My GF Wishes I Was Hank

Alright, well i have noticed alot of negativity when Kyle Calder's name is mentioned lately. When he came to the wings no one really cared, though we gave up a jason willioms for another jason williams type player. Then he came out string in his first two weeks and everyone loved the guy. He was getting minutes and respect. Since playoffs he has really gotten the shaft in my book. This series he has only gotten just a little less than 7 minutes total, and was forced to sit this last game for Kopecky. What is going on? I know he is injured, but is that the reason he isnt being played as much as he was? Or is there something that babcock isnt seeing in him anymore? I think hes still one of our better players out there when hes healthy, has heart and goes to the corners to get the puck, on a line with cleary and lang, he was phenomenal during regualr season. Anyone know whats going on? Is he just hurt, or is he done as a wing? What do you think? Because the Kopecky substitution didnt do anything for me yesterday with those two dumb penalties in the first then i didnt really notice him the rest of the game. Not really a momentum pusher .....

C+ is being generous. He didnt do anything for me at all, those two bonehead penalties in the first were dumb and i didnt even notice him the rest of the night. I know hes better than he played.....but i like Calder over this guy...i wish they would give calder more playing time when hes in the game.

"Canucks clear the zone....and uh oh....Luongo running to the bench again holding his bottom screaming...looks like round two....get that backup back in there quick!!!!!!"

i heard luongo had a bad case of the nerves which brought on a bad case of the explosive s***s

haha i dont know whats sadder, you saying that, or me knowing what it means

I dunno if Lilja is playing really well, or the rest of our D is playing bad and making him look good. haha. No he has been playing really well, with Kronner out its kind of his chance to shine. Hes slow so hes getting beat to alot of pucks in our own zone, but as soon as a shark gets to that puck Big ol number 3 is on top of him throwing his weight around playing like a big player. Alot of our other D men are giving away alot of pucks like scneids and Cheli, and Lidstrom has had his fair share of turnovers in our defensive ends, and these bad plays have helped make lilja stand out, but hes playing really good hockey in my mind. Gota give credit where credit is due

If its turns out to be true i think its a great thing! We get him cheap, and we get one of the best penatly killers in the league period for the next three years. Yeah we have younger guys in our system that are going to score more goals, but you find me one of them that can play the PK better than this man. Blocking shots, agitating the opponents, checking, grit, heart.....we need this man, and i think its a great deal. Say what you will "hes old" "he doesnt score" "he isnt hte player he used to be" but the facts remain that he can kill a penalty for my favorite hockey team any day of the week! now i doubt its true due to Hollands history of non playoff contracts, but this defenintly needs to get done! PERIOD!

20 minutes......time to find out what we are made of!

we gotta get in the zone and apply pressure, we cant just get one shot off have it blocked by a defensemen and then say oh well back to our own zone to give up a few shots on hasek. We gotta play hard, we are only down by 1 now and have a lil momentum....lets hope we come out for the third hyped and pumped...

we are not ganaa score on a shot from the blue line, the few that are getting through nabokov has tracked right off the stick. We need to find a way to penetrate the zone and get inside the sharks defense so that we dont have to shoot the puck through 5 defenders and a goalie. We arent getting anything through.

Aint that the truth.

i dont think its good when your grinding line has played the best game for your team. We need about 10 more players like Maltby Cleary and Drapes....heart and passion for the game. I say keep them on the ice and let the rest of the team try and gain some momentum from them.

Nope Homer is back, Nabokov will be blind all night. Wings will be a new team....a winning team.

Wings ganna steal this one tonight....Berts gotta play physical but not take stupid penalties.

We only hada to wait 5 years haha. No hes doing very well and im glad to see it !

Haha if we are talking dog tools i think we need to get Hasek a shock collar, and install an invisible fence around the goal crease, and anytime he tries to leave that area it will zap him untill he returns. I think its the only way he will leanr, but like they say, you cant teach an old dog new tricks, so i dunno how well that will work haha. But Amen to the Maltby response!

I think you meant ass off game after game. But i got waht yuor saying, and im glad someone else agrees.

Im here to defend my boy Maltby. Everyone considers him a weak player because he doesnt score, but thats not really his game. Hes out there for PK and to mix things up, and he did both of those today very well. He does both those things very well everygame. Hes a very unsung hero in my book, doesnt get the minutes he used to but still very affective at the game he plays. I think hes fantastic. But your other comments were right on the money. Hasek and samuelson drive me nuts but besides hasek's malfuntion today with giving the puck away, they have played very well. good post

Is anyone else really upset about the fact that the game times are ridiculous? I mean during the regualr season you RARELY had a game that was before 7 oclock, but playoffs come around and NBC wants a piece of the NHL action....and for some reason they dont want to give the NHL any primetime slots so we are stuck watching games at 3 in the afternoon or something like that. Its ridiculous, i mean i have already missed 1 playoff game this year, and the half of another one because of poor scheduling. I'd rather have our games at 10 oclock at night than 3 in the afternoon atleast i would have the option of staying up and watching rather than being forced to miss them because of being at work. I dont know how many of you are actually in michigan, but im sure the time difference has thrown everyone off not just me. So i dunno. What do you guys think? Also i dont know if this has been posted or not so if this is a duplicate im sorry.

It looks like just games 3,6,7 would be on FSN, so thursday should just be on VS if im not mistaken.

Man if becoming a Platinum member on these boards means you also have to be a ****** bag like you, then i hope i never become a platinum member....

Yup cause i post on here to get smart ass remarks from the likes of you. It was a simple opinion on my part, ill be sure to think twice next time in order to prevent you from taking two seconds out of your day from reading it and having to post something that is pretty much unecesary. I apolgize on my behalf.

All pretty good besides the sammy......i guess 1 out of 30 isnt bad though.....i like the reasoning. 3-0 at home and we have home ice advantage....wings arent getting pushed around like they have been all year, they are agressive and most importantly HUNGRY....sharks PP is lethal....but the wings have been the total package this post season so far....

Man i didnt even know San Jose or Anaheim even had any fans.....if i do recall....everytime the wings have gone to any ring in california the chants in the Arena go " Lets God RED WINGS". Those teams cant even build up a fan base until they make the playoffs.....i say bring them on.