I was just telling my girlfriend about this and she said, "well it is his mother, he has a right to be pissed". To which I responded, "well it is the Stanley Cup playoffs".
A writer from Puck Daddy ripped him a new one for this. I like the caption he used on the title picture: "Pavel Datsyuk tries his darnedest to succeed despite his obvious shortcomings." It's actually a hilarious article; check it out:
Lidstrom and Stuart gone, we wouldn't be able to make playoffs.
A ton of injuries during the season, to the extent we had to sign Huskins on game day and fly him in hours before.
Had to win just to make playoffs.
Couldn't beat the ducks. Did it in 7!
Don't belong on the same ice as Chicago. Currently leading the series 2-1, out scored them 8-3.
This team has gone far and above any of our expectations. I was happy we pushes the sucks to a game 7. To be competitive. Then we won the series.
I was worried coming up against Chicago. Thought their depth would be too much. We have dominated a game against them in their own arena. They're losing their composure.
Enjoy the ride, who knows where this can go. Unbelievable effort to have done as well as we have so far, keep it up boys!
This season and playoff has been such a joy thus far! It's been a long, long time since Wings weren't expected to win anything. How fast that the last 21 years of dominance that spoiled most of us is erased in one half season and the new age fans are experiencing what us old timers went through in the 90's. A team growing together, losing together and learning to win together! No longer are the most of us spoiled....every win is a bonus, it's been a LONG time since the overwhelming feeling was if we don't win the Cup, we still had a successful season!
I am going to refrain from calling this a rebuild or even a reload...I am calling it the REBIRTH of the Detroit Red Wings...
Brunner - 8 points in 10 games (4 goals, 4 assists) keeps getting less ice time every game, this game it was 9 minutes, Cleary gets 17 minutes... makes sense