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“Elite” Enough For You?
by IwoCPO on 05/27/09 at 09:26 PM ET
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Unbelievable game. And hats off to Cristobal Huet. Who could have ever expected him to play to that level in this game? Not me. And none of you did either, not even the Hawk fans.
Chris Osgood played the best playoff game of his life. It’s as simple as that. It was a Hall of Fame performance from a HOF goalie.
And this guy can just go ahead and suck it.
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THE NIGHTMARES HAVE BEGUN FOR THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
NIGHTMARE ON HELM STREET.
Posted by Heaton on 05/27/09 at 09:34 PM ET
First comment I saw at PensBlog:
BRING IT ON!!! It’s personal this time.
Oh.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 05/27/09 at 09:35 PM ET
Yeah but he plays on a good team. So his success doesn’t count.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/27/09 at 09:36 PM ET
I love the dude that just hangs out doing Mic checks until pressers.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/27/09 at 09:37 PM ET
does anyone else think that the league is trying to handicap this series by rushing the start to saturday after originally announcing it would be june 5th. not only does that insure dats and lids can’t get TOO healthy before saturday, but then they have to play back to back, saturday and sunday.
i’m sure the league will use tv audience as an excuse, but it reeks to me of the league trying to further balance the scales…
Posted by perfection from LaLaLand on 05/27/09 at 09:37 PM ET
Chief…only problem I have with the new thread…
Chris Osgood played the best playoff game of his life…so far.
There…I fixed it for you.
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 05/27/09 at 09:38 PM ET
Stars:
1: Chris Osgood, 2: Cristobal Huet, 3: Darren Helm
Per TSN
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 05/27/09 at 09:38 PM ET
I will always hold his 2-nil drubbing of the Stars back in ‘98 as my most memorable Osgood performance.
But this is a close second because he didn’t have Draper, The Perfect Human, and Datsyuk in front of him as well as some guy I heard is 6’5”....[snap]...[snap]...what’s his name again, Nathan?
Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 05/27/09 at 09:38 PM ET
BRING IT ON!!! It’s personal this time.
Be careful what you wish for….you just might get it.
Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 05/27/09 at 09:38 PM ET
Yeah but he plays on a good team. So his success doesn’t count.
By that logic, the whole teams combined successes don’t count. Everyone’s success is due to someone else, but then nobody is accountable for anything?
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 05/27/09 at 09:40 PM ET
I love the dude that just hangs out doing Mic checks until pressers.
Posted by MarkK from Ithaca on 05/27/09 at 10:37 PM ET
Do you have link to post game presser? don’t see it on gamecenter.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 05/27/09 at 09:40 PM ET
All the Pens fans that saw me today on campus were saying “Bring it on” too. I just laughed and said, “alright.”
Posted by bobby lang from Columbus, OH-IO on 05/27/09 at 09:40 PM ET
We weren’t done with the other thread yet - but we can adjust.
Anyone who asked about who TCD was - here: http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/lidstni01.html
And the league moved up the games because the thought of a nine-day break made them look so unbelievably stupid that the outcry forced them to do something. One-car parade => somehow managing a pile-up. Complete idiots.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/27/09 at 09:41 PM ET
Do you have link to post game presser? don’t see it on gamecenter.
NHL.com main page, 1st tab thingy; I assume redwingstv as well.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/27/09 at 09:41 PM ET
All of a sudden the league jumps the schedule an entire week when the Wings are at their most injured? What BS! Of course, there’s no conspiracy at the NHL, just the execution of a plan.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 05/27/09 at 09:42 PM ET
Do you have link to post game presser? don’t see it on gamecenter.
NHL portal has it. The white card with writing on it is to white balance cameras.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 05/27/09 at 09:43 PM ET
winning without star players unbelievable! i will be extremely happy if they win the cup 
Posted by Oilers Rock from Edmonton, Alberta on 05/27/09 at 09:43 PM ET
LOL, I love the guy just sitting there….“Please wait for Mic”
Posted by bobby lang from Columbus, OH-IO on 05/27/09 at 09:43 PM ET
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that Thid and Geno have already seen the high point of their playoffs for this season.
Can you imagine how great the Wings would have looked facing the defense of Washington and Carolina?
Posted by dougie on 05/27/09 at 09:43 PM ET
There was one among us whose faith in Osgood never wavered, never faltered.
Take a bow, Kate.
What a game.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/27/09 at 09:43 PM ET
One-car parade => somehow managing a pile-up. Complete idiots.
Well done my dear.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 05/27/09 at 09:43 PM ET
winning without star players unbelievable! i will be extremely happy if they win the cup
Posted by Oilers Rock from Edmonton, Alberta on 05/27/09 at 10:43 PM ET
Thanks for the good wishes, Oilers Rock - it’s nice to know that there are other people around who don’t hate the Wings.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/27/09 at 09:44 PM ET
Paul has a link up on the main page now too.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/27/09 at 09:45 PM ET
As always, there is no conspiracy. Only torrents of stupidity.
Posted by pilgrim from the ice at the bottom of the world on 05/27/09 at 09:45 PM ET
4 to 12, bitches. What a game by Osgood and Huet. Suck it, ThePuckStopsHere.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/27/09 at 09:45 PM ET
Just think how much fun a series the Pens and Ducks would have been to see in say, oh… round 2.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 05/27/09 at 09:45 PM ET
thanks for the presser link, it works.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 05/27/09 at 09:45 PM ET
Can you imagine how great the Wings would have looked facing the defense of Washington and Carolina?
Wait, what? Washington and Caroline have defense? You’re shittin’ me. I thought…. 
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/27/09 at 09:46 PM ET
yeah… i don’t buy that the league changed the schedule to save face. does it absolutely have to start on a fri or sat? could game one not just be sunday to at least avoid a back to back?
press conference is on nhl.com
Posted by perfection from LaLaLand on 05/27/09 at 09:46 PM ET
When did Steve Carell start doing mic checks for the NHL?
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 05/27/09 at 09:46 PM ET
All of a sudden the league jumps the schedule an entire week when the Wings are at their most injured?
again, this has been the plan for at least a few days assuming both series ended by tonight.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/27/09 at 09:47 PM ET
Hats off to both goalies tonight, I didn’t think Huet had it in him, and Ozzie just stole his 2nd game this series.
As for the Pens, lets see how they do against a team that actually has a defense, kinda like last year when they breezed through the Eastern Conference, and then couldn’t score a goal in Games 1 and 2. Western Conference hockey is a completely different game.
Posted by John W. from a bubble wrap cocoon on 05/27/09 at 09:47 PM ET
Quenneville looks like how Andy Dufresne must have looked after Boggs and the boys had their way with him.
Posted by bobby lang from Columbus, OH-IO on 05/27/09 at 09:47 PM ET
Porn stache looks pissed. Can’t blame him.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 05/27/09 at 09:49 PM ET
NHL network tried to bring up the presser, but all they got was “Thanks coach” and QQbear leaving.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/27/09 at 09:49 PM ET
Babcock, Helm, Cleary, and Osgood coming up in the press conference.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/27/09 at 09:49 PM ET
Wonder if Crosby will have his recurring Zata nightmare tonight.
Posted by Bella on 05/27/09 at 09:50 PM ET
so 8pm Saturday for game 1. the least they could have done was make it an afternoon game to give as much time as possible for Sunday’s game. ugh.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/27/09 at 09:50 PM ET
The back-to-backs are apparently due to NBC’s desire for the games not to interfere with Conan’s debute. They wanted weekend games and apparently they had to be back-to-back. My question is, why couldn’t the schedule be Sat. on NBC, Mon. and Wed. on Versus, and Fri. on NBC for the first four games. Both channels get two games and NBC gets the ones on the weekend.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/27/09 at 09:50 PM ET
Oh, and Baroque, meant to say this earlier, but since Helm terminated the Hawks and the liveblog’s moved here…
And don’t forget Jackson. Nice to have a lot of young pitchers.
Sure. I just wish we hadn’t traded away Jurrjens for Willis, who’s only now starting to pay dividends—especially with some of the solid innings he’s putting in. And I wouldn’t mind having De La Cruz back too.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/27/09 at 09:51 PM ET
Love whatcing that Loser Bill Berg eating serious crowe on NHL network. He was predicting “young” hawks easily over the WIngs before the series.
Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 05/27/09 at 09:51 PM ET
NBC has the rights to the entire Finals, that’s why.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/27/09 at 09:51 PM ET
GREAT GAME!
Rest up, 19.
We do it again starting Saturday.
Us against the hockey world. Thanks.Gary.Ass.
4 to 12
GO WINGS!!!
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 05/27/09 at 09:52 PM ET
Wonder if Crosby will have his recurring Zata nightmare tonight.
Including Thid badgering Z all the way off the ice?
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 05/27/09 at 09:52 PM ET
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