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Originally Posted by Ahbroody
this post its hilarious. Maybe the Wings should put in Modano their big off season addition he would fix things or maybe slow the team down more. Hows that working out.  As I tell the kids on the ice move your feet not your lips and when you get beat you get beat don't use your stick. Your blaming the refs for game one is just sad and the ultimate Homer move. Wings had more PPs in game 2 and guess what. They had fewer shots then the Sharks and less TOP. The Wings are taking penalties because their slower then the Sharks. They are getting beat to all pucks. All that speed they have must be why their taking stick penalties. What we saw in game 2 was a frustrated Wings team trying to play physical with the Sharks. So break out your crutches and your wheelchair and blame someone else for the fact that your team is once again to slow and small to play against a bigger faster skilled team. You keep wanting to say age isnt a factor. I say it is. Hope the Wings get it together for game 3 and make this a series. I think they will have their best effort.
Like I have been saying for a while the salary caps going to kill you. Heard the farm ream didn't make the playoffs. Better hope you guys can entice more then modano in this offseason or next year will be worse.
Sorry I try to be humble when our team wins, but when faced with a post that lacks in my opinion a true understanding of what's going happening on the ice I just get frustrated. Don't blame the refs. Good teams get it done. |
Come on Mike, you completely skipped over me giving the Sharks credit for outworking the Wings. I even said they are skilled and wanted it more. I disagree that there is some huge gap in talent in either team's favor. If they Wings lose they're old. If they win they're experience carried them through, or they still are hanging on to that pre-cap talent due to hometown discounts.
By the way I didn't hear you deny that the penalty call in the third period of game 1,
that resulted in a game tying goal, was due to a flop. Trying harder is great, but when you rub some Hollywood on it, don't expect me to go out of my way to congratulate you. What do you want, Pavelski to be nominated for an Oscar? Sorry, but I'm not a member of the Academy.
What else is annoying, besides the dives/flops, is the cheapshots. Holmstrom taks 5-10 a game, elbows, crosschecks, and numerous slashes. I know some of that comes with the territory of playing in front of the net, but it is happening when he's not in front of the net where it is easier to hide. I guess if you can't move him out of there it's OK to take cheapshots until he gets hurt. Ben Eager went after Bert and should have gotten an instigating penalty, or at least been given a penalty that shorthanded the Sharks. Don't forget about the snow... (from a non-"Homer blog").
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/dregerreport/
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1) Snowing in May: ...
Through two games of the best-of-seven, Howard has been doused with snow on four separate occasions. The first occurred in game one when Sharks forward Joe Pavelski slammed on the breaks, covering Howard's mask with snow which sparked an angry reaction from Howard, and subsequent penalties, but there was no penalty assessed for the snow shower.
In Game 2, Pavelski repeated the performance and immediately after doing so, quickly peaked over his shoulder in anticipation of an angry Red Wings mob about to strike, but Detroit's reaction was guarded - and again no penalty was called against Pavelski for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Not to be outdone, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton also joined in on the snow spraying fun in the third period - although Howard's response to Thornton's contribution included a hefty chop to Jumbo Joe's lower body, but no penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct was called.
Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom reportedly complained about the Sharks' tactic during Game 2 and shortly after Pavelski's second attack, TSN's broadcast showed NHL referee Kelly Sutherland talking to Pavelski on the Sharks bench, presumably warning him of the threat a minor penalty would be called if his taunting persisted.
The odd snow shower is part of the game and is unlikely to get called in the playoffs, but four in two games establishes a pattern, so either the officials will call a penalty in Game 3 following San Jose's fifth run at Howard, or Detroit will start going after Antti Niemi.
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Thornton's was 3-5 seconds after the puck was frozen. That was no accident, and IMO it's Bush-League.
Here's another non-Detroit hockey blog citing the same thing.
http://www.fearthefin.com/2011/5/2/2...howard-in-snow
This one makes note of Thornton doing it last year to Howard too.
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This isn't the first time this subject has come under scrutiny for San Jose, either. During game one of last year's postseason series against the Wings, Joe Thornton abruptly stopped in front of the net and sent a near tidal wave of ice on top of Jimmy Howard. Detroit took exception to it then, and as we have heard in this series, they're taking exception to it now.
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I know you'll dismiss it as whining, but I am the first to admit if my favorite team got away with what should have been a penalty. You hit someone cleanly and outwork a team, great. I'll give you props. I did give the Sharks credit for outplaying the Wings, but I don't like cheapshots or Hollywood flops.