Is Bab's a little shook?

[stormboy 47]

He's pissed off and has every reason to be.

on the one hand, every loss is certainly an opportunity to examine your faults and try to improve them. on the other, you're GOING to lose some games. losing three-two to ottawa is not terrible. it concerns me that we got outshot by such a wide margin, considering our style of play, but hasek played pretty well, we dug ourselves out of a two goal deficit, and it was anybody's game, including the few minutes after the second alfie goal. if this WAS the SCFs, we lose one game by one goal IN ottawa. i'd say our chances are still pretty good. so, i don't know if babcock has every reason to be pissed. sure, you want to have the mentality that every game is winnable, but have you looked at the standings lately?

and about the comparisons to the edmenton series...i really feel like this is a different team. we had such a great record that year because we feasted on weak divisional opponents. though our division still isn't stellar, we're not raking in the points off of easy wins over these teams. that year we won seven out of eight games against chicago. they're crushing us this year. but that means that our points are coming from beating other teams...like that one time we beat second-place dallas twice in a row, outscroing them 7-1 in two games.

i do agree with those who are saying that our checking guys like kopecky and downey will have a lot to do with how we fare in the playoffs. the scorers will continue to do what they do -- it's the physicality that is inconsistent. but, let's be honest, inconsistent is a big step ahead of where it was two years ago: nonexistent. we've still got some time to work that s*** out.

let's destroy atlanta and call it good.

[Dabura 12,232]

babs is a good guy who doesnt like to be dicked around with, he didnt answer the question because the answer is an obvious one and the reporter knew it before hand and only asked to get a rise or some kind of emotion out of him

ftw

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

I know you're just yanking his chain, but surely you cannot be serious in your other post where Downey = win all the time. As much as I like the guy, the itching to see him play gets a little bit ridiculous on here sometimes despite the team winning more often than not. And while I doubt you were seriously implying this, but to think he's directly responsible or the main contributor for a majority of the Wings' wins is absolutely silly.

Yeah, I was just being sarcastic. I just like to see him playing in the games, because no matter what he always trys his hardest, will hit and fight. If we had a guy like Downey that had a bit more skill, we'd be just fine.

[stormboy 47]

let's destroy atlanta and call it good.

sorry for the jinx.