OT: Red Wings Game 2 Open Thread

Submitted by Adrian on

Lets hope the boys can win todays game. Howard has been amazing in net, him and Datsyuk were the only two that had good games for game 1. We should be able to win this series but lets take it 1 game at a time. Lets go Red Wings bring home the cup

befuggled

May 1st, 2011 at 4:26 PM ^

They even made the conference finals in the 2001-02 season, where they lost to Carolina in 6.

Contrary to what Blue in South Bend says, though, I think of them as the Lions of the NHL. Yes, they once were very good, but no one under the age of 50 remembers it.

(No one under 60 remembers the Lions winning a championship because the Lions have a ten-year head start on the Leafs. The Lions last championship was 1957, the Leafs last was in 1967.)

BoiseBlue

May 1st, 2011 at 3:11 PM ^

Sharks forwards are so tough, but I trust Lidstrom and the boys! Hopefully they can neutralize the Sharks speed and get more pucks in deep and cycle

Wolverine319

May 1st, 2011 at 3:31 PM ^

CHEATERS!!!! man i hate the sharks. My inner conspiracy theorist is coming out right now. I am starting to believe bettman told the refs to call bs penalties against the wings so the sharks can make it past the wings. 

Wolverine319

May 1st, 2011 at 3:40 PM ^

I am sorry  but the entire cup playoffs last year was completely fixed towards the hawks, It wasn't even funny, There was so many bullcrap tripping and interference calls last year. Don't get me started on the cup finals against the pens especially both of them. Bettman was trying his hardest to get Cindy his frist cup. Remember the bullcrap interference on Hudler in '08 in the cup clinching game with 2 min left? and how the refs let the pens keep wacking away at Ozzy for 30 seconds. 

Bettman wants a west coast team to win. Watch for favorable calls towards both the Canucks and the sharks. Anything to make it seem that west coast fans care about hockey when Job.ing arena was 75% Wings fans. 

exmtroj

May 1st, 2011 at 3:43 PM ^

We really don't look like a championship quality team right now. Case in point, San Jose uses a double minor to win game 1, we get a double minor and spend 90% of it flailing around trying to just keep te puck in the Sharks zone, let alone get a damn shot off. We're also beong badly outskated, this is not good.

TheDirtyD

May 1st, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^

Its cause there canaidan's they hate the red wings and the love the sharks there entire roster of good players is entirely canaidan minus pavelski. The wings are playing better there not letting the sharks dictate the pace. lots of hockey left in this game esp only being down 1 a lot can happen. everyone relax... this team knows what exactly to do let them do it.

Fhshockey112002

May 1st, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^

Not only are we taking penalties, we are taking LAZY penalties, hooking, holding, high-sticking...

Perfect example is Justin Abdulkator (sprarty) has played 17 playoff games the past 2 seasons and has 48 penalty mins in those games.