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As I've said, I think Holland is far and away the best GM in the league. But I'm entitled to my opinions about him -- specifically, that he's prone to make mistakes that are often not the best possible ones available. Oh, and I hate your freedom.

The implication being that I'm not a "true hockey fan"? Whether that's what you were implying or not, let me just say this: I've played hockey at the highest level I could at my age, I've watched hockey my whole life, and I've had experience with the sport in a coaching position as well as a managerial one. So believe me when I say I understand the nuances and various intricacies of the game. Saying, "Had we picked up Hossa, we might not have made the SCF!" is not much of an argument. It's completely plausible that giving up Flip and a couple of prospects would have also allowed us to get this far, perhaps even more convincingly (i.e., no struggles against the Preds and the Stars). But we're dealing in "What if..."s, which I don't really like to do.

Well, that just makes you a hater. ATONE FOR YOUR SINS. EAT YOUR CROW!!!11oneone

You put Stuart in a Pens jersey and Hossa in the Winged Wheel and it would probably be a different story. Just saying -- EAT YOUR WORDS FOOLZ is a pretty stupid argument. The people who were bitching at the deadline -- including me -- wanted more secondary scoring. After the last several seasons of disappointments, and even after some stretches of play in this postseason, that was not an unrealistic demand at all, and people had every right to be upset with Holland for not doing something he had been saying he needed to do for months and months.

Wasn't aware Malkin was like that. Interesting.

Lilja running his mouth for the ladies, lol.

Fully agree. I don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but from what I'm seeing Sidney's a pretty lousy leader.

They did well. There were some soft calls both ways, and it sucks that they missed Roberts' hand, but all in all: good stuff.

Age. As I've been saying all season long, Hank and Dats are untouchable right now. But in a few years, when Crosby and Malkin become more complete, more experienced players, they'll be right up there.

Well, to be more specific, I was thinking something along the lines of getting up in his face on his next shift.

Of course it was intentional. It's a weird situation -- that was a very dangerous, reckless play considering Mule's head problems (whatever they may be), but I don't really think it's suspension-worthy at all. Roberts has been around a long time; he's no fool.

I loved the goal-cam replay. Pucks inching it's way in...inching closer...closer..."BAM! MY GOAL! RAAAWR!"

Another thing -- people are generally way too hard on Cherry. The guy's old and borderline senile and he gets paid to have a personality. It's not like he's touted as the ultimate authority on hockey. And for what it's worth, he's said some very positive things about the Wings lately.

Truth. It seems they got more than they bargained for at Hockey Central. "[The Wings] have my respect." - Messier

They blind you with their shiny rays of awesomeness.

Dats wailing on Roberts is the single greatest thing I've seen all year. Absolutely beautiful.

OK, let people punch Mule in the head the rest of the series.

A-*******-men. Kudos to you, Pierre. I still don't like you, but I dislike you less now.

It's about more than power plays and shutouts -- it's about telling the opponent, "Don't f*** with our players or you'll pay a price beyond the scoreboard." If that message isn't made clear, then you're going to get what ultimately happened a few minutes later: someone runs Ozzie, Roberts decides to go after Dats (big mistake! EPIC LOL!) -- just a lot of garbage that you don't want to have to deal with. Or worse: someone could end Mule's career. I'm not saying anyone on the Wings should have resorted to full-on goonery, but come on.

I didn't catch Grapes' comments so I'll reserve judgment on whatever he said, and instead just say this: If someone had gone after Roberts after his sucker punch, that scrum probably wouldn't have happened.

Can I just say, I am damn proud to be a fan of this team. I'm gonna get so wasted right now.

I am seriously in awe of the God that us Pavel Datsyuk. There is absolutely nothing he cannot do.

DATS POUNDS ROBERTS HOLY ******* s***

Mule gets a head bump. OK, really, message time.