OT: Red Wings - Ducks Open Thread

So sloppy on the powerplays.  Too bad Pavs and Z needed rest during the 5x3.

Wings blew their PP opportunites, now have to kill off a 5-on-3.

Wow... makeup call time i guess.  Horrible hooking call.

I hate what they call hooking now..that second call was weak

We fucking blew that period is my professional analysis.

Can anyone explain why NBC insists on using jokers like McGuire, Emerick, Olczyk, etc. when there are other options that are so much better? So happy to have Rick Peckham on this game tonight. Boston-Toronto has CBC's simulcast. Night and day difference from the AWFUL combination that they had for the Caps-Rangers game (Emerick, Olczyk, McGuire). Just call the damn game, stop the theatrics (it's a driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!), and the stupid personal interest stories during the game (no one gives a crap that two of the Islanders played for the Penguins last year, let alone that you need to tell us about it 8 times in two games). I don't know why, but the TSN and CBC crews just call the game, while the NBC crews try to make it a show. So annoying. Personally, I hate these "national" crews because they don't know crap about the teams (aside from the basic stuff that anyone knows) and repeat the same stuff game after game after game as if no one watched the previous games. It's such an uneducated broadcast and so annoying for fans that closely follow the teams. That said, Rick Peckham is the clear exception and I wish they would use him more, instead of continuing to put their awful trio on every "important" game. /rant. Sorry... Had to get that off of my chest, and I can't be the only one who this pisses off.

Passing and puck handling seem kind of sloppy for the Wings.  Either that, or they're really tired or banged up.

Five minutes AND a miscounduct for checking?!

And of course they score right away.

bullshit officiating all year long. Great job ruining a great playoff game, fuckwads. Tempted to just stop watching this bullshit league all together.

West Coast Trash

FUCK!  They score right away.

Cocksucker refs. 

Sorry, but it's true. Absolute joke. 

Someone explain to me why we are upset. Looked like abs left his feet and drove right into his head and shoulder at the same time. I think that's always been a penalty.

Can't believe we had so many odd man rushes despite being shorthanded.

except for the first 18 seconds, that was awesome

FSD replay shows Abdelkader stopped striding before the hit, so charging is wrong.

The national NBCSN people are saying at least a two-game suspension.

This kind of bullshit is exactly why the NHL will always be a distant fourth in popularity. Incompetent refs don't do anything to stop the bullshit thug tactics of teams like the ducks, and an aggressive, hard but clean check gets a game misconduct. I wouldn't put it past the fucktards in charge to suspend abdelkater for another game.

Fuck Bettman.

2 years ago would have been clean. Now its a 5 minute major and game misconduct? Hockey has changed so much in the last 10 years i can barely recognize it anymore.

Seems like we can't do anything 5 on 4

GODAMMIT, SHG for them.

didn't think the powerplay could get any worse... ouch

Well at least we can say the Abdelkader penalty wasn't a game-change

...in hockey.  Gotta stay positive

Can't wait for the Eastern conference next year. Can't stand playing these pricks. 

We've had tons of opps this game. Most upset with us more than anything else.

Fuck it. 

Terrible fucking D there

FML.

That's all.

Maybe it's just me, but why was Lashoff called to replace the injured DeKeyser? White, and Colaiacovo seem like the better options, they at least have playoff experience.

Tigers up 14-1



Yay!

At least they made the playoffs to keep the streak alive. 

Been a stupid year anyways. Half of a season + no winter classic= fuck you Bettman

very bad game tonight. no effort on defense. no effort on offense. i sometimes question howards play

Man, some people on here need to get some perspective. I know the Red Wings were a trendy pick to upset the Ducks, but c'mon, there's a reason they were a 2-seed and the Wings barely snuck into the playoffs.

The Wings were inconsistent all year on the blueline, had spotty forward play, and for the first half of the season our PP was borderline unwatchable. Exactly everything we saw tonight. Add on to the fact that the biggest reason we even made the playoffs (DeKeyser) is now out for 6 weeks, and yeah, we're gonna have an upward climb.

2 least favorite teams...Sharks and Ducks. Mainly because of their series against Detroit. Ugh, hate them. Go get them in Game 4.

Nothing like my fellow wings fans embarrasing themselves by blaming the refs. I am willing to bet none of you have played a second of hockey in your lives. 

If you want someone to blame. Look at Ken Holland. He had the job of replacing Lidstrom and he did a terrible job. Especially when you look at it from the angle we depended on the recent WMU player Dekeyser to get us in the playoffs. 

edit: How the fuck is this trolling? Wake up Wings fans. Not my fault I can see this situation without red and white glasses. 

the playoff streak in the offseason, so call me pleasantly surprised. I've been one of those guys that gives Ken Holland a pass, but not so much anymore. I kept expecting moves out of him coming up to deadline but he just shit the bed. Tootoo is what we got. Wow.

I hate to think of what it might mean, but I think the day is drawing near that the whole thing needs to be blown up and rebuilt.

It was a nice 20 year run but the reality is this team is in the rebuilding phase. I hope they have good scouts and coaches to get the team back to playing good hockey in a few more years. Only time will tell if they can complete the rebuilding process. All dynasty come to an end! I was too young to remember the glory years of the 50s. I was all excited when the Wings made the playoffs in '78 and we beat the Atlanta Flames. The wings were not that good back when I was a kid, the only thing we had was Reid Larson! but they slowly improved during the 80s.