Video to spark the return of the Mac

[Never_Retire_Steve 35]

OK, diehards definitely remember this day....... now that Mac is back and Forsberg and Foote are back and an Avs vs. Wings first round is possible I just hope that we can have more of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dr_H6gY2Q

[12Newf 0]

that video rules! i miss the good ol days

[RWK23 0]

That is such a well done video. One of my personal favorites.

[redwingfan19 293]

boy do I miss the days when this team had people that would actually stand up for each other ...

[Cicada 4]

wow...the video is like 10 years old and is still doing to rounds...great video though...

does anyone have footage of his 2002 playoff hatrick?

[BeeRYCE 2]

The best thing about that brawl... FORSBERG AND LARIONOV STARTED IT ALL.

Hahaha.

[Mjolman 0]

goosebumps

[Cicada 4]

The best thing about that brawl... FORSBERG AND LARIONOV STARTED IT ALL.

Hahaha.

err... not quite

Forsberg started it (unnecessary punches to Larionov)...got beaten up by Igor and didn't return to the game :!

[ProfessorLidstrom5 0]

Man that video gives me goosebumps whenever I revisit it. That take down of Roy by Shanny was just bad ass!! Gotta love the old days...sigh

[NHLrules? 32]

Man that video gives me goosebumps whenever I revisit it. That take down of Roy by Shanny was just bad ass!! Gotta love the old days...sigh

Feds looks great in a wings uni.

[Saran 1]

awesome video, PLEEEEASE let us play the avs first round.

[Hank Dats 'N Homer 81]

Wow, it seems like that was yesterday....i miss those days. That video really makes me excited for Mccarty, and makes me love maltby even more! God i cant wait anymore....

[Mike Mann 0]

Watching that reminded me how much I love Maltby.

What was that other thread the other day - Maltby is the MAN? ;-)

-Mike

[maltbymaniac 13]

goosebumps

i was gonna say the same thing,the good ole' glory days

[LeftWinger 5,149]

...11 years, wow! Hard To Believe! Proud to say I was in attendance that night. When the brawl brokeout, the Wings were losing and I can remember me and my buddy both saying, we don't even care if the Wings lose this game it has been the absolute best game we've ever been to. Period.

...This is the type of team the Wings need now. A Scotty Bowman built team...

Edited March 12, 2008 by LeftWinger

[Kp-Wings 3]

I can't believe it's been 11 years since that all happened. It feels like it was so recent... I don't know why, but it does. I, and pretty much every Wings fan, will never forget that night. I absolutley loved watching our boys kick the s*** out of that stupid idiot team in Colorado. McCarty vs. Claudia, Vernon vs. Patricia, Shanny vs. Patricia... wow, those were really some great battles!

I love that video, by the way. It has all the fights, and it's a perfect song to go with it. Filter is a great band, so naturally it would fit so well with such a good video.

[SweWings 45]

Damn I'd love to see that kind of passion and determination again. Unlikely to happen tho but one can hope!!

[WingsZR2 1]

The one day I'm able to access youtube at work and this is the video I get to watch, priceless.

[Louisville 112]

The music definitely compliments everything in the video perfectly. Gives me chills every time.

[Uncle Danny 155]

Agreed on the chills. I must have watched this video over a hundred times over the years and it never, ever gets old. Any youngsters that wonder why us old folks are so psyched about Mac coming back need only watch that video and have someone who was around for it explain the story behind each and every punch.

Something I just noticed that I really have to give a hand to the maker of the video for is the moment when Mac is fighting Deadmarsh. Obviously, Deadmarsh was doing what he should have, which was to try and send a message to McCarty about the way he manhandled Turtle. Mac says "I hear you, but I'm not listening," in true #25 form.... anyway, the lyrics at that point of the video are something like:

"You'd fight and you were right, but they were just too strong."

Awesome.

[Rice 42]

Here's another good one:

[Uncle Danny 155]

Another thing I've noticed is that very few people mention what McCarty did to Claude after he turtled, and its symbolic significance... note that after the turtle pose, Mac picks him up and skates him over the bench, smashing his head into the boards a few times. It's not the exact spot, but damned close to where Draper took his hit.

I can almost hear him asking Yertle "how do YOU like it?" I've wondered for years if this was a conscious thing or if he was just trying to get away from the refs and beat on him some more.

EDIT: Typo

Edited March 12, 2008 by Uncle Danny

[Yzerfan1999 81]

I thought it was going to be this.

[Guest vancity_mostwanted]

ahhhhhh the good days

turtle

[LeftWinger 5,149]

Agreed on the chills. I must have watched this video over a hundred times over the years and it never, ever gets old. Any youngsters that wonder why us old folks are so psyched about Mac coming back need only watch that video and have someone who was around for it explain the story behind each and every punch.

Something I just noticed that I really have to give a hand to the maker of the video for is the moment when Mac is fighting Deadmarsh. Obviously, Deadmarsh was doing what he should have, which was to try and send a message to McCarty about the way he manhandled Turtle. Mac says "I hear you, but I'm not listening," in true #25 form.... anyway, the lyrics at that point of the video are something like:

"You'd fight and you were right, but they were just too strong."

Awesome.

...remember, this is McCarty from 11 years ago! I will put up the same argument that everyone else does about Fedorov. He is not the player he once was and for anyone who thinks that he is gonna come in and play like he did 11 years ago, they got a rude awaking coming! He is washed up, a virtual shadow of his former self. One thing Fedorov has over McCarty, at least he hasn't been out of hockey for nearly 2 years!

...all this man-love for an over the hill McCarty, whats the difference between him coming back and Fedorov coming back? Oh, McCarty didn't leave as a free agent (only after the Wings offered him less money than 4 months prior) so that makes him better than Fedorov at this point in their careers. Fedorov is a back stabber who left us, oh, BOO HOO! Save the rhetoric!

...before the boo birds come out, I am just as excited to see McCarty as everyone else, but I am man enough to admit that I would be stoked if Fedorov came back as a UFA... Fedorov at 38 years old is better than McCarty EVER was and still better than HALF the Wings forwards...

...I just think the double standard is hilarious!

...heres to McCarty coming back strong and helping the Wings and heres to Fedorov signing July 1st!