Rafalski and Draper will not play in Game 3

[bellarina 1]

I usually do, but I guess I'm the only one.

Your not the only one. Usually when the injuries are finally revealed it ends up being in the mentioned location upper/lower.

No reason to think upeerbody is a knee injury.

[chrisdetroit 189]

What are our chances of winning this series without Rafalski?

I say not very good, as in less than 50%. He's way too important to this team especially with Lilja also hurt.

Draper is a different story.

What are the chances of the Ducks winning by depending entirely on one line to do all of their scoring? I'd say not very good.

Do you realize that Getzlaf has either assisted on or scored all 6 of their goals?

Do you realize that Getzlaf is averaging 25:51 minutes of ice time? This is #9 among players in the playoffs. The top 8 are all defensemen. The closest forward still playing is Alex O at #34 at 22:49.

This is not a recipe for sucess.

This is going to become apparent in the next couple games. The wings are going to take control of the series because the Ducks #1 line is going to hit the wall and they depend entirely on them.

[Echolalia 2,961]

What are the chances of the Ducks winning by depending entirely on one line to do all of their scoring? I'd say not very good.

Do you realize that Getzlaf has either assisted on or scored all 6 of their goals?

Do you realize that Getzlaf is averaging 25:51 minutes of ice time? This is #9 among players in the playoffs. The top 8 are all defensemen. The closest forward still playing is Alex O at #34 at 22:49.

This is not a recipe for sucess.

This is going to become apparent in the next couple games. The wings are going to take control of the series because the Ducks #1 line is going to hit the wall and they depend entirely on them.

The Wings need to step it up and make sure they hit that wall, though. There has been some poor man-to-man coverage in our zone, the Wings aren't winning the one-on-one battles in the corners. That's going to be the difference in shutting them down or not.

[Blaayze 25]

The Wings need to step it up and make sure they hit that wall, though. There has been some poor man-to-man coverage in our zone, the Wings aren't winning the one-on-one battles in the corners. That's going to be the difference in shutting them down or not.

Kind of what I was thinking as well. These guys arn't young either, mixed with playoff adrenaline, we NEED to make sure we ware them down. I think this was a particularly long plane ride for Datz and Hoss, most likely longer then the others. Here's hoping these two benefit from the extra time, with a little reflection and comprehension to what has happened. Then, prepare for what they can do, and come out tonight firing on all cylinders.

Edited May 5, 2009 by Blaayze

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

What are the chances of the Ducks winning by depending entirely on one line to do all of their scoring? I'd say not very good.

Do you realize that Getzlaf has either assisted on or scored all 6 of their goals?

Do you realize that Getzlaf is averaging 25:51 minutes of ice time? This is #9 among players in the playoffs. The top 8 are all defensemen. The closest forward still playing is Alex O at #34 at 22:49.

This is not a recipe for sucess.

This is going to become apparent in the next couple games. The wings are going to take control of the series because the Ducks #1 line is going to hit the wall and they depend entirely on them.

Sure they can win with only one line, as long as we continue to have injuries and our star players disappear.

How many goals has our 1st line scored in this series so far?

Also, I expect some more OT's in this series, and we have to find a way to win these types of games since it's hurt us in the past against them.

Normally winning with only one line is difficult, but not if the other teams' players underachieve like the Wings have so far. I wouldn't count too much on their first line gassing out. Also, the OT goal wasn't scored by a 1st liner, so we really haven't shown that much more depth than them so far in this series.