Well….just wanted to do a short one on our Red Wings inductees into the hockey hall of fame this week….of course it would be Nick Lidstrom…one of the best defensemen to ever have played the game and we got to watch him for his entire 20 year career…but he was just as good off the ice or even better…never heard one unkind word about him in all the years I followed the Wings and I think that’s why he is so missed in Detroit….the other inductee I have mixed feelings about…Sergei Fedorov…while he was a good player with the Wings, I have never forgiven him for taking less money to move to LA…a selfish move that I think tarnishes his on ice accomplishments….and he was never the two way player that Stevie Y was…they had to bribe him to play defense and he always made it known that he didn’t like it….probably should get over it, huh? After all, it has been 15 years…and this was the last one for the month….
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Babcock update….
Well…it appears over for Mike Babcock in Detroit…it was just announced that he has taken the job in Toronto for a monstrous amount of money…50 million dollars over 8 years making him the highest paid coach in NHL history by a huge margin….6.25 million a year and the next highest paid coach gets about 3.25 million…so, the Wings offer of 4 mil per wasn’t even in the ballpark….but, I think there is more to it than money…he now has the opportunity to take an original 6 team and rebuild it and try to prove he is as good of a coach as Scotty Bowman…that’s a stretch…. and I can’t wait to beat them next year….
Bye, bye, Mike….
Well…it appears from the news reports that Mike Babcock is going to leave the Red Wings for somewhere else when his contact expires at the end of June. I really don’t think this is that big of a surprise after he decided to talk to other teams about a month ago…I can’t remember any other coach looking at other teams and then coming back to his current team and signing…so, I guess this is goodbye, Mike…it was fun having you in Detroit and I hope you do well at your next stop…..
A little more Red Wings…
Well….it’s game 7 day and I thought I’d do a little commentary before the game tonight…it doesn’t look good for the Wings with Kronwall getting suspended for tonight’s game for a open ice hit on one of the Lightning….no penalty given on that play but the league thought it was a hit to the head…I could see there was a little bit of an elbow but what about the two guys on the Lightning that left their feet to slam Abby into the wall? That hit was worse and they are still playing so I don’t understand the disparity in the penalties. It’s as if the league just doesn’t want the Wings to win…yeah, I know…one guy being out shouldn’t cause the team to lose but when the teams are evenly matched, losing one of your best defensemen can tip the contest pretty easily. But, that just how it is now and Kindle will have to step up and play his best game ever…only one last thing to say…Let’s go Red Wings!
Red Wings update….
Well…haven’t gotten a lot of stuff done today, but I wanted to get to this one since the news was good from last night’s game…the Red Wings played the first complete game of the playoffs and that was show by the 4-0 score. It was really something to see with everyone clogging up center ice and not allowing Tampa to get anything going and taking many fewer penalties helped to keep the other guys on their heels for most of the game. To take one in their building and force Tampa to win the next two is really quite neat…but, I am not going to get ahead of myself here…I have been disappointed before but all I can do is root like crazy for the guys and say “Let’s go Red Wings!”
Oh, can’t forget Mrazak the goalie….stood on his head again and made a lot of saves he shouldn’t have…just one more game…
Red Wings update..
Well….I should have done this one yesterday, after the Thursday night game but I was so disappointed that I just didn’t want to think about it…I mean, up 2-0 with about 8 minutes to go and you lose the game? They played well, though, so maybe that is something to think about? The problem that I’ve seen in these playoffs is that they never put together a complete game…they either start slow and get behind or they play well to start and then collapse at the end….today should be the telling game…back in Tampa for game 5 and we need to steal one….at least the series is going longer than any pundit thought it would…the consensus was that we would lose in 5 games and that can’t happen….Let’s Go Red Wings!
Red Wings update…
Well…trying to stay up to date on these as the playoffs go on, and with the good win last night, I really want to do this one….as you know, the Wings won convincingly last night by 3-0 and, for the first time, they looked like a team. Not sure what Babcock said to them after the last one but they came out with fire from the start…I think part of it was the return of Abdelkader giving Babcock the ability to go back to the lines that were successful during the regular season…splitting Pavel and Hank up again looked like a great idea since they both played better with other linemates and Pavel kept up his scoring with one going off his foot in the first. It was good to see them play like they can…now I’m excited about Thursdays game and can’t wait to see it…maybe 3-1 going back to Tampa? Oh, I forgot to mention the great play of Mrazak the goalie…stood on his head for his first playoff shutout and I hope that goalie comes back out for Thursday….
RIP Steve Byrnes….
Well…there was some sad news that came over my twitter feed this afternoon….Steve Byrnes has died after a long battle with cancer. If you have been a NASCAR fan over the past 20 years, you saw Steve doing pit road interviews and working the booth for many races in all of the three series….it was always nice to see Steve asking the hard questions and smiling as he did it…getting answers that others didn’t since he had the respect of everyone in the garage. He leaves behind his wife and 12 year old son…RIP Steve…..
Red Wings update….
Well…as I promised, here is the Red Wings update that I neglected to do Sunday or yesterday…and, I think it was the score that has kept me away…I mean, when you lose 5-1 in a hockey game, you got your butt handed to you. The strange thing is that I think they played better than in their win on Thursday…much more energy but the pucks were just going in for Tampa…I’ve seen games like this all the time since I have been a hockey fan but why didn’t it go the other way? Not sure about that but tonight we have another one and I have to find the gear again and get ready this aft….but, the game is going to be on nbcsn so we don’t get Ken and Mickey and that is a bit of a letdown….but, I am going to break my cocktail rule for tonight and have a couple so that will help….and, we have Abdelkater back tonight so that may help, too…we’ll see….I still have hope we can go up 2-1 tonight…..
Okay…I was wrong…just checked and the Wings are on FSD along with nbcsn….yay!
Red Wings update…
Well….the playoffs have started and amazingly, the Wings won the first game last night. They never should have with how they played most of the night and how they were outshot 44-14…but they did win and I think they stole that one. It was really a little painful to watch but somehow, they found a way…and, as I said yesterday, Hank and Pav were going to have to step up…and Pav did with two goals and even some secondary scoring by Glendening that you would never expect…cancelling out Tampa’s shorty with a shorty of our own. As good as it was to get a win, the next game tomorrow is still going to be painful to watch if they keep playing as the have been…