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by IwoCPO on 05/04/10 at 04:32 PM ET
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When is anyone outside of Detroit going to recognize the fact that the officiating in this series has cost the Wings the first two games?
One Trick Thid and the Pens are listed at 1900 on OLN. Wings are listed at 1930. What game will I get to see if I only have Gary’s closed-circuit tv station?
Updated: Here’s your answer to the VS question. Conspiracy? No. Just more obvious bias toward Gary’s Baby Boy.
From Jennemy of the Skate in the comments below:
The whole nation will be watching Pittsburgh Vs Montreal and the San Jose /Wings game will be JIP (Joined in Progress).
If you take a look at the versus schedule (Above link) you will see that not a single Penguins game is JIP.
With curiosity, I asked the young lady what drives their viewing schedule and was shocked by her response…..“The NHL tell us which games to air and that all Penguins games are to be shown live.”
Why aren’t I as nervous as I should be, with the Wings down 0-2? I’ll answer that one: because they’re a better team than the Sharks and because Nabokov has shown me nothing. The only advantage San Jose’s demonstrated has been the two-man variety, and it won them both games.
Who is going to step up tonite? Nick Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk and Hank Zetterberg. Because it’s what they do.
What happens now? Wings win tonite. What happens Thursday. Wings win then too bitch.
And then? Well we’ll just see won’t we.
All I really know is this: 1:19 seconds, plus the officials, did the Wings in on Thursday. The officials, hired and directed by Little Gary Bettman, violated Detroit again on Sunday. Will they pull the same tricks at the Joe? Most likely. But desperation has always bred success in Detroit so I’m saying they’ll win in spite of another obvious shaft job. And then they’ll win again in Game 4. This series goes back to NoCal tied up, and it’s not because of Jebus or providence or puppies or hookers on fire trucks. It’s because the Wings do well when they’re pissed and that they most definitely must be.
Live blog it.
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Bill Kennedy at the Movies. Amyre Makupson with Detroit’s only 10PM News.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 05/04/10 at 06:29 PM ET
“Just in Time”. The theme song for Bill Kennedy. I used to skip school and watch his fracking show. I loved Bill Kennedy.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/04/10 at 06:32 PM ET
Alright. I’m ready
No worries MO, I know better than to switch my avatar.
Lets work on making this thing even, eh?
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 05/04/10 at 06:33 PM ET
6 pack of warm beer? Check. Tin foil hat? Check. Shitty online feed on my 14 inch laptop screen, while my 42 inch 1080p plasma idles? Check that shit off too.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/04/10 at 06:34 PM ET
I remember him on channel 50. And I remember Sid Abel and Bruce Martyn on the radio because 50 didn’t broadcast all of the games. He shoots, he scores!
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 05/04/10 at 06:31 PM ET
We used to sit in front of my house and listen to games on the radio. We’re old.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/04/10 at 06:34 PM ET
Pshaw…I remember the Wings broadcast on WKBD TV-50 with Ray Lane.
Posted by SYF
Bill Kennedy at the Movies. Amyre Makupson with Detroit’s only 10PM News.
Posted by SYF
Holy shit. I’m having freaking’ flashbacks. Ray Lane, Makupson….wow…
Posted by Osrt on 05/04/10 at 06:36 PM ET
This kid and his dad should be wearing a Wings jersey.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/04/10 at 06:38 PM ET
Just walked in the door to my humble abode, the preview guide shows I get the Wings game on Center Ice…. something may not die before sunset afterall.
Game the *#$%@& on. Let’s Go Wings.
Evil pen(i)s, take a hike. The point of the NHL missing broadcasting the 2 most followed teams in the NHL (granted one of those 2 is pretty new to the “party” and all) to NOT have both games available is just dumb, like your comment. Bye.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 05/04/10 at 06:38 PM ET
Oh Todd. You son of a bitch. Here’s hoping this gameplan doesn’t work out as well for you tonight as it did in Games 1 and 2:
GO WINGS!
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 05/04/10 at 06:39 PM ET
Holy shit. I’m having freaking’ flashbacks. Ray Lane, Makupson….wow…
Posted by Osrt on 05/04/10 at 06:36 PM ET
Detroit was my home from ‘78 to ‘96. Good times and the best of times.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 05/04/10 at 06:39 PM ET
I remember him on channel 50. And I remember Sid Abel and Bruce Martyn on the radio because 50 didn’t broadcast all of the games.
Actually Bruce & Sid used to to a simultaneous broadcast on radio + TV for a period of time ( circa: 1975.-76) . Also, the games were broadcast at least one season on Wxon TV 20.
Posted by Down River Dan on 05/04/10 at 06:40 PM ET
Shitty online feed on my 14 inch laptop screen, while my 42 inch 1080p plasma idles? Check that shit off too.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/04/10 at 06:34 PM ET
i dont know how old your laptop is Mark but you should be able to hook the two up with either a VGA, S-Video, or HDMI cable… it wont improve the quality of the feed but then you will be able to watch it on your plasma…
Posted by pgoody on 05/04/10 at 06:42 PM ET
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 05/04/10 at 06:39 PM
Is Todd doing semaphore in that pic or is that a pshop?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 05/04/10 at 06:42 PM ET
But my favorite broadcasts after the Wings? Sunday mornings with “Abbott and Costello” on WXYZ Channel 7.
“Abbott and Costello,” bitches.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 05/04/10 at 06:42 PM ET
Todd with the “Diver Down” flag…..
Me likey.
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, preparing on 05/04/10 at 06:44 PM ET
If you need a feed, go here:
http://www.myp2pforum.eu/threads/36960-Stanley-Cup-Playoffs-2010-May-4th
Go Wings!
Posted by Riviera on 05/04/10 at 06:45 PM ET
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel
Awesome.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 05/04/10 at 06:46 PM ET
TV 50: “The Ghoul” “Creature Feature”
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 05/04/10 at 06:47 PM ET
it wont improve the quality of the feed but then you will be able to watch it on your plasma…
Yeah that’s why the laptop is fine. I can pretend like its a quality feed. I’ve tried it before and it only looks decent if I sit in the dining room.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/04/10 at 06:48 PM ET
TV 50: “The Ghoul” “Creature Feature”
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 05/04/10 at 06:47 PM ET
For a short while, they also carried “Lady Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” I think. Man, did I have an initiation…
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 05/04/10 at 06:49 PM ET
A history of Detroit TV:
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 05/04/10 at 06:49 PM ET
Best of luck to everyone. And not too much vomiting. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/04/10 at 06:50 PM ET
Why was I more nervous about the Wings and Coyotes being tied at two games each than I am nervous about the Sharks being up two games to none?
I just can’t fear this Sharks team all that much. Maybe after tonight will be a different story, but so far this team has instilled little fear in me.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 05/04/10 at 06:51 PM ET
Best of luck to everyone. And not too much vomiting.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/04/10 at 06:50 PM
Are you at the Joe for the Tin Foil Hat Dance?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 05/04/10 at 06:52 PM ET
And not too much vomiting.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/04/10 at 06:50 PM ET
Can’t be helped. Spewing street pizza is a requirement.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 05/04/10 at 06:54 PM ET
Oh, and here are two words I thought I’d never say: “Go Habs”
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 05/04/10 at 06:55 PM ET
Certainly NHL wants knob all the time. They obtain ratings! People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
look, halak is good, but the best? that’s a stretch…
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 05/04/10 at 06:59 PM ET
Are you at the Joe for the Tin Foil Hat Dance?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 05/04/10 at 06:52 PM ET
Nope, only in spirit.
But as Hockeytown has No Limits, that might be enough.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/04/10 at 07:00 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
Hal Gill is good, but the best? thats a stretch…
Posted by pgoody on 05/04/10 at 07:02 PM ET
And for good measure:
Go Habs Go! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
(LGRW goes without saying, of course.)
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/04/10 at 07:03 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
Dustin Byfuglien is good, but the best? that’s a stretch…
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 05/04/10 at 07:03 PM ET
Hal Gill is good, but the best? thats a stretch…
Posted by pgoody from the 2nd season, 2010, Howard’s run… on 05/04/10 at 07:02 PM ET
hal gill plays in the nhl, but he’s good? that’s a stretch…
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 05/04/10 at 07:03 PM ET
charissa thompson is good looking, but as good looking as Soto, thats a stretch…
Posted by pgoody on 05/04/10 at 07:05 PM ET
hal gill plays in the nhl, but he’s good? that’s a stretch…
Hal Gill is in the NHL… but he plays? that’s a stretch.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/04/10 at 07:05 PM ET
I would love to see a MTL –– DET Stanley Cup Final.
Wow…that little kid must be super super excited.
Posted by Osrt on 05/04/10 at 07:06 PM ET
I live in the middle of nowhere in the North of France (for only this year) and I saw a guy in the local mall today wearing a wings cap. I gave him a nod, but I regret not stopping him then and there and having a conversation about the Coyotes and the Sharks. I’ll take the fact that there’s a wings fan here as a good sign! Can’t follow tonight’s game as it occurs at about 4 a.m. local time, but when I sleep through a game the wings tend to do better. Good luck tonight, L.G.R.W.
Posted by sjketcheson from Mexico on 05/04/10 at 07:07 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
I know, and it’s too bad they won’t be able to tonight unless they find an internet feed or happen to live in Detroit.
Posted by stayouttamalibu from California on 05/04/10 at 07:08 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
Malkin actually hasn’t been all that impressive in this series, honestly.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/04/10 at 07:09 PM ET
Cherry still can’t say Halak. Poor bastard.
Guerin is not in the lineup. MTL is going nuts. Love that CBC just shows this stuff without any commentary.
Posted by Osrt on 05/04/10 at 07:10 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
Posted by Vlad from Moscow on 05/04/10 at 06:58 PM ET
pgoody, is it safe to say that that’s the why broadcasting goes?
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 05/04/10 at 07:10 PM ET
Just opened the first of many golden delicious beers. Cheers bitches. LGRW
Posted by Behind_Enemy_Lines from the Big House,January1,2013. on 05/04/10 at 07:10 PM ET
pgoody, is it safe to say that that’s the why broadcasting goes?
Posted by Twig in Houston on 05/04/10 at 07:10 PM ET
I chuckled in it my belly.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 05/04/10 at 07:13 PM ET
People want to see the best player in the league when he it plays.
haha, didnt notice that, i was just playin off of Twig…
Posted by pgoody on 05/04/10 at 07:14 PM ET
don’t know if this one was posted yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=027nbZaLf-E
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 05/04/10 at 07:14 PM ET
If you have the privilege of watching CBC right now..the entire arena is singing the national anthem. It is sooo loud in there.
Habs might be able to take both games at home. I expect a split, but this crowd is just nuts.
Posted by Osrt on 05/04/10 at 07:16 PM ET
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I remember him on channel 50. And I remember Sid Abel and Bruce Martyn on the radio because 50 didn’t broadcast all of the games. He shoots, he scores!
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 05/04/10 at 06:31 PM ET