Red Wings

[jaadam4]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Howard keeps showing up!!

[jaadam4]

I didnt get to watch the game but it sounds like Z really stepped it up. I'm glad Filppula is clicking with Hank because he needs it. Dats is going to get Franzen which leaves Z by himself.

That Edmonton loss still irratates me but you can't deny the fight in the guys. This team could really start doing something after a win like this.

[Malto Marko]

They are coming together at just the right time.

In the past, the talking heads have extolled the virtues of the teams that had to fight to get into the playoffs vs the teams that were on autopilot. Looks like the Wings will be the most dangerous team in the playoffs if you ascribe to that way of thinking.

[Newbomb Turk]

sat in section 105, row 12 last night... great seats.......

Crosby ought to be sending Howard a box of bimbo's for grabbing him last night, Bertuzzi was about to pop Crosby into the third row.......

[nhwbrooklyn]

sat in section 105, row 12 last night... great seats.......

Crosby ought to be sending Howard a box of bimbo's for grabbing him last night, Bertuzzi was about to pop Crosby into the third row.......

Nice good game to go to I'm sure.

Crosby is the perfect douche to hate in hockey. I almost do a 180 and like him for being filling that role so well.

[FCRhodes]

As of today the Wings are 4 pts up on Calgary for last playoff spot. However they are also on 4 pts from being #5. In San Jose wants to tank it to avoid the Wings, it may backfire.

[chemiclord]

One of these days, someone on the ice is going to seriously wreck Crosby's shit.

Right now, he might as well be an endangered species the way the NHL protects him; but the primadonna attitude and disrespect he shows while playing is going to piss off someone to the point where they say "fuck it", and kill the little shit.

For a very short moment when I saw Bertuzzi make his move towards Crosby, I was afraid we were going to see Steve Moore redux.

[jaadam4]

the only player that could get away with beating the hell out of Cindy is Alexander the Great.

[chemiclord]

the only player that could get away with beating the hell out of Cindy is Alexander the Great.

I'm just saying that if Crosby keeps up this sore-loser, sore-winner uber-jackass attitude, some big thug in the league (like Chris Pronger, for example) is going to say "to hell with it, let 'em ban me for life", and seriously go out of their way to hurt him... badly.

[nhwbrooklyn]

I'm just saying that if Crosby keeps up this sore-loser, sore-winner uber-jackass attitude, some big thug in the league (like Chris Pronger, for example) is going to say "to hell with it, let 'em ban me for life", and seriously go out of their way to hurt him... badly.

One can only hope.

[jaadam4]

I'm just saying that if Crosby keeps up this sore-loser, sore-winner uber-jackass attitude, some big thug in the league (like Chris Pronger, for example) is going to say "to hell with it, let 'em ban me for life", and seriously go out of their way to hurt him... badly.

I wonder what Probie is doing!

[chemiclord]

Of course, jaadam brings up a good point.

Ovechkin might just reach that breaking point pretty soon, has the temperament to go completely ape-shit on someone, big enough to do some serious damage, and has the star power to destroy Cindy without getting blacklisted for life.

Hell, that might be what the rest of the NHL is waiting for; they figure Alexander the Great is just gonna have had enough of Crosby at some point in the near future.

[jaadam4]

I hate that Cindy has a cup and a gold..

[chemiclord]

Crosby is a great player, let's not forget that.

He just has a horrible attitude and general disrespect for everyone else who plays the game. Then again, considering he was coronated as the next hockey god when he was about 13 years old, is even that terribly surprising?

He gets away with it because the people in charge let him. Everyone in the NHL knows to "correct" his behavior will be met harshly by the powers that be. A two-game hit on anyone else is a ten game suspension on the next great one.

Bettman and the NHL are worried about any scenario where "his Jordan" is out of commission for any length of time. He's genuinely oblivious to the fact that the vast majority of fans outside Pittsburgh (and even a great deal in Pittsburgh) loathe Crosby. This one-man superstar treatment only makes it worse.

Rather than allow the kid to take his lumps, Bettman and the NHL coddle him, protect him, and give him every leeway they can. While it helps in the short term, all that anger and envy is building up, and my fear is eventually, someone in the NHL is going to act on it, punishment be damned, and all that pent up loathing is going to get Crosby badly, badly hurt.

And that would actually be a really bad thing. That sort of talent being put on the shelf (or worse, Steve Moore'd) would impact the game in a very negative way.

[jaadam4]

I hate that Cindy has a cup and a gold..

I TOTALLY AGREE JAADAM!!! You're so smart.