Well…if you watched that mess last night, you saw what was probably the worst officiating I’ve ever seen in a professional hockey game. We got jobbed, plain and simple and that crew should be suspended for the rest of the playoffs. Geez….

Well… here we are, another Sunday, another must win Wings game. Okay, it’s not really a must win but it would be nice to win it don’t you think? I think we played pretty well last game but Jimmy Howard has to get going early, and let’s not put all of the weight on his shoulders. Getting Nik Kronwall involved with a few big hits would go a long way to energizing the whole team as would a few goals by Homer or Frantzen.

I’m still putting a buck on Hank when we go out to watch this one; at least for the first perlod (no, that’s not a typo). Three years ago FSD (or Versus) misspelled period in one of the streamers that ran along the bottom of the screen, and, when beer and shots of whiskey are involved, that misspelling seemed really funny and took on a life of it’s own. So, for a few of us, it has been PERLOD ever since…yeah, I know, but we take our fun wherever we can find it.

With that said, LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!

Well…if we could wipe out the 2 minutes that the Sharks scored three goals, it would have been a good game. I think it was still a good game since we were not outplayed. Howard just looked shaky but that has been his pattern throughout he first round so that’s not really a surprise. We still need to take one in their building so Sunday should be fun…still have to go out to see it but with it being at 8, I can get some other people to go out that are real fans. The people in the bar last night were quite annoying and loud; at least the place had gone non-smoking a few days early so I didn’t have to breathe in all that smoke. Still kind of ambivalent about the new law here in Michigan but I don’t smoke so I don’t really care.

More tomorrow but it is such a nice day today that I’m just not that motivated.
Go Wings!

Here we go again…I kind of like this short 2 day rest between series; I like even better that the Sharks have been off since last Saturday and I hope they are just a little rusty. The one thing I hate is the fact that the first two games are on Versus that I would have to pay for another 250 channels on the dish to get. What the heck is wrong with the NHL. I know they make money from Versus, but to take a lower bid and have them on ESPN would give them a much larger audience. In my opinion that is, I’m just a little irritated that I have to go out to see the game since Thursday is supposed to be a rest night.

Well… I stand by my pick of the Wings in 6 and have a lot of company from the sports writers at the Free Press…and I made my prediction yesterday or the day before, I can’t remember. So I’m first….yay!

Go Wings!!
Click on sports and look down..it was yesterday…;-)

Well….that was just a great game by our Wings last night…100 percent effort for the whole game for a change but I do have to say that I am concerned that they have leaned the bad habit of thinking they can just turn it on when they need it. Kudos to the Coyotes for a tough, hard fought series, and the classiness of their fans at the end of the game reminded me that, of any sport, hockey brings out the best of sportsmanship in both the players and fans. Good luck to them next year!

Don’t know how I feel about going up against the Sharks but I like the idea of a short layoff and then right back into action. Also don’t know if I believe in the notion of momentum but I think the last game did say one thing: That the Wings still have the ability to bring it for at least one game at a time…I just hope it’s not just one game at a time. Can’t wait ’til Thursday!!

Let’s go Red Wings!
Oh, forgot to put in my prediction for the next series…I will admit that I was wrong about the last one; I picked the wings in six and it went seven…going to say the same thing for this one: Wings in six!

Well…here it is going into a game seven to try to get to the second round. I really don’t know how I feel about it knowing that the Wings have not won a game 7 on the road since 1964, and the game is on Versus that I don’t get on the dish. Don’t really want to go out two nights in a row since Tuesday is supposed to be a recovery night. I don’t know what to think of that performance on Sunday or what team is going to show up tonight. I still have faith in the guys, though, and will find some place to watch.

Still feeling a little crappy so this one reflects the fog that is still in my brain…it’s not letting me be very lucid so I apologize. Come back tomorrow and it should be better; especially if we get a win!

LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!

Well….that was a pretty big collapse by the Wings Sunday, you never really know which team is going to show up with them this year and that is raising my blood pressure some. One of the things that popped into my head this morning was that Mike Babcock must have the nerves of a gunslinger…betting the season on an untested, rookie goaltender who has shown flashes of brilliance but has also thrown in performances like Sunday where I think I could have scored a couple on him. At this point, I don’t think he has any choice but to stay with him but is he doing damage to Jimmy by doing this? I know…I’ve never coached a game and Babcock has had nothing but success, but even the greats make mistakes at times.

The last thing I want to say is c’mon boys, let’s get going one more time! This is my team and I won’t bail out on them now. I know, I used to, but as I get older I see the value of losing along with winning and being in it together.

LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!!!!

Well…another Sunday game for the Wings and a chance to close out Pheonix and move on to the second round. I know I’ve not been the biggest fan of Jimmy Howard ( and who calls a 26 year old Jimmy?) but if he can keep up the performance of the last two games, I think we’ll have a pretty good shot. I am still concerned that our boys have a tendency to let up at times during the games but over the last two, it hasn’t really hurt too much.

Now I’m going to editorialize a little: been reading some of the message boards from Yahoo and other places and I guess I’m a little disappointed with the tone of many of the posts; after all, we are all hockey fans and I know Pheonix doesn’t have our history, but c’mon….Hockey is the best sport and we need to make sure new fans are welcomed with good-natured rivalry but no personal attacks please. Just my opinion….