want to know what I think. I hate Sammy as much as the next honest to goodness Red Wings fan, but what's it matter if it's he or Lebda on the point? Like, not at all. They need to change up their philosophy a bit. It became downright embarrassing last night watching the point and half wall play catch, the Flames in perfect position to get down and block the shooting lane because they knew every Wing on the ice was trying to set up a big one-timer. What happened to working the puck down low, creating odd man situations and hitting the cross crease pass?

Yeah, I was pretty much dead wrong on this one. Good call, Henkka.

Really, I doubt it's unique to this website in particular... people are nervous, panicky creatures, right?

Yessir.

UPDATE: Cough. *cough*

What might be happening, in my estimation, is that Detroit is playing a team that is fairly dominant in their building--because of match ups, the crowd, drugs, whatever--and they managed to hold serve just as the Wings, a team of similar dominance, in theirs. Things that can be improved so we can win Game 5 (AT HOME): Work on the power play down low. The Wings virtually ignore the players at the goal line and on the half wall, and just look to set up Lidstrom or Schneider at the point. As became embarrassingly apparent last night, those lanes are most certainly blocked. I'm not really worried about the PK that much. You get scored on 5-on-3 because it's 5-on-3, not because you have a crappy PK. It's the penalties that get you there--absolutely dips*** plays by Hasek and Schneider--that you can eliminate. Sooo... The Wings can probably still feel good about being a solid home team and probably taking it to the Flames Saturday. If they do that, Calgary's home ice advantage evaporates.

Everything was bad. Dom was bad, defense was bad (too many penalties), refs were bad, forwards were awful in the late going. Calgary absolutely dominated them. Detroit is being destroyed by Calgary's power play, it's awful. Here's the good news(???!): The series shifts back to Detroit, a place that Calgary can't win in. If it takes seven games, and the home team wins every game, so be it...

NHL.com ==> Stats ==> "Individual Stat Reports" ==> Report View: RTSS Player Stats ==> Giveaways Here's the page.

You underestimate the ability of Decapitated Hasek!

Nashville can probably afford it. Atlanta broke the bank.

I have no comment as the court date is still pending. *blub blub*

For victory we ride, Fury of the Storm!

I would just like to let you know that this was a bad call. I conked out around six and woke up at four this morning. Sorry, crew, I didn't bring my A-game today.

Topically relevant Dinosaur Comics!

VIPER WHAT ARE YOU DOIN TRY TO GET ME IN TROUBLE I THOUGHT WE WERE BUDDIES MAN

IT'S TRUE THAT'S WHAT I CALLS IT

Ugh... I think I have a cold or something. Wicked bad sore throat, general malaise... BLAH