Stanley Cup is in Russia

[zata40 3]

What difference does it make what he looks like? It's what's inside that makes him who and what he is. Heart, courage, skills, determination...coupled with kindness, sincerity, a great sense of humor. We don't have much of a choice in what we look like, unless we want to be in hock to plastic surgeons for all of our lives. Hell, if that was the case, I'd have been in hock to them since the day I was born. He cannot help what he looks like, so just get past the outer packaging and find the true treasure that is inside. Besides, if you want to talk about separated at birth, you'd be better off looking at Lurch and Derian Hatcher.

P.S. Dmitriy, I love the pictures. The second one is a gem, but it would look a whole lot better without that stupid watermark.

I didnt want to get you upset

I was only trying to have some fun.

[Kira 451]

Okay, point taken. I guess when you are told all your life that you are ugly, you tend to get sensitive about it. Also when your self worth is ridiculed constantly that doesn't help either.

[Guest CaliWingsNut]

Okay, point taken. I guess when you are told all your life that you are ugly, you tend to get sensitive about it. Also when your self worth is ridiculed constantly that doesn't help either.

Take a number, cause I (and MILLIONS of others) got here first. You are the only one in charge of you, and if other's opinions are that you're this or that is bothering you, only you can work to change that.

Edited August 14, 2008 by CaliWingsNut

[WingNutt 12]

Pat, I would never pay my attention to some people who trying to make some "funny" jokes about how Pav looks like. I'm enjoying what kind of hockey player and what kind of person he is.

p.s. there is nothing i can do about these watermarks on the russian pictures. "It is what it is"

I was just thinking the same thing? whats up with all these people?? Obviously not very good fans when all they can do is talk crap about one of the players on a team that just worked hard to bring home a championship to them, then Dmitriy is nice enough to post pictures for everyone to enjoy and all they do is mock them?

I appreciate the pictures Dmitriy and am sure a lot Pavel's other fans do as well including Kira (Pat).

Can't wait for hockey season either man, going to be another fun year.

oh and all the people "Judging" the pictures I say if its all in "good" fun then post some pictures of yourself then we can all talk about what things you remind us of?

oh and I noticed Gary was in one of the pictures sitting next to Pavel,

Go Wings

Edited August 14, 2008 by WingNutt

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I was just thinking the same thing? whats up with all these people?? Obviously not very good fans when all they can do is talk crap about one of the players on a team that just worked hard to bring home a championship to them, then Dmitriy is nice enough to post pictures for everyone to enjoy and all they do is mock them?

I appreciate the pictures Dmitriy and am sure a lot Pavel's other fans do as well including Kira (Pat).

Can't wait for hockey season either man, going to be another fun year.

Believe me people can do much, MUCH worse then playfully post goofy picture comparisons IN GOOD FUN. Nobody is talking crap about anybody.

You have some nerve to question my "fanhood" when I am just trying to enjoy myself, maybe spread a laugh or two, and doing nothing remotely close to trashing Datsyuk or making him less of a hockey player or person.

You are making a big deal out of very little.

oh and all the people "Judging" the pictures I say if its all in "good" fun then post some pictures of yourself then we can all talk about what things you remind us of?

I've done just that, see my post above.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Okay, point taken. I guess when you are told all your life that you are ugly, you tend to get sensitive about it. Also when your self worth is ridiculed constantly that doesn't help either.

Meh, it happened to me all the time when I was younger. Still happens to me sometimes. And people tell me I never would amount to much in life so far.

I just laugh it off and laugh at it. The latter at least is false thankfully.

[WingNutt 12]

Believe me people can do much, MUCH worse then playfully post goofy picture comparisons IN GOOD FUN. Nobody is talking crap about anybody.

You have some nerve to question my "fanhood" when I am just trying to enjoy myself, maybe spread a laugh or two, and doing nothing remotely close to trashing Datsyuk or making him less of a hockey player or person.

You are making a big deal out of very little.

I've done just that, see my post above.

I understand what your saying in a way, a little bit of joking around is fine but you guys took it way to far in my opinion, This entire post has turned into it, if you want a lets make fun of a Players looks thread make one don't come in a disrespect Dmitriy's thread of Pictures he shared from Pavel's day with the cup, There is a time and place for everything and making this thread into a Datsyuk Roast is not it.

I'm sure your a good Wings fan but you don't talk about the looks of players, they are the most talented players in the world in one of the hardest sports to play in the world. have a little bit of respect and enjoy the championship they brought us.

I might have overreacted a little bit, however I just ignored the first 3 or so post about it, until I came back the next day and seen a page full of them.

if anything its not right to be this off of subject.

[Opie 308]

Oh my s*** people loosen up!

Said by a 6' Red head, Seriously I was made fun of all through school (most people were) being different can suck as a child, but I have to assume most of us here are adults and understand that what was said in this thread was in jest. I was not popular in High School and the popular kids called me Fire Crotch, out loud in the school or even when they saw me at my job. You either learn to deal with it or it will eat you up inside and you will be in therapy in 15 years.

Hey I look like Opie Taylor, hence the nickname, but instead of being all worked up about it, s*** I embrace it, it was how I was known all through college, some of my friends had no clue what my real first name was.

Not one poster made a comment about how crappy a player he is or how he murdered Mother Theresa. Don't you think the Shark's fans made fun of Ricci, well, bad example no one is that ugly, but you get my point, people were just making an observation.

IF you know Dats personally and know that he would be greatly offended by people saying he looks like Lurch, than fine speak up, but otherwise let it go. He appears to have a great sense of humor and would probably have a snappy one liner for the person who called him Lurch to his face.

BTW: Great Pics!

Edited August 15, 2008 by Opie

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I understand what your saying in a way, a little bit of joking around is fine but you guys took it way to far in my opinion, This entire post has turned into it, if you want a lets make fun of a Players looks thread make one don't come in a disrespect Dmitriy's thread of Pictures he shared from Pavel's day with the cup, There is a time and place for everything and making this thread into a Datsyuk Roast is not it.

I'm sure your a good Wings fan but you don't talk about the looks of players, they are the most talented players in the world in one of the hardest sports to play in the world. have a little bit of respect and enjoy the championship they brought us.

I might have overreacted a little bit, however I just ignored the first 3 or so post about it, until I came back the next day and seen a page full of them.

if anything its not right to be this off of subject.

I'm going to give you and some of the other big Datsyuk fans on here some perspective, both good and critical.

I absolutely dig and respect and think it is cool that you all are big fans of his and are dedicated to him. Nobody should have any qualms with that whatsoever and if they do, they got the problems.

However, you all really need to grow some thicker cojones.

And I'm not talking about if people make stupid comments without any maturity or supporting reasons like "ZOMG DATSYUK CAN'T HIT THE BACKSIDE OF A BARN" or "DATSYUK SUCKS SO BAD THAT HE SHOULD JUMP OFF A CLIFF AND DIE" where they don't do anything to back up their claim. Or for any player for that matter. That is ripping on a player without any smarts and I cannot stand this.

But it seems like whenever a thread where Datsyuk is the main focus, if somebody even slightly questions things such as...a tiny piece of his play on the ice, maybe if he is in a multiple game slump, or perhaps that he might have struggled with the English language in the past, or even slightly says something like "I'm glad Datsyuk won the Selke, but I think the Selke should also be based on reasons A, B, and C and Datsyuk isn't as strong in these areas"...if people even slightly question him where it is legit such as those things, or if they are doing it in a civil manner, or if they are giving him praise as well as critiquing him, some of you just get so up in arms beyond ridiculousness. You all take overreacting to new levels. Do you understand how annoying that is for an unbiased fan or average joe to read?

It has certainly happened with fans of other athletes as well, the goalie wars in here as well. I understand defending and standing by your favorite player, but you all consistently show that you cannot take much criticism of the guy and it is sometimes unbearable to read through such threads, and it happens in just about every thread where Datsyuk is a main focus. And it is sometimes even more annoying then such things as the goalie wars.

Hell, in this thread alone, there is no ripping on him, there are just playful jokes just like people would do on any other player whether they are a superstar, a 3rd line grinder, or a bench warmer. Nobody is saying he is a crappy person or hockey player or has bad demeanor or whatever else, and some of you still get ridiculously bent out of shape.

Don't ever change for a second that you all are big fans of Datsyuk. Please though try to loosen up though. It isn't worth taking so seriously and losing your hair over, whether it is talk about his game on the ice or just goofing around in gest.

[WingNutt 12]

I'm going to give you and some of the other big Datsyuk fans on here some perspective, both good and critical.

I absolutely dig and respect and think it is cool that you all are big fans of his and are dedicated to him. Nobody should have any qualms with that whatsoever and if they do, they got the problems.

However, you all really need to grow some thicker cojones.

And I'm not talking about if people make stupid comments without any maturity or supporting reasons like "ZOMG DATSYUK CAN'T HIT THE BACKSIDE OF A BARN" or "DATSYUK SUCKS SO BAD THAT HE SHOULD JUMP OFF A CLIFF AND DIE" where they don't do anything to back up their claim. Or for any player for that matter. That is ripping on a player without any smarts and I cannot stand this.

But it seems like whenever a thread where Datsyuk is the main focus, if somebody even slightly questions things such as...a tiny piece of his play on the ice, maybe if he is in a multiple game slump, or perhaps that he might have struggled with the English language in the past, or even slightly says something like "I'm glad Datsyuk won the Selke, but I think the Selke should also be based on reasons A, B, and C and Datsyuk isn't as strong in these areas"...if people even slightly question him where it is legit such as those things, or if they are doing it in a civil manner, or if they are giving him praise as well as critiquing him, some of you just get so up in arms beyond ridiculousness. You all take overreacting to new levels. Do you understand how annoying that is for an unbiased fan or average joe to read?

It has certainly happened with fans of other athletes as well, the goalie wars in here as well. I understand defending and standing by your favorite player, but you all consistently show that you cannot take much criticism of the guy and it is sometimes unbearable to read through such threads, and it happens in just about every thread where Datsyuk is a main focus. And it is sometimes even more annoying then such things as the goalie wars.

Hell, in this thread alone, there is no ripping on him, there are just playful jokes just like people would do on any other player whether they are a superstar, a 3rd line grinder, or a bench warmer. Nobody is saying he is a crappy person or hockey player or has bad demeanor or whatever else, and some of you still get ridiculously bent out of shape.

Don't ever change for a second that you all are big fans of Datsyuk. Please though try to loosen up though. It isn't worth taking so seriously and losing your hair over, whether it is talk about his game on the ice or just goofing around in gest.

I totally understand what you are trying to get across, I just feel it went a little too far thats all. WAY WAY OFF TOPIC is all I'm saying, Myself, Kira and 13dats are mature enough to understand this. All I was ever saying was it got a little bit carried away for a picture thread,

ignore the context of it being Pavel and poking fun, I don't think this thread was intended for that, the whole discussion about this is going no where as well so I'm going to stop.

don't be offended just trying to let you know what I'm saying I can take a joke, Pavel can take a joke but sometimes things go too far and it just gets old.

The place for all these comments would have been in the Red Wings look-Alike thread.

have a good day everyone and here's to another successful season for our team

GO WINGS

[hamip1998 3]

No mean blood here............................

But if I earned $6,700,000/year? My haircut?...... would be much nicer.

We gotta work on this.

(Nice photos though.)

Great photos for sure!

Pavel's haircut is awesome when compared with the one sported by Mike Bolt (I think that's Bolt), the Cup Keeper in the second to last pic. I think he last updated that hairstyle around 1979 - 1980.

BTW, I hear that Lurch was one hell of a defenseman back in the day.

Edited August 15, 2008 by hamip1998

[Yemack 1]

Relax people, the season is not here yet. we will have plenty opportunities to have goalie threads and go crazy each other.

I think it is kinda cool to see the military escort for Stanley Cup.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Meh, it happened to me all the time when I was younger. Still happens to me sometimes. And people tell me I never would amount to much in life so far.

I just laugh it off and laugh at it. The latter at least is false thankfully.

You don't have to take that crap, SWF.

I say kill 'em all if that's what they really think of you.

[zata40 3]

I'm going to give you and some of the other big Datsyuk fans on here some perspective, both good and critical.

I absolutely dig and respect and think it is cool that you all are big fans of his and are dedicated to him. Nobody should have any qualms with that whatsoever and if they do, they got the problems.

However, you all really need to grow some thicker cojones.

And I'm not talking about if people make stupid comments without any maturity or supporting reasons like "ZOMG DATSYUK CAN'T HIT THE BACKSIDE OF A BARN" or "DATSYUK SUCKS SO BAD THAT HE SHOULD JUMP OFF A CLIFF AND DIE" where they don't do anything to back up their claim. Or for any player for that matter. That is ripping on a player without any smarts and I cannot stand this.

But it seems like whenever a thread where Datsyuk is the main focus, if somebody even slightly questions things such as...a tiny piece of his play on the ice, maybe if he is in a multiple game slump, or perhaps that he might have struggled with the English language in the past, or even slightly says something like "I'm glad Datsyuk won the Selke, but I think the Selke should also be based on reasons A, B, and C and Datsyuk isn't as strong in these areas"...if people even slightly question him where it is legit such as those things, or if they are doing it in a civil manner, or if they are giving him praise as well as critiquing him, some of you just get so up in arms beyond ridiculousness. You all take overreacting to new levels. Do you understand how annoying that is for an unbiased fan or average joe to read?

It has certainly happened with fans of other athletes as well, the goalie wars in here as well. I understand defending and standing by your favorite player, but you all consistently show that you cannot take much criticism of the guy and it is sometimes unbearable to read through such threads, and it happens in just about every thread where Datsyuk is a main focus. And it is sometimes even more annoying then such things as the goalie wars.

Hell, in this thread alone, there is no ripping on him, there are just playful jokes just like people would do on any other player whether they are a superstar, a 3rd line grinder, or a bench warmer. Nobody is saying he is a crappy person or hockey player or has bad demeanor or whatever else, and some of you still get ridiculously bent out of shape.

Don't ever change for a second that you all are big fans of Datsyuk. Please though try to loosen up though. It isn't worth taking so seriously and losing your hair over, whether it is talk about his game on the ice or just goofing around in gest.

and thats why I love you SouthernWingsFan

[Guest LivingtheDream]

Meh, it happened to me all the time when I was younger. Still happens to me sometimes. And people tell me I never would amount to much in life so far.

I think I have heard about these people, these ugly sad little people. I have always been complimented on my looks and they have served me well with having to do little work for success, wealth and sex with equally attractive people just about any time I want it.

But I would trade it all to stick handle like Dats!!!

Edited August 19, 2008 by LivingtheDream