3/17 GDT: Red Wings @ Canucks

[Chairman Maouth 97]

How am i a troll moron ur just a canucks fan sad because you didnt like what you heard

Go away kid.

[rwfan007 18]

aight I am sick and need to sleeeeeeeeep. rwfan signing off. night yall

[Chairman Maouth 97]

LOL i am just angry cuz i lost 850 bucks

You better get a second paper route.

[edicius 3,269]

Well -- you haven't done as poorly as Calgary on the road. I'd be much more concerned if I was them right now. Plus Colorado is breathing down their necks.

Point taken. Mind you, I don't want to take any road trips to Calgary...but in the postseason, we'd undoubtedly have home ice over them, so that's a definite plus considering how ineffective they've been. Still, it's cause for concern when the Wings are (with OTLs) below .500 on the road. We've always been such a great road team. Now this season, we're phenomenal at home and below average on the road. Not sure what I think about that tradeoff yet.

[Guest Crymson]

If anything, I noticed a lack of drive by the Wings tonight, but like I said, I've noticed that they often have trouble with Vancouver. Whether that's the Canucks just having the Wings number, or the Wings being uninspired, or a combination of both, I'm not sure. I would think that they'd take a team that consistently beats them a little more seriously though. I'm not flaming the Wings; I love the Wings, I'm just thinking out loud.

I imagine it's probably the absence of four key players, including one who is our best and is utterly vital on the top line.

In any event, we're now on a one-game adversity streak Huzzah!

[Chairman Maouth 97]

Point taken. Mind you, I don't want to take any road trips to Calgary...but in the postseason, we'd undoubtedly have home ice over them, so that's a definite plus considering how ineffective they've been. Still, it's cause for concern when the Wings are (with OTLs) below .500 on the road. We've always been such a great road team. Now this season, we're phenomenal at home and below average on the road. Not sure what I think about that tradeoff yet.

Minny beat the Flames in Calgary tonight in regulation time.

And I didn't know the wings were under .500 on the road. Damn -- you must be killer at home if that's the case.

[CrazyCanuck 0]

Good news on Vancouver's local radio station. Salo only tweaked his groin and will be re-evaluated tommorrow. He will most likely not miss a game.

[Chairman Maouth 97]

LOL very funny

Thank you.

Now let's man-hug.

Good news on Vancouver's local radio station. Salo only tweaked his groin and will be re-evaluated tommorrow. He will most likely not miss a game.

Good. I was worried about that. But we should have Mitchell back next game.

[edicius 3,269]

Minny beat the Flames in Calgary tonight in regulation time.

And I didn't know the wings were under .500 on the road. Damn -- you must be killer at home if that's the case.

Oops, I erred, but just slightly. We're 19-14-4 on the road right now, so one game above .500. At home, though? 26-4-5. Big difference. Only team in the league that can compare to our home record is Nashville with a 26-6-4 record.

[CrazyCanuck 0]

How is that good news! I thought u live in Ohio lier! I cleary showed you that i hate salo

Because I also post on the Canucks.com forums and you don't need to live in Vancouver to do so.

[Chairman Maouth 97]

Oops, I erred, but just slightly. We're 19-14-4 on the road right now, so one game above .500. At home, though? 26-4-5. Big difference. Only team in the league that can compare to our home record is Nashville with a 26-6-4 record.

Got it.

You'll have home ice advantage in ay least the first round of the playoffs, so things aren't looking all that bad.

[edicius 3,269]

Because I also post on the Canucks.com forums and you don't need to live in Vancouver to do so.

Exactly. Otherwise, I'd be posting on a Devils forum (if there is such a thing ).

And with that, I'm out. I'm exhausted. Congrats on the win, guys. It shant happen again!

[CrazyCanuck 0]

Exactly. Otherwise, I'd be posting on a Devils forum (if there is such a thing ).

And with that, I'm out. I'm exhausted. Congrats on the win, guys. It shant happen again!

Peace out.

[Chairman Maouth 97]

Exactly. Otherwise, I'd be posting on a Devils forum (if there is such a thing ).

And with that, I'm out. I'm exhausted. Congrats on the win, guys. It shant happen again!

Goodnight edicus.

Thanks for the chat.

[henriksedin 1]

Oops, I erred, but just slightly. We're 19-14-4 on the road right now, so one game above .500. At home, though? 26-4-5. Big difference. Only team in the league that can compare to our home record is Nashville with a 26-6-4 record.

Calgary is 28-6-2 at home

I still think the canucks won't do well in the playoffs! Sedins will disapear forsure, naslund well we all know what he has done. Let me be the first to say it i see Luoungo getting scored on from center ice! Canucks have no grit whatsoever the sedins look like aliens

Bieksa

Mitchell

Ohlund

Cowen

Cooke

Burrows

you're right, no grit at all.

[Guest Crymson]

Calgary is 28-6-2 at home

Bieksa

Mitchell

Ohlund

Cowen

Cooke

Burrows

you're right, no grit at all.

Wow, Henrik Sedin posting on our forum! Wow!

[henriksedin 1]

Wow, Henrik Sedin posting on our forum! Wow!

Hey now, I've been here since the '02 playoffs. I'm a LGW vet.

[RedWingsFanatic 4]

I tend to rag on people for overreacting to losses. In most cases, a loss can be attributed to the team playing a lazy game, which is bound to happen throughout the course of an 82-game season. Blame the officiating, blame the coaching, blame the players, blame whoever. It happens.

Tonight, however, was not a case of that. No, tonight furthered a trend.

The Red Wings are still unable to play well and sufficiently enough in Western Canada. They become sloppy, they get anxious and it becomes incredibly aggravating to watch. Why does it happen? Well, to be honest, I think the Canucks are, on most nights, a better team than the Red Wings. I think the Central Division is extremely lopsided, and I fail to believe that Nashville and Detroit are the two best teams in the league. But, yada yada yada. The most important thing is this: the Red Wings need to find a way to play better in places like Vancouver and Calgary.

These games against the Canucks and Flames are a more important test than the games against Nashville last week. So far, 0 for 1.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

I tend to rag on people for overreacting to losses. <snip>

I agree. The Wings inability to cope with Western Canadian hockey is maddening. There are a myriad of reasons why any particular game is a loss (tonight, our still-depleted line up is as good as any), but adding "it was a West Coast team" to the list presents huge problems in most foreseeable playoff series. Their trap was also noticeable and stifling.

The good news is this: we have yet to really play the Canucks when firing on all cylinders, and we won't unless we meet in the playoffs. We've beaten the Flames twice, trading blowouts and winning a tight one, and we essentially went 1-1-2 against the Oilers, where 2 means ties, since they were lost in the shootout.

Still, it's something that looms large over everything they'll try to accomplish this spring.

[edicius 3,269]

Calgary is 28-6-2 at home

Oops, my bad. Not sure how I missed that when looking at the standings. Calgary's in much the same boat as us - good at home, bad on the road (although 9-18-8 is a bit more than just "bad").

(Yeah, yeah, couldn't sleep, sue me... )

[Guest LivingtheDream]

I tend to rag on people for overreacting to losses. In most cases, a loss can be attributed to the team playing a lazy game, which is bound to happen throughout the course of an 82-game season. Blame the officiating, blame the coaching, blame the players, blame whoever. It happens.

Tonight, however, was not a case of that. No, tonight furthered a trend.

The Red Wings are still unable to play well and sufficiently enough in Western Canada. They become sloppy, they get anxious and it becomes incredibly aggravating to watch. Why does it happen? Well, to be honest, I think the Canucks are, on most nights, a better team than the Red Wings. I think the Central Division is extremely lopsided, and I fail to believe that Nashville and Detroit are the two best teams in the league. But, yada yada yada. The most important thing is this: the Red Wings need to find a way to play better in places like Vancouver and Calgary.

These games against the Canucks and Flames are a more important test than the games against Nashville last week. So far, 0 for 1.

Smart. Yes, the Wings need to notch it up big time and these games show why. I'll take the loss no problem, but I do home the whole team and coaching staff look at this kind of game and see problems to fix.

[arin 0]

What was Calder's 10 minute misconduct for you guys??

[GuloGulo 0]

Screw this game.

On to les Flammes, they're ripe for reapin'.

[Offsides 21]

I fell asleep in this one, and it looks like it was a good thing. I saw Datsyuk's goal and that was about it. Looks like we just didn't have it last night? Too bad, I wanted to win.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

The referees were an absolute joke on calls, for BOTH teams. It made the game not that enjoyable to watch. That's all I'm going to say about this one.