Detroit Red Wings & the NHL

[WingsFan]

Watch the near end of this. After Joe Thronton tried to severely injure Franzon already sore ankle he then takes 'the dive' like a sniper shot him, then is laughing hysterically in the box about it. Nice behavior from your Caption.

Note; Thronton succeeded in what he wanted to do. Hurting Franzen on that play, Franzon sat the whole third period and missed tonight's game and will miss game 7.



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[Hannibal]

And, of course, Thornton doesn't get called for unsportsmanlike conduct diving on that play. Gary Bettman really wants his West Coast Stanley Cup winner this year.

[Tony G]

Just when you think the Wings are dead, they come around and play three of their best games of the season.

I wonder if the Wings get away with this against any other Western team. The sharks have such a rep for choking away a series that it has to be in their heads right now. Still, only three of the seven teams to force a game 7 after being down 3-0 have won that final game

[Hannibal]

I don't like the Wing's chances in Game 7 very much, but it sure feels better to be the team that was once down 3-0 than the team that was up 3-0. San Jose is feeling all of the pressure right now and they have never demonstrated that they can handle it.

[Optimus Prime]

All the pressure is on SJ no question but pretty tough to win four in a row for Wings. 160 times the team that has jumped out to 3-0 series lead has clinched and only lost 3 times. Will SJ be the 4th ?

[Jamie H]

Thornton should have been suspended for the Franzen play. Hopefully Clowe will still be out with the "flu" for game 7.

[Optimus Prime]

Franzen slash, read the NHL rule book. Franzen another dirty European with a stick which he should control his stick at all times, otherwise it's a trip to the "sin bin"...justice served. Besides he's a dirty player, kneed Crosby a few years ago, had to have surgery, got what he deserved. I guess if Franzen wants to target the NHL's current point leader (Thornton) post 2005 strike/lockout so be it, just don't make it such an obvious and blatant assault.

[Jamie H]

You actually support that dirty piece of shit Thornton? He's a disgrace and an embarassment. I hope an errant puck rearranges his smug face.

As for Franzen being a dirty player, you are delusional. And you're clearly an anti-European bigot who can't handle the fact that Europeans have such a prominent role in the NHL now.

Go watch some old Don Cherry videos and you can be bigots together.

[Hannibal]

If San Jose loses Game 7, Thornton will probably sneak out of the building without talking to the media.

[Jamie H]

With a gutless pussy of a captain like Thornton it is no wonder San Jose has never played in the Cup finals.

[Jamie H]

BTW, Thornton is married to a "dirty European", Tabea Pfendsack from Switzerland.

[WingsFan]

OP is anti Red Wing, I would love to see Thornton get 'Kronwalled' on are way to winning game 7.

The Detroit Red Wings’ dramatic 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Tuesday’s Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals delivered a record audience for Fox Sports Detroit. The telecast registered a 19.5 household rating and 26 share in the Detroit metro area, according to data from Nielsen Media Research via FSD.

The best rating for a Detroit Tigers game on FSD is 15.6 for a game against the Minnesota Twins on Sept. 30, 2009.

[Jamie H]

OP is anti Red Wing.

Well of course he is, seeing how they have been the most successful team in the league over the past 15 years or so using a roster full of "dirty Europeans".

[WingsFan]

Datsyuk is finally get the PR he deserves, the best all-around hockey player in the world.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/1...#ixzz1M53OKTTm

[Optimus Prime]

Packy it's a slash, plain and simple. In the "New & Improved" NHL dirty stickwork is the norm...if Franzen tried that crap against Gretzky or Yzerman , Semanko or Probert would have taken the next shift, punched his fucking lights out...no trip to the penalty box but to an emergency room with a broken nose and a couple of missing teeth...if he had to pay that sort price, I guarantee he would control his stick. It's called respect.