GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Here's to hoping Babcock puts out the proper line at the end of next game so it doesn't ruin the GDT celebration! 1 P. Marlowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WorkingOvertime 536 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 You're not even a little ashamed that Howard gets pushed around every game, and he's the only Wing doing anything about it? Other teams goalies (besides Buffalo) have other players to handle that role. Howard sounded pretty upset when he made that statement a few weeks ago about "being tired of being run" or something like that. Not much has changed since then. Howard deserves more than this. IMO that was on Babcock. That line shouldn't have been out in that situation. Abby, E, Commie, Bert, and Cleary are defensive enough and physical enough to handle the Blues players (that were out). 1 cnot19 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cnot19 191 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 You're not even a little ashamed that Howard gets pushed around every game, and he's the only Wing doing anything about it? Other teams goalies (besides Buffalo) have other players to handle that role. Howard sounded pretty upset when he made that statement a few weeks ago about "being tired of being run" or something like that. Not much has changed since then. Howard deserves more than this. This, the wings need another crease clearer, as well as a forward or two who can really crash and bang and use his size to his advantage and crash the other teams net and muck it up down there (matt martin, Konopka, chris neil, kyle clifford there are plenty more) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooon 1,089 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 You're not even a little ashamed that Howard gets pushed around every game, and he's the only Wing doing anything about it? Other teams goalies (besides Buffalo) have other players to handle that role. Howard sounded pretty upset when he made that statement a few weeks ago about "being tired of being run" or something like that. Not much has changed since then. Howard deserves more than this. He got punched in the face. What else would he have done? And what could the players on the ice have done differently? There were 6 Blues forwards one the ice and all of them had a Wing tied up, leaving the 6th guy on Howard. I don't like that those were the players out there, but what exactly is Howard supposed to do differently when he gets suckere punched in the face? 1 HadThomasVokounOnFortSt reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 He got punched in the face. What else would he have done? And what could the players on the ice have done differently? There were 6 Blues forwards one the ice and all of them had a Wing tied up, leaving the 6th guy on Howard. I don't like that those were the players out there, but what exactly is Howard supposed to do differently when he gets suckere punched in the face? Ummmm.......where was I criticizing anything Howard did? 2 vladdy16 and Zeowingsfan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Fixed. Honestly, no. The PP did it's job, but the Wings didn't back down. They could've phoned it in like they've done countless times before, but they stood up and hit St Louis in the mouth everytime they had too and won the game. 2 GoWings1905 and P. Marlowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zztop40 80 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Howard is just so amazing....I recall when he came to the aid of Z end of a playoff game with Pitt, he gave Crosby facewash with his glove..might be somewhere on youtube. 1 P. Marlowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Michael (the Red Wing) 422 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Anyone else thinking Commie is finally playing pretty good. He's looking better and better imo. I guess that happens when you finally start to have ice time... 1 P. Marlowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolverine1817 55 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 ^^ I'm pretty sure that wasn't a playoff game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest irishock Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Anyone else thinking Commie is finally playing pretty good. He's looking better and better imo. I guess that happens when you finally start to have ice time... He should definitely get the nod over either Kindl or Ericsson imo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NBCnothingbutcrosby 159 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 lol I just read some posts from letsgoblues. Wow, they are delusional... pulling out the 'Dead Wings/Things' name. Really? We've been to the playoffs 21 straight years I believe? Won 4 cups during that span and made the finals 5 times. What the f*** have they done? I'll tell you what they did do, they watched Pronger miss a hit on Stevie Y and separate his shoulder in the process. They watched Stevie Y score in double ot of game 7. Blues fans, f*** off. Your team is little brother, we're big brother. s*** isn't going to change, and when Franzen, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg are gone we'll have more core players to own you for the 3rd decade in a row. /Endrant 3 Wings_Rule_1010, wolverine1817 and Cloune reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yzerfan1999 81 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Lot of bitching about a lack of response to the Howard scuffle at the end there. Overall I think this game was a perfect example of why the Wings DON'T need another tough guy. They matched the Blues toughness PERFECTLY - the only difference was the Blues took stupid penalties and the Wings didn't. The final scuffle was fine by me. I don't mind seeing Howard stand up for himself - everyone else was tied up anyways. Anyways, it was a really fun game to watch. I was impressed with the effort tonight. 7 P. Marlowe, GoWings1905, Chris Avram and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwingfan19 293 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Anyone else thinking Commie is finally playing pretty good. He's looking better and better imo. I guess that happens when you finally start to have ice time... Very solid, looks better than E or Kindl out there. Hope he plays until he plays himself out of the lineup, he will be huge for us in the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntax 359 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Anyone else thinking Commie is finally playing pretty good. He's looking better and better imo. I guess that happens when you finally start to have ice time... I'm not sure finally is a good word here. He's been a '+' player every single game he's played in....exactly what you ask for from a stay-at-home defensemen. I'd definitely play him more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P. Marlowe 748 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Blues took two unnecessary penalties (Stewart and Colaiacovo) after clean hits by Wings and both times the power play scored. Losing your cool loses games. NHL.com Photo Gallery THE CENTRAL DIVISION LOGJAM TEAM GP W-L-OT P L10 STREAK DET 49 33-15-1 67 8-2-0 WON 7 STL 48 29-13-6 64 8-1-1 LOST 1 CHI 49 29-14-6 64 5-3-2 LOST 1 NSH 49 29-16-4 62 8-2-0 WON 3 1/23 STL @ DET 1-3 CLB @ NSH 1-4 Edited January 24, 2012 by P. Marlowe 2 Cloune and GoWings1905 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest irishock Report post Posted January 24, 2012 lol I just read some posts from letsgoblues. Wow, they are delusional... pulling out the 'Dead Wings/Things' name. Really? We've been to the playoffs 21 straight years I believe? Won 4 cups during that span and made the finals 5 times. What the f*** have they done? I'll tell you what they did do, they watched Pronger miss a hit on Stevie Y and separate his shoulder in the process. They watched Stevie Y score in double ot of game 7. Blues fans, f*** off. Your team is little brother, we're big brother. s*** isn't going to change, and when Franzen, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg are gone we'll have more core players to own you for the 3rd decade in a row. /Endrant Careful mate, Cprice12 will come in and tell you how great their team is and all that. The Blues are a very respectable franchise and will be dominant for the foreseeable future. The Blues play with discipline, hard work and passion for the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 lol I just read some posts from letsgoblues. Wow, they are delusional... pulling out the 'Dead Wings/Things' name. Really? We've been to the playoffs 21 straight years I believe? Won 4 cups during that span and made the finals 5 times. What the f*** have they done? I'll tell you what they did do, they watched Pronger miss a hit on Stevie Y and separate his shoulder in the process. They watched Stevie Y score in double ot of game 7. Blues fans, f*** off. Your team is little brother, we're big brother. s*** isn't going to change, and when Franzen, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg are gone we'll have more core players to own you for the 3rd decade in a row. /Endrant What were they complaining about? Officiating? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brennan17 64 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Lot of bitching about a lack of response to the Howard scuffle at the end there. Overall I think this game was a perfect example of why the Wings DON'T need another tough guy. They matched the Blues toughness PERFECTLY - the only difference was the Blues took stupid penalties and the Wings didn't. The final scuffle was fine by me. I don't mind seeing Howard stand up for himself - everyone else was tied up anyways. Anyways, it was a really fun game to watch. I was impressed with the effort tonight. +1 1 P. Marlowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest irishock Report post Posted January 24, 2012 From HFboards 6 HadThomasVokounOnFortSt, hooon, Danielsm and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MulesWillFly93 199 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Dodge Ram: menacing grille. Jimmy Howard: shoving his glove up in your menacing grille. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danielsm 244 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Anyone else thinking Commie is finally playing pretty good. He's looking better and better imo. I guess that happens when you finally start to have ice time... When you put in commitment, good things come out of it. He seems like he really wants to get back to playing proper hockey. Hopefully he can turn in to a top 4 if Stuart ends up leaving to LA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Careful mate, Cprice12 will come in and tell you how great their team is and all that. The Blues are a very respectable franchise and will be dominant for the foreseeable future. The Blues play with discipline, hard work and passion for the game. The Blues don't have enough skill to make a playoff run. They play too conservative and boring. It may have worked with the 1999 Stars, but Hitchcock won't duplicate it with these young pricks. From HFboards So he puts Hudler and Filppula out there to wrestle with Stewart and Backes, and he's laughing about it? Strange reaction. Edited January 24, 2012 by GMRwings1983 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NBCnothingbutcrosby 159 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 What were they complaining about? Officiating? Every play was interference to them and we just get calls because we're the Red Wings lmao. Seriously go ***** some more Blues fans; cry me a freakin' river. The Blues are an overachieving team, I don't think they will be good for years to come there's a reason why Hitchcock doesn't last long as a head coach. Eventually their game plan won't work and he'll be chased out like everywhere else. They're too young, inexperienced, low scoring, and hot headed to keep pace with us. We'll increase our gap toward the end, book it! 1 Cloune reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crymson Report post Posted January 24, 2012 IMO that was on Babcock. That line shouldn't have been out in that situation. Abby, E, Commie, Bert, and Cleary are defensive enough and physical enough to handle the Blues players (that were out). At the end of the game, with an empty net, he's going to put his best defensive players on the ice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danielsm 244 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Kind of off-topic, but GMRwings1983, I was convinced your avatar was of Voldemort. Clearly mistaken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
