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Oh…It’s An Every Year Kinda Thing
by IwoCPO on 04/08/08 at 12:23 PM ET
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Disch asked in one of the posts below (I don’t know...I lose track. My lips are so cold.) if the high stress quotient that seems to have overtaken this blog is a new glorious feature added just this year, or an annual excursion into the kind of pain only brought on by the playoffs.
It got me thinking. Here’s the lead to a post leading up to Game 1 with Calgary, written exactly one year ago tomorrow.
Long, long, long frigging week. In case you’d forgotten, here are a few items to worry about: Zetterberg’s health, Bertuzzi’s health, Mike Babcock’s ability to adapt and the true terror of another early loss. A few items for you to consider as Stress-Ex 2007 grows nearer.
Sound familiar? How about this?
In my opinion, if Detroit loses a healthy Hasek could very well be to blame. I seem to be in the minority who believe Hasek could actually turn out to be a weakness in the first round.
That was me. I wrote that. And I feel exactly the same 364 days later. Some things, Disch, do NOT change.
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O-Joe, their bloggers are strangely silent. I’ve listed three on the left. Pred-Joe appears to be still, literally, sobbing over his team’s amazing run for the opportunity to get their asses kicked.
On The Forecheck hasn’t updated in about three days.
Paul Nicholson’s been pretty consistent this week and he’s an occasional commenter over here so I’d expect to see him soon.
As for the Bubba fan in general? You know as well as I do that most don’t have electricity, much less the internet.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/08/08 at 01:37 PM ET
Chief—The historical analysis is timely...and seems to settle this argument once and for all: Playoffs are a nightmare no matter what year you’re in.
In a sick sense, I take an odd amount of relief knowing that my (currently unborn) children will some day come to know exactly what their dad was going through.
Posted by disch from austin on 04/08/08 at 01:45 PM ET
When do the rednecks show up?
CMA awards are on the 14th and ya gotta believe that has the fan base attention. The town is prolly all a twitter trying to figure out if Brad washed his pickup or Bubba shot the jukebox.
Priorities...or...short attention span? I’m just axing.
Posted by Rumbear from Sandy Eggo on 04/08/08 at 01:47 PM ET
The town is prolly all a twitter trying to figure out if Brad washed his pickup or Bubba shot the jukebox.
The music references this week have been spot on.
“Daddy drinks because you cry.” Too friggin’ funny. “Eleanor Rigby”? Who woulda thought that could have any relevance...except the Chief. And now “Bubba Shot the Jukebox”. Hey, anything with “Bubba” in it is hilarious.
A few lines from said classic may foreshadow the first-round outcome…
A teardrop rolled down Bubba’s nose
From the pain the song was inflicting
And all at once he jumped to his feet
Just like somebody kicked him
Substitute “Wings” for “song” and I think that pretty much tells the story. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 04/08/08 at 02:25 PM ET
You know as well as I do that most don’t have electricity, much less the internet.
Waffle House isn’t wireless? Huh…
Posted by O-Joe on 04/08/08 at 02:49 PM ET
Don’t mind me. I’m just testing out a few things in case the Cracker Barrels install web access by Thursday.
Posted by O-Joe on 04/08/08 at 03:26 PM ET
“In my opinion, if Detroit loses a healthy Hasek could very well be to blame.” I agree. Goaltending is the one thing the Wings have had to deal with as long as I can remember. And I have been a Wings fan for a long,long time. I do believe behind every cloud there is a silver lining. Ours is Chris Osgood. Silver like The Stanley Cup. Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 04/08/08 at 04:37 PM ET
O-Joe - since you shared some of your favorite pics from Nashville I thought I would do the same and share some favs from Motown.
Some of Detroit’s finest enjoying some of the city’s nightlife.
Beautiful downtown Detroit...a tourist destination for sure!
And of course...the brilliant leader of your crumbling city.
Posted by Predjoe from Nasvhille on 04/09/08 at 10:29 AM ET
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