I’m already fighting the war at the trenches (Pensblog). Just made them edit sime sillyness about our supposedly inflated record by dominating the Central.

CALL TO ARMS!!!

Y’all can thank me.  I had to do something yesterday to shake up the mojo.  No posts on any Wings message boards or blogs the entire day. 

Oh, and then there’s this after Nashville Game 4:

This will not happen.  I will not let those sons-a-bitches do this to me again.  I am going to personally will those bastards into the next round, and the one after that, and the one after that, too.  Then, it’ll be up to them to bring it home, where it belongs.

I need an angle and think I found one.

You all know there’s feel good story just begging to be written about this year’s version of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  It’s a story-in-waiting that’s been there pretty much the entire season, quietly knocking at the door of our collective conscience.  It’s just that we haven’t paid any willful attention to it—maybe because it sounded too far-fetched, too Hollywood.  But the story is there, my friends, just waiting for events to catch up to it…

Now, just sit back, relax and watch this magical story unfold before your very eyes.

Posted by O-Joe on 04/17 at 07:25 AM

Whew!  I’m spent.  I did my part.  Them bitches are on their own now.

Gary’s Baby Boy! You mean reigning MVP? Glad to see you already have excuse for the moment when Gary presents the Cup to Crosby.

While the train is in for maintenance, can we install one of these?  I may need it for the finals.  There is too much stress induced spilling by me making drinks manually.

The stress got so bad the last couple of day’s for me, I could not even talk or look at anything hockey related.  They almost threw me off the train!  It got so bad I had to do some mountain climbing (as a diversion) with my children yesterday, until snow turned us back.  Snowy winter in Colorado’s mountains. 
Anyway, the hell with Little Gary’s Baby Boy and the MSM! 
Red Wings in 5! Celebration at the Joe and all across Red Wing Nation.

Mule plays and fits right in - Penguins in 6!
No Mule - Penguins in 4!

Raise your hand if you changed your routine yesterday to switch up the mojo? 

Sounds like I’m not the only one.  Actions taken:

1.  I switched my computer background from Al (human version, not rafters-dwelling 8-legger) to a composed, determined pic of The Captain.

2.  I went to a new bar on the road here in DC to watch the game.

3.  Stayed away from live blogging as I was not in my lucky home chair and didn’t want to tempt fate.

Tough to resist the last one.  I just had a gut feeling that LB away from home was going to be unlucky, as it was for me on Saturday.  Judging by the comment count on last nights’ LB, it was a popular spot.  Probably the Segar.

**Funny how these playoffs work.  You don’t get any work done during the leadup to a big game because you’re a huddled wreck...and then you fail to get any work done after the big game because you’re busy tracking down every last article on the web about the W.

Fixed it, Chief…

Most excellent TD!

Well, Chief, it looks like your prediction--dare I say vision--for the Stanley Cup Finals, made from 30,000 feet in the air, came true… a year after it was foreseen, but it came true, nonetheless.

Care to step into the Navy’s top secret Prognostication Machine and let us know how this one turns out? Inquiring minds want to know, and whatnot.

You called the number of games in your now legendary vision from last year, but it’s early, and I’m too lazy to look it up.

Protocol was changed here last minute game time decision.... I opted to watch without the jersey on (yes the same one I’ve been wearing for the every game so far this run). Contempltaed a hat change too, but no need to be drastic.
The collective glares on the bench epitomize this.....

I am going to personally will those bastards into the next round, and the one after that, and the one after that, too.

That will my friends is the will of The Captain that lives in the pride of pulling on the red & white winged wheel.

Get some work done?  I have to admit, I couldn’t get to sleep last night, was just too happy and excited.  Now we have several days for the media storm to build.  Old vs. Young, etc. etc.  Bring on Mr. Collagen Lips Crosby and the Pens.  Let’s give us hockey fans a Stanley Cup to remember! 

LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!!

Obviously, I’m still too hyper from last night.

I am already dreading the fawning over Crosby and Malkin, and their ‘exuberant youth force.’ What are the odds on Franzen playing in at least game 3?

TeamDub brings it yet again.

Good stuff TDub, as always. Dats really does look like a vampire in that photo.

Mule plays and fits right in - Penguins in 6!
No Mule - Penguins in 4!

Dude. We all want to talk shh, but seriously? You’re going to sweep a team that beats or ties you in virtually every statistical category, including top scorers?

And why call Crosby Gary’s poster boy? He’s a great player, but Z and Dats get less than 10% of the attention he does and they’re dual-Selke nominees!

we should welcome the fawning over Crosby and Hossa and Malkin by the media.  let them distract themselves, with interviews, from the reality in front of them.

it’s exactly how Bowma....err, Babcock would want it, anyway.

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/wings_talks_after_game_6_wcf/

The other thing is, it will be good, the media will be talking about them and we’ll be just going right through, won’t be a problem, so it will be good.

although he didn’t actually say anything, I think what Babbles means is that it’ll be good that the media is paying all the attention to the Pens and leaving the Wings alone to play.

I could not even talk or look at anything hockey related.

Similar here, too, Jeff… I sure couldn’t post.  Way back at the start of game 1 my heart was pounding so hard that I could look at my wrist and easily see my pulse in two places.  I decided I had better detach or risk death by heart attack. So I’ve been trying to (detach, not die).  I used a two-pronged approach consisting of a yoga-like relaxation mantra, and merlot.  Worked ok, but still could have been more effective.  Zetterberg’s shortie to make it 4-0 worked a lot better than anything I could come up with.

Zetterberg’s shortie to make it 4-0 worked a lot better than anything I could come up with.

Zetterberg’s shortie could sure calm MY nerves…

Zetterberg’s shortie could sure calm MY nerves…

Indeed!!!