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Can You Watch It Yet?
by IwoCPO on 06/22/08 at 10:33 AM ET
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It’s been twenty days.
Long enough?
This morning was the first time I could bring myself to watch this. And despite all that followed it in the coming days?
It still hurts more than a little.
I don’t think I’m being greedy or ungrateful when I say that still makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little.
I’m going back on vacation.
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I guess not. I refuse to hit the play button.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/22/08 at 11:19 AM ET
I watched it the other day. Yep, still sucks.
Then I watched Game 6 again, and everything was better…
Posted by mudshark from Divetown, Colorado on 06/22/08 at 11:22 AM ET
Not inside USA, so I can’t watch.
But I know what’s about. Hurts in the sense that would be one of the greatest victory of all time for our religion. 0-2 to 3-2. The brutal domination on third period… class. Hockey class. And…
But we ruin their party twice, so, I can live with that.
DALE WINGS CARAJO. Dive fans a LCDTM!
Posted by Siqueira from Rio de Janeiro on 06/22/08 at 11:28 AM ET
Lets just say that it doesn’t hurt one bit.
You see, I have a big Stanley Cup Band-Aid that made the Boo-Boo all better!
“BRING IT ON!”
“AGAIN!”
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/22/08 at 12:22 PM ET
No.
I refuse to acknowledge the reality of the existence of that game.
Give me another couple of months, when I’m looking forward to training camp, and maybe then I’ll be ready. Still too soon.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/22/08 at 12:39 PM ET
we want the cup! we want the cup! we want oh noooo!
I was stunned but my son and I started jumping up and down.
You see I love the Pens!
Two days later the dream was over.
Yes I have watched this several times it is what I have left until TC starts again
This is what sport is all about the sorrow with the sweet and what will mean so much if and when the Guins win the cup!
Wing fans enjoy it this summer. I have not enjoyed summer like this since 92
Posted by Dennyfrompgh from 5 miles within the Civic, oh I mean, Mellon Arena on 06/22/08 at 01:21 PM ET
Posted by Dennyfrompgh
Thanks for visiting Denny, but I can tell you the euphoria of The Ultimate Sports Trophy has not gone away yet. Congrats on getting to the SCF and getting 2 wins, Lord knows the NHL was really trying to avoid a 4-1 blitz.
Unfortunately getting to the Finals again and presuming an undeniability about winning the Cup is dangerous. It’s not called the most difficult trophy without reason. Injuries, hot opposing goalies, bounces, the whim of the referees all add up to make this an inexact science. We treasure this one knowing full well we were screwed by the refs in Game 5 vs Anaheim last year in the final 2 minutes or we might be toasting back to back Stanleys.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/22/08 at 01:40 PM ET
I can’t do it. Just can’t find the will to hit the “play” button. Nope, nope, not going to do it.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 06/22/08 at 02:10 PM ET
so many ifs. IF Zetterberg gets the puck deep instead of turning it over at center ice. IF Osgood keeps the post covered. IF the puck gets clears instead of sent to the half boards. IF IF IF.
oh well, they still won - but I think Detroit’s fans deserved to see it at home, that night, that way.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/22/08 at 02:32 PM ET
Honestly, even after the game was over (and I’m 100% sure this was shock and some serious self preservation) I had to admit, that, objectively, that was one of the, if not the, most exciting hockey games I’d ever seen. As long as we had a series lead I wasn’t going to let myself get too stressed out. The same philosophy kept me from developing an ulcer during the Dallas series as well.
And two days later all was right with the world. I’m sitting here surrounded by 2008 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings merchandise, and I’m filled with this strange almost zen-like feeling.
Now, had I made the trek to Detroit and paid $500 for a ticket? That’d be a different story.
I wonder how history is going to remember this Stanley Cup Finals. I suspect it could end up like the 1975 World Series between Boston and Cincinnati. What lingers is Carlton Fisk’s 12 inning home run in game six, and not the Reds taking the series in game seven.
Not that I’m bitter about that. How could I be, really? I was negative years old when it happened.
Posted by Modnar from Cincinnati, OH on 06/22/08 at 02:54 PM ET
Nevermind. I take it back. I went to hit play, and I didn’t make it past ten seconds. I’m sure I could watch it, but I don’t have any desire to whatsoever.
It’d be a good game to subject someone to if you’re trying to explain how exciting playoff hockey could be, but I’d have to leave the room for that final minute of regulation.
Posted by Modnar from Cincinnati, OH on 06/22/08 at 02:56 PM ET
Yeah, I’ve seen parts of it. It was amazing hockey with a horrific ending if you’re a Wings fan. It made those of us who aren’t in the dressing room, with Nicklas Lidstrom and Mike Babcock’s steely resolves reminding anybody whose faith wavered that, “Oh well, we lost, it’s a new day and we’ve got to prepare for Game 6, let’s go,” sweat, but…
Whatever emotional gulf between the fans and the players that was created by the fact that the Wings won in Pittsburgh was closed on that impossibly hot day that the players paraded down Woodward, telling the fans how much they meant, and how the Cup win was for them. It was a love-in in every positive sense of the term, and that was the day that it truly sunk in that the Wings won the Cup.
I wouldn’t trade being down there for the world. It was unbelievable. Meeting Stanley himself while he was in the hands of Red Wings players, and taking a swig or two, those experiences were just the icing on one hell of a cake.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/22/08 at 03:18 PM ET
Really now, who the hell cares? We’ve got our hands on the Cup and they’ve got their hands on a worrisome future, given their free agent situations and the cap. They’ll look a lot different next year, and we’ll look like, well, like Stanley Cup champions.
Torture yourselves if it makes you happy. Me, I’m already happy.
Posted by Chris from DC on 06/22/08 at 04:08 PM ET
The only thing I had on replay after that game was Babs’ press conference, listening to and reading every ounce of positivity he exuded.
I need another presser right now, because free agency looms and Stuey better sign and Lilja better leave…
scowl...breathe...scowl....breathe...scowl
Posted by Osrt on 06/22/08 at 05:16 PM ET
I can watch it because I know how it all ends. Having your heart ripped out and stomped on comes with the territory of being emotionally invested in the outcome of sporting events, and I can handle character-building gut wrenching moments as long as everything works out ok in the end.
But I still avert my eyes and and cover my ears and say “LALALALALA” whenever some *#$%@& network shows the clip of that *#$%@& Larry Bird stealing the ball from Isiah in ‘87.
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago, on the poop deck, not over it yet on 06/22/08 at 05:29 PM ET
Maybe if you hadn’t planned a parade prematurely the Wings could’ve won on home ice. Karma always cashes in. GO Pens!
Posted by BJ on 06/22/08 at 05:30 PM ET
The Pens have a lot of players with girls names: Sidney, Marian, Maxime, Jordan…
How do you do? My name is Sue! Now you gonna die!
Posted by monkey from He spells his name is Montkey on 06/22/08 at 05:57 PM ET
Hmmmm.....the video won’t play on my Commodore 64 here. Oh well.
I like George’s comments on the emotional gulf. Well said.
Any around town Stanley sightings?
Posted by Rumbear from Sun Dieggo on 06/22/08 at 06:28 PM ET
Guys, it was a great hockey game. We lost, but WE WON THE STANLEY CUP a few days later. That’s the important part. It’s not my favorite thing to watch, but no sweat, we won the next game. If we had lost the series, then I wouldn’t even be looking at this blog or any other hockey-related website of television broadcast until next year’s playoffs. HOWEVER, we won the Cup so it’s okay.
Posted by TDeters on 06/22/08 at 06:32 PM ET
Maybe if you hadn’t planned a parade prematurely the Wings could’ve won on home ice. Karma always cashes in. GO Pens!
This is an especially boneheaded reply. You sure you want to stick to those guns, ace?
Posted by HockeyJoe from NY on 06/22/08 at 07:00 PM ET
You’d have to be a masochist beyond what even I could ever be to watch this again. It doesn’t matter what comes after. This moment, this game, was its own particular brand of tragic pain.
Posted by Phoebe on 06/22/08 at 07:20 PM ET
You earn your karma, and then you’ve got to do something with it. Maybe it had to do with the Wings’ distractions, and maybe it had to do with the fact that the series was incredibly tightly-contested as, you know, the two teams were the best in the NHL after a hundred-plus games and were battling for that Stanley Cup thing.
Winning the Cup takes winning a couple of games that you’re not “supposed” to win, and bouncing back from more than a few crushing defeats with steely resolve.
That’s what this one was. You’ve got to deal with a few crushing defeats, and sometimes they come right when you’re ready to let it all hang out and celebrate. The Wings dealt with it, and that’s why they get to party with the Cup in between their workouts this summer.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/22/08 at 07:31 PM ET
I’ve already watched this game three times. This shit happens people, that’s part of what makes this the greatest game and leaves open the window that anyone can win. It’s how it works.
then we won.
Posted by cowboycoffee from San Francisco, CA on 06/22/08 at 07:47 PM ET
Maybe if you hadn’t planned a parade prematurely the Wings could’ve won on home ice. Karma always cashes in. GO Pens!
hey dumbass, you do know the Penguins were planning their parade before the series was over, too, right? why? because it takes more than a day and a half to plan something like that. idiot.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/22/08 at 08:18 PM ET
They had to put in a little bit of contingency planning. After all, the city had to determine if they could use the same route they did for the other three parades! 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/22/08 at 09:46 PM ET
Curious as to why some people tend to be dwelling on the that horrific night? It’s like a bad dream, ex-wife and watching Pink Floyd’s The Wall while sober. Shit that has happened that ya don’t want to relive. Just sayin…
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 06/22/08 at 09:58 PM ET
Honestly, even after the game was over (and I’m 100% sure this was shock and some serious self preservation) I had to admit, that, objectively, that was one of the, if not the, most exciting hockey games I’d ever seen.
I’m not afraid to admit that it’s the best game I’ve ever watched.
Certainly wouldn’t be willing to say that had they not won the Cup anyway, but they did, so it’s cool. 
Posted by Nathan on 06/22/08 at 10:13 PM ET
Any around town Stanley sightings?
Sort of… at 0230 this morning (6/22) I am sitting on Jefferson St, just two blocks from The Joe. Street was quiet and only a couple trucks waiting for their unload time at the U.S. Post Office when I hear the roar of a monstrous V-8 from down the road. Headlights. About 4 feet off the ground. “WTF?” I think to myself as I watched the vehicle round the curve off of M10 onto Jefferson. Music blarin, V-8 big block rumbling and the hum of the giant mudder tires filled the air as this vehicle got closer. It was a limo, on what had to be 44 inch tires and a brush guard that would stop a train. It was white with Redwing stuff all over it. cool. A backyard replica of the Cup towered out of where the trunk would have normally been. My initial thoughts were, “Holy shit it’s Bubba transplanted then conformed!” It was pretty cool.
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 06/22/08 at 10:24 PM ET
I just read that George Carlin died.
To paraphrase Old Will: The world is a little dimmer today as a great light has passed. 
Posted by Osrt on 06/23/08 at 04:54 AM ET
Carlin was hilarious in his early days, but for the last decade he has been far from funny. he turned into a bitter old man ranting and raving on stage.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/23/08 at 09:30 AM ET
I don’t think I’m being greedy or ungrateful when I say that still makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little.
Not greedy or ungrateful. Maybe a little lazy and uninspired to be using a catch-phrase with a 2004 expiration date?
Posted by Alex Cutter on 06/23/08 at 09:31 AM ET
Oh heck it doesn’t bother me. just reminds me how tenacious and mentally tough this team is. How many teams would have choked from that point on? many, but not our Wings. They finished business and brought home the cup!
Rock on boyz!!!!
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/23/08 at 12:13 PM ET
Rock on boyz
word
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/23/08 at 12:41 PM ET
In the words of Fatboy Slim, there’s nothing wrong with a little reminder that things got better, fast…
My Masochistic baby went and left me
My Masochistic baby went and left me
My Masochistic baby went and left me
My Masochistic baby went and left meOh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
And Stanley came around in El Bebe Masoquista’s stead, along with a few cases of Labatt, for future considerations. I’ll take that trade.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/23/08 at 01:54 PM ET
I deleted it off my TiVo without watching it again. Yes, it was a great hockey game and yes we did win it all a few days later but I still hadn’t recovered from the heartbreak of that Game 5. I know, I’m weird. I guess if I were still in Michigan and able to join in the celebrations that would have helped. Not sure. However, I still have Game 4 against the Dive and Game 6 of the SCF on my TiVo and those I have no problem watching.
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 06/23/08 at 02:16 PM ET
Daing George...Nietzsche to Fatboy Slim!?! Why aren’t you a woman damnit…
Posted by Osrt on 06/23/08 at 05:29 PM ET
I have just found out that I will be drinking coffee out of Lord Stanley’s cup on Thursday a.m. with a group of the most amazing people on the planet.
PLEASE DEAR GOD LET THIS BE TRUE.
For this podunk kid from Kalamazoo, Michigan....this is a dream come true.
Dreams are what the cup is all about...just to be in it’s presence. Thanks for bringing it home Wings!
Posted by Scott H from Kalamazoo on 06/23/08 at 09:36 PM ET
I have just found out that I will be drinking coffee out of Lord Stanley’s cup on Thursday a.m. with a group of the most amazing people on the planet.
Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
Must have photographic documentation for posterity.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/23/08 at 09:48 PM ET
congrats Scott, do enjoy and take a sip for the rest of us!
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/23/08 at 10:11 PM ET
the tragic pain, the love and admiration for Lord stanley’s cup. what the fans go through after a game five. This whole thread reminds me of this song.LOL
It’s been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing ...
I said nothing can take away these blues,
‘Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you
It’s been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong?
I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they’d only remind me of you
went to the doctor guess what he told me
Guess what he told me?
He said, girl, you better have fun
No matter what you do
But he’s a fool ...
‘Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you ...
All the flowers that you planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I’m willing to give it another try
‘Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you
lord Stanley, nothing and I mean nothing you silver hunk of hardware.hehehe
Glad it’s back where it really belongs and on an original six team to boot!!!! Detroit baby!!!!!
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/23/08 at 10:21 PM ET
What can I say BUT COLOR ME SILLY!!!!! or color me silver silly!!!!
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/23/08 at 10:23 PM ET
Re-Reading “The Game” by some goalie that used to play with Montreal. Some good stuff in there. Lot’s of parallels to the Wings of today.
Game 5 made them stronger. Nothing more, nothing less.
The Cup was at Teddy Griffin’s Roadhouse over the weekend. That’s cool. (Hat Tip to George J for the link)
Summer of Stanley.....
Posted by Rumbear from Sun Dieggo on 06/23/08 at 11:08 PM ET
Chris Osgood told those at Cheli’s to make sure that everybody else gets a turn with Stanley 
Daing George...Nietzsche to Fatboy Slim!?! Why aren’t you a woman damnit…
I’m going to make some <s>crazy</s>, I mean wonderful girl a lovely wife 
I’ve always said that if you can’t go from discussing the meaning of life to Beavis and Butthead jokes and back within the span of a sentence or three, you’re probably not my type 
Stanley is everybody’s type, and that’s why Game 6 was endurable.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/23/08 at 11:39 PM ET
I watched it. I didn’t want to. I convinced myself not to, knowing it would be too painful. I got half way through the comments and then decided I could handle it. We’ve got the Cup, right? What else matters, right? It’s true, we won the Cup. But watching it is painful because it brings me back to a time before everything was okay. My heart started beating as fast as it was that night. The red light crushed me as it did that night (though not to that extent). It’s still painful, and I regret watching it.
But you know what’s great? I was watching something on FSN the other night, and they had a crawl bar at the bottom giving other sports news. The draft happened to be the day before, and they were listing who each team picked. When it got to Detroit, it didn’t just say ‘Detroit’ or the ‘Red Wings’. It said ‘2008 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings.’ Just makes you feel warm and tingly all over, doesn’t it?
Posted by Megan from GR Michigan on 06/24/08 at 04:31 PM ET
Game 5 is irrelevant. It was one hell of a game, but it’s irrelevant. As is game 6.
Am I opposed to watching replays of any of it? No, but nor will I go out of my way to do so. I’ll see it all in flashback form next season.
The Cup is in Detroit. Nothing else matters.
Posted by Nate A from the Church of Babcock on 06/24/08 at 05:35 PM ET
This whole thread reminds me of this song.LOL
Great, type in a sappy sentimental song to remind me I got dumped this weekend. Thanks a ton. :(
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 05:58 PM ET
So sorry there dude, No more sappy songs! You will bounce back just like the wings did after game five!
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 07:05 PM ET
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even now, when i know they have already won the Cup, i still get that terrible feeling in my stomach. I live in NH now, but I flew out to Detroit for that game and got my hands on a ticket and had to physically watch maxime “girls name” talbot put that in. Ugh, that’s the only part of this season that i really need to forget but never will.
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