2/23 GDT: Oilers @ Red Wings

[ShanahanMan 473]

Dude, what the hell... pleasepleaseplease don't turn this into a two game streak tomorrow.

Where were they in the third? That was such a sleeper. And this is only the Oilers, come on. The only wild part about this game was in the first period.

last year during the playoffs it was "only" the Oilers too.....

[Kira 451]

Didn't help that the puck rolled up on Pasha...that really sucks. Oh well, those are the breaks.

I hope we have enough in the tank for tomorrow night. I'm scared.

Alright kids, I'm off to watch Keith Olbermann...night night.

Edited February 24, 2007 by Kira

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

Why would you let Williams shoot in a shootout???

Because statistically Williams in the past two seasons has been the Wings best shooter in shooutouts.. say what you want but he has moves.

[bcwingsfan19 0]

Why do they struggle so much against the oilers?

[Hiei 192]

Dom, You nearly give Red Wings Nation a HEART ATTACK and LOSE??????????? GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aflac9262 211]

Meh we were due to lose anyhow.

Just be glad we're not in 9th place like Edmonton. That would really suck.

On the bright side, we still earned a point.

Edited February 24, 2007 by aflac9262

[wingsfan979802 0]

leaving to go kill them in nhl 07. BRING IT! this was a o.k. game. i didn't expect something too great. BEET NASHVILE!

900th post

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

damn this team sucks in ot! i thought it was a sloppy game from both teams. that first kinda messed everybody up, there was absolutely no flow after that period. this reffing issue needs to be addressed. they are so inconsistent.

[cr00d 26]

i hate the shoot-out.. it's stupid.. exciting.. but stupid.

Sabres are a fantastic team, but without all of their shoot-out wins, they'd pretty much be an average team. They'd have as many points as the Atlanta Thrashers (not including how many points the Thrashers have in shoot-outs however).

Same goes for the Wild. Without all of their shoot-out wins, they wouldn't even be in a playoff spot.

Juts a bitter, 'we just lost in a shoot-out' rant i suppose.

[Aki 0]

he was great last year

yeah, but he can't score this year

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

i don't want to rag on dom, cuz his play has been great this year, but his roaming around out of the net is starting to cost us. what is he thinking?? i know he's always done it, but he's gambling against long odds more so than i remember in 2002 and it cost us once tonight and should have cost us twice more, but we got lucky.

i hate the shoot-out.. it's stupid.. exciting.. but stupid.

Sabres are a fantastic team, but without all of their shoot-out wins, they'd pretty much be an average team. They'd have as many points as the Atlanta Thrashers (not including how many points the Thrashers have in shoot-outs however).

Same goes for the Wild. Without all of their shoot-out wins, they wouldn't even be in a playoff spot.

Juts a bitter, 'we just lost in a shoot-out' rant i suppose.

yeah, imagine our record if we were good in ot. we have the best record in regulation this year and we're not too far off best record period.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Too abd the boys came up short , oh well its a point if we beat Nashville tommrow were up 3 points ... but if we lsoe were behind by a point

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

wouldn't it be nice if this team actually had two scoring lines?!?!?! i'm simply not comfortable with any other line on the ice other than z's.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

wouldn't it be nice if this team actually had two scoring lines?!?!?! i'm simply not comfortable with any other line on the ice other than z's.

Lang and Danny have to bring up there game , but what the hell was babs doing putting Franzen with Lang and Willaims , 2 big lazy effers on the ice doesnt make me feel safe about a one goal lead

[Guest Crymson]

Didn't help that the puck rolled up on Pasha...that really sucks. Oh well, those are the breaks.

I hope we have enough in the tank for tomorrow night. I'm scared.

Alright kids, I'm off to watch Keith Olbermann...night night.

s*** happens. Teams lose games. The Preds lost to the Habs last night. Tough luck for them. Tough luck for us tonight. Gvet over it.

The Wings are now one point up on the Preds. Ok?

Lang and Danny have to bring up there game , but what the hell was babs doing putting Franzen with Lang and Willaims , 2 big lazy effers on the ice doesnt make me feel safe about a one goal lead

I defy you to tell me, after tonight's game, that Cleary is not playing well.

Lang? Lang doesn't belong in the same category as Cleary. Lang is at the bottom of the barrel. No, no--Lang doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as barrels. They're too good for him.

EDIT: I am defending Cleary here.

Edited February 24, 2007 by Crymson

[Flip-check 6]

Too abd the boys came up short , oh well its a point if we beat Nashville tommrow were up 3 points ... but if we lsoe were behind by a point

There are some people in life who posit that no one ever changes their ways. Then others claim that individuals very well can change the directions of their lives for the better.

Let's hope the Wings actually bring it back-to-back for once?

[RedWingsFanatic 4]

I think the most frustrating thing for me about tonight is the fact that Edmonton gets 6 out of 8 points against us this season. We better hope they don't have another late season surge to grab that eighth spot, because we do not need to see them again.

Edited February 24, 2007 by RedWingsFanatic

[sibiriak 84]

There are some people in life who posit that no one ever changes their ways. Then others claim that individuals very well can change the directions of their lives for the better.

Let's hope the Wings actually bring it back-to-back for once?

Hope?Absolutely. Bet on it? Nope.

[Guest Crymson]

I actually cheered when Lang got hit in the third.

[sibiriak 84]

I think the most frustrating thing for me about tonight is the fact that Edmonton gets 6 out of 8 points against us this season. We better hope they don't have another late season surge to grab that eighth spot, because we do not need to see them again.

The Oilers got 6 out of 8 points vs the Wings, and the Wings got 5 out of 8 points vs the Oilers, and the Oilers won 3 of 4. You got to love the new NHL arithmetic...

[Hocketownwest 11]

Well you can chock this loss up to Doms panicky theatrics. Someone tie a short teather from the goal post to his neck. If he would have stayed in net this one would have been in the bag.

Why is he panicky? Because he knows when the goals for the wings aren't coming easy, Dom in a shootout = LOSS

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Lang? Cleary doesn't belong in the same category as Lang. Lang is at the bottom of the barrel. No, no--Lang doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as barrels. They're too good for him.

Calm down , Clearys my favorite player , I love him and all but his not scroing is harder to get used to after the explosive start he had. But he can still do everything esle that the game invovles.

And the barrels comment

[Drake_Marcus 890]

o god.......babcock is still putting williams in....

The ending to this game made Marcus' heart sad.

[Airborn 0]

Thoughts on tonight’s game:

1. Hasek clearly didn’t have his “A†game, and what was with all the wandering?

2. Kronwall clearly left his feet on Lupul hit, but it was still nice to see him play physical. I thought it carried over to the rest of his game; he played really well tonight.

3. I’d like to welcome back Kirk Maltby after a 2+ year absence. Nice to see him getting back to the hitting and agitating.

4. Quiet night for Datsyuk and Zetterberg; they didn’t seem to have any jump at all.

5. Jason Smith is really underrated; give him a lot of credit for playing the top line so tight

[Guest Crymson]

Calm down , Clearys my favorite player , I love him and all but his not scroing is harder to get used to after the explosive start he had. But he can still do everything esle that the game invovles.

And the barrels comment

I was defending Cleary. As you may have noticed, I also have great respect for him. Lang? No.

Well you can chock this loss up to Doms panicky theatrics. Someone tie a short teather from the goal post to his neck. If he would have stayed in net this one would have been in the bag.

Why is he panicky? Because he knows when the goals for the wings aren't coming easy, Dom in a shootout = LOSS

BLAH BLAH BLAH... cool, why don't we blame it on Lang's horrible coverage as well? Quit scapegoating.