WCSF Game 3 GDT: Sharks 4 at Red Wings 3 (OT)

[wingfan1991 221]

It really is remarkable that SJ will never lose an OT game and we will never win one.

[Reilly 24]

Tough to really say what needs to be done. You dominate one team in the first round and get swept in the second. I'd look hard at moving Hudler and Filppula, though. Not sure if I'd bring Bert back, either.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

And get some more goddamn scoring. This team scores pretty deflection goals and has tons of skill but absolutely ZERO grit.

[bdavis 28]

Are you ki9dding me? Did you not watch overtime? The wings just find a way to lose 1 goal games. They truely deserve better

Yes I did, and did you watch how many open nets the wings missed??? Plus a blown powerplay too.

[GSBrooks13 204]

Well it was obvious that if they didnt score on that PP they were gonna lose.. I have tried to stand by Big E on quite a few occasions but he looked completely terrible tonight, especially in OT, every single thing he does is wrong, he doesnt make the right decisions on D, he pinches at the wrong time, he makes the wrong passes, and he takes the wrongs shots. If I was Jimmy I wouldnt even show up for game 4, Jimmy has played well enough this series to be a cup contender, and 90% of the rest of the team hasnt even shown up. Funny how all of the Wings depth has turned into them being basically a 1-1.5 line team at best.

[good morning 10]

Howard is about as clutch as Roman ******* Cechmanek.

He s*** all over the ice last year in game 3 as well.

He plays well for a while, and then he does something bad in the clutch.

Howard has kept these games from being 6-1.

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

I wish Yzerman was our GM...or our coach.

This sucks. A lot.

You mean a GM who actually feels like he has to prove something instead of some lazy ass who's too busy counting his rings?

[FinnGirl 1]

It's just so frustrating that SJ keeps winning all these 1 goal games! And on a deflection too. Ugh! They are such pricks. Oh and Ericson blows too.

[Datsyerberger 279]

Why is Ericsson and Rafalski a pairing to begin with?

[SpIkE 17]

That was a disappoint. Need some major changes this offseason imo. Losing to this joke sharks team 2 times in a row is a ******* bummer.

[xtrememachine1 795]

The way the Sharks play defense is the way WE need to play defense. Every pass we make gets intercepted or deflected. Almost every shot gets blocked or partially blocked.

Its the year of the comebacks in the NHL playoffs. Let's hope there's another big one right around the corner for us.

[Vladifan 680]

I admire and appreciate a lot of you posters on here, but please don't start zeroing in on certain players. All of them played well at times, all of them played badly at times. NO one player is to blame for losing this game and probably the series.

I wish you all well, but I'm probably not going to be around here much for the rest of the season. Unless of course, a miracle happens and they figure out how to beat the Sharks. I want to try to remember the good times. Peace out.

[DRW Dominance 255]

now this is just amusing to me. we played an excellent game and still lost. didn't sit back in the 3rd and they still tied it. thornton sucks against everyone but as soon as he was coming up the ice there i had a bad feeling.

1 thing we need to learn (especially ericcson). just shoot the puck in ot.

[P. Marlowe 748]

L G W ! ! !

[Nyquistfan14 489]

how the hell can you blame Rafi for either goal? Last year was a 2 on 1 ON AN ERICSON PINCH and this year Ericson looked like s*** against Thorton? Nothing Rafi could have really done.

Also, I fully blame Mike Babcock for us losing this series. Our problem has been their 3rd line and Abdelkator was the sole reason the game got tied up... there is no reason Mike Modano wasnt playing... IMO that was a huge difference maker in this series.

It was helms fault

[MGreenberg 105]

Wings Kryptonite - Sharks

Sharks Kryptonite - Conference Finals

******* another depressing OT loss.

Edited May 5, 2011 by MGreenberg

[ShanahanMan 473]

Sure glad we didn't make any moves at the deadline! In Kenny we trust!

[WorkingOvertime 536]

how the hell can you blame Rafi for either goal? Last year was a 2 on 1 ON AN ERICSON PINCH and this year Ericson looked like s*** against Thorton? Nothing Rafi could have really done.

Also, I fully blame Mike Babcock for us losing this series. Our problem has been their 3rd line and Abdelkator was the sole reason the game got tied up... there is no reason Mike Modano wasnt playing... IMO that was a huge difference maker in this series.

Boyle was Helm's man. Scapegoat fail.

[brennan17 64]

Does anyone else hate it when datsyuk and zetts get 30 secs on the pp and flips and hudler stink it up for 1:30 of it?

Unreal, well theres no excuse this year, last year it was because of all the playoffs they have played it, and having a long summer would do them good. Well whats the excuse now? Its not goaltending.

Ya i was thinking the same thing. It was absolutely ridiculous and made no sense at all..

[Cali-Wing-Nut 102]

Ericsson is the tallest traffic cone Ive ever seen. If we wore orange Id swear he had a cone head.

I had hope that we still had a chance till now. We dont have the team to climb out of this hole,. Ill root a win if we get one but we are done.

Heres to the Sharks losing in the SCWF.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

You know, call up the Grand Rapids kids and let them play. The guys on the main team don't deserve to stink up the ice again this year.

Ball-less losers. All of them.

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

Howard has kept these games from being 6-1.

I know, but he can't seal the deal.

Plays well and then f***s up at the wrong times. He never shuts the door when it counts.

He's not a clutch goalie.

[VM1138 1,921]

how the hell can you blame Rafi for either goal? Last year was a 2 on 1 ON AN ERICSON PINCH and this year Ericson looked like s*** against Thorton? Nothing Rafi could have really done.

Also, I fully blame Mike Babcock for us losing this series. Our problem has been their 3rd line and Abdelkator was the sole reason the game got tied up... there is no reason Mike Modano wasnt playing... IMO that was a huge difference maker in this series.

MOdano has been a non-factor this entire season. Enough with people pretending like him in the lineup is a game changer. It's just not in the cards, the Wings have had no luck this series, especially this game. They played really well and could easily have won 5-2, but instead, because of unlucky bounces, lose the game, predictably in overtime.

[LeftWinger 4,953]

sERIES SEEMS to be over.... anyone cue the price is right losing horn?

And guess what? Holland won't make any changes in the off season either, so we will be stuck with this team next year too...

[good morning 10]

I'm so tired of this storybook s***. Come from behind wins used to be rare. I'm tired of players who haven't done jack s*** for the other team suddenly erupting and scoring all these crucial goals. All the heroes are on San Jose this season.

I have never, ever given up on the Wings before, but there is just nothing to the "Believe" garbage this time. The way these games have gone, the Wings will be lucky to win one, let alone four in a row.

So angry and disappointed. There's been nothing positive to take from this season except for Helm and Howard (at least in the playoffs). It's feeling like 99-01 again. Time for some big changes. I just can't believe a full and healthy Wings roster (relatively) is performing worse than a battered and tired Wings roster last year against the same team.

Feels like 03, 04 and 06.

We need a new coach, this isn't working out.