sputman

here are some pictures and a few videos i took of tonight's game:

i was at the game, sat right behind the bench, watched the trainer come back and shake his head to babcock as if to say "it's not a big deal."

lidstrom +/- during the last year with Mclellan:
40

During the McCrimmon era:
34
24
20
-3

******* Rafalski.

He's also tied for first in the league in wins.

Yeesh. Some people here...

hell, manny legace had a pretty good win percentage and some sparkling GAAs during his time as our backstop.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3081

now he's in delaware playing for the iserlohn roosters.  

must be a swedish thing

inappropriate time to teach patty swedish curling.

The playoffs are a completely different game.  Nothing we've seen this season can give us an idea of how good or bad somebody will be in the playoffs.  Everyone plays better defensively, Howard is very capable of just getting on a hot streak like he did last year and dominating.  Philly is really good and most likely going to take the East, but Boucher and Bobrovosky have little to no playoff experience.  I wouldn't be surprised to see them get bounced.  Vancouver hasn't shown anything in the playoffs yet.  I'll worry about them more when they get past the 2nd round.

I like the Wings chances this year to win it all.  Nobody has more depth or experience.  We have the best coach and the better players.  Instead of focusing on what we don't have, focus on what we DO have.

yeah come playoff time everything is ramped up a little.

i guess that means that salei gets 5 hooking penalties a game as opposed to his usual 2-3.

i came home from class and the 2nd period was ending with them down 3-0 and getting pushed around (i missed the howard scrum but saw them jawing at him at the end of the period).

my wife asked if i was going to stay up and watch the rest of the game and i said that i would, because i wanted to see if the team would respond like men.

honestly, that ericsson fight was one of the best things i've seen all year, just from the standpoint of somebody saying "enough already with your bulls*** against my teammates."

Zetterberg- Datsyuk- Homer
Cleary- Filpulla- Hudler
Bertuzzi- Modano- Franzen
Miller- Draper- Eaves

Lidstrom- Rafalski
Kronwall- Stu
Salai- Ericson

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kocur in net

"Who blows now?"

that is one bad herpes flare-up.

Intentional or not, this Ricky Gervais reference is awesome.

gotta be intentional.

the mong.

by god trotz' head is totally spherical  

That mustache alone would make me s*** myself if I were about ready to throw down with him.

that mustache looks like his nose s*** itself.

I think Gillies should be too for that flying elbow and throwing punches on a guy who's clearly hurt.

that was garbage, i agree. and then he sits there flapping his mustache at him while he's down.

i'm going to go upstairs, bodycheck my wife into the armoire, and challenge her to a fight.