10/27 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Canucks 4

[Konnan511 1,736]

^ I know. I was so pissed last night. My wife and I weren't supposed to be home until 9:30 (10:30 ET) last night so I set the DVR on DirectTV to record the HD version. It didn't show up as unavailable on the online channel guide so I thought everything would be fine. We ended up not having to go anywhere so we were able to watch it from the get-go but it was so annoying watching it in SD when you know the *are* broadcasting in HD.

It just makes no sense.

They broadcats all home games in HD and usually only away divisional games in HD. Cost lots of monies to broadcast in HD.

[Guest mindfly]

whats the need to defend really... he is great when needed down the stretch in the playoffs. he is a playoff performer. he can play piss poor for the 82 games and let the backups or whatever get the w's.... all that matters is he is able to get the final 16 we need. and he came as close you could possibly last season.

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

[Doggy 130]

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

Ozzie really hasn't been that bad this season. Especially when you compare it to last season. To say he hasn't played a good game yet is pure hyperbole.

[Doc Holiday 0]

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

Yeah, I'm sure he is just not trying hoping that Howard has a killer year and does all the work getting him into the playoffs.

What a joke.

[Vladifan 680]

They broadcats all home games in HD and usually only away divisional games in HD. Cost lots of monies to broadcast in HD.

It sure as hell isn't the arena facilities. We watched it last night on FoxDetroit. I'm watching it right now on the Hockey Network from Sportsnet and the picture is perfect.

It ticks me off that FoxDetroit doesn't see the need to make this clear in their ads. Or if they do, I have not heard it. On the other hand, we just bought a new tv and I was afraid it was the quality of the set. So I won't hunt 'em down yet.

[GoWings1905 2,694]

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

It must be nice to live in your world of perfection.

[interminded 1]

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

Sir, that 'rat' (you are a true fan sir) is one of the main reasons we won a cup in 08.

He's also one of the few players who actually showed in a certain game 7 a couple of months ago.

Granted, he had a bad one last night.

He'll be fine though.

And you will not..

[Electrophile 3,554]

I cannot remember the last time I read mindfly say anything positive about a Red Wing player, coach or game. We could win 14-0 and Datsyuk could score all 14 goals, and he'd ***** that Holmstrom didn't do anything or __________ didn't either.

How can one person be so damn negative all the time. We won the game. That's great! We're supposed to win more games than we lose.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

How you have survived this long in this forum is beyond me.

You're more down in the dumps than Droopy the Dog, and you are good enough to depress even Richard Simmons.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

While I'm not defending mindfly, I get what he's saying to a point. While no one can deny the greatness of Ozzie's career and the fact that after sub-par regular seasons he's able to flip a switch the second it counts, its still frustrating to see him play so soundly in the playoffs and look lost during the regular season.

Has Ozzie earned the right to have the benefit of the doubt: Absolutely. Does it excuse continued poor regular season play both this year and last: No.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Anyway...the wide margin of SOG is always nice to see, but even more so when a come-from-behind win is the headline.

[Guest mindfly]

I cannot remember the last time I read mindfly say anything positive about a Red Wing player, coach or game. We could win 14-0 and Datsyuk could score all 14 goals, and he'd ***** that Holmstrom didn't do anything or __________ didn't either.

How can one person be so damn negative all the time. We won the game. That's great! We're supposed to win more games than we lose.

I wrote several possitive things about the game, just turn the page, i also included some negatives of course, as a fan you can never be too pleased, there's always things to improve.

[chrisdetroit 189]

^ I know. I was so pissed last night. My wife and I weren't supposed to be home until 9:30 (10:30 ET) last night so I set the DVR on DirectTV to record the HD version. It didn't show up as unavailable on the online channel guide so I thought everything would be fine. We ended up not having to go anywhere so we were able to watch it from the get-go but it was so annoying watching it in SD when you know the *are* broadcasting in HD.

It just makes no sense.

The official answer is ... Bandwidth

Why isn't every game shown in high-definition?

FSN nationally already offers more events in HD than any other network (including ESPN). Regionally on FOX Sports Detroit, more than 70% of all Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons telecasts combined are produced in HD, totaling approximately 225 games annually among the three teams. Capacity challenges limit the number of HD telecasts:

•There is limited bandwidth capacity of receiving and sending HD signals at Fox Sports' master control facility in Houston.

•FSN has to manage its HD capacity for 16 owned & operated networks across the country, which limits our capability.

•Our HD schedule is expected to increase again in 2009-10.

•The network's ultimate goal is to produce all games in HD.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

Anyway...the wide margin of SOG is always nice to see when coupled with a strong net presence, but even more so when a come-from-behind win is the headline.

Fixed it for you.

[Viking_Erection 1]

I'm one of Osgood's biggest supporters, but I also admit that he played bad last night. With that said, the guy gets the free pass because 1). We won (thanks to Howard) 2). Osgood is a playoff machine.

I would like to see Osgood play better during the regular season, and beat Sawchuk's win record... but my biggest concern is getting the team to the playoffs with a full healthy roster playing solid hockey.

[Doggy 130]

While I'm not defending mindfly, I get what he's saying to a point. While no one can deny the greatness of Ozzie's career and the fact that after sub-par regular seasons he's able to flip a switch the second it counts, its still frustrating to see him play so soundly in the playoffs and look lost during the regular season.

Has Ozzie earned the right to have the benefit of the doubt: Absolutely. Does it excuse continued poor regular season play both this year and last: No.

I'm not trying to say I'm cool with anyone playing poorly but I don't get why he has this reputation of sucking in the regular season and flipping a switch come April. It's unfounded.

Last season he was heavily affected on the ice by personal issues and had a bad regular season. His play improved dramatically in the last month or so of the regular season.

Thusfar, he's been below average with a few bad games and a few good ones. In a sample group on 10 games. Moreover, he's played so, so, SO much better than last season. He had a bad 10 minutes in Vancouver, but this season he has been challenging the shooter, coming out of the crease, and most importantly, his big saves have outnumbered his bad goals.

Does no-one remember 2008?? It really wasn't that long ago. Stellar regular season. One of the best in the league. Something else about 2008 -- our defense was reliable.

Ozzie-bashers need to get a clue.

[T.Low 1,011]

Last season he was heavily affected on the ice by personal issues and had a bad regular season. His play improved dramatically in the last month or so of the regular season.

Ozzie-bashers need to get a clue.

Not that I am an Ozzi Bashear ( ) but clue me in: What are these personal issues you speak of other than the obvious personal issue of playing poorly?

[Doggy 130]

Not that I am an Ozzi Bashear ( ) but clue me in: What are these personal issues you speak of other than the obvious personal issue of playing poorly?

His divorce with his wife. Which as I understand it, was not handled well by him.

[EuroTwin 240]

His divorce with his wife. Which as I understand it, was not handled well by him.

What? He got divorced? Where did you learn this?

[Doggy 130]

What? He got divorced? Where did you learn this?

I don't think it happened in the end. But I heard some s*** went down for a while.

[gcom007 1,465]

I'm not trying to say I'm cool with anyone playing poorly but I don't get why he has this reputation of sucking in the regular season and flipping a switch come April. It's unfounded.

Last season he was heavily affected on the ice by personal issues and had a bad regular season. His play improved dramatically in the last month or so of the regular season.

Thusfar, he's been below average with a few bad games and a few good ones. In a sample group on 10 games. Moreover, he's played so, so, SO much better than last season. He had a bad 10 minutes in Vancouver, but this season he has been challenging the shooter, coming out of the crease, and most importantly, his big saves have outnumbered his bad goals.

Does no-one remember 2008?? It really wasn't that long ago. Stellar regular season. One of the best in the league. Something else about 2008 -- our defense was reliable.

Ozzie-bashers need to get a clue.

No one can really excuse last night, but generally speaking he's playing much better so far this season compared to last. I absolutely agree. He's been the sole reason why we were in some of those games as the rest of the skaters on the ice were content to let the other team do whatever they want in our zone for long stretches at a time. I said it somewhere else a few days ago, but if this was last season, given how awful the defense has been, he'd be giving up the same 4, 5, 6 goals a night on a fairly regular basis. That has not been the case thus far this year and more so, the opposing teams are getting even higher quality of scoring chances than they were last year more often lately.

Think back to that Colorado game where he had a shutout going for 50 minutes and looked outstanding all the while. Remember what happened in the last ten minutes? The skaters did next to nothing. I mean, it might as well have been Ozzie vs. the Av's and he's the only reason we didn't lose in regulation. Nearly the same thing against Phoenix. The skaters stopped playing.

Now, can Osgood stand to improve? Sure. And he no doubt will. It's October mind you and again, more or less he hasn't had an awful start. I think he'll have a strong November. But I'm telling you, it doesn't matter who we have in net the way the defense has been playing lately, we will lose if it continues. Osgood cannot be expected to do it all and he's typically doing more than enough and certainly has outperformed the defense more often than not thus far. That's the truth. If you want to call Osgood sub par, you've gotta take it back to the defense and recognize that they then have been utterly terrible.

[FedorovMan91 1]

I'm one of Osgood's biggest supporters, but I also admit that he played bad last night. With that said, the guy gets the free pass because 1). We won (thanks to Howard) 2). Osgood is a playoff machine.

I would like to see Osgood play better during the regular season, and beat Sawchuk's win record... but my biggest concern is getting the team to the playoffs with a full healthy roster playing solid hockey.

The thing is he does not look any different than the early of the last season. I mean, he had some good games but he has too many sub par game so far. The last night was not his night but i mean, although with such a bad condition on the specific day, how could he allow those goals. I am not bashing Osgood but I am really frustrated to watch him perform great in the playoff while he plays so many sub par games during the season.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

I'm not trying to say I'm cool with anyone playing poorly but I don't get why he has this reputation of sucking in the regular season and flipping a switch come April. It's unfounded.

Last season he was heavily affected on the ice by personal issues and had a bad regular season. His play improved dramatically in the last month or so of the regular season.

Thusfar, he's been below average with a few bad games and a few good ones. In a sample group on 10 games. Moreover, he's played so, so, SO much better than last season. He had a bad 10 minutes in Vancouver, but this season he has been challenging the shooter, coming out of the crease, and most importantly, his big saves have outnumbered his bad goals.

Does no-one remember 2008?? It really wasn't that long ago. Stellar regular season. One of the best in the league. Something else about 2008 -- our defense was reliable.

Ozzie-bashers need to get a clue.

I've never stated he had the reputation of sucking in the regular season nor have I ever been an Ozzie basher. If anything, I defend him. Of course I remember 2008....I remember 1996/1997 when he was the superior regular season goalie, I remember 98 when he not only was great in the regular season but the amount of big saves he made when they were the most important, I remember him tearing it up all of 06/07 only to have Babs stick with Dom in the post season who was also playing great as well.

My point is, that while I don't forget what Oz has done and while he's *earned* the right to have some free passes here and there ideally you'd like to see him playing at a higher level to help the defense gain some confidence (and vice versa in that department) and help this team to a solid Conference ranking in a season with a great deal of turnover. I'm not calling for his head, nor have I ever implied that I was....what I'm saying is that eventually (and hopefully sooner rather than later) it would be great to see him play at or near the level he was during the postseason. Is that really too much to ask or hope for? I really don't think it is when we all know he's capable of it.

[OsGOD 3]

You just gotta be able to perform during regular season as well.. he's a big fat joke if he just gonna show up for the playoffs.. what a... rat.. he is

Nothing more then a parellel to "our" legal system. he is the lawyer collecting the pay and making sure things are finished up correctly... J-Ho is the paralegal who does all the paralegal dirty work.

Its called, why bother with the s*** jobs when you can pawn it off on others and just work on the important things. and FYI he did a bang up job last years playoffs (didn't hear you complaining) when he had a s***ty regular season.

The moral of this story is... to many people are focused on the "how you get there aspect" when all that really matters is that "you get there and how you finsh" The path will be forgotten if you end on a high note! (save of course a video highlight/lowlight compilation that gets put to music on a DVD for resale)

His divorce with his wife. Which as I understand it, was not handled well by him.

Someone better tell Jenna and his two daughters they got divorced.... that is FALSE...

Manny Legace got divorced and that destroyed him... a girl I bowl with is a paralegal working closely on the alomony between him and his ex so I get to hear about his exploits every so often

Ozzie is married, with a great wife, two kids and beautiful house

Edited October 29, 2009 by OsGOD

[Doc Holiday 0]

Someone better tell Jenna and his two daughters they got divorced.... that is FALSE...

Manny Legace got divorced and that destroyed him... a girl I bowl with is a paralegal working closely on the alomony between him and his ex so I get to hear about his exploits every so often

Ozzie is married, with a great wife, two kids and beautiful house

They didn't get divorced, but there was a rumor that he was having troubles with his marriage.

It isn't always perfect in the home.