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I think they know that they are; however they desperately need a wakeup call. Maybe knowing that they'd get ousted quickly in the 1st round if they play this way

God damnit

Great, penalty shot coming

Start of the 3rd

I'll drink to that :beerbuddy:

Kinda suprised that they're rumoed to be starting Raycroft in net, but whatever works for them

Gotcha covered

VS Preview- Red Wings at Coyotes Recap- Red Wings 5, Coyotes 4 (SO) Detroit: 19-5-4, 10-3-2 Road Record, 42 pts; 1st in Central Division, 2nd Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Lost to DAL 3-1 Recap Phoenix: 14-13-2, 9-6-2 Home Record, 30 pts; 3rd in Pacific Division, 9th Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Defeated MIN 3-1 Recap Goals DET Marian Hossa - 15 PHX Shane Doan - 13 Assists DET Pavel Datsyuk and Brian Rafalski - 17 PHX Shane Doan - 15 Plus/Minus DET Nicklas Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, +9 PHX Kurt Sauer, +6 PIM DET Andreas Lilja - 28 PHX Daniel Carcillo - 80 Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Hossa-Filppula-Hudler Cleary-Franzen-Samuelsson Maltby-Draper-Kopecky Lidstrom-Stuart Kronwall-Rafalski Lilja-Chelios DET - Chris Osgood 11-1-4, 3.17 GAA, .876 sv %, 0 SO PHX - Ilya Bryzgalov 10-11-1, 2.90 GAA, .906 sv %, 0 SO DET - Darren McCarty (groin) out PHX - Joel Perrault (concussion) out

Don't forget the Senators from last year. Also, I think we would know more than anyone that a team is judged by their playoff performance; the season doesn't mean crap in the long run.

Seconded. Absolute ridiculous idea of trading Hudler, for a goalie much less.

According to the Avs boards, Raycroft may be getting the start in net

"The way it's going I'm just trying to push onward and play better and better," Osgood said. "I'm close to where I want to be but I'm not over that hump yet." Conklin made three straight starts before Osgood returned to the net on Saturday at Phoenix. After allowing four goals on 28 shots through overtime, Osgood denied the final three shootout attempts to lift the Red Wings to a 5-4 victory. "The type of competitor he is, he hasn't been happy to see the other goalie out there the last three nights," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "We're always trying to get his competitive juices flowing. He's a competitor. He's a pro and he's one of the best of all time." -- Let's hope Ozzie puts a string of wins together to get that confidence back up; he's shown he's a competitor and he can do it again.

Unable to see the game last night, damn FSN plus Good to hear that Ozzie played well and that we got the 2 points

They'll come out flying in this game, Babs won't put up with these lackluster efforts much longer

Would be nice to see Gretz get all pissed after a Red Wings goal like he did last season

ouch, 3 for 7

Well thats it

Damn, Hudler's gotta shoot that quicker

Hank can't belive it lol

Turco looked like a fish out of water on that one

Good chance wasted there

Ok, back from work. Here's to a big third period!

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Anyone else think that his attempt at a "locker-room apology" was sincere or just a way to avoid trouble?

Eh, they're Pens fans. If nothing else (Losing the Cup and Hossa), they're jealous that people have actually known who the Wings are for longer than 2 plus years.