4/3 GDT: Red Wings 3, Blue Jackets 2

[Hockeytown Red Wings 245]

I watched this game at the bar, about 5 minutes from Nationwide. You can imagine the looks I got when I was the only one screaming with 10 seconds left in the game.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

If a player really does care if they're playing on the road or at home, then I don't want them on my team. That was my point - which you obviously didn't understand.

That's fine when the other team actually has SOME intensity. But I don't know how anyone can say it's entertaining to watch two teams match each's others non-existant emotion.

NFM, I understand what you're saying. But I guess this all boils down to difference of opinion. While some people like boring hockey, or others think that the Wings work harder on home ice, or some feel that every trip to the Joe (even free) should be more than enough to entertain, I don't.

Going to the Joe is a special event to me. I don't get to go very often (maybe once or twice a year). And it's for that reason that when I do get to go, even for free (even though it's not after parking, eating, tolls, etc), when the game is boring, it's a big disappointment. Maybe others can go and just revel in the fact that they're watching live hockey, but I don't put the Wings or hockey on a pedastol so that I can't see the bruises on the fruit. I watch hockey because it's entertaining. Last nights game was anything but. It's no different than going to a movie that sucks. I'm sure everyone here wouldn't have a problem saying "such-and-such" movie sucked even if they got in for free.

Fair enough.....bottom line though, would you have rather stayed at home last night or gone to the Joe regardless of the quality of the game? Keep in mind that you would've watched the game from home, if you didn't get tickets (I would assume atleast).

Like they say on Wedding Crashers

John Ryan: Was it a god band?"

Jeremy: Who gives a sh*t! Good band, bad band....its like pizza. It goes with anything.

[Third Man In 2,091]

:-(

It speaks volumes about a club that can string together so many consecutive 100-pt seasons. Congrats to the Wings.

Just to be clear (since you quoted my post): I really didn't take any particular joy in the Hawks missing out on the playoffs (except, perhaps, on behalf of our two "friends" that showed up here the other night). Actually, I was hoping the Wings would play the Hawks in the first round--a playoff series would really revive the rivalry, which is in the interest of both franchises and their fans. But those days are coming soon enough. The Hawks have built themselves a fine young team.

btw, you've been a class act, BlackhawksFan. Hopefully you'll hang around the boards during the playoffs, and either way we look forward to seeing you next year!

[Kp-Wings 3]

I'm not trying to poo-poo home ice advantage but this whole subject was brought up because I called last nights game boring - which it was. Someone argued that the game was not boring based on the fact that the Wings won the President's Trophy. My argument is that it didn't make the game any more exciting. Maybe if the Wings players themselves showed like they actually cared about winning it, the game would have been more entertaining. But for about 55 minutes of last nights game, there was more intensity in the pre game warmup than there was during the contest.

The game was boring, boring, boring. Outside of the Abeldeaker line, nobody showed much emotion and there certainly weren't a whole lot of offensive chances. In fact, one of the biggest cheers in the 2nd period came when the Wings looked to have an odd man rush moving through the neutral zone. If that gets the biggest cheer then you know the game's a snoozefest.

And you have to remember that I was in the nosebleeds - typically where the blue collared fan resides - hence 'true fans'. And yet, besides myself and two older gentleman close by, nobody else was even watching the game. I don't think it's because they weren't 'real' fans, but rather there was nothing interesting going on the ice. Certainly not a band of 18 skaters playing their asses off for the glorified President's Trophy that so many fans seem to covet.

Haha. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, eh?

Edited April 4, 2008 by Kp-Wings