Well the Wings have finally tacked a "W" to the scoresheet in March. OK, yeah, sure, they won a couple earlier, and the Grand Rapids bus is pretty much permanently parked at the Joe, but that 6 game skid was just painful. Lose by a goal to Nashville, then get stomped by the Kings, and shut out by the Ducks....at lease they took the Sharks to OT only to lose .... How much more can your average Red Wings fan take?
Thankfully, Nick Lidstrom is back. Yes, it's spelled L-I-D-S-T-R-O-M. Not Lindstrom, Linstrom, or Linnstrom. Have you ever seen the press fuck up Vanbeisbrouck? No, you have not, and that name is a LOT harder to spell than Lidstrom. Seriously. On the same subject, the regulars are slowly trickling back in, and some new faces look like they are staying, such as Brendan Smith. Of course, as soon as I typed that, I see that he has been reassigned to the Griffins. Which means that Ericsson is probably coming back Monday. Gustav Nyquist is going to be a good addition next year. I mean, the guy set a Griffins scoring record and he hasn't even played all of the Griffins games. There has got to be some potential there. He had a glorious scoring opportunity against the Hurricanes, but got robbed once and hit the post on another attempt. He will get it...
SO, now the Wings have a home and home with the Blue Jackets, which, if the Jackets hold true to form, should be a nice confidence builder for the Wings. Then they get the Predators at home, and the Preds are going to want some blood, so hopefully the Wings can keep healthy through that one. Speaking of healthy, Howard, and Franzen should be the next two back in the lineup, followed by MacDonald. Helm is a different story, his knee is banged up, and he might be out for a while.
A word about Jiri Hudler: WHY does he get such bad press? Does he smell bad? The man has 46 points for the Wings this year, which puts him 5th on the team. And when the names in front of you are Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen, and Filppula, that's something. You should all be commenting on how nice it is to have somebody that can put up 46 points and still be FIFTH ON THE TEAM...Jesus people come on. Rick Nash only has 48 points and he's God's gift to the Blue Jackets, while Hudler scores 46 and gets shit on? Please. Sure Nash plays for a crappy team, but still. If he's a superstar with 48, then Hudler is not as bad as people are implying.
Anyways...looking forward to the next few weeks. Should be fun...
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
1 and 1000
When I turned on the tube to watch the game tonight, I was a little apprehensive, because Nic Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk were out. And are staying out until at least Monday. Fine. Let the young kids play, and gain some skills before we get to the playoffs. Now, lets review: Valteri Filppula scores the game winner 35 seconds into the game. See ya later Minnesota!
Moving on to the numbers:
0 - Number of goals allowed by Jimmy Howard.
2 - Number of Slovenian players in the NHL. (This will become clear to you in a moment.)
23 - number of saves Harding made before he got yanked for Hackett. Also the number of beers each member of the Jan Mursak fan club drank prior to the 2nd period. Yes, there is a Jan Mursak fan club. It's in Slovenia and they were at the Joe tonight. (See above)
19 - The number of saves Jimmy Howard made all night. Also the number of times Mickey Redmond said "Holy Jumpin!" during the telecast.
1 - Brendan Smith gets his first NHL goal. Which is good for him because if he's going to be the next Nik Lidstrom, he's got some catching up to do.
1000 - Ken Daniels has called his 1000th Red Wings game, which is roughly the same amount of New Years Ball Drops that Dick Clark has done.
Alright enough of that shit. Did anyone else notice that Todd Bertuzzi left in the middle of the game and didn't come back? Lower body injury. That really sucks because if the injury bug is about to bite, it had better do it NOW, and not 3 games before the playoffs. Right now the list sits at Datsyuk, Lidstrom, Ericsson, and now Bertuzzi. IF in fact that's really the truth. Teams in the NHL guard injury status closely. NHL GM's could work for the CIA. In any case, the Wings have two stars out of the lineup, and they can still win and win big. I mean, Filppula, Helm, and Smith put the game away. Zetterberg didn't score until it was 4-0. That's great! But I am sure that the fans would like to see a healthy team going into the first round.
So now the Red Wings have a home winning streak started again. OK, so ONE isn't really a streak, but they have to start somewhere.
On a side note, as my 11-year old son and I were going to the Everett Silvertips game (WHL hockey), I drop a Tweet to Landon Ferraro to tell him that we were going to see his old club, and that we would be wearing Red Wings gear. I didn't really expect to hear anything back... but...45 min later, I got a tweet back. This started a conversation that lasted about an hour or so, just chatting. My son was over the moon, and was telling everyone at the game that he "was twittering with Landon", as if he knew him his whole life...it was great to see the reactions on fans faces when he showed them my phone. So, thank you Landon, for not forgetting about the ordinary fan, and for making my son the happiest kid at the Silvertips game.
Except maybe for that one kid who won the dance contest...he may have been happier.
FOR KENNY: The Rangers lost to Tampa Bay (snicker) and they are 6-2-2 in their last 10. In fact, its all the overtime loss points that are keeping them near the top of the NHL. Wojtek Wolski got traded to Florida for a 2013 3rd round draft pick. THAT'S gotta make him feel good. Del Zotto, Callahan, and Fedotenko are out and listed as day-to-day.
Moving on to the numbers:
0 - Number of goals allowed by Jimmy Howard.
2 - Number of Slovenian players in the NHL. (This will become clear to you in a moment.)
23 - number of saves Harding made before he got yanked for Hackett. Also the number of beers each member of the Jan Mursak fan club drank prior to the 2nd period. Yes, there is a Jan Mursak fan club. It's in Slovenia and they were at the Joe tonight. (See above)
19 - The number of saves Jimmy Howard made all night. Also the number of times Mickey Redmond said "Holy Jumpin!" during the telecast.
1 - Brendan Smith gets his first NHL goal. Which is good for him because if he's going to be the next Nik Lidstrom, he's got some catching up to do.
1000 - Ken Daniels has called his 1000th Red Wings game, which is roughly the same amount of New Years Ball Drops that Dick Clark has done.
Alright enough of that shit. Did anyone else notice that Todd Bertuzzi left in the middle of the game and didn't come back? Lower body injury. That really sucks because if the injury bug is about to bite, it had better do it NOW, and not 3 games before the playoffs. Right now the list sits at Datsyuk, Lidstrom, Ericsson, and now Bertuzzi. IF in fact that's really the truth. Teams in the NHL guard injury status closely. NHL GM's could work for the CIA. In any case, the Wings have two stars out of the lineup, and they can still win and win big. I mean, Filppula, Helm, and Smith put the game away. Zetterberg didn't score until it was 4-0. That's great! But I am sure that the fans would like to see a healthy team going into the first round.
So now the Red Wings have a home winning streak started again. OK, so ONE isn't really a streak, but they have to start somewhere.
On a side note, as my 11-year old son and I were going to the Everett Silvertips game (WHL hockey), I drop a Tweet to Landon Ferraro to tell him that we were going to see his old club, and that we would be wearing Red Wings gear. I didn't really expect to hear anything back... but...45 min later, I got a tweet back. This started a conversation that lasted about an hour or so, just chatting. My son was over the moon, and was telling everyone at the game that he "was twittering with Landon", as if he knew him his whole life...it was great to see the reactions on fans faces when he showed them my phone. So, thank you Landon, for not forgetting about the ordinary fan, and for making my son the happiest kid at the Silvertips game.
Except maybe for that one kid who won the dance contest...he may have been happier.
FOR KENNY: The Rangers lost to Tampa Bay (snicker) and they are 6-2-2 in their last 10. In fact, its all the overtime loss points that are keeping them near the top of the NHL. Wojtek Wolski got traded to Florida for a 2013 3rd round draft pick. THAT'S gotta make him feel good. Del Zotto, Callahan, and Fedotenko are out and listed as day-to-day.
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