OT: Red Wings Open Thread
February 12th, 2012 at 7:44 PM ^
*to tie the record..
February 12th, 2012 at 7:44 PM ^
but how much does setting the record count given that shootout wins didn't exist back in the day. It is obviously still impressive, and a good sign if the Wings can get home ice in the playoffs.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
Don't you use your fancy logic here, boy. This is the internet!
February 12th, 2012 at 7:53 PM ^
Eh, they can only do what they can do, and it's still a hell of an accomplishment. It'd be different if Babcock ripped his shirt off and had one underneath that said, BEST HOME TEAM EVAR or something, but that isn't going to happen.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:55 PM ^
February 12th, 2012 at 7:58 PM ^
Then why even call it a record? With anything in sports you can say it doesn't compare across eras. A shootout is more or less a coinflip to decide who gets an extra point.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:18 PM ^
February 12th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
But back in the day those would have been ties, and thus streak-ending. The Flyers didn't even have overtime to break the ties. They had to win it in regulation.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
You would be hard pressed to find a coach in the league who actually thought that winning shootouts meant you were a better team. At best it means you have a better set of 3-5 guys who can score on breakaways and a goalie who is lucky/good enough to stop them.
February 12th, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^
I see your point and tend to agree somewhat. However, the Flyers of '76 and Bruins of '29 or whatever year it was also probably weren't playing with their minor league goaltender in the last three games of their streaks. The fact that the Grand Rapids goalie won us the last 3 games makes it pretty impressive.
February 13th, 2012 at 10:28 AM ^
February 12th, 2012 at 7:44 PM ^
Red Wings!
February 12th, 2012 at 7:50 PM ^
Nice, Wings on the board first, up 1-0.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:50 PM ^
GOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!
February 12th, 2012 at 7:50 PM ^
1-0 Wings!!
February 12th, 2012 at 7:52 PM ^
Nice to join you all for another Wings potential record tying match.
Am I naive for thinking that if true nobility still exists, Nick Lidstrom is one of its practitioners? Sometimes it strikes me that I could be.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
He's got an umlaut. That's royalty baby.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:56 PM ^
Some of the changes in the lockout were good, I don't love this one. Is that reviewable? If not, it should be, since the play creates a stoppage anyway.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:02 PM ^
I dont think they should review plays like that. It was nearly impossible to see if it hit the glass on that play, and I don't want hockey to turn into football where every other play needs to be reviewed. I'd rather leave it in the refs hands on the ice, and if they screw it up then it gives me something to complain about.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:16 PM ^
I'd like to see it become reviewable. Over the course of an entire season, it might get reviewed five times per team, and it's a call that results in an immediate stoppage and a penalty. Most of the time there's not any question, but you could tell the officials lost sight of it, and a second look would be warranted.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:57 PM ^
Nick Lidstrom is now second all-time in games played for the Wings.
February 12th, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
I love Joe Louis Arena... if they ever build a new arena for the wings they should take these boards with them. They give a 'home field advantage' most other rinks dont have.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:06 PM ^
how about a new pp strategy here guys
February 12th, 2012 at 8:08 PM ^
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
February 12th, 2012 at 8:09 PM ^
ugh. joey if you can't handle the puck, stay in the net please. thanks.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
Let's get the beers out.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
February 12th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
Lagunitas IPA is really good.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:31 PM ^
The trapezoid rule is one of the dumbest things the NHL has ever done, which is a loooooong list.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:33 PM ^
Anyone know of an online stream?
February 12th, 2012 at 8:38 PM ^
BOOM! Kronwall'd!
February 12th, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
gotta keep your head up, or else youre gonna get kronwalled.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:40 PM ^
I love how everyone wanted to fight Kronwall, but it was a clean hit so they all had to go play hockey instead.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:40 PM ^
Dammit, they score.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
Top shelf for Brayden Schenn. Joey Mac is going to have to play a little better for the Wings to pull this off tonight.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
If we played them 6 times a year, I bet we'd come to hate the Flyers a lot. They're a bunch of headhunters out there.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:44 PM ^
We'll always have '97.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:47 PM ^
I think Eastern teams tend to have more goons than Western teams. There are more long standing rivalries (Boston-Montreal, Pittsburgh-Philly, and even the 3 New York/Jersey teams) that are generally more physical than a regular game.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
Flyers score a lot of goals and there's a reason Joey isn't a starting goaltender. I knew they were going to make it hard on us to tie the record. Hopefully we can step up and get this win.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:47 PM ^
We can haz nother PPG?
February 12th, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^
Datsyuk!!!
February 12th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
There we go. Datsyuk's magic
February 12th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
Datsyuk = good at sports.
February 12th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
So close to the go-ahead goal
February 12th, 2012 at 8:57 PM ^
Thanks for bringing up old shit, "NBC Sports Network."
February 12th, 2012 at 9:03 PM ^
Dammit, they score again.
February 12th, 2012 at 9:04 PM ^
That shit was beautiful. Matt Read made that play happen.