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WCSF Game 1 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Blackhawks 4, (CHI leads series 1-0)

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I think the biggest difference in the game last night is that when Chicago had the puck and was coming over our blue line, they were doing it with speed and with a purpose. When we were attacking them, we were floating over the blue line most of the time, and how many times will go offside making passes over the blue line? Cleary did it once or twice last night, and he does it every game. Flip and Mule are terrible for that too. Hustle down to the hash marks and then do something inside the zone instead of pussyfooting around the blue line and giving the puck away.

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I posted this in another thread and I think it needs to be said again. The Wings have been traveling back and forth across the country playing Anaheim for the last two weeks. It took 7 games most of them went to OT. The Hawks played Minnesota and it took only 5 games. Less travel, less games. The Hawks are very well rested and the Wings are understandably burned out. Last night, was to be expected. The Wings look slow and tired. They looked like a team that had a rough first round and the Hawks looked like a well rested team.

Will a couple days off help? We'll find out.

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/rant on

Flat out zero organization the whole game. Hardly any tape-to-tape passes - offensive, defensive, and neutral zone. More "throw it toward somebody and hope for the best" - not the way to be a puck possession team. I'd make the team do passing drills at speed from net to net all this morning.

And just tentative as hell. If by some miracle we get it through the neutral zone it's almost like the blue line scares us. Can't enter the zone with the puck? Dump it in and fight 3 guys for it. Where is the support? I'm triple teamed - somebody is freaking open! Nope - they have two support guys ready to scoop up the puck if it squirts out. Nonexistant transition game. If it gets out of the zone, then go for a change - you've done your job. Move your feet!

Bad decisions! Going to the net with the puck? Let me pass it behind me to someone who has two guys on him. The HELL? It's just you and the goalie, man! Shoot the puck! On PK, let me try to skate the puck out rather than lofting it when I get a stick on it. You get a stick on it, you freaking clear it!

And Smith. Jesus what is his problem? Yea, he's green, but he's been increasing his defensive zone turnovers since game 1 of the first round. Sh*t, sit the kid and bring Whitey in. Anybody at this point.

And WHAT is the deal with third periods this year!? It's like the guys are unionized to play 50 minutes per game with a 10 minute break, and by Gods they're going to get that break in. Ahead by 3 goals or even, we're having tea on the bench during at least half the third. Sixty minutes of effort!

They left Howie out to dry last night. Hawks are good and all, but a lot of that the Wings did to themselves. The good news is, the Ducks series showed that the Wings can play (some games) with none of these problems. If you guys play like that again, you need to be shining up the clubs, because clearly you've given up on hockey for this season.

/rant off

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Because it stifles actual discussion. Or if you try reading through past pages, you have to go through 10 posts for each game event. If you have an actual opinion to post, fine, but do we really need 30 posts screaming "GGGGGGGGGOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"? It's a general discussion thread, not amateur play by play hour.

I don't agree. So go through ten posts, it won't kill you. And meanwhile, some readers who can't get the game are getting current input they might not be able to get otherwise. And I appreciate the excitement generated when our guys do something good. It's comraderie. (sp) It's like we're all in a bar yelling and whooping together.

Because it stifles actual discussion. Or if you try reading through past pages, you have to go through 10 posts for each game event. If you have an actual opinion to post, fine, but do we really need 30 posts screaming "GGGGGGGGGOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"? It's a general discussion thread, not amateur play by play hour.

I don't agree. So go through ten posts, it won't kill you. And meanwhile, some readers who can't get the game are getting current input they might not be able to get otherwise. And I appreciate the excitement generated when our guys do something good. It's comraderie. (sp) It's like we're all in a bar yelling and whooping together.

Edit: Sorry about the repeat. On my iPad at the hospital and don't know how to fix it!

I wish Bertuzzi would take a run at someone.

Waste of size right now. And whatever skill he has is being wasted on the 4th line.

Another way to look at it is that it would really fire him up is he was able to add to the game, even maybe getting an assist.

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I hope somebody spears him in the crotch just like he did to Lids in '09

ok perhaps that's a bit harsh, but I do hope something bad happens to him out there

Nah that's not too harsh... indeed, let us hope he gets speared in the nads.

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Gee, congrats, do you want us to tell you how awesome you are? You've said plenty more things that did not pan out.

Lashoff is not better than Smith.

Please refrain from putting down other posters. Absolutely not necessary.

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Danny cleary!!! The heart of a warrior. The defensive coverage of a dunce

Yep. It's all on Danny. Forget the fact that there were consistent and incessant f***-ups all over the ice last night by every one of our guys except Howard. This Cleary crap has become weirdly obsessive and way over-simplistic. And NO. I do not agree that he is consistently the worst player on the ice.

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wow, only 4-1? very good job Jimmy

I'm guessing the game wasn't televised in Russia?

Howie was good tonight, but those first 2 goals he let in were weak by his standards. They were not softies, but he has shown he is capable of making those saves. he'll come out next game and prove it. The wings need to minimize their turnovers, and just shoot the damn puck. The PP needs to be better, they had 3 chances to take the lead and failed. If they score on one of those it's a completely different game.

Disagree. Oduya's goal wasn't weak by anyone's standards. The Wings were gassed, couldn't clear the zone, and Oduya walked right done the slot, completely unmolested. Howard came out to challenge, and was squared up to him pretty well . . . Oduya just fired a laser that was, in a word, Datsyukian.

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This seems to be an LGW pattern year after year, but I always find it funny that when the Wings get severely worked over in a game or series, LGW'ers key in on that 12th forward or 6th defenseman as the thing we can change to turn things around. I think there's a lot of people with egg on their face about Tootoo, who dismissed the fact that he was a healthy scratch all year, and that (except for one surprising deflection down the stretch) he was an absolute non-factor towards anything having to do with a scoring sheet. The Hawks ultimately dominated that game last night - did Daniel Carcillo have anything to do with it? So what is it about this impulse to throw in bit players and expect them to completely change the dynamics of the 52 minutes they aren't even on the ice?

Brendan Smith needs to sit down. I'll admit to being wrong about him - I had a (quiet) suspicion that he was "over-ripened" and showed Top 4 Defenseman potential. He might still do that someday, but he cannot be trusted right now. That was one of the single worst defensive performances I can recall as a Wings fan, dating back to the days when they couldn't figure out that Derian Hatcher couldn't skate anymore. We're talking Lebda's worst day, multiplied by four, levels of futility. He may have only directly generated their first goal, but his constant turnovers and inability to ever solidly possess the puck in our own zone were extremely unsettling to the team. Give me Ian White, Lashoff, whatever...just not that again.

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Yep. It's all on Danny. Forget the fact that there were consistent and incessant f***-ups all over the ice last night by every one of our guys except Howard. This Cleary crap has become weirdly obsessive and way over-simplistic. And NO. I do not agree that he is consistently the worst player on the ice.

That's fine, I think a majority disagree with you though. He was responsible for a 2 goal swing alone (Not shooting/not covering his man). Anytime he touches the puck he turns it over, he will try to skate into the zone, dump it to them, or trap himself against the boards and have it taken. Edited by ben_usmc

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That's fine, I think a majority disagree with you though. He was responsible for a 2 goal swing alone (Not shooting/not covering his man). Anytime he touches the puck he turns it over, he will try to skate into the zone, dump it to them, or trap himself against the boards and have it taken.

Thanks for thinking that's fine about what I said. Of course I know I'm in the minority. I don't care. Doesn't change my opinion. And I believe what you really meant to say was that most other posters agree with you. That's fine too.

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I am not at all suprised how Chicago played, they were fast, made great passes, put the pressure on our d and made us look bad, this is exactly how they played for 48 games. They are a very good squad. They played good, did the things they wanted and we played pretty bad. Bad combo. We will get better...Need to limit turnovers and shoot the puck alot more. We need 4 of our best games to beat these guys.

Edited by puckbags

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Feeling okay today. Expecting a game 1 victory on away ice (and to that degree...Chicago in the UC) against the President's Trophy winners was a very, very tall order. Our job is to split and get back to the Joe.

For my captain obvious statement of the day: Not the single reason we lost last night, but I do believe we lost our legs in the late 2nd and 3rd. IMO..there is no doubt the boys went out in Anaheim and have a few "pops" after the game 7 win. Jimmy even eluded to this fact (with a wry smile) in post game interview. Next day, long flight back to the D. Players go home and scramble to make up quality time with family/friends for a half day since they've virtually been preoccupied for the last two weeks with beating the Ducks. Next day, onto Chicago and flight to windy city and back in a hotel room. Players bodies probably still adjusting to not being on PST time. It got to them. Ran on adrenaline for the first half of the game, then nothing. It happens. That's why playing the in West has/had been such a disadvantage to us.

One other observation: I can't stand the light feather chip pass/shot when we are trying desperately to clear our own zone. We do this A LOT! When guys have been on the ice for 50 seconds and are dead tired, and the other team is all over us (I mean hornets nest ALL OVER US!) , we go for the soft chip up the boards. I don't get it?? In those situations, you have to hard around or hard out, and take the icing if it happens. I know we can't change lines in that case, but at the very least you'll get a 30 second breather to regroup. Last night the Hawks had two forwards standing atop at blue line, just waiting to intercept these attempts. They'd prevent our clearing attempt, long pass along blue line to other side of ice, and their in business with a good set up. It drives me crazy!!!!

Lastly, Quincy needs to sit. His transition game in our own zone is slow, predictable, and pathetic. Just bad.

Our job is to split and get back home. Let's do this.

Edited by Learn2LuvIt

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Feeling okay today. Expecting a game 1 victory on away ice (and to that degree...Chicago in the UC) against the President's Trophy winners was a very, very tall order. Our job is to split and get back to the Joe.

For my captain obvious statement of the day: Not the single reason we lost last night, but I do believe we lost our legs in the late 2nd and 3rd. IMO..there is no doubt the boys went out in Anaheim and have a few "pops" after the game 7 win. Jimmy even eluded to this fact (with a wry smile) in post game interview. Next day, long flight back to the D. Players go home and scramble to make up quality time with family/friends for a half day since they've virtually been preoccupied for the last two weeks with beating the Ducks. Next day, onto Chicago and flight to windy city and back in a hotel room. Players bodies probably still adjusting to not being on PST time. It got to them. Ran on adrenaline for the first half of the game, then nothing. It happens. That's why playing the in West has/had been such a disadvantage to us.

One other observation: I can't stand the light feather chip pass/shot when we are trying desperately to clear our own zone. We do this A LOT! When guys have been on the ice for 50 seconds and are dead tired, and the other team is all over us (I mean hornets nest ALL OVER US!) , we go for the soft chip up the boards. I don't get it?? In those situations, you have to hard around or hard out, and take the icing if it happens. I know we can't change lines in that case, but at the very least you'll get a 30 second breather to regroup. Last night the Hawks had two forwards standing atop at blue line, just waiting to intercept these attempts. They'd prevent our clearing attempt, long pass along blue line to other side of ice, and their in business with a good set up. It drives me crazy!!!!

Lastly, Quincy needs to sit. His transition game in our own zone is slow, predictable, and pathetic. Just bad.

Our job is to split and get back home. Let's do this.

100% agree, we are not skilled enough at the back end anymore to finesse the puck out of our own end every time. We are removed from the days of Lids, Rafalski and even Stuart had a good first pass. We need to suck it up and hack it out a lot more. As soon as Chicago saw that we were going to wimp it up the boards every time they just started pinching their d almost every time. It's not rocket science.

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Am I the only one who thinks we didn't play that bad as a team? For the most part anyways. Our D wasn't so great and we didn't throw enough rubber at Crawford, but I thought we were good in finishing our checks, being hungry on the puck, and we had good goaltending. Watching that game, I wasn't pissed off because Chicago dominated us; I wouldn't have made that conclusion. They played an overall better game than we did, but I've seen much worse on-ice products from the Wings this year than that. I liked our compete level.

Edited by rrasco

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