Echolalia

I'd rather Kopecky in the lineup and sit Maltby. Malts is good at stirring s*** up, like someone else noted, but that's about it. Kopecky at the very least created a couple scoring opportunities in the last game. He also isn't afraid to throw a big hit out there, despite having trouble staying on his feet for when he is hit.

True, but the Wings didn't pressure him enough. They weren't jumping on too many rebounds, which I think is key here.

I don't think the Wings need to change their lines up. They just need to play with the type of hunger they had in OT for the entire 60 minute period. I don't care who you have on your team, when the Wings are playing at 100% nobody is going to stop them. Unfortunately this wasn't the case for a good 45 minutes prior to OT.

Back when Anaheim swept us I was at the double OT game, and the Wings were peppering Giguere with shots, and Karyia I think gets the puck and skates it into our zone, just throws a shot on net, more to buy his team some time to change, and it goes in. I was thinking about that game this entire time and it still comes back to haunt me to this day. Anyway, if the Wings played 100% since the drop of the first puck, they wouldn't have had to go to OT

His name reminds me of TANG! ITS A KICK IN A GLASS!!!

Age has nothing to with being lazy.

I actually feel more comfortable with Ericsson on the top line rather than Stuart, but that's just my opinion. And as awesome as a line with Hossa Dats and Z would be, it would also have its drawbacks. Essentially Babs would be putting his eggs in one basket, and make it easier to play against the Wings (we're losing our depth). Homer also provides an invaluable resource in screening the goalie that increases the likelyhood that our stars can score. It's much tougher to deke out in the playoffs because the defense (Anaheim's in particular) plays so tight. For the most part, they'll have to rely on shots from the perimeter with a screen and bang in any rebounds. I wouldn't mind seeing Dats and Z together in the future, though, if Babs feels the Wings' game is weak.

Why not let Draper warm up on the ice if he's healthy enough for it?

On the left.

ences and I love to continue them. AHH BEAT ME! I love alfredo sauce. Slap some chicken in that gooey goodness and oh my god. The person below me believes in ghosts

The Ducks don't have too many other options. The Wings roll four solid lines that all know how to score, especially now that Filppulla is possessed and Franzen has turned into Supermule. The only line they have that can contain any of the Wings' top 9 Forwards is the Getzlaf Perry Ryan line, and Pronger and Niedermayer on defense, so they'll be on the ice for half the game. As Getzlaf Perry and Ryan are all young I don't think that playing 30 minutes a night is going to affect them too much, but if any games go into overtime, fatigue is really going to hurt them. Wings in 5

Franzen is a beast out there.

I'm seeing an elbow to the head with no attempt at contacting the rest of the body (this is key in determining whether its suspension worthy). I'm also seeing the hit a couple seconds after Hudler let the pass go. I'm calling 2 game suspension.

It wasn't much of a fight, but its was gratifying to see Perry get thrown around like a rag doll, especially when he wasn't even expecting a retaliation.

This is exactly what happened the last time the Wings versed Anaheim in the playoffs.

Dear Red Wings, It is not my birthday, but Kira brings up a good point. I haven't had any Arby's sandwiches all fricken year, and I'm getting hungry. If a hattrick is too much to ask, can you at least bag a duck and cook it up for me? Much obliged, Calvin

Hiller's getting pulled tonight. Homer's gonna be busting ass in the crease all night long.

With all the suspensions the league is handing out, I'm thinking there's actually a pretty good chance Pronger plays in less games than his teammates.

"We're gonna have to make it miserable for them." I love that Babs can pretty much tell Dats and Z "Your responsible for keeping them off the boards tonight. Make sure you're the first man back into the zone, and make sure there are no odd man rushes. Oh, and score a few points too, when you get the free time."

DET/ANA 4-2 VAN/CHI 4-3 BOS/CAR 4-1 WSH/PIT 4-1

nice. How long did it take you to grow it?

I told everyone I was only going to do it once , but that's for pointing that out as I did not know

It was kind of poor sport to throw that on the Sharks' forums. I would've hated it had someone done that to us three years ago. But other than that, its pretty good.

Watch carefully, son, because I'm only going to do this once. Malkin was number 1 in points, but he also played more than 3 minutes/game than Dats, in addition to an entire extra game that your boy Bettman decided to suspend Dats for. That adds up to about 246+60=306 extra minutes worth of ice time. In addition to that, most of Malkin's minutes are idealized for when it will be easiest for his line to score. That is, Malkin is rarely used as a shutdown man (does he even see penalty killing time?). In comparison, Datysuk is a part of the top PK like for the Wings, so a handful of the 19 minutes he sees per game is already by design going to severely limit his scoring capacity. Despite that, as well as constantly being played against the opponents top lines as the shut-down foward, he still managed 97 points. Oh, and Malkin also may have lead the league in takeaways, but he was also number one in giveaways, further exemplifying his already obvious defensive liability. Lets go there. Just for fun. I will give you Crosby is better at racking up assists than Zetterberg is in scoring, but Sid is also a defensive liability. He was only three spots behind is buddy Malkin for give-away leader, and I also don't remember seeing much of Crosby on the PK this year, meaning once again that he is a "forward-only" type player. That may work fine in Pittsburgh (heck, it got you so far as to see the cup last year), but I'll take well rounded players over that any day. Those are the ones that bring the cup home. Crosby is also only a +3, which considering he has 103 points says one of two things about his character. 1) Either he needs the man advantage to score the vast majority of his points, or 2) He plays absolutely terrible defensively. You screwed up some of those numbers, but besides that, the TOI further reiterates the point I was trying to make earlier about you boys having about 3 minutes more per game to score (as well as only PP time, little/no PK time, and little shut down 5v5 time), compared to our boys, who spend a good deal of their TOI keeping others from scoring goals. You may remember this from last year's Finals. Any play from the first two games will work, and that 5-on-3 where Zetterberg robbed your boy on a wide open net will also do. By the way, Crosby and Malkin were also outscored by Dats and Z in the finals last year. You can say all you want about Crosby and Malkin having enough experience to win the Cup, but its still nothing compared to what Datsyuk and Zetterberg have. Besides, experience isn't going to prevent them from shutting your team down again, should they happen to get that far.