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Born And Raised In South Detroit
by IwoCPO on 06/06/09 at 05:00 PM ET
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We’re starting with this, because we should.
But we’re also starting early because I want you reminded of what this year has been like. What you’ve said about it, and what still could be.
“Guys,
You don’t hear from me much. My sister Phoebe is the mouthpiece of the family, and (excluding Paul) the voice of the Wings in South Florida.
I was 15 years old in 1997. I watched the entire cup run as a newly-minted hockey fan (1996 vintage) at the condo my sister was housesitting at. 1998 followed a similar pattern.
2002 was in the midst of my college years. Unfortunately, paying my dues required working nights. I will never forget calling home at 10 p.m. to ask my mom how game 7 of the WCF was going, and then seeing for myself when I arrive home.
Patrick Roy = stunned.
And stunned again
et cetera.
Nothing compares to this. This is the first Cup that is mine alone, as an adult privileged enough to watch every game in full, with attendant rituals and superstitions.
We’ve been champions for 4 hours now, and I’m not a bit closer to sleep. The champagne parted ways with ice to meet with tonsils long ago, but I still can’t sleep.
I don’t know who to toast first: the Wings, led by the greatest extant leader in the NHL, or the sport itself.
Fedorov will be showing up to my office tomorrow. Datsyuk will be showing up in my mailbox next week.
Winged Wheel will be showing up on my sister’s wrist within the week. Pictures forthcoming.
LGRW,
Charlie
Posted by Charlie from Hollywood, FL on 06/05/08 at 03:25 AM ET
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“Stanley Cup champions. The fourth Stanley Cup in eleven years. God bless them. God bless all of you crazy people as well. Thank you, thank you God. And by “God” I mean “Henrik Zetterberg”.
Posted by TDeters on 06/04/08 at 11:10 PM ET”
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“Thanks to all of the “19”!!
It has been a fabulous ride, made all that much more better because I got share it all with you Bitches!!
What a frigging ride!!
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Hades on 06/04/08 at 11:45 PM ET”
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“I haven’t commented on the A2Y 19 community thing yet, but I’ll keep it short. It’s awesome. Utterly, and completely awesome. Nothing more to say about all the emotional stuff that everyone has already hashed through. I’ll put it like this—yesterday morning driving to work they were talking about Dan Cleary winning the Cup on the radio, and I almost cried. I thought I was the only person that was literally this insane about the Red Wings. It’s good to know I am not.
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson’s ice cream truck on 06/06/08 at 09:19 AM ET”
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“A parade live blog? Are you kidding me? You guys rock.
Just got back from an interview, the HR guy who interviewed me was from Pittsburgh. We spent about 15 minutes just talking about hockey. I think the interview went well.
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago, on the poop deck, no pants on 06/06/08 at 02:14 PM ET”
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“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”
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“Is there a church or a website or something where I can go and accept Ken Holland as my personal Lord and Savior?
Oh my figgin’ god how good are we going to be next year? Jeez, how freaking stacked can one team get? I’m speechless. I am utterly speechless.
Posted by TDeters on 07/02/08 at 01:21 PM ET”
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“I have been waiting for tonight since June5th. The morning after the season ended. Expectations are high for this season but they always are. I have been watching Red Wing Hockey for over forty years and i am looking forward to forty more.
My boys have all grown up watching good hockey from our beloved Wings, but I have reminded them it hasn’t been all Stanley Cups and good seasons. I’m so glad that the Darkness with Harkness days are far behind.
They serve as a good reminder to be thankful for what we fans have. A great team.
“BRING IT ON!”
“AGAIN!”
Lets Go Red Wings
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 10/09/08 at 04:57 PM ET”
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“Detroit comes out in absolute style. Sure the Hawks logo and jersey is tight. But when you put the package together on the Wings… the classic jerseys, the wicked leg socks, and the coaches wearing felt/wool caps… PURE PIMPS BITCHES.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 01/01/09 at 04:50 PM ET”
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“Homer: “You signing renewing and using ink for a name with paper?”
Zetterberg: “Jesus Homer”
Me, 16 January”
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“I want to comment on this post… but I have no idea what you said.
Yet… fascinated.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/17/09 at 11:53 AM ET”
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I’m almost to the point of resignation. Nearly there. Almost at that stage where anything could happen and I’d kind of shrug. Will an early exit be painful? Oh yes. But not as painful as if they’d played dominant hockey—the kind of hockey a team with this much frigging talent should play—all year only to lose to an 8 seed.
But I’m not there yet. Because if this team is owed anything, even a morsel after the regular season they’ve had statistically, it’s this: they deserve the benefit of the doubt. They earned it last year. Actually, they earned it the last two years.
Me again, 9 March
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I blame the drinking game. Clearly the Hockey Gods are frowning on a team whose fanbase doesn’t take the games more seriously.
That, and if you guys don’t cut it out someone is going to drink themself dead.
As far as the game itself goes, let me ask you all a question: If the Wings had won last night 8-0, whould we be thinking they had the Cup sown up? I doubt it.
We take losses much harder than we appreciate wins.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 03/01/09 at 01:42 PM ET
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What just makes me pull my hair out though is, how can they not find this embarrassing? Like Chief said, the *#$%@& Islanders are 56 points behind the Wings. When they got down 1-0, how did they not get the motivation to just crush the Islanders to bits?
I’m really questioning Uncle Mike here. This has been a season-long problem, and I can’t believe he’s still letting this slide. These guys clearly don’t seem to get the message that you need to put in 100% every game.
But the even worse thing is, I still think with only a 75% effort, we will make it to the Western Conference Final, only perpetuating the notion that it’s ok for them to slack off. We’ll get mangled by the Sharks at only 75% though.
I’m looking squarely at Babcock. This shit has to stop.
Posted by Alzy from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada on 03/28/09 at 01:34 AM ET
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“You guys are ridiculous.
Watch the game, not the score.
Sometimes the pucks just don’t go in. It happens.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 03/28/09 at 02:03 AM ET”
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The bitching on the Jacket blogs today is intense. Apparently they feel it’s ok to have too many men on the ice and have them play the puck. Nice to know they and the Jacket players feel the basic rules shouldn’t apply to them. Portzline quoted Peca as saying: ”Don’t put the game on the line for that”. Because you know, if you’re Mike Peca you can’t possibly ever have accountability for anything, it’s always someone else’s fault…
Posted by Primis on 04/24/09 at 09:23 AM ET
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RWBill, 5/1/09
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Here’s to you, to Stevie, to the 19, to our Detroit Red Wings, and to the annihilation of the motherf*cking piece-of-sh!t Anaheim Ducks. May the sweet baby Jesus send them to rot in hell.
LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!!!
Posted by Bella from puddle of her own vomit on 05/14/09 at 06:12 PM ET
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*#$%@& you Anaheim! *#$%@& you refs! Don’t admire your save Hiller! God, I screamed so loud at Buckets’ goal my cat jumped three feet in the air and I think I woke up the neighborhood if not the *#$%@& county. Hopefully my hands will stop shaking soon. Someone pass the booze, stat.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/14/09 at 09:45 PM ET
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The Ducks are the biggest collection of a**holes, whiners, and gutless cheap shot artists ever assmebled on one team. And their coach is probably the biggest crybaby in the league.
I usually feel a modicum of respect or sympathy for a team after a playoff series, but the Ducks are absolutely dead to me, in a way even the Avalanche never were. I could at least appreciate and respect players like Sakic and Forsberg. But there isn’t a player on the Ducks who I’d piss on if they were on fire.
One last thing:
Suck it Neidermeyer. Suck it long, suck it hard. That’s not gloating; that’s an order.
Posted by Mandingo from 6’3”, 3 bills on 05/15/09 at 09:42 AM ET
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What a carrot-topped big-talking ineffective-spinning-no-defense whiner.
Before I didn’t mind him all that much - but now I want to epoxy his lips together to make him shut up. Stop talking until you can play well enough to have a coach trust you not to make a dumbass pass at the blue line in overtime and not recognize that it’s a mistake that you shouldn’t do again.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/23/09 at 06:36 PM ET
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We are our brothers keeper. I know a lot of people do not think this way but, it is the way I was brought up and, the way we raised our children as well.
This city just took one heck of a punch and it will take years to bring it back but hope is an amazing thing. Like you said Chief it might not be much in the grand scheme but, it is one small thing. Anything is better than nothing.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/02/09 at 07:00 AM ET
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We have been oddly immune and blessed the last few months and years. My father is healthy. We have a roof over their heads. Things could be a lot better but we know things could be worse. I can’t wait until the days when Detroit gets a turn on their bad luck and everyone says “Remember how crappy the state of Michigan was? That was crazy”. Until then, it’s sports that offer a momentary breath of air, when the world feels suffocating.
When things are bad, I count my blessings. One blessing, regardless how vain and inconsequential in caring about a sports team, that Michigan has is that they have an organization that has class, brilliance, and a hard work ethic that leads to success to cheer for.
Posted by MarkK from Ithaca on 06/02/09 at 08:05 AM ET
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I’m 46 years old, had 12 years with my company and 23 in my profession, and spent 45 minutes Monday filing for unemployment for the first time in my life. ‘Not an auto worker, but certainly I’ve been affected by their woes. I truly am scared, as there seems to be quite a gap in the employment listings between “Neurosurgeon” and “part-time clerk at Blockbuster.”
I just woke up to get my kids off to school, and the first thing that came to mind as I climbed out of bed was, “I wonder if Datsyuk’s gonna play tonight?” Then I remembered that I have no job. ‘Not sure if that’s anything to brag about, but this team HAS at least given me a bit of a diversion. (Funny, but I can remember when my job provided me with a diversion from the Red Wings.)
Very good post, Chief, very well written. And I don’t want these guys to win this thing for me, or even my family. I don’t want some stupid television network that gives lip service to the sport and the city and the state 99 percent of the time to start using the stupid angle of “CAN THIS TEAM DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE???” I want them to do it for themselves. But I have to think that, yeah, they know what’s going on around them. And while I refuse to use the ‘P’ word, if the opportunity arises to drive down I-75 to Detroit for a little get-together in the coming days, my family will be there. I’ll make a sign that says, “Thank You.”
Posted by Old Red Barn from Saginaw County on 06/02/09 at 08:13 AM ET
It’s a Live Blog bitches. From Hockeytown.
Adding a last minute good luck charm, courtesy of RedWinger and some serious Wing fans.
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“Liver Damage”
Ladies and Gentlemen, here they are, kicking off the 2009 Detroit Red Wings’ Stanley Cup Championship celebration…...LIVER DAMAGE!!!!!!
I like it.
Posted by Chris in Hockey Hell from COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE on 06/06/09 at 11:16 PM ET
I want the Cup tuesday.
Same. Not only because I don’t think I can take another game 7, but also because my birthday is Wednesday.
Did Crosby play tonight?
I mostly recall the unnecessary shots of him on the bench. Here’s Crosby drinking from his water bottle. Here’s Crosby watching the game. Here’s Crosby waiting for the puck to drop. Apparently we need to know what Crosby’s doing even when he’s not on the ice at all times.
1 to 12, bitches.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 06/06/09 at 11:17 PM ET
Liver Damage.
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/07/09 at 12:14 AM ET
Now that is funny.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 06/06/09 at 11:18 PM ET
I know what you mean, Bill. Next friday is my girlfriend’s birthday. Not QUITE as important, but important none the less. I want the Cup tuesday. I need to shave too, this beard is driving me NUTS.
Posted by Chris in Hockey Hell from COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE on 06/07/09 at 12:00 AM ET
I’m with you Chris. I will be on my way to my bachelorette party in Vegas on Friday….It would be nice to be in a good mood at the start of that…
Posted by Bingo Bango Jessie on 06/06/09 at 11:18 PM ET
or the Band could be called Poultry Slaughter House 6, given they ran the Ducks,Hawks and Pens
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 06/06/09 at 11:19 PM ET
what a game! What a way for the WINGS to say “We’re BAAAAAaaaaaCCCCK!”
Excellent DEFENSIVE play! GOOD special teams! ABOUT DAMN TIME TOO!
Loved how our boys just kept their cool and never once went after anyone in a black and gold sweater, till after they took the first swipe,elbow, hit on us.I am so glad that GOON who beat up on HELMER sat in the BOX! Good lord I thought the whistle had blown before then!
OZZIE! OZZIE! OZZIE! OZZIE! #1 star again!
The talking heads at NBC mentioned that Pepto Bylsma would pull Flower after 4 because it would give him nightmares and he’s got a game 6 to play. I hope that 5th goal keeps giving him fits every night including TUESDAY and I hope this game as one of the Band of Bitches stated earlier…. That this is the game that will HAUNT Crysby, Evgeni Sulkin’, and the rest of the dirty birds!
1 to 12 Bitches!
GO WINGS!
Posted by Drapesfan33 from Burb Of Atlanta on 06/06/09 at 11:19 PM ET
Bill, sweetheart, I love the Wings. I get upset when they lose and am overjoyed when they win. Unfortunately when you are a parent the boys in Red and White have to take a back seat every once in a while. Unless you hate the guy. And want your daughter to hate you. Forever.
That being said, if it was my wedding and the Wings were playing in a game 7 (which they won’t be) I would have to change the date at the last minute or cancel the whole thing and get married at a courthouse. But I doubt your daughter would go for that.
Posted by Aimee in Austin on 06/06/09 at 11:20 PM ET
Thanks RWBill. Cherish is the perfect word to describe any moment you have with the people you love. Congrats on the daughter getting hitched.
A son is a son till he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 06/06/09 at 11:20 PM ET
Glad to hear your mom is OK, Kate. Well wishes to her.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 06/06/09 at 11:20 PM ET
Great game and outstanding LB. I learn something new from this blog everyday. Today, its Romanian booze. Where’s Jimmy? He’s probably consoling Cindy with some of that creme filled candy from Uncle Mike in the jacketorium. Lets end this bitch on Tuesday.
Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 06/06/09 at 11:24 PM ET
Hey great game this evening, did not participate in the LB, but have been catching up and enjoying the comments.
On a night like this I don’t even mind watching the ENDLES repeats of “NHL on the fly” on the NHL network.
Although I am torn in trying to decide who is the bigger dufuson the wrap up show, Murph, or Errey?
I want to punch Errey more than Murph, and I am embarrassed that Errey was a member of the Cup winner in Detroit too.
Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 06/06/09 at 11:24 PM ET
Great to see you, Kate. Best wishes for your mom.
Just as I was talking about how the Wings aren’t the teams they’ve beaten and could rebound after a meltdown game (which is basically what game 4 was for them; at least as close as they could come) I’m saying that the Penguins are not those teams either. They melted down tonight, but I can’t call this one finished. We knew we were going to finish Chicago off after they imploded because we could recognize their inexperience catching up. The Penguins have finals experience and I don’t think their meltdown tonight is even close to a guarantee of a win on Tuesday. Put on the business suits, boys because we still have business left to finish. Pittsburgh is going to absolutely fly early on. We have to and will be ready for it. Gotta take the Mellon crowd out of it as soon as possible.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/06/09 at 11:27 PM ET
Band of Bitches. Bitches.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from the back of the Hasek car drinking heavily on 06/06/09 at 11:50 PM ET
You go girl!
Posted by calquake on 06/06/09 at 11:27 PM ET
Thanks everybody for your kind words. I’ll know more tomorrow. Now this is the stuff I stress about. I do not have to worry about the Wings. The funny thing is my mom felt bad because I had to miss the game. First thing first. I can always watch the game.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 06/06/09 at 11:28 PM ET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJur4m4y5Ng&feature=player_embedded
Posted by TimRoss on 06/06/09 at 11:28 PM ET
Fu@kin’ A.
That was sweet.
Hossa with the game winner Tuesday night…in overtime.
Muwahahahaha..
Posted by O-Joe on 06/06/09 at 11:28 PM ET
Put on the business suits, boys because we still have business left to finish. Pittsburgh is going to absolutely fly early on. We have to and will be ready for it. Gotta take the Mellon crowd out of it as soon as possible.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/07/09 at 12:27 AM ET
Well put JJ
Posted by Bingo Bango Jessie on 06/06/09 at 11:29 PM ET
Great game and outstanding LB. I learn something new from this blog everyday. Today, its Romanian booze. Where’s Jimmy?
Shlivovitz is Serbian but I know a lot of Eastern Europeans that drink it. Every country has their own booze based upon what kind of fruits grow easily there.
And talk about LB experiences, this one was epic.
Band of Bitches
Liver Damage
Pepto Bylsma
All new words of the day.
Kate, I hope you mom feels great soon. I know you will once you fire up the DVR.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 06/06/09 at 11:30 PM ET
Kate, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom.
Posted by Bingo Bango Jessie on 06/06/09 at 11:31 PM ET
Kate. I hope your mother has a quick recovery. Paging Chief. Did you get your wife into the french maid outfit before or after the 6 drinks 
Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 06/06/09 at 11:31 PM ET
Put on the business suits, boys because we still have business left to finish.
Yes. This. I’m still nervous. Still, a friend of mine who is not a Wings or Pens fan (Sabres) said he really thought if the Wings won game 5 that it was over. Dunno if that is likely, it certainly won’t be 5-0 cake walk. Don’t matter right now though.
Let’s Go Red Wings!
Posted by Deuce from Brooklyn on 06/06/09 at 11:31 PM ET
Tuesday is the husband’s birthday and whether he knows it or not, his fondest wish is to watch the game and then go out. That is just the way it is.
Spoken as a proud constituent of the 19. I’m honored to have you as a member.
Posted by calquake on 06/06/09 at 11:33 PM ET
And don’t forget another Word of the Day during today’s LB:
Troll Repellent.
Look it up if you don’t know what it is.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 06/06/09 at 11:34 PM ET
Yeah, we missed you Kate. But any Wings game pales in comparison to a family member in the hospital. I’m glad your mom is doing well.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 06/06/09 at 11:36 PM ET
Thanks VooX. I might wait until tomorrow to watch the entire game. These highlights are great!
One win at a time. Two days off just means a healthier, stronger, meaner, Wings Team. Could you call tonite a beat down? Yes.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 06/06/09 at 11:36 PM ET
Absolutely epic, the STFU part II
The wings should give me season tickets, the last 3 games I’ve been to were shutouts including the two biggest beatdowns of the 08-09 season. The Joe was kind of queit for most of the night, it sounded like everyone was quitly grumbling- except for the goals, and the crosby sucks chants. And then the place exploded in the last 30 seconds. I love how everytime people start getting down on Osgood, he comes back huge.
Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie!
It’s 1 till 12.
Posted by UMcastaway from Ann Arbor on 06/06/09 at 11:38 PM ET
Thank you all for you prayers and good thoughts. I’m not freaking out yet. One day at a time.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 06/06/09 at 11:39 PM ET
See ya in the A.M. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 06/06/09 at 11:40 PM ET
Pepto Bylsma….
Posted by VooX
Hey I can’t take credit for that one, a talking head said it earlier today and one of the Cootieville Group posted it. I thought it was funny and aprapo for tonight!
Prayers for your Mom Kate!
1 to 12 Bitches.
Posted by Drapesfan33 from Burb Of Atlanta on 06/06/09 at 11:44 PM ET
Just watched Coaches Corner on the cbc website. Cherry was complaining about goal celebrations and injuring players because he though Syndey might have gotten hurt when she was tackled during her Game 4 prom. He showed The Captain beating the Blues in 2OT from the blue line and said Stevie Y missed about 5 games due to the celebration.
Now, I’ve killed my share of brain cells during various Cup runs, but I don’t recall The Captain missing any games, and any stats I’ve been able to pull off the ‘net don’t support Cherry’s babble.
Who’s memory is patchier than one of his sportcoats?
GO WINGS!
Posted by Coach B from behind enemy lines in Gettysburg on 06/06/09 at 11:54 PM ET
Glad to hear your mom is okay, Kate! I’ll keep you and her in my thoughts.
Go Wings!
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 06/06/09 at 11:57 PM ET
COACH BABCOCK: I don’t know. When we play well do our guys talk about their team like that?
Is there any reason I can’t help loving that man o’ mine? Uncle Mike is a genius.
Posted by calquake on 06/07/09 at 12:00 AM ET
Now, I’ve killed my share of brain cells during various Cup runs, but I don’t recall The Captain missing any games, and any stats I’ve been able to pull off the ‘net don’t support Cherry’s babble.
Who’s memory is patchier than one of his sportcoats?
Wings played 19 playoff games in 1996,Yzerman played 18 HA HA
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 06/07/09 at 12:07 AM ET
Wasn’t there a playoff series against Colorado where the Dive gave their goalscorer a concussion during a celebration and he had to miss the next game? I want to say it was Colorado, but I have no idea when it happened.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/07/09 at 12:12 AM ET
Nevermind, it was Bubba Jr.
4/21/2008 8:12:00 AM et
Jason Arnott missed Sunday’s game with a concussion.
The Predators’ captain was also forced to sit out Game 5 with the injury after being hurt in a goal celebration when Alexander Radulov jumped on him at the conclusion of Game 3; he was also hit in the head by a puck in Game 4. Arnott had been suffering from nausea and other flu-like symptoms as a result. He may have been able to play in Game 7, but Nashville was eliminated in six games by Detroit on Sunday.
Last year even. Wow, my memory has gone to shit.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/07/09 at 12:15 AM ET
don’t feel bad JJ your slip wasn’t as bad as Cherrys,Cherry let the world know his is gone. Cherry has gone Summerall,just brutal.how do you forget Yzerman played vs AVs in 96?
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 06/07/09 at 12:23 AM ET
Yes Yes, a million times Yes.
Tuesday, we all feel it.
Posted by bobby lang from Columbus, OH-IO on 06/07/09 at 12:53 AM ET
Woke up and listened to the beat down. Couldn’t have been happier that the first goal was assisted Dats, and that Dats leveled Malkin (according to Ken Kal).
[little girls voice] soo happy right now…
Posted by Osrt on 06/07/09 at 01:51 AM ET
Color me a party-pooper but we haven’t won anything yet.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate for a little bit of time and let our guys get some real rest for a while.
Slainte, 19! It was a romp and a beauty.
Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 06/07/09 at 02:11 AM ET
Thank goodness for the off day - I will need it to catch up!
I’m glad I’m not the only one too depressed to check in after game four - one of my coworkers greeted my with “good morning” on Friday, and I responded with “I HATE HOCKEY!” After the previous night, he could see why.
So, Saturday I figured I’d try to take my mind off the game and watch it on DVR later and take a chance on it not raining and see a baseball game.
Where else but Michigan can you see Hull, Konstantinov, Yzerman, and Lidstrom Red Wings jerseys at a baseball game in early June? Where else can you tell when the Wings score (no matter how much you try not to pay attention to the game because you don’t want to freak out and start vomiting from stress in public) because you can hear the cheers from the television screens that were switched from the current game to the hockey game at puck drop? Where else can you make a stray comment about how much better Mike Milbury is on mute, and get complete understanding from passers by?
And best of all, the rain held off until the very end of the game, it was full of excellent pitching, good defense, and a 2-1 win for the home team. Awesome evening all around. 
(And I’m flattered that I was quoted - and with all the words I’ve poured out on this site over the last year and then some, tickled that it is a rip on a carrot-topped blabbermouth. I love you guys.)
And Kate, best wishes to your mom.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/07/09 at 04:37 AM ET
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