Hito

Heh, I agree about Hossa needing to up his game. But we need to face reality, Hossa is not a #1 "carry the team" player. But how crushing would it be to be on the losing side of the SCF two years running on seperate teams? But at the same time he isn't the only one that needs to up his game. We aren't out, but we've dug ourselves a nice little hole.

This is exactly what I feared after watching the first two games. The Wings look tired out there, and it's leading to mistakes. The only reason we aren't out in 4 is because Ozzie stood on his head and Fleury played like crap for 2 games. They aren't winning the battles and are making lazy passes, resulting in too many golden opportunities for the Pens. In the ffensive zone, they have looked disorganized and unable to really get going for more than the occasional short strech of game. Playing 20-30 minutes a night just isn't going to cut it. I see us dropping game 5 much as these last two, game six will be a toss up as we will have had 2 days of rest going into it. On their home ice, smelling blood, and hungry after last year I don't like our chances. Being worn down by the Ducks and losing Dats is looking like just too big of a hurdle to overcome. Unless Ozzie puts in a tremendous performance for a couple of games (maybe), or our offense suddenly takes off (unlikely), or the Pens suddenly choke (more unlikely), it's looking to me like the Pens in 6. I'll keep my fingers crossed that we can take it to a winner take all game seven, but I just don't see the wings, as they have played this series, pulling this out. Still a good run (although I feel sorry for Hossa). Prove me wrong boys.

Epic bump /watch out, it's hot

Suppose I'll throw mine out there as well since I finally got signed up. Quixotic Bard

Ha! That is almost verbatim what popped into my head when I read the post about Jesus in net for Dallas

Kinda felt like the wings were on the verge of sliding while watching the Avs game. Unfortunately, I don't feel like they are quite ready to turn the corner yet. Both teams tighten up and focus on defense tonight with Vancouver pulling out a 3-2 W (I blame the refs ) . Wings will come back the next game and win the first of a nice little winning streak. Now, having said that, I'm going to HOPE the wings prove me wrong and blow them out tonight.

The only way this happens is if the leafs ask Sundin to waive his NTC and he says he wants to go to the wings. He's a rental, and with this in mind, if there is only one horse in the running for him then we might get him cheap. Otherwise, some other GM will send the farm to Toronto so they can lose in the first or second round. In general, rental players are overpriced, especially when it's an almost foregone conclusion that one will be heading back to their home team at the end of the season. Whatever Toronto would get out of the trade would be freebies, assets they gave nothing up for, since the would get Sundin back. Of course, with GMs under a lot of pressure to put together a winning team, there will always be some poor shmuck willing to sell of his clubs future for a longshot at the big prize. Heh, you should see some of the trades proposed over at hfboards. Hudler+Howard+1st 08+++ If Kenny ever pulled the trigger on a trade like that, the next pickup he'd be making is an unemployment check.

I'd be happy if the wings could string together 10 Ws finally. And yes, it's going to come down to whether or not we step it up against the central teams coming down the stretch. Possible, but I'd lay long odds against it right now.

damn, you read my mind. That's pretty much what I had thought. Until I hear that he's waived his NTC though, I'm not putting much stock in this. Wait and see how (and if) it plays out. In Kenny we trust. Oh, and for those saying the trade is a joke, this is assuming it's a rental and there is the understood agreement that he will be returning to the leafs asap. You don't give up equal value for a rental (and a team loaning players out shouldn't expect it, since in the end it costs them nothing when they get their player back). If Sundin was coming over to stay (and I have no idea how we fit him in under our cap space), then we give up a fair amount more and more players become available.

akustyk ftw

Depends on who is available and what the asking price for them is. I think Holland would be perfectly comfortable letting things ride as they are, but if the right player comes up he'll put feelers out and see if we can get him for the right price. What I don't see right now is any sort of big blockbuster deal going down.

The reffing was brutal in that game, but it went both ways. The wings were on their heels a lot tonight in 5 on 5 play. Maybe they were tired after having the puck all night lsat night, but whatever the reason, they didn't bring the same intensity and hustle that the Preds did. Whatever the reason, the better team on the ice got the W tonight.

FYI, both pronounciations of celtic (with an s or k sound at the beginning) are correct. You say tomato, I say tomato.... you know, that doesn't work as well written out

He should get frequent flyer miles for that hit.

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IM going to take a wild guess and say that you need to update your video codecs. The video is likely divx, so go see if you can download the latest divx codecs (just do a search on google) and see if it works after that. I know when I've had similar issues in the past that has been the solution.

Considering the Ducks would be stupid, imho, to match the offer, I'd say it's better than 50/50.

MAPS!

Nah, an octopus is just a little slimey. Anyone ever pet a shark the wrong way? Skin is worse than sandpaper. I'd much rather walk around with the octopus stuck down the leg of my pants then have a shark scraping away my skin as I walk around. Would get painful fairly quick I would think.

How about people just stop feeding the troll. he's made up his mind, and you aren't going to win against his atrocious logic, so just ignore him.

Heh, I thought it would be a video of a blue ringed octopus. Nasty little things. Good find edit: I get sidetracked and Rikadyn beat me to it.

Langkow should have gotten at least a game. It's one thing to get into a scrap with someone who is able to defend themselves. Lebda was so out of it that he didn't make any move to soften that blow. And for those idiots screaming "but he was asking for it, his check was intent to injure" try watching the video again. I'll give you it was a bit late and poorly executed hip check, but intent to injure it wasn't. 2 min penalty was the right call. The problem with this is that not only is the suckerpunch totally bush league, the NHL's reaction to it is as well. People wonder why the NHL is now less popular than sunday morning fishing shows, well here's one of the reasons. Any other major league in NA would have come down like a ton of bricks on the flames organization, instead of a few weak fines and the suspension of a player who will never see the ice anyways. I've tried to get people to watch hockey, and one of the constant problems I have is the fact that many people view it as goonery on ice. With the league run the way it is, Im finding it harder and harder to argue with them. And before someone comes in screaming about how I want to get rid of all physicallity, let me add that that is not my goal. If two guys want to square off, let them. I've got no problem with that, even when Fedoruk decides to have his face caved in again. they are big boys and should be capable of defending themselves in a fair fight (or of knowing when they shouldn't fight in todd's case). What we shouldn't see are sucker punches to the face or from behind. Those don't send any message beyond telling the rest of the world that the NHL is a blood sport.

Yorio vomits all over the screen and for some reason people read it. Good for a bit of a laugh now and again, but honestly she is wrong so often that if you just accept that the opposite of what she writes is true, you'd come off as a fairly knowledable fan....

I had a dream last night where the wings destroyed calgary. Seemed like everyone on the ice got a goal (and for some reason, babcock scored in the waning moments of the game.....yeah, Im not sure how that happened, but i gotta say he looked pretty good out there, I say we put him on our fourth line...) Back in the real world, I say it will be a defensive game, with the wings shutting down the flames. Flames get one past Hasek early on on a deflection off a wing (curse you draper, that is not what we meant when we said we wanted you to be more invovled in scoring!), but the wings get it back when both lang and lidstrom score in the second. Pavel get an assist and clangs one off the iron unfortunately.

Oh, im not saying it's easy, but lets face it. If you are one of the worst team in the league, you pretty well have nowhere to go but up (or stay where your at). My point was, that if you became the GM of a team that has floated around, say, 28-30th in the league, and unload all of your talent and play rookies for peanuts, you would have a decent rating in their ranking system. If you manage to crawl your way up to, say, 25th in the league, you would be ranked fairly high. Meanwhile, if you come in with a team that has been ranked #1-3 for a few years and now finds itself with money to spend.....well, you're screwed. You literally CAN'T improve anymore, and if you spend a little extra to keep yourself competative while your farm players develope and your old guard begin to retire, then you get shot down there. Basically, it heavily penalizes GM's that inherit good teams and rewards those that inherit poor ones. Not that that shouldn't be part of the equation (A good team that becomes mediocre under a GM's watch doesn't speak highly of his abilities), but it shouldn't be the entire equation.