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12/12 GDT: Red Wings 3 at Predators 2 (OT)

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Meant to ask this earlier, and this reminded me.

Do y'all feel like the Preds are rivals now? Maybe we weren't in your eyes last year, but after the Music City Massacre and y'all dropping 4 in a row to us, is it a bit more bitter yet?

No. There is no history. There is no competition so far when it comes to playoffs. No one here really cares about the Preds at all. I see them as the little brother.

A rivalry needs history between the teams. The Colorado rivalry is something I can look back on and tell my kids about. The Lemieux hit on Draper, the brawl, Statue of Liberty goal, WCF Game 7, stuff like that. I mean there was even a South Park episode sort of related to it.

Even our two smaller rivalries of this decade have had some history. With the Ducks, we all remember losing in 07 to them, Perry telling Datsyuk that he's gonna get it, when Pronger and Niedermayer teamed up to put Homer's face through the glass. But this is all pretty much over and settled since Pronger is not in Anaheim anymore. And I consider the Wings and Pens to have a mini rivalry since they have had the history of the two previous playoff years and we seem to have a mutual hate for each other.

The Preds are not like this. We just happen to be in the same division. Every game is pretty much a normal game. Maybe when they start beating us in the playoffs or something memorable happens, then we can talk about it.

Edited by Lovin Jiri Fischer

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Meant to ask this earlier, and this reminded me.

Do y'all feel like the Preds are rivals now? Maybe we weren't in your eyes last year, but after the Music City Massacre and y'all dropping 4 in a row to us, is it a bit more bitter yet?

Nope, at least not me, personally. Same deal with CBJ. They WANT to be our rivals, but c'mon... it isn't going to happen. And I don't buy them trying to use the OSU vs. *gag* UofM :) argument, either. It's silly. I'm a huge Buckeye fan AND a huge Red Wings fan. I don't hate The Spartans because the Wolverines happen to be in the same state. There's no rhyme or reason to rivalries without ALOT of history/backstory. The only backstory at this point for Nashville is that "hey, isn't that where Fischer had the heart issue and almost died which forced him out of the league?" Nashville didn't cause that. Now, if they somehow had... like maybe Fish looked directly into the eyes of Tootoo (around knee level for Fish), and the little gremlin's putrid face caused his heart to stop, but I doubt it. ;)

Anyway... no offence, but I don't see Nashville ever becoming a real rival. Besides, every other team in the league wants to call us their rival. It's stupid. It diminishes the term, itself.

Sorry for the literary diarrhea. :)

Regs,

Jeff

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Wings win tonight, and then vs PHX on Monday - that is called a WINNING STREAK, people. It HAS happened before.

Dats doesn't slump anymore and nets two. Leino finishes it off in the third.

Legwand scores for them, and Tootoo gets owned by Stuey.

DRW 3

Preds 1

Good luck to anyone else who is taking finals starting on Monday.

GO WINGS :siren:

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Meant to ask this earlier, and this reminded me.

Do y'all feel like the Preds are rivals now? Maybe we weren't in your eyes last year, but after the Music City Massacre and y'all dropping 4 in a row to us, is it a bit more bitter yet?

Sorry, but IMO, no.

No disrepect to your team, but I don't look at them as a threat in the playoffs and that is when rivalries become rivalries.

The Wings rivalries are in no particular order

Pittsburgh

Aneheim

Chicago

San Jose

just my opinion.

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Haha, can't wait for the puck drop! I hope the Wings put the Preds in their places and that they can show a good game.

If the Wings appear tonight then it should be an easy victory, if not then it'll be a bumpy ride.

Red Wings 5 (Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Stuart, Draper, Leino)

Predators 2

LET'S GO RED WINGS!!!

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Hope Ozzie really steps up his game tonight, the team really needs the points. Also hope the offense can get some goals early and often. Just need to play 60 minutes of vintage Red Wings hockey here. I predict a 4-2 win for the Winged Wheel.

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I like those Nashville jerseys.

A jersey made out of duct tape would look better than the puke-yellow color they had.

Wings going on the PP after Weber delivers anasty cross check on Homer. Score, please?

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