Game 3 strategies

[Doggy 130]

Only for a couple shifts, after those shifts, Forsberg will be headed to the locker room.

Catch my drift.... .

Lol.

In all seriousness though, Forsberg can go blow a goat for all I care but sending someone out to injure him is classless. Not to mention unnecessary. We're a lot better than the Divealanche.

[WhiteLightning91 105]

Babcock split up Datsyuk and Zetterberg for two games in the last series. Guess which games those were My thought is: don't fix it if it's not broken. But he's the coach, not me

Those games were lost because Hasek couldn't stop a beach ball and our defense was non-existent. Z and Pavel being split up was just a coincidence. If Floppa does play, that means we have to defend against not only his line, but Sakic's line as well. Sakic's or Floppa's line can be stopped by ZDH, but not Filppula-Franzen-Samuelsson. Put Z or Pavel on the 2nd line and we are able to neutralize them with 3 lines, the other being Drake-Draper-Cleary.

Edited April 28, 2008 by WhiteLightning91

[Doggy 130]

I don't feel it's necessary to split Z and D from the start. If Quenneville concenrates solely on them - chances are Mule, Flip, Draper, Hudler, etc. will do some damage. Not to mention our infinitely potent defense.

[evil204 4]

I may be wrong, but I really think the importance of line matching is exaggerated. When we start trying to match other teams' lines, players start having their shifts cut down to 5 seconds, noone can get into the flow of the game, and they can't really develop chemistry. Datsyuk/Zetterberg/Homer is arguably the best line in the league and even if you put your best shutdown line against them, they'll still make things happen. If we split them up, we get 2 good lines, both of which are easier to shut down. In the end, I think line matching disrupts the pace of the game more than anything. They should focus more on actual hockey strategy instead of forcing line changes every 20 seconds.

And hey..if they focus on our top line, it means more chances for Franzen.

[Doggy 130]

I may be wrong, but I really think the importance of line matching is exaggerated. When we start trying to match other teams' lines, players start having their shifts cut down to 5 seconds, noone can get into the flow of the game, and they can't really develop chemistry. Datsyuk/Zetterberg/Homer is arguably the best line in the league and even if you put your best shutdown line against them, they'll still make things happen. If we split them up, we get 2 good lines, both of which are easier to shut down. In the end, I think line matching disrupts the pace of the game more than anything. They should focus more on actual hockey strategy instead of forcing line changes every 20 seconds.

And hey..if they focus on our top line, it means more chances for Franzen.

No, line matching is extremely important. Every coach does it to an extent. Some more than others.

[Opie 308]

DET needs to change nothing!!!

ZDH can shutdown any line, so even if Quenville thinks he has Det's number by throwing Forsberg out their against ZDH, Draper Cleary Drake can be sent out to nuetralize Sakic's line, which to me would be a great way to slow them down. ZDH may be a great line a stopping the other team from doing what they want but DCD will hurt them as well as slow them down.

Same can be said vice versa, hell I am not really worried about any of the wings lines against Colorado lines. This team is solid enough defensively when they want to be!

COL- Change netminder and hope that creates new energy. But this team has been owned by Det the entire season.

[utahfalconer 0]

The Wings need to go into Colorado likes its game 1.

Set the tone immediately, light up Theodore right out of the gates. As soon as you get him on his heels, its shown that he will stay there until pulled.

[Yemack 1]

I was reading some of quotes from Avs players and it is quite clear they are going to start something to shift the momentum. Smyth will be out looking for heads of our D men, I hope our D plays headup and execute little bit faster.

Also we shouldn't be too cautious so that we are limiting our own abilities and empowers Avs that much. For us, this is just a matter of execution. If we do what we need to do and stay confident and poised, we will win this game.

We also need luck but you gotta be good to be lucky so we have that taken care of.

Edited April 28, 2008 by Yemack

[ChitownWingsfan 54]

Detroit - Shots on goals should be over 35, preferrably over 40 and just keep shooting. Play 60 minutes, especially the D because the Avs will come out fighting. Don't get down early and start playing their game.

Avs(uck) - Pray for a good performance from your goalies and come out of the 1st period without giving up anything. Cut down on the penalties. Basically play fundamental hockey.

[RedLightGoesOn 81]

Here is the gameplan : Play a full 60 minutes of hockey and of course, win.

Thoedore can be sick or depressed or have a tummy ache, if they put him in net its like throwing a raw piece of meat into the Lion cage at the zoo. All we really need to do is win 1 game in Colorado, so we can finish it in 5 back home in Detroit, to give ours guys some rest, but not enough to make them rusty. That being said, I won't argue with winning in 4 either. But I would expect the Avs to muster something up to win at least 1 game.

[miller76 463]

play 60 minutes.

qoute of the season! If we play all 60, nobody can beat us!

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

^Yep huge.

[Third Man In 2,091]

Colorado: First, play Budaj (looks too late for this one). He's got a lot more confidence right now. Second, don't complain about injuries. If you think the reason you were blown out 5-1 in game 2 involves Peter Forsgerg (or Wolski and Hannan for that matter), look in the mirror. Those players don't account for a 4-goal differential. As a team you need to play much better. Third, generate much more of a forecheck in the offensive zone, especially if you're going to dump the puck in. Too many times in the first two games the Avs dumped the puck in without anyone going in to pursue it, so the puck went directly onto one of the Wings defencemen's sticks and one pass later it was out of the zone.

Detroit: Be prepared for a much tighter game, more along the lines of the games you played in Nashville. Be very patient, especially if the game is 1-0 Colorado or tied late in the game. Be prepared for a low scoring game. Use your gameplan from game 6 against Nashville as a blueprint for both games in Colorado.

Oh yeah, and:

play 60 minutes.