i'm not sure which is worse

the lack of tying up the stick

or the fact that if fleury had been patient and waited for the shot to drop, he wouldn't have re-opened the hole that shot trickled through

5/26/2008 8:49:17 PM

what a joke this series is going to be

5/26/2008 8:53:41 PM

looking good thus far!

5/26/2008 9:47:01 PM

wow that was a sick goal. filppula shit on 3 penguins

5/26/2008 10:21:32 PM

now they're resorting to cheap shots, they know they'll be lucky to win 1 game

5/26/2008 10:24:50 PM

AHAHA did you see datsyuk drop gary roberts ahahahahaha

[Edited on May 26, 2008 at 11:07 PM. Reason : ,]

5/26/2008 10:42:54 PM

last home game of the year for Detroit

5/26/2008 10:49:30 PM

he cup shall be returning home to Hockeytown!

5/26/2008 10:49:33 PM

wow penguins, sad you resorted to cheap shots... regardless



SWEEP!!!

5/26/2008 10:50:30 PM

I still think we drop one. Which is fine. Better to hoist the Cup in motown.

5/26/2008 10:55:57 PM

Quote :

"last home game of the year for Detroit"

que?

5/26/2008 11:06:46 PM

^um... we win both in pitt = stanley cup = no more games this year = no more home games

5/26/2008 11:18:42 PM

wow, it's beginning to get sad

hopefully then pens can at least score a goal before the series is done

5/26/2008 11:32:27 PM

^^ haha im sorry im so used to people talking shit about the wings i overlooked that he was calling for the sweep

I was saying this series was a mismatch from the beginning. the flyers would have had a better chance

[Edited on May 27, 2008 at 12:48 AM. Reason : ,.]

5/27/2008 12:47:37 AM

The '02 Hurricanes did better against those fucking Red Wings than the Pens are doing at this stage. Sure, that series ended 4-1, but the only game that was even close to a blowout in that series was Game 4.

gg Pens.

5/27/2008 7:05:31 AM

One of two things has to happen in the first five minutes of Game 3: the Pens need to score or Laraque needs to grab ANYONE in a white jersey and pound them. Get that building awake in a hurry.

5/27/2008 8:32:06 AM

^sure the place needs to be awake, but that still wont mean SHIT unless they get more organized. detroit is outcoaching them, out positioning them, making better (EXPERIENCED) decisions, such as patience, when to strike, when to pass... and detroit is a smaller slower team (except for mule) on top of all that, so that just amplifies how much they are outdoing pittsburgh in all of these other areas

so you are right no doubt the building needs to go off, but even if it does (due to something OTHER than a goal, like a big hit) it really wont mean dick
I think pittsburgh will come out pretty darn strong with nothing to lose, i mean they havent even scored yet in this series. Detroit needs to weather that fire in the first period and if they do they should put a stranglehold on this series

I hope the red wings keep up this intensity and mentaliy of how to go about winning these games

5/27/2008 9:55:36 AM

Wings in 5.

5/27/2008 12:49:08 PM

pens in 7.

5/27/2008 9:46:34 PM

^rofl, I'd fade that bet

5/27/2008 10:00:12 PM

this makes me happy

Quote :

"STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Detroit Red Wings' victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals opener was the highest-rated and most-watched cable telecast of the championship round in six years. The Red Wings' 4-0 win on Saturday night had a 1.8 national rating -- drawing over 2.3 million viewers. The rating was the highest for an NHL game on Versus, topping the audience that watched the Penguins' Game 2 victory over Philadelphia in this year's Eastern Conference finals. Only Lance Armstrong's final ride in the 2005 Tour de France had a higher rating in Versus history (2.1). Versus will show Game 2 of the finals on Monday night before the series shifts to NBC for the remaining games. The Game 1 rating is a 157 percent increase over last year's opener and a 100 percent rise from two years ago."

5/27/2008 10:09:28 PM

aha and while i'm sure there's been players that we have wanted to trade for a bag of pucks... this guy really did get traded for 10 bats.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20080524/ca_pr_on_ba/bbl_traded_for_bats

5/27/2008 11:12:36 PM

I always wanted to trade Jeff O'Neill for a used puck bag and a Mars bar.

5/27/2008 11:20:51 PM

Quote :

"PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings' second victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a higher television rating on Versus than the opener and was the most-watched Stanley Cup finals cable telecast in six years."

sweet

5/28/2008 4:00:34 PM

goddamn NBC's feed is choppier than ever! shit is tough to watch.

5/28/2008 8:35:14 PM

mine is sometimes choppy but has been perfect so far

5/28/2008 9:31:01 PM

looks like the pens finally woke up

5/28/2008 10:24:39 PM

wow 5 and half minutes without a whistle that was nuts

5/28/2008 10:31:36 PM

hell of a fucking game

5/28/2008 10:45:37 PM

nice one pens

5/28/2008 10:49:24 PM

well, there's a game, thank god for at least some reason for respect

the pens defense made me scream at the tv a lot

wtf was scuderi doing on that goal by franzen?

5/28/2008 10:51:11 PM

pretty darn good game... not upset with the loss at all...
well, upset but not concerned

detroit still outplayed them and missed their chances, penguins didnt.
i was really happy detroit didnt give up, they came in to pittsburgh to win, and i know they will in game 4 (not win, but come to play, and maybe win )

5/28/2008 11:07:01 PM

Canucks rookie d-man died in a bike wreck: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/hockey/nhl/specials/playoffs/2008/05/29/bn.nhl.bourdon.killed.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

5/29/2008 3:15:46 PM

the penguins game last night was AMAZING

5/29/2008 5:08:54 PM

ratings up again, woot

Quote :

"Pittsburgh's 3-2 win on Wednesday night earned a 2.8 national rating and an 18.2 rating in Detroit, beating out the 15.9 rating for the Pistons' matchup with the Boston Celtics. Game 5 of the NBA's Eastern Conference finals drew a 5.3 national rating."

Quote :

"The combination of Games 1, 2 and 3 have made this the highest-rated and most-watched opening games of the Stanley Cup finals since Detroit faced Carolina in 2002. The Stanley Cup game was also up in total viewers, from 1.63 million last year to 4.46 million this year."

5/29/2008 7:38:57 PM

^your welcome for the ratings

signed,
a red wings fan (1 out of xxx,xxx,xxx)

5/29/2008 9:08:00 PM

thanks.

NBC convinced me that I'd like them to keep the network deal last night. (Wouldn't mind adding ESPN to the cable part of it) Only complaint (just like every other US network) is they won't show THE GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKING PREGAME (on ice and stuff). BE MORE LIKE CBC ASSHATS

5/29/2008 9:12:14 PM

you're

5/29/2008 9:38:04 PM

thanks boobs

5/29/2008 10:34:20 PM

sry, im in a smartassish mood today

5/29/2008 10:44:56 PM

Quote :

"Canucks rookie d-man died in a bike wreck: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/hockey/nhl/specials/playoffs/2008/05/29/bn.nhl.bourdon.killed.ap/index.html?cnn=yes "

5/29/2008 11:14:33 PM

RIP Bourdon

5/29/2008 11:22:04 PM

Barry Melrose to the Bolts?!

5/31/2008 1:09:06 AM

yes.

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 1:21 AM. Reason : ]

5/31/2008 1:21:10 AM

they just demand having a coach with greasy looking hair and a goatee, don't they?

5/31/2008 1:33:11 AM

Barry! Barry!

Jesus.

RIP Luc

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 8:20 PM. Reason : oops]

5/31/2008 8:18:46 PM

yay we get to win it in detroit

5/31/2008 11:10:12 PM

BIG WIN! ONE MORE!!!

6/1/2008 11:42:45 AM

Malkin has totally disappeared

6/1/2008 11:43:38 AM

^who?

6/1/2008 11:49:58 AM