3/7 GDT: Blue Jackets 8 at Red Wings 2

[puckbags 863]

For a team with 40+ plus wins, 90+ pts and in the top 3 overall in the league we have come up with some pretty stinky efforts this year....4-1...not over yet !!

[interminded 1]

Have faith people.

[Blaayze 25]

Nice feed, nice tap. Well done Euro-twins.

[55fan 5,133]

Hank! We needed that! Eurotwin powers: Activate!

[Superman54 91]

PP goal, Zetterberg

almost right

[sureWhyNot 19]

Ha ha -- wow.

Thinking back, how weird was it watching Mason stop a breakaway. I forgot goalies did that from time to time - I have developed a mindset that there is absolutely, positively no way a goalie can stop a breakaway in regulation play.

19 shots, 15 saves. Are those acceptable numbers, or am I just being a "fair weather fan" again.

[greenrebellion 415]

Back at the beginning of the season: "Oh it's only November. It's okay. I won't worry until it's March."

Guess what? IT'S MARCH!

Amen

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

Osgood sucks. Is not ready to be in the NHL. Send him back to the minors where he belongs.

So all 4 goals were his fault?

The Wings are going to have to get over it now, because Osgood is about as good as it's going to get the playoffs like it or not.

[maltbymaniac 13]

Has Osgood stopped a single breakaway this season? f***, Nashville all over again.

NOT A SINGLE ONE. this bum is really starting to piss me off

[Wingsallwin 0]

Hank scores but no happy. Just be happy we do not get a shut out. Game is over.

[ShanahanMan 473]

Score one more before the end of the 2nd and then we'll talk.

[TheOwl 77]

Have faith people.

Hope and faith should of left all of us long ago with Osgood in net.

[FinRedWing 172]

So is this "going to help us in the playoffs" kind of adversity?

Hope so.

Yay,Z!

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

Osgood sucks. Is not ready to be in the NHL. Send him back to the minors where he belongs.

LOL. Yeah he's not ready. Let's send him down for a couple years till he's NHL ready. Then we can bring him back up and see what he's made of. WOOOOOOO.

[Vladifan 680]

I read somewhere that Rush is a junkie, too.

Yeupp. It was Oxycontin. Don't know what he's on now but it must be something!

[Guest DetroitBoy313]

Game is over folks.Goodnight all.

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

NOT A SINGLE ONE. this bum is really starting to piss me off

I maybe understand the anger, but don't exaggerate. He has stopped a few this season. He's just let in more then he's stopped.

[Uniblab 12]

Yeupp. It was Oxycontin. Don't know what he's on now but it must be something!

Hillbilly heroin? Ha-hahahahahahaha!!!

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Did these bums forget last Saturday's game?

That's two pathetic showings in one week. I thought Babcock would have gotten to them after that game.

[interminded 1]

Hope and faith should of left all of us long ago with Osgood in net.

I'm true believer I guess..

(But I admit, it's been hard this season....)

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Now, I hope guys need to realize the importance of the goalie. Mason is covering up some big saves against us. When both Franzen and Hossa will be FA, we do not have to sign both. Regard the season Nick's season is over, let's get Luongo. We need a good goalie. If we sign with both Hossa and Franzen, what is our ridiculous goaltending gonna be? Osgood and Howard? I am not blaming those two goalies but can we go far with them next season? Hell no.

Is BJ defense playing great right now? No, but Mason is covering up their faults. I am not saying Osgood is playing bad right now. I am only talking about only the importance of goalie. This BJ team looks like 05-06 season's Oilers with Rolloson, who killed us. Same with 03-04 season's Flames, which played very hard and beat us.

We just look lazy right now. We had 3 days break before this game. Well, maybe Mason turns back to his games after a little slump but come on, this game is just brutal. Why can we not play with full effort when we play against Preds, Jackets, and some other weak teams?

I've contemplated that myself. Is this teams defense really going to be any better than it is now when its spearhead by an aging Lidstrom and Rafalski and with Kronwall looking like nothing more than a good #3? Say what you want, both Rafalski and Lidstrom have regressed this season. Next season, the only difference will be Ericsson on the back-end, and our offense - whats been winning us games - is going to get worse simply because of the cap.

Honestly, I really, really regret the Rafalski signing. I would've preferred the signing Schneider, simply because Schneider was only looking for a short-term year contract, and Rafalski's contract on the back-end is precisely what takes us out of play for Bouwmeester.

A susbstantial change on defense or goaltending is what this team needs, both now and in the coming years.

[TheOwl 77]

So all 4 goals were his fault?

The Wings are going to have to get over it now, because Osgood is about as good as it's going to get the playoffs like it or not.

How many times this season has someone said that? So all 5 goals were Osgoods fault? So all 6 goals were Osgoods fault? That's just my point, he's not getting better, he won't get better. So might as well ride Conklin. This whole loyalty thing is getting old.

[FinRedWing 172]

Btw,is that Filatov kid in the minors again?

[Wingsallwin 0]

So all 4 goals were his fault?

The Wings are going to have to get over it now, because Osgood is about as good as it's going to get the playoffs like it or not.

I think he played good and surely 4 goals were not all his fault but like Mason right now, Ozzie has to make big stops too.

This game is all Babcock's fault. Separated Datsyuk and Zetterberg. What a ridiculous line up that was: Zetterberg + Maltby

[j.hoop 64]

Have faith people.

your unfounded faith is commendable