12/17 GDT: Red Wings 1 at Blackhawks 4

[Octopus's Garden 147]

They can't even complete a pass right now. Terrible, terrible period.

[puckloo39 5,686]

I do hope the Wings are done making Crawford (is that his name?) look like Terry Frickin' Sawchuck. How about burying a few of those "should have been" goals in the 4rd?

Or, just keep doing what you're doing and go home. Jeez.

[j.hoop 64]

f*** CHICAGO i wish pisanis face got ripped off

[syntax 359]

Terrible 2nd.

[nate94gt 134]

gonna be another one of those nights.

against LA, they couldnt get it in the net. tonight, they cant even get the shot off to put it on net

[puckloo39 5,686]

I think Jimmy has fully hit his sophomore slump. Time to give Ozzie starts, seriously.

Also, somebody take a SMART shot.

Yes, Jimmy is the reason they cannot finish and score a goal.

[edicius 3,269]

Great players don't always make great coaches/GMs.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

f*** CHICAGO i wish pisanis face got ripped off

Come on, now you sound like a St. Louis fan with that.

[SiLkK19 67]

Can't stand the s***cago announcers. Eddie o sounds like such a deuche when he says www.whatever.dot"com"

[VM1138 1,921]

I can't believe how hard it's been for them to take a clean shot the past handful of games. Everything is a pass, or hitting a stick, or going straight into someone's skates.

[xtrememachine1 795]

I think Jimmy has fully hit his sophomore slump. Time to give Ozzie starts, seriously.

Also, somebody take a SMART shot.

He's 17-5. If that's a sophomore slump, I'll take it. The first two goals were great shots. The last one shouldn't have even happened. Stuart needs to poke that off his stick. The defense needs to be better. Salei and Stuart are not having great games.

[egroen 384]

1st period Wings should have had 5 goals - but it seems someone forgot to tell them they were actually down in goals for the 2nd.

Not ready to give up - Chicago is very beatable.

Go Wings!!!

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

Yes, Jimmy is the reason they cannot finish and score a goal.

Do you honestly think Jimmy is at the same level (or even close to it) he was last season?

That first goal he had no concept of where he was in relation to the net. He is giving way too much space glove side.

[Electrophile 3,554]

Come on guys, cheer up. There's still 20 minutes left for us to totally embarrass ourselves.

[edicius 3,269]

Come on guys, cheer up. There's still 20 minutes left for us to totally embarrass ourselves.

You always seem to have a knack for making me lol.

[26point2 203]

I agree the passing is just off enough to appear sucky. No one in front of the net is starting bother me. Eddie O is irritating. I miss Mickey. I'm tired of sub-standard goalies having good games against us (almost like a back-up QB playing against the LIons).

Babcock just needs to stand in the locker room and not say a word...worked on the time out.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

This is what happens when you have a team full of soft Euros who are trying to make pretty boy plays, instead of shooting the puck at the net and crashing it.

Completely lazy effort and way too many cute plays.

And Eddie Olczyk doing our games is getting ******* old. He always talks about subtle interference, but he subtly hates the Wings.

Edited December 18, 2010 by GMRwings1983

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Start driving the net and stop looking for the fancy play.

[Electrophile 3,554]

You always seem to have a knack for making me lol.

I enjoy it.

[VM1138 1,921]

Do you honestly think Jimmy is at the same level (or even close to it) he was last season?

That first goal he had no concept of where he was in relation to the net. He is giving way too much space glove side.

This has been the situation with him for a few weeks now. He always seems to be just a bit out of position, or unaware of where the net is behind him and so he leaves too much of it open. He may have a great record overall, but clearly he's not playing well the past bunch of games. Our offense could loosen up a bit if they could have a bit more confidence in him.

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

This is what happens when you have a team full of soft Euros who are trying to make pretty boy plays, instead of shooting the puck at the net and crashing it.

Completely lazy effort and way too many cute plays.

And Eddie Olczyk doing our games is getting ******* old. He always talks about subtle interference, but he subtly hates the Wings.

This is a post that happens when a North American who cannot stand the Euro game gets a chance to really complain about it.

Stuart and Rafalski haven't been that great, tonight. Neither has Bertuzzi or Abdelkader.

[GSBrooks13 204]

I hope the entire 2nd intermission they just watch the replay over and over again of Kopecky owning their lazy asses.

[wings_fanatic 677]

- Howard is not positioning himself good in net at all right now and I do not care what his record is at all... the fact is his last 10 starts his stats are not good at all and are completely inconsistent... so hopefully Ozzy has a solid outing sunday so Babs gives him a well deserved more amount of starts cuz I am starting to get uncomfy everytime the Hawks shoot with Jimmy in net kind of like I did last year when Ozzie was in net near the end of the year

- Zetterberg needs to stop making so many stupid plays they need to give the puck to Pavs

- the 2nd line is invisible they need to establish some offense

- Is it just me or is anyone else tired of the stupid Defense pairings?? Stuart with Lidstrom is a big waste of time as is Salai with Kronners

I would like to see:

Lidstrom- Kronners

Ericson- Rafi

Salai- Stu

[WizardOfOz30 1,886]

Do you honestly think Jimmy is at the same level (or even close to it) he was last season?

That first goal he had no concept of where he was in relation to the net. He is giving way too much space glove side.

As she has said before and I agree, we cannot win the game unless we have offense. Jimmy could play a nearly perfect game, but if we don't score any goals then how can we win? It always turns into blaming the goalie for everything that goes wrong, but the entire team needs to work on the offense and defense.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

This is a post that happens when a North American who cannot stand the Euro game gets a chance to really complain about it.

Stuart and Rafalski haven't been that great, tonight. Neither has Bertuzzi or Abdelkader.

I'm not North American, although I do prefer that style of hockey.

The Euro game isn't working tonight, because our opponents aren't playing the same s*** we are. They're actually going to the net and trying to score on rebounds and such.