10/8 GDT: Red Wings 4, Edmonton Oilers 2

[FinRedWing 172]

I've watched both Oilers games and I think they have a way better team this season.

Gagner & Cogliano seem like the real deals and Pitkanen-Souray is a great PP-tandem.

That being said I think the Wings will obviously win tonight,shall we say 4-2?

Called it!

[Hank 0]

This was bugging me the whole game and maybe i'm the only one that thinks this.

The Oilers jerseys look like practice jerseys. They are so plain and stupid looking. It made me start to look at some of the other jerseys and to me alot of the new road jersey seem like practice jerseys. They are very simple, almost too simple. I think it is because they don't have any kind of stripe on the bottom but who knows for sure. It drove me crazy all game long.

You're not the only one. And there are a lot more teams out there that have similar looking jerseys. The Sens look like practice threads too. Not enough striping or colours.

[SuperCalaFilppulastic! 34]

Went to the game last night (literally walked up to the willcall window and got 2 $22 tickets - I LOVE FAIR WEATHER FANS!!! )

I'm going to have to do this a few times this year.

Do they charge a lot of fees at the box office?

[OsGOD 3]

I'm going to have to do this a few times this year.

Do they charge a lot of fees at the box office?

No fees... $22 is $22

Went to the game last night (literally walked up to the willcall window and got 2 $22 tickets - I LOVE FAIR WEATHER FANS!!! )

I do hope that little wink on the ends means you are joking... because you can't honestly believe for a second that just because someone like me chooses to not drive down to detroit after work... that we are fair weather fans. Sorry... if you are not joking then... yeah... you are way off basis.

[Zion 93]

Went to the game last night (literally walked up to the willcall window and got 2 $22 tickets - I LOVE FAIR WEATHER FANS!!! )

Anyway, the game was great, but the puck bounced so much it was like they were working with a rubber ball out there. I guess the 100 degree heat has something to do with it.

Anyway, a couple of observations:

1. Datsyuk and Zetterberg need to learn when it's appropriate to shoot and when to pass. On several occasions both had glorious chances to score but elected to dish instead of shoot.

2. Zetterberg should have gotten 5 points (I have him in my pool so I expect more from him ). He made some sick plays and was easily the best Wing last night.

3. Lidstrom made 2 mistakes. Has hell frozen over?

4. Sammy is the only guy that seems to know when he should shoot. And he actually hit the net more than he missed. But he still makes bad decisions at times and is really a good 3rd line player forced to play on the top 2 lines because of lack of scoring.

5. <b>Draper is horrible. There is no way on this planet this guy should be anywhere near a scoring line. He has NO hands and ZERO offensive instincts. Put him on the 4th line immediately. </b>

6. Hasek still look solid.

All in all, it was a fun game to watch and I felt that we really took the play to the OIlers. Edmonton only had a handful of decent chances as we controlled the play most of the night.

But if Raffi Torres actually had any kind of hands, the game could have gone the Oilers way. He had at least 3 quality scoring chances, but failed to score on all of them.

Also, we watched the warm-ups and I was forced to observe the Edmonton half because the buddy I went with is a big Oiles fan.

There are some things that grown men shouldn't do:

1. Wear a jersey of a team that isn't even in the game. And have a name on that jersey of a player that isn't even with that team anymore. Some stoner had a Lindros Leafs jersey. I think the next time I go watch the Wings and Blackhawks I'll put on a Jeremey Roenick Coyotes jersey.

2. Grown men should not act like 10-year old star struck girls. There was one dude who had a 'Samsanov' Oilers t-shirt that would wave or give the 'black power sign' each time one of the Oilers players skated by him and made eye-contact. He had this dumb-ass grin on his face that made my buddy and I howl. I'm a big homer myself but I'm not going to watch the Wings warm up with a *** smile and wave everytime one of them notices me. If I was a player I'd be seriously creeped out.

All babbling aside... are you high? Draper IS on the 4th line and is mainly used as a special-teams guy. Line-juggling aside, he doesn't try to do what Dats and Z do... he wins faceoffs, gets the puck out of the zone and does a GREAT job forechecking, using his speed and smarts to be an absolute pest in the offensive zone. Oh, and he scored a goal last night.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I'd help you look at yourself, SWF!

No love for Sammy?

I pretty much have a small dosage of Samuelsson man-love by default just about every game now, since he usually isn't as bad a hockey player as overdramatized by many members in here.

[Viperar 16]

I pretty much have a small dosage of Samuelsson man-love by default just about every game now, since he usually isn't as bad a hockey player as overdramatized by many members in here.

ditto

[Kp-Wings 3]

I do hope that little wink on the ends means you are joking... because you can't honestly believe for a second that just because someone like me chooses to not drive down to detroit after work... that we are fair weather fans. Sorry... if you are not joking then... yeah... you are way off basis.

Well, if you were a real fan, you'd find a way to go.

I seriously hope you know I was joking there. I just have to poke fun sometimes at the ridiculous things people say on these forums here. I only went to 2 games last year myself.