2/15 GDT: Avalanche 6, Red Wings 5 (SO)

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

God damn that bouncing puck

[Xitium 272]

Man, the puck is bouncing so bad today.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Is it just me, or does the oppositions defense always play our forwards hard on the boards, pushing them and giving them a hard time....yet....do we ever do that? I rarely notice our defense pushing and shoving the oppositions forwards along the boards in the defensive zone.

Stuart and Chelios do it... in the playoffs.

[Wingsallwin 0]

wasn't that interference on Helm by one avs? Hollaran sucks..

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

End 1st

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

Well, that's about the best defense I've seen a last-place team. They were in front of everything.

[Wingsallwin 0]

Whatever, this period was just toooooooooooo plain for our boys. Let's play better in the 2nd and 3rd

[PenaltyShot 96 521]

Kronwall's nose looks a little worse for wear Ouch!

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Looks like Kronner took another Colorado skate to the nose

[Elshupacabra 0]

Kronner's nose is all cut up

[puckloo39 5,686]

Kronner hate his own nose. LOL~

Raycroft for Vezina ?

[ChelisChick 174]

His own visor cut him? Bless his heart!!!

[YoungGuns1340 1]

If Helm isn't on this team in the playoffs, then Babcocks head should be on a silver platter. Hes on pace for 255 hits over a an 82 game season and is the fastest skater on this team. Not to metion, does the kid ever quit? Hes like Homer, except all over the ice. Hes taking abuse, and just keeps on going. Are those things not crucial to the playoffs? Moreover, are those not the things the wings have been lacking all season?

Helm almost reminds me of Jordin Tootoo in the way he throws his little body around and plays like his pants are perpetually on fire.

[Guest mindfly]

Is it just me or was Hossa invisible this period?

[clutchngrab 12]

I know sopcast was threatened to be sued. I'm assuming the nhl just took a wide sweep at all the sites that were streaming for free.

I checked into these guys - they stream out of the Netherlands where copywrite laws don't apply. The NHL can't do squat.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

Is it just me or was Hossa invisible this period?

There was at least three times where he had the puck in scoring position and lost it off his stick without getting a shot.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Is it just me or was Hossa invisible this period?

Yeah, hes looked better. But in general, the Coloardo defense is going a great job of chopping up our puck possession game. The lanes are all blocked up, and its been hard for him to get his stick on the puck.

Edited February 15, 2009 by YoungGuns1340

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Sweet. Ovechkin got his 39th. Now that Green has his record, the Caps can go back to setting up Ovy instead of looking for Green.

[dat's sick 1,002]

If Helm isn't on this team in the playoffs, then Babcocks head should be on a silver platter. Hes on pace for 255 hits over a an 82 game season and is the fastest skater on this team. Not to metion, does the kid ever quit? Hes like Homer, except all over the ice. Hes taking abuse, and just keeps on going. Are those things not crucial to the playoffs? Moreover, are those not the things the wings have been lacking all season?

Helm almost reminds me of Jordin Tootoo in the way he throws his little body around and plays like his pants are perpetually on fire.

I don't think there's any doubt he will be on the team in the playoffs.

[redwing_sparty 0]

i htought the second half of the period was much better. we're getting screwed on some bad bounces, and colorado is blocking all the shooting lanes. 3 or 4 solid scoring chances though.

[Yzermania 156]

This game could easily be 3-0 if it wasn't for Ozzy saving our ass! Defense is sloppy today.

yah and it wouldn't be 1-0 if Ozzy didn't play keep away from raffy

either way, that was a boring and unimpressive period.

On a lighter note though, the sharks, devils game was very exciting. Good game devils.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

The fact that the Devils can do so well without Brodeur, on the one hand, is encouraging when I think about not having Lidstrom in a few years. On the other hand, it could just be a testament to the fact that you dont need a great goaltender if you have a great system.

[Wingsallwin 0]

By the way, is ice in JLA good quality? Because I have noticed that the puck bounces weirdly once a month.

[Electrophile 3,554]

I told everyone to hold on to their underpants when it was announced Ozzie was starting. I hope you're still holding on, the game ain't over yet.

I think we'll still win, but it might take a Herculean effort first.

[Vladifan 680]

ozzie ******* reeks. the team doesnt even wanna play when he's in net.

Yeah, and there's MORE! Yeah, and not only that, they should give Oz a blowhorn everytime Flip is on the ice so he can bellow, "SHOOT THE ******* PUCK!!!". And it's obviously on him that so far they haven't passed the puck for s*** or are they able to get out of each other's way, so maybe in his spare time he could help the coaches work on that? And he can also help them work on playing better in front of their net and actually clearing the puck so he doesn't have to stop the slew of shots that came a little later in the period? WHICH HE DID?

THAT SCREW-UP WAS ONE-HALF OZ, ONE-HALF RAFALSKI so how's about you Oz-Hating-Knee-Jerk-Freaks keep yer blood pressure down, or at least take those blinders o, at least for the next two periods?

I swear to gawd I'm gonna start taking names and throw all your posts back on here, hopefully at the end of the season when you all end up looking like idiots.