3/7 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Blackhawks 4

[cupforwings 138]

well they got chances... but they also got unlucky bounces and one very bad turnover... That Zetterberg line is looking weak as well

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

Well it would be nice if Babs would rip them a new one but we all know that won't do any good either. I hate the circus and our team is looking like a bunch of clowns out there.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

Way to be completely dominated in the first period of a game they absolutely need to at least show well in.

Gutless ******* wonders, all of them.

And when will they finally figure out that they win when they go to the net? This perimeter-only/zero angle offense never ******* works.

[Marty Barry 230]

Bring Stevie down from the box. Dust him off. And put him in.

[Konnan511 1,736]

good call man, filppula definitely made the smart play there!

Thanks, glad someone else recognizes it man!

[brett 1,029]

somethings gotta changed with the defense.

f*** whoever is blaming howard. first goal def went off of raffy unstoppable and fippula couldnt have made a better pass to ladd.

pick it up boys

[Firehawk 305]

First goal, bad luck, seocnd goal, what the hell was Filpula thinking?

Win a game, look great, get the doors blown off the next game, win a game look great, lose again, wtf is wrong with this team? The loss of the 3 players last year should not have destroyed this team. COME ON. Get it together guys. They are skating decent and getting the puck low, just nothing to show for it yet.

But to me, Chicago does look like we used to look. They have it going on.

[alyssa 1]

well they got chances... but they also got unlucky bounces and one very bad turnover... That Zetterberg line is looking weak as well

Why can't you just say it? Howard with some awful rebound control and Lebda overskating the puck with a Filpulla turnover.

[russianswede919293 95]

Their goalie is making saves, ours isn't.

Pretty simple stuff.

Yup.

I don't think Chicago necessarily played all that much better than the Wings.

We had a more consistent attack (but nobody on this team can finish).

We did have some pretty bad turnovers, but Chicago did as well.

The difference to me has been Howard's terrible rebounds.

The first goal was 100% a result of his inability to direct rebounds into the corner, it went right back into play (like it always does) and they capitalized.

Can't blame him on the second goal.

But there have been plenty of times in the first where Chicago gets more of an opportunity to do something because the first shot is kicked right back into the slot by Howard.

He has played well this season, but rebound control is horrible by him, and most of his bad games are where teams capitalize on that.

[Dominator2005 558]

somethings gotta changed with the defense.

f*** whoever is blaming howard. first goal def went off of raffy unstoppable and fippula couldnt have made a better pass to ladd.

pick it up boys

This

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

God, I'd love to see Lilja and Kopecky fight in this game.

I've been waiting for it all year.

I wish Lilja never got that concussion, Byfuglien would've gotten his suckhole smashed first and Kopecky would've been next.

[alyssa 1]

somethings gotta changed with the defense.

f*** whoever is blaming howard. first goal def went off of raffy unstoppable and fippula couldnt have made a better pass to ladd.

pick it up boys

Howard isn't being blamed for the shots that went in.

He is being blamed for rebounding the puck directly to Hawks players. Consistently.

[VM1138 1,921]

Embarassing. This team just isn't showing any heart. I'm so tired of this rollercoaster of a year. They blow out a team one night, then get blown out the next. They're so freaking inconsistent.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

First goal, bad luck, seocnd goal, what the hell was Filpula thinking?

Win a game, look great, get the doors blown off the next game, win a game look great, lose again, wtf is wrong with this team? The loss of the 3 players last year should not have destroyed this team. COME ON. Get it together guys. They are skating decent and getting the puck low, just nothing to show for it yet.

But to me, Chicago does look like we used to look. They have it going on.

Getting the puck low is great, unless you aren't getting anything in front of the net.

If Holmstrom and sometimes Franzen (when he isn't skating along the boards like the rest of the forwards on this team) aren't on the ice, no one is in front of the net.

Bertuzzi would try to bull his way to the net too one time. Instead he let himself get pushed off to the size which resulted in yet again another zero angle shot with no one in front to deflect or distract.

[Dominator2005 558]

Yup.

I don't think Chicago necessarily played all that much better than the Wings.

We had a more consistent attack (but nobody on this team can finish).

We did have some pretty bad turnovers, but Chicago did as well.

The difference to me has been Howard's terrible rebounds.

The first goal was 100% a result of his inability to direct rebounds into the corner, it went right back into play (like it always does) and they capitalized.

Can't blame him on the second goal.

But there have been plenty of times in the first where Chicago gets more of an opportunity to do something because the first shot is kicked right back into the slot by Howard.

He has played well this season, but rebound control is horrible by him, and most of his bad games are where teams capitalize on that.

OMG 1st one was deflected (Rafalski)... Rafalski needs to block or to stay away from that shot it's very easy...

[Marty Barry 230]

[russianswede919293 95]

somethings gotta changed with the defense.

f*** whoever is blaming howard. first goal def went off of raffy unstoppable and fippula couldnt have made a better pass to ladd.

pick it up boys

Yeah because its Rafalski's fault/bad luck that Howard kicked a rebound right out into the slot, and Keith ripped it the second it settled on his stick...

No that is not bad luck or Rafalski's tip. That goal was a direct result of Jimmy Howard's complete inability to control a single shot that doesn't wind up in his glove.

Its either a glove save he holds on to or a rebound that is a scoring opportunity. Between the 4 games since the season started up again we have gotten what I feared from Howard all along. Terrible inconsitency. Great in the Nashville and Colorado games. Terrible versus Vancouver, and now again today. He needs to get back that consistent play he had before the break.

[alyssa 1]

OMG 1st one was deflected (Rafalski)... Rafalski needs to block or to stay away from that shot it's very easy...

Doesn't change the fact Howard has been giving the Hawks some juicy rebounds to keep pressure in the Wings zone. One of which turned into a goal.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

That Zetterberg line is looking weak as well

What else is new... Hank has never looked so ordinary and mundane as he has this season. Is it his back? Must be something.

[Guest lilja4mvp]

Thanks, glad someone else recognizes it man!

filppula lovers are disgusting

[russianswede919293 95]

OMG 1st one was deflected (Rafalski)... Rafalski needs to block or to stay away from that shot it's very easy...

Yes it was deflected by Rafalski, but Howard kicked the puck right out into the slot off the shot. If he had kicked that puck into the corner, the play never would have been possible.

Pierre Mcguire said halfway through the period "Howard needs to move the rebounds to the corner. he is kicking them out into the slot which puts way too much pressure on the defense."

Pierre McGuire is 100% correct...

[russianswede919293 95]

Doesn't change the fact Howard has been giving the Hawks some juicy rebounds to keep pressure in the Wings zone. One of which turned into a goal.

THANK YOU!

Howard is one of the people that whenever he f***s up this board blames it on somebody else. Howard has been great this season. But the rebounds have been terrible all year. And they have been extra bad today.

[Marty Barry 230]

[Pierre McGuire is 100% correct...

OK. But never let me hear you say that again!

[russianswede919293 95]

OK. But never let me hear you say that again!

Its a rarity...Normally he says nothing worth listening too, but every so often the blind squirrel finds a nut.

He is a moron but he knows hockey well. The few times he gets his head out of his butt he can make a decent point...it is usually about one a game.

Edited March 7, 2010 by russianswede919293

[Miss Wing Queen 154]

Howard isn't being blamed for the shots that went in.

He is being blamed for rebounding the puck directly to Hawks players. Consistently.

This.

It's starting to look like the Olympic break was the worst thing for Howie.

I know many don't think Bert is a top 6 forward, but I would just like Babs to try these two lines just to see if the chemistry would be better than it is now (to see if it would be like it was before the injured came back):

Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom

Franzen-Zetterberg-Cleary