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by IwoCPO on 04/06/08 at 12:28 PM ET
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Would kind of like to get through this one healthy.  Wouldn’t mind seeing Hasek get in the groove.  A few other pleasant sights would be a Cleary goal, a McCarty fight and a win.

Oh, and a wayward puck to the head of our hero Pierre wouldn’t hurt either.  At least it wouldn’t hurt us.

Oh, and Homer completing every shift without a grimace, if he plays, would be nice too. 

1235: McGuire interviewing Lidstrom.  How do you feel about winning the President’s Trophy? Lidstrom: “I don’t know. How do you feel being called a Douche Canoe?”

1237: Homer, Datsyuk, Zetterberg.  Franzen, Cleary, Filppula.  Looks like Ericsson’s out there on defense. Wasn’t aware he’d been called back up.  Knew Helms had.

1242: Abdelkader’s in there on a line with McCarty and Hartigan.  I’ve seen the suggestions for nicknames for Sparty and I’m not sold on any.  Abdelkader (and it’s fun to type. Any time you stay pretty much on the home keys it’s a fun word.  I’m thinking “Home Keys” may be the winner) just got drilled. 

1245: Holy Jumpin.  Hudler scores.  Great look from McCarty.

1251: Just waiting for the McGuire segment where he starts talking about how the Wings will lose to Bubba.  I’m betting he waits for intermission since he’s so close to the benches.

1306: The Canoe just mentioned somebody’s left eye was bleeding on the Wing bench.  Whoa. Another nice pass from McCarty. Almost another point.  The Helm/Hudler/Mac line actually looks pretty good.

1311: Trying real hard not to stress about the Tigers.  I don’t have room in my life for that kind of pain right now. 

1315: Canoe: “Nashville has a fighting chance.” 
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1320: Milbury: “Hasek’s going to start the playoffs because if he doesn’t he’ll cause all sorts of problems in the room.  You’ll see Osgood before it’s over.”  We’re not seeing Osgood unless Hasek’s hurt. Three months ago? I would have suspected otherwise.  Milbury appears to be living in December too.

1331: Mark of an MSM idiot: claiming Zetterberg is a front runner for the Selke without mentioning Datsyuk.  Olzyck and the Canoe both fall into that category.

1336: Hasek you crazy motherfu***r. What a save.

1340: Frigging Hasek was trying another Gaborik slide before the whistle blew.  I think he might be closer to being playoff-ready than many of us are giving him credit for.

1352: After failing to block the shot that beat Hasek the other night, Abdelkader’s been hitting the ice almost every shift.

1358: Hudler’s first two-point game since 6 January.

1405: NBC on the money again with Bobby Luongo promoting the playoffs.

1407: Canoe and Milbury have climbed all the way in San Jose’s shorts.  Guess what? Until you do what you’re supposed to do in the playoffs, you’re still an underachiever.

1420: Puck to the face of Cleary.  Eye, not jaw. 

1424: Not a big Hartigan fan, as you all well know.  But he’s been playing better the last two weeks.  That giveaway, though, is not something Uncle Mike will easily forget.

1425: Charlie Buckets is back on the ice.

1429: Every time Hasek’s had a shutout with ten minutes left in the third I’m mentioned it, then he’s lost it.  So I’m not going to talk about it today.

1440: Wing third and fourth lines have really looked good.  Douche Canoe is talking Hasek right now.  Says again goaltending is the Wings’ biggest question mark.

1442: 2nd goal of the day for Lidstrom.  They should just go ahead and present the Norris today.

1445: Django with the comment of the day so far below.  I, too, am gratified that NBC has elected to point out—repeatedly—just how similar poker and ball hockey are.  I’m sure that geek they feature is an absolute monster on the pavement. 

1451: And A2Y ruins yet another Hasek shutout.

1456: Have to wait and see the extent Uncle Mike lies to the Diggers, but it would appear the Wings came out of that unscathed.  Homer looked concerned as he left the ice, but that is probably my paranoia speaking.  Big playoff preview coming tomorrow.

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