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Its hard to win faceoffs when their centers simply fall on the Detroits centers stick and hold it while pawing at the puck. Just a bunch of duechbags in general.

The sharks played well but they were handed a second straight game with horrible calls. The bench minor was the only solid call all night. The only bad calls against San Jose were made at safe times for them. Not even in the least. This was the type of game that makes perfectly sane fans start to believe that the league is instructing refs to lean the games in one teams favor. With the way the Sharks fans are handling this I expect to hear nothing if a questionable call actually benefits Detroit. By the way the average score for tonights dives was about 6.5.

I was thinking to many men one the ice as well. I just thought the official he took out was probably the one who would have made the call.

Nice answer goal.

So happy with Howard's play. 60 minutes of hockey and the Coyotes had to stand on Jimmy's leg just to get a goal. Hopefully we'll see more of it Sunday.

I'm not much for conspiracy theories. However it did seem that Pittsburgh had a hell of a lot of icing waved off the entire series. Detroit also had a lot of questionable offsides called. Both are good ways for officials to influence the series without being to obvious that they are trying to help wear down the tired team. That first goal last night not only was icing but Talbot hooked the s*** out of the dman and forced the turnover. It is also true though that nothing excuses the way Detroit played in the last two games of the series. Ehh I guess I'm just bitter.

I love how people ***** about the auto union wages. I'm sure if a group of coworkers convinced your boss to pay you 2 - 3 times your worth you would just say "Nope, haven't earned it" and walk away from the job. The root cause is executives who gave away the store in good times and were to stupid to even guarantee a quality work force out of the deal. Oh and to stay on topic I hate Bill Guerin but he appears to love the cock.

You beat me to it. I hate when Doc talks about goalie paraphernalia. However looking up the definition it is synonymous with equipment. I would just prefer he said equipment though.

If Datsyuk was healthy going into the finals Malkin would likely be on par with Crosby right now which still isn't half bad. If it comes down to Osgood or Malkin all I have to say is Osgood has stoned Malkin multiple times one on one in this series. That for me means he gets the nod over Malkin.

I would have respected you a lot more if you had actually posted that. So far both teams have held serve in this series and both have gotten bounces. I don't really think momentum carries from game to game but who knows. I know the first team to lose on home ice will lose the series and if neither do thats good for me.

I definitely wish Eddie O. would shut the hell up about missed calls. Most of the time they either were marginal or didn't ultimately effect the overall game anyway. It is very difficult being a ref for anything. It takes years of practice to get to the level professional refs are at. My biggest beef with NHL refs is it seems like the only major sport were the refs actively decide not to make some calls depending on the flow of the game. This leads to the inevitable moaning about the inconsistency of how that games are being called. I guess mentally it is much easier to take some yards away or allow some free throws than it is to take one player out of the game for two minutes.

is lazy and he sucks. Just kidding although I will say he was very disappointing last night. The s***ty ice and superball puck didn't help the wings much though either. Hopefully he uses the bad game as motivation for game 5. I'ld like to see a big hit on Malkin, get into his head and he can be worthless.

People lost confidence in Detroit cars when Pittsburgh steel started rotting out from under them. Ba dum dum.

Wow, what a below 70 IQ thing to say.

If McCreary is officiating tonight I think we are going to see a whole different game penalty wise. There will probably be a lot of PP time in the first. I just hope it is spread out evenly or in the Wings favor.

Hossa's obsession with 4s continues, but now he dominates the fourth round not just the fourth game. Lets Go Wings!

DET/PIT: 4-1

No. The next team to lose in a series the penguins play will be the penguins.

I don't really get this guys point of view. Some of the greatest sports memories are when you get two perennial contenders who meet year after year. Like the era of Magic and Bird in the NBA. Michigan and Ohio State football would not be nearly as storied a rivalry if one or both of them sucked every year for the history of that match up. I think it it were any other sport everyone would be thrilled to see two powerhouses go at it in back to back years. Since it's hockey though, it is just another thing for ******* sports writers to ***** about.

This coming from someone who keeps making excuses for the total domination in the first two games of last years final. Dude the Pens are good but don't fool yourself into thinking they are a lock for the cup. You want to talk about exposed weakness then I will say the Pens showed a problem with a team that could push the play offensively against them (Caps). Detroit had trouble with the best defensive team in the playoffs. If those are the weaknesses I would be far more worried as a Pens fan than a Wings fan. Thats assuming these series don't see some great comebacks and we end up with Chicago and Carolina in the finals. Oh and you better hope the Pens sweep or else that question of lack of killer instinct might come up again.

The wings were down their #2 dman for most of that series, and have been without one of the top faceoff men for most of the playoffs. Add to that that the ducks were the best defensive team in the playoffs and it is understandable they could take the series to seven games. Now if I'm not mistaken the Pens had won three straight against the Caps and couldn't close out the series in their own building. That smells of lack of killer instinct.

DET/CHI 4-2 PIT/CAR 4-2

Duck Guy you are a class act. I hope you understand that one reason it is so easy to hate the Ducks is simply because they are that good. Their defense is so amazing I spent most of the series trying to figure out how they were cheating guys like Datsyuk. Truth is there just really good defensively. Now I understand how the penguin fans felt last year.

If that pattern of home team victory, away team victory continues this series will be done in six. Also It seems that the first goal of the game doesn't matter much in this series but the second one is huge. I'm hoping for an early 2-0 Wings lead.