11/29 GDT: Bruins 4, Red Wings 1

[RedArmy 4]

what is interesting is that every away broadcast I watch. Announcers say that playing redwings is a real measuring stick and a test... so teams show up when they play wings... the question is, which specific team is a measuring stick for the wings? so I wonder if wings occasionally get a bit complacent.

[ben_usmc 253]

Again, nice timing to pick on Hudler, right as he comes up with a great offensive read and almost nails his second goal of the night.

You're an idiot. Go pick on Lilja for not dropping the gloves and contributing to goals against as opposed to goals for. Or Kronwall, who is -2 yet hasnt laid a bigh hit all game. Or Stuart, you know. Whichever.

Stuarts played good tonight, the other 2. Well we know Kronner straight cost us a goal thinking he's ******* Jumbo Joe behind our net

[wingfan1991 221]

Dude, re-read my post. Thats not what I said in my post at all. Reading comprehension helps out.

Of course they're trapping! They've each been up 3-0 on the defending Champs. We'd probably employ the trap too in that situation too. Neither the Bruins or Habs started out playing that way.

what are you drunk? do you see what you wrote? read again..

[uk_redwing 495]

You're an idiot.

Aww diddums. Cos my opinion differs from yours?

[VM1138 1,921]

I hate it when announcers (Ken Daniels included) try to sugar coat things. "Not that they played badly, sometimes you just don't get the breaks."

I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out a team played badly, even if it is your home team.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

If Daniels keeps on saying "another rare regulation loss", they're not gonna be so rare anymore.

And hear we ago, "the Wings didn't play poorly tonight, they just didn't get the stops." We'll just turn our heads as the Wings take 35 shots and can only nab one lucky goal.

[55fan 5,133]

You know how sometimes you watch TV and the sound is off from the video?

That's what watching this game has been like. It just isn't clicking at all.

[Pasha13 0]

if i was the victim of a shark attack i would think "wow this sucks"...but if i have to watch the wings play like this against the sucks monday, ill friggin kill myself

[Statiklullaby87 0]

The wings dont seem to have that jump they had last season, i personally have no clue why helm and downey arent playing, or even abdelkader, they have that intensity that we so desperatly need...But im sure this is just our yearly season slump, we'll snap out of it and end up with the presidents trophy as usual.

[VM1138 1,921]

I sort of wonder if the Wings are still the "measuring stick."

Honestly, they haven't made any noise this season for being a great team or tough to play against. Certainly the rest of the league knows this?

[ben_usmc 253]

No, it means no team plays with their best effort all 82 games in a season.

I understand that, but this game really hasn't been a lack of effort. It was HORRIBLE goaltending early and then a defense that didn't do anything to help aside from Stuart and Lids. I would actually give the top 2 lines a by because the bounces wouldn't go there way. Except Cleary really hasn't been great since he got his contract, but i suppose we have to give him time.

Also what game would you say they have shown effort in then?

Edited November 30, 2008 by ben_usmc

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Welp.

[The Mule 0]

Bad game. Very bad game.

Babcock needs to turn this team into his whipping boys fast.

[edicius 3,269]

Well, at least Ozzie helped his SV% this game (.900). Conks, on the other hand, ended up with a .666 SV%. Eww.

Oh well, at least it's another point for me in the weekend picks.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Of course they're trapping! They've each been up 3-0 on the defending Champs. We'd probably employ the trap too in that situation too. Neither the Bruins or Habs started out playing that way.

what are you drunk? do you see what you wrote? read again..

I'm sorry, but when this season have we been "up 3-0 on the defending Champs." Oh wait, we ARE the defending Champs. Try actually understanding a post before you read it. And that includes all phrases in the post.

So to spell it out for the thick-headed readers, if the Wings...we're up 3-0....on the defending Champs...they'd probably trap...because of the pick-me-up....a team gets....from beating....the defending Champs.

Understand? Jesus..

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

That was ugly. The Wings defensive woes are only matched by the offenses' rotten luck. But they got pushed around tonight and it sure wasn't pretty. I've got nothing good to say about this one.

What I hope is they don't feel the way Ken Daniels does and try and write if off because they hit a couple of posts... They played bad and have got to do something to put together their best effort moving forward.

[Guest mindfly]

When the f*** are they gonna play to their full potential.. is it too freakin much to ask for!?!?!?

[VM1138 1,921]

Back to reading the borefest that is "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley...

[commadore183 103]

4-1 Wings lose. The only bright spot I see is that we didn't get shutout, at least.

[Guest Four]

That's it, I'm becoming a Bruins fan!

Kidding

[uk_redwing 495]

Well, that was worth staying up till 3am for

[ben_usmc 253]

seriously we need toughness, maybe not a downey toughness; although im not a against it. We need people that are checking that will create havoc. We have NO checking line, we are an unbalanced team.

[dat's sick 1,002]

If there was just SOMETHING that worked, so I could be a little hopeful.. and don't say "you can't be at your best every game", because the Wings have been pretty much at their worst several games in a row, and haven't been on their best for one whole game this season.

Goaltending doesn't work, defense definitely doesn't work and I've never seen such lame offense from these players.

Time to go back to the drawing board Babcock, find out what happened to that team we saw last year.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

I said it 5 games into the season, and its sad that it still applies nearly 20 games later. And thats that if we ever meet a team that can keep us to fewer than 3 goals, we're done. We can't keep the opposition to fewer than 3 goals a game, except on the rare occasion.

Edited November 30, 2008 by YoungGuns1340

[ben_usmc 253]

STOP SAYING WE PLAYED BAD OR ELSE YOUR NOT A REAL FAN!!!!