NeverForgetMac25

Lids lovin' playing forward! Edit: HAHA Than Mick steals my phrase! I should be a sportscaster.

The Wings definitely tested the waters that period given the amount they've played the last 7 days. That was the definition of weathering. There was practically no sustained pressure aside from the late DZC shift. I expect Babs to tell them to push from here on in.

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QFT Lidstrom started this right after the cap was instituted and Z just engraved it in stone for the next decade. Nothing must piss off the other 29 teams or their fan-bases more than seeing the Wings' organization pull rabbit after rabbit out of their hats.

Lazy play by Rafalski leads to the goal. Unacceptable.....especially at this point in the game.

Sizable kill.

Lidstrom was too unselfish on that play. Great spot for him to let it fly.

Zetterberg with a beauty! Unbelievable hustle!

I really hope we press the next 10-12 minutes of this period.....

Even bigger penalty given it was Weber being called.

I've noticed it too. I don't know if its due to spotty goaltending or Lids having an off-year. Either way, its not what you wanna see.

A goal right now would go a long way in quieting this crowd.

While the masses may, I can honestly say I wouldn't. It was close, I'll give you that...but to call it homerism to look at it any other way is a stretch.

The push was late and likely kept Kopecky from getting out of the way.

Maybe you have to given the calls that have already been made, but I wouldn't have made some of the calls they did in the first. Then there wouldn't have been a "need" to call make that call.

He was pushed into Rinne and you're blaming Kopecky for that?

The definition of the refs handing over a goal. Ugh.

That's a garbage call on Kopecky.

My bad. I thought your sarcasm was geared toward Lilja, not his "new" fans. I've been defending him for a long time here at LGW when many have ripped him.

Was that Hossa or did it get tapped in? Nervmind...it was Hossa.

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Notice the Lidstrom-like respect Erat just gave Lilja. Classic!

I should've figured. I haven't checked the GD main page the past few hours.

If you haven't noticed his play on D for a while now I don't know what you're looking for.

Rotation. It's Z and Dats' night.