NeverForgetMac25

2 goals against in game 3 on PK 2 goals against in game 4 on PK 0 goals in game 3 on PP 0 goals in game 4 on PP Goaltending has nothing to do with it. Establish your forecheck, which will put the Flames on their heels, thus creating PP opportunities and control of the game. Don't establish your forecheck, Wings get on their heels, and take PK's. This is your problem. SIdenote: AtlantaHotWings, I think you mistyped the first part of your post. I've corrected it in mine, and agree with your sentiment.

I will now.

To the thread starter: Stop pretending the problem is something it isn't.

I am now dumber after reading the 3 pages of this thread.

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Thanks Matt! I already have.

With Regehr out again, this is the night for the Wings to seize absolute control of the series. Win this one, and don't allow Regehr to get healthy while your playing them.

I think you're spot on SWF, and it sucks. If the Pens/Sens game goes to OT, you can forget about the first period of the Wings game if you don't live in Detroit. I have CenterIce, but if a game is scheduled to be on Versus, it isn't even in the lineup for CI.

The reason I responded the way I did, is because these same types of duplicate threads pop up all the time. I was trying to put out the message to anyone that read this thread, to think before they start a new one. Nothing more. With that, I'm done with this thread. Sidenote: I didn't mean to be nasty, buts its not as if the thread starter wasn't nasty with their initial post.

When someone responds to me, I respond back. Further proof of why this thread is pointless.

As others have said........Yes, Dom will start b2b's. That was only as a precaution during the regular season. Every game counts in the playoffs, and you can bet Dom will be in each and every one of them regardless if there b2b's or not. Sidenote: Let's hope there is no game 6!

LET'S GO RED WINGS! LET'S GO RED WINGS! Tonight's will probably be the most important game of the series. Let's hope our boys come out hard, and establish the forecheck the moment the puck drops. If that happens, I like our chances!

5 for each one = 10 Threads

:rotflmao: Post of the Week!

Yeah, a guy getting all hot and bothered that I suggest this thread would be better served in one of the 10 others that are already created, definitely deserves an "Oh Snap".

I'm just curious if you could explain to me what the point is in creating a thread that already has 5 others regarding the same subject? It's not just that I don't like the thread, it's that the original post would've been better served in one of the other threads already created.

Why is it that the Wings only had 1 SOG during their 4 PP opportunities? The answer is that Calgary established their forecheck from the moment the puck dropped, thus creating no room for the Wings to get more than 1 SOG. All I'm saying is look at the root of the problem rather than just saying the reason the Wings lost is because they didn't capitalize (or get many shots) on the PP. But you (and the thread starter) are stating that this was biggest problem, and IMO it wasn't. I just don't agree with it.

Not to be rude, but no sh*t, that's why I posted that. I was saying that I made a mistake. Why dwell on it? No team in the NHL is going to score a PP goal every game (especially when they only have 4 PP opportunities). True, the Wings PP was not great last night, but that wasn't the biggest problem last night. That's my point. The biggest problem last night was the Flames established their forecheck, and the Wings never did. That's the reason they lost. Sidenote: With your thread title, you make it seem as if its been the Wings problem all series and the Flames have been great. In games 1 & 2 the Flames we're at 20% rather than the 33% (Game 3) you pointed out. If your going to use only one stat to support your claim, its easy to only show it in your light. Not when its sarcastic.

Actually HC........I love these lines. The only change I would make would be to throw Hudler in the fourth line and bench Sammy. When Z went down Huds and Lang had a great chemistry. That coupled with Franzen's hard-working style of play would make for a hell of a good fourth line IMO.

To me, the absolute most important thing is who wants to establish the forecheck first. The team that has done this in the past 3 games, has went on to win. Obviously, there's more to it than this, but this is the most important factor IMO.

I wasn't referring to the PP in my original post. Maybe I should have made that more clear. My point is that the Wings PP isn't what lost them the game last night. Don't be so melodramatic.

And I'm not even supporting Lang.

That being said, the game was pretty evenly matched last night.