Echolalia

As far as I'm concerned Howard needs to prove that he can be number one again next year.  Sure he was lights out this year, but when the summer is over its a whole new season and his stats from a year before mean jack.  Fortunately this is also the case for Osgood.  This year he sucked balls, but its not "this year" anymore an he has an opportunity to steal number 1 back, if for the last time in his career.  This is the mindset that Babs needs to instill in Ozzie as well as in Howie, and to do that, I think for the starting stretch of the season, Babs should split starts right down the middle.  If one goalie starts sucking, skew the start % to 60-40, or 70-30.  If they both play well, keep the competition going.  They don't get a free ride to number 1 and that's the way it should be.

Its too difficult for me to believe that a league that can't seem to get anything right and is run by one of the most incompetant men in the world is successfully pulling the strings to a giant conspiracy without any particular aim or benefit, or anyone ratting them out.  I think that would be giving Bettman too much credit.

3-0 might be an impossible stretch to overcome, but its now 3-1, and the Habs did that in the last round against an even scarier foe.

My thoughts exactly.  Thank God this game wasn't on NBC or we'd be hearing about Rafalski's nonactive stick for 20 minutes.

The Wings are down 3-0 in the series to the top team in the West and now the only way out is to essentially sweep the Sharks.  But I'm not nervous about this task at all.  In all three games I thought the Wings played sub-par and in all three games I thought the Sharks had some lucky breaks they were smart enough to capitalize on.  In addition, whether you want to blame the refs, lazy play, or a combination of the two, the Wings have 24 penalties to San Jose's 14.  Oddly enough the Wings have lost each game by a single goal, and in two of the three games the Wings carried a lead into the third period.  That doesn't exactly scream 'being dominated' to me.
Incidentally, out of all instances in history that I'm aware of when a team has fallen down 0-3, I feel this team has one of, if not the best opportunity to pull off an upset.  Will they do it?  Beats the hell out of me, but if they play like they are capable of playing, from Datsyuk down to Howard, for 60 minutes, I don't see anything that the Sharks possess that can stop them.

Yeah this position sucks balls, but I'm not nervous about it. Actually I'm kind of excited.  I suppose this is what happens when the Wings face elimination in four out of their past five series.

Cut it up into pieces, then stitch the pieces together into a voodoo doll and stuff it with cotton.  Don't forget to bless the cotton with voodoo sweat contracted from playing hockey.  At this point paint the doll blue to simulate the color of the Sharks jersey.  Find a picture of Joe Pavelski with his playoff beard and tape it to the face of your doll.  Now put it behind the tire of your car and run it over 4 times, one for each game of the series the Wings shall win.  After this, stick pins into his arms and legs to slow down Pavelski's speed and shooting power/accuracy.  Finally, place the doll next to your tv so as you watch the game additional punishment may be applied.

Good luck and thanks for fixing the Red Wings

by the way I'm fully expecting to see a video of all this by game time.

How do you say "does anyone have a link to this game?" in French, and more importantly, how do you say "here it is: *link*"

Somehow I feel more confident with our Cup chances with him than with Hossa.

Boudreau isn't a coach.  He's just a really lucky fan.

I think the more concerning stat is out of the past three opportunities to eliminate a team from the playoffs, the Wings are 0 for 3.

Work is overrated, you work hard all week.  But since you want to talk yourself into it, you do nothing but work around the house this weekend.  No stopping to sleep or eat, but your place is immaculate, your yard is all trimmed and looks great with all those new plants and flowers.  Stevie is most appreciative that you cleaned him inside and out, even waxed too.  By the time it's time to go back to work you are so exhausted that you can barely move.

I wish I were better able to help my friends in need that are too far away for me to see.

They don't want to see you, so wish granted.

I wish I didn't procrastinate and put myself in terrible situations.

I kind of like the novelty of having the champion from one conference face the champ from the other, but sometimes I feel us Westerners get screwed because I think our path is often tougher and were a bit more worn out once we get to the forth round.

It's going to be even more fun watching you squirm next season when Hudler disappears in the playoffs (again)

Where's all this "disappears in the playoffs" nonsense coming from.  Hudler has 28 points in 51 playoff games which equates to .55 points per game.  In the regular season Hudler has 127 points in 255 games which is .50 points per game.  How is that disappearing?

Little does he know he sealed the fate of his entire team with that little move.

Overall the Coyotes have been outworking the Wings, and that's how they've scored all their goals.  When the Wings have turned on the switch, the game looks completely one-sided and its a wonder why Phoenix is in it at all, but unfortunately those moments are as often as they should be given its the playoffs.