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Datsyuk: Scrawny No Longer
by IwoCPO on 11/02/09 at 03:15 PM ET
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He may be “past his prime”, according to John Buccigross and any idiot Pens blogger with access to a computer in between PE and the day’s first recess, but as the Boston Globe found out...his conditioning is as good as any player’s in the league.
The Wings’ workout room is located next to the main dressing room. Several of the Bruins have remarked on Pavel Datsyuk’s strength, so I took a peek at part of the center’s workout. First, while lying on the reverse incline bench, Datsyuk ripped off a string of situps while gripping a 45-pound plate to his chest. Minutes later, Datsyuk took two 45-pound plates, held them over his head, and swung his torso in circles. It’s all about core strength, and given the glimpse at his workout, it’s not surprising that Datsyuk is one of the league’s strongest players on the puck.
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Your neurosis with Pens bloggers is tiresome.
Posted by owlopc from a playground near you on 11/02/09 at 03:31 PM ET
Contrast that with one of Crosby’s “workouts” with Personal Trainer Gary.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 11/02/09 at 03:33 PM ET
He grew up lifting logs and outrunning KGB agents in cars along icy back country roads while listening to Vince DiCola.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 03:36 PM ET
Your neurosis with Pens bloggers is tiresome.
Is the irony of this statement coming from a Pens fan on a Wings board palpable to anyone else? I can almost taste it.
Posted by torless on 11/02/09 at 03:38 PM ET
Now i knew you wings fans lusted after “cindy” but now you’ve got that visual of Datsyuk sweating to the oldies with his shirt off, i’m wondering if this somehow makes your season seem somehow worth it all afterall?
Posted by Greg on 11/02/09 at 03:44 PM ET
now you’ve got that visual of Datsyuk sweating to the oldies with his shirt off
You need a towel? I brought two, but I think I only need one for this daydream.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 03:46 PM ET
Please allow an objective voice of reason to elaborate.
He’s a wizard with the stick, nobody can deny this. But there does seem to be alot more sizzle than [hah JJ] steak lately.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 03:51 PM ET
Please allow an objective voice of reason to elaborate.
He’s a wizard with the stick, nobody can deny this. But there does seem to be alot more sizzle than [hah JJ] steak lately.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 03:51 PM ET
Richard, you’re about as objective as I am.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 11/02/09 at 03:54 PM ET
What’s that have to do with how hard he is to knock off the puck?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 03:54 PM ET
Birds of a feather, Seaman Pruitt.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 03:57 PM ET
Not even close Richard. But say hi to Linda for me.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 11/02/09 at 03:59 PM ET
Wow, that’s just mean. I would never try to insinate anything about anyone in your family.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 04:02 PM ET
I mean, I guess being merely a point per game player right now despite his history of slow starts means that he’s not really pulling his weight, but we all know that you can’t put all the emphasis on stats. I believe I’m qualified to judge the intangibles of his play to this point in the season, considering I’ve seen every Red Wings game except the season opener.
Datsyuk is f*cking awesome. He’s the hardest working forward on the Wings and has done nothing so far to fall out of contention for a third consecutive Selke trophy. He sees the ice as well as anybody and knows how to thread the needle with a pass. He’s a beast with the puck and slippery on the boards.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 04:04 PM ET
Wow, that’s just mean. I would never try to insinate anything about anyone in your family.
No idea how to insinate, but how does this work:
Linda has loose moral character and solicits payment in the form of American currency in exchange for acts of sexual gratification.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 11/02/09 at 04:06 PM ET
*insinuate
Oh, in that case
Your mother’s a whore.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 11/02/09 at 04:07 PM ET
Wahoo, got the 19 all riled up!!!
CaptNorris5 lookin’ to become Pruitt’s Bottom Bitch
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 04:09 PM ET
Datsyuk is f*cking awesome. He’s the hardest working forward on the Wings and has done nothing so far to fall out of contention for a third consecutive Selke trophy. He sees the ice as well as anybody and knows how to thread the needle with a pass. He’s a beast with the puck and slippery on the boards.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 04:04 PM ET
The thing that always makes me giggle is how many opposing players are required to get the puck away from him. No sooner do I mutter something like, “No, he can’t possibly...” and then, whatever it was I was thinking he couldn’t possibly, he goes ahead and does. As of now, he’s the least of the team’s worries.
Posted by Bio on 11/02/09 at 04:11 PM ET
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 04:11 PM ET
Don’t think you’re going to get banned that easily.
Posted by mrfluffy from Cincy on 11/02/09 at 04:12 PM ET
Reverse incline bench? I think you mean the decline bench. I drafted Dats 1st round fantasy, he will get 90 pts again. Just watch.
Posted by Joe Rubino from Chicago on 11/02/09 at 04:13 PM ET
Banned that’s the last thing I want.
I love this place!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 04:13 PM ET
I mean, 10 points in 10 games, he must be past his prime.
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson's ice cream truck on 11/02/09 at 04:13 PM ET
If Dats shoots a bit more and gets off the perimeter his PPG pace will increase. The games where he puts up numbers are usually those that he’s not dancing along the boards, but rather coming in through the slot. He’ll be the guy to take our injured team on his shoulders. He’s just got to stay healthy.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 11/02/09 at 04:16 PM ET
The thing that always makes me giggle is how many opposing players are required to get the puck away from him. No sooner do I mutter something like, “No, he can’t possibly...” and then, whatever it was I was thinking he couldn’t possibly, he goes ahead and does. As of now, he’s the least of the team’s worries.
Posted by Bio on 11/02/09 at 04:11 PM ET
Giggle is perhaps among the least manly words in the english language, but the perfect descriptor for that. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve laughed watching a Red Wings game to have my wife ask “What did Datsyuk do now?”
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 04:16 PM ET
Well, I’m out see you tomorrow night @ the LB.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 04:17 PM ET
I mean, 10 points in 10 games, he must be past his prime.
With a slow start and Selke level defensive game. What a puss.
Banned that’s the last thing I want.
I love this place!!!!!!!!!Posted by Lindas1st
Too pathetic for words.
Posted by Osrt on 11/02/09 at 04:17 PM ET
I usually don’t jump into the fray between the trolls and the “19”, as I don’t perceive much utility in the exercise.
However, I am often left to wonder, just how miserably boring the trolls’ existence is if they, apparently, have nothing better to do with their time.
Having stated my two-cents, here is some [sickening] news from Khan(!):
The flu bug finally is hitting the dressing room, as two more defensemen, Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronwall, were ill and missed practice. Jonathan Ericsson, who missed the last game because of the flu, also did not practice. . .
Left wing Brad May, who didn’t skate, was scheduled to see team doctors later this afternoon . . . Babcock said May could be ready for Saturday’s game in Toronto.
Chris Osgood will start against the Bruins.
They skated with the same forward lines they used the last game, with the exception of Ville Leino replacing May:
Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Cleary-Zetterberg-Williams
Draper-Helm-Eaves
Leino-Abdelkader-Maltby
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 11/02/09 at 04:20 PM ET
I see Pens fans are still celebrating their Cup victory by hanging around Red Wing blogs.
We got in their heads in ways we can hardly fathom.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 11/02/09 at 04:20 PM ET
but now you’ve got that visual of Datsyuk sweating to the oldies with his shirt off
Interesting that in your visual, he’s got his shirt off… Nowhere in that quote does it say anything about him having shirt off.
Posted by Garth on 11/02/09 at 04:28 PM ET
Well, I’m out see you tomorrow night @ the LB.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/02/09 at 04:17 PM ET
Thanks for the warning.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 04:45 PM ET
Stupid flu has had me down for the last couple of days. Whore, flu. Not the whore flu. Just mean the flu is a whore. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 04:50 PM ET
Get over your fascination with the Pens. Like you did not see the age factor coming.
Your posts become ever more infrequent as the “suck” factor gets worse.
Oh wait. I see where Eklund has the solution to all your problems, “Biron”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by Uncle Mike from your backyard on 11/02/09 at 04:52 PM ET
Stupid flu has had me down for the last couple of days. Whore, flu. Not the whore flu. Just mean the flu is a whore. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 04:50 PM ET
That skank sure as hell does get around. Anybody, anywhere, anytime.
Hope you feel better soon--stay in bed and drown the little trollop with as much water as you can stand.
Get over your fascination with the Pens.
Posted by Uncle Mike from your backyard on 11/02/09 at 04:52 PM ET
You have come to a Red Wings blog to accuse us of obsessing over another team. You do not see any flaws in this plan?
Posted by Bio on 11/02/09 at 05:02 PM ET
Posted by Uncle Mike from your backyard on 11/02/09 at 04:52 PM ET
Get over your fascination with A2Y and the Wings in general. Didn’t you have a Cup to celebrate all summer long? Too late now. Summer is gone as well as the Cup.Bitch.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 05:02 PM ET
@-Bio. Thanks for the well wishes. I am feeling much better. Chicken soup, H2o, and Coke-A-Cola for the nausea. It hasn’t killed me. Only made me stronger.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 05:06 PM ET
Pavs is one of a kind. I have been watching hockey for 40+ years and I have never seen a player as skilled or as smart as Pavs. He is just coming into his prime so watch out.
You ain’t seen nothing yet. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 05:18 PM ET
Nowhere in that quote does it say anything about him having shirt off.
Posted by Garth on 11/02/09 at 04:28 PM ET
Got a little Homer in you Garth?
“Pav, for sure are you participating in lifting of weights and having shirt off?”
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 11/02/09 at 05:29 PM ET
Speaking of Homer, maybe TeamDub can provide some more Homer-erotic pics for us.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 11/02/09 at 05:38 PM ET
Kate - hope you are better soon.
Just realized tomorrow night’s game is on Versus so no game watching for me. Time for me to fire off another email to DirecTV.
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 11/02/09 at 05:47 PM ET
Datsyuk is f*cking awesome. He’s the hardest working forward on the Wings and has done nothing so far to fall out of contention for a third consecutive Selke trophy. He sees the ice as well as anybody and knows how to thread the needle with a pass. He’s a beast with the puck and slippery on the boards.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/02/09 at 04:04 PM ET
i agree with that atleast, but would have him tied with Crosby in being a beast with the puck and slippery on the boards.
Posted by Greg on 11/02/09 at 06:28 PM ET
FYI: NHL network rebroadcasting the Stevie Y number retirement tonight at 7:00 pm (eastern).
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 11/02/09 at 06:29 PM ET
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Some people seem to think that all the Byngs qualify Datsyuk as a soft player, but the guy knows how to hit, and rob him the puck is one of the hardest tasks in the League.
I’m looking foward to see him go head-to-head against Lidstrom in Vancouver.
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