Haha! You missed some too, the one in the top right corner is the best.

Posted by Sjk on 11/01/09 at 10:05 AM ET

Haha! You missed some too, the one in the top right corner is the best.

Posted by Sjk on 11/01/09 at 10:05 AM ET

I know. I saw that leering freak after I posted.  But check out the guy with the hand on his chin.  They should have just arrested him on the spot.

Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 11/01/09 at 10:07 AM ET

The only one with any sense of shame seems to be the kid in the ‘real’ penguins jersey in the bottom left.  Also happens to be the only non-band-wagon fan in that picture.

...

But then again, I can’t tell where his hands are.

Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 11/01/09 at 10:12 AM ET

The lady behind baldy seems focused on green guys buns.

Posted by Gunnar from Ada, MI on 11/01/09 at 10:24 AM ET

Cup champs. Best record in the league.  Living in a city that has had more pro sports success than any other the last two years…and still their inferiority complex is so severe that they can’t stop focusing on the Wings.  It’s what we’ve said it would be and it’s awesome.

Hypocrite much?

Can’t stop thinking about those Penguins, huh?  Shouldn’t you be celebrating a rare Red Wings win last night or something?

I wouldn’t spend much time concentrating on my own team if I was you, either, a team in the death throes with a bunch of guys who are too old and all the “young hope” turning out to be nothing but garbage.

Posted by Sidney>Zetterberg from In your heads on 11/01/09 at 10:26 AM ET

Also, Gramps, your prognostications, you might want to dial them back a bit.  You predicted an easy win in Edmonton and a game that would require heavy drinking in Calgary. 
Posted by monkey on 11/01/09 at 06:19 AM ET

Pay attention Monkey,
I ageed with the Chief on Edmonton

“no friggin’ way we’re gonna win this game”

Calgary

“Wings have a chance, CGY is very inconsistent”

Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 11/01/09 at 10:31 AM ET

You look cool with your baby blue hat turned backwards like that.  It’s a good look for you.

Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 11/01/09 at 10:32 AM ET

Aww Cindy< Z, that really hurts, ouch, ouch…....you are a powder blue meany, stop, stop. We have NO garbage. Garbage was Ginny M. using his stick on Zetterbergs skull. Garbage.

Posted by Gunnar from Ada, MI on 11/01/09 at 10:35 AM ET

Let’s recognize the excellent coaching and player-managent by Babcock.

Every time (a generalization, but close enough for a blog)  Babcock has healthy-scratched a player he’s come back with great energy and contributions.  Draper, Maltby, Eaves has played with energy, next Helm.

The Draper Helm Abdulkader line was extremely good, nice grouping, Coach.

Will Leino respond too? I hope so.

If May is out a week Leino will get back in the game, maybe also bring up a player?

A couple of days ago I mentioned they needed to start playing with KISS no turnover playoff mentality, last night was about as tight a regular season game as anyone will play, after the first minute at least.

6 out of 10 points on a long west coast trip is as good and better than they used to get 2 and 3 years ago through California when they finished with 118 points.

Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 11/01/09 at 10:45 AM ET

Like I said, why are you so preoccupied with the Penguins today after the Wings won their 5th game in October?

Simple jealousy?

Projection for failures elsewhere in your life?

And yep, that was funny how Zetterberg ran away from big tough Malkin.

Almost as funny as Niedermayer kicking the crap out of Datsyuk.

Must be fun having a couple of eunuchs as your two best players.

Wanna know something funny?  Sidney Crosby (cup winning captain) is younger than Leino, Abdelkader and Helm, all of them.

The future is so bright in Pittsburgh it’s disgusting, so get used to it.

Posted by Sidney>Zetterberg from In your heads on 11/01/09 at 10:49 AM ET

Hypocrite much?

Who talks like that?  Seriously.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 10:49 AM ET

Wanna know something funny?  Sidney Crosby (cup winning captain) is younger than Leino, Abdelkader and Helm, all of them.

And that’s why Crosby was a can’t-miss top pick.  Are we supposed to be surprised that he’s a better player than they are?

When you have nearly 20 straight years of success, you don’t get can’t-miss draft picks; you have to develop what you can get.  That’s all the more reason why Detroit’s long-term success is so damned impressive.

The future is so bright in Pittsburgh it’s disgusting, so get used to it.

Shero’s got chops, just hope that he can keep Crosby, Malkin, Staal, and Fleury together.

That is, unless you’re one of those “trade Staal” idiots I’ve read so much about.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 10:58 AM ET

I wouldn’t spend much time concentrating on my own team if I was you, either, a team in the death throes with a bunch of guys who are too old and all the “young hope” turning out to be nothing but garbage

You forgot to mention our “Shaky ” goaltending in your Clichéd , Juvenile rambling post.  While we all Appreciate Juvenile here, Hell it’s Chief’s stock and trade, I’m troubled by your lack of creativity in attempting to humiliate us and our hockey team. Might I suggest you direct all future jabs and posts to Dwayne’s Buzz-World of Hockey. I think you will feel more comfortable there amongst the fellow Junior High sidney worshipers, and you can also discuss who gave out the best candy in the neighborhood last nite too. 

Posted by Down River Dan on 11/01/09 at 11:02 AM ET

a team in the death throes with a bunch of guys who are too old

Damnit, how’d I miss this the first time around.  Come on, Buccigross, Halloween was yesterday; you can use your real name now.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 11:04 AM ET

When you have nearly 20 straight years of success, you don’t get can’t-miss draft picks; you have to develop what you can get.  That’s all the more reason why Detroit’s long-term success is so damned impressive.

Buying players in FA had a lot to do with the Wings staying near the top pre-lockout.

Posted by Sidney>Zetterberg from In your heads on 11/01/09 at 11:07 AM ET

iwocpnsjcocv….Why do they allow you to post on this site?  You are and have been an embarrassment, you are childish and a bore.  Paul please remove this guy for the benefit off all.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by McFly on 11/01/09 at 11:13 AM ET

I wouldn’t spend much time concentrating on my own team if I was you, either, a team in the death throes with a bunch of guys who are too old and all the “young hope” turning out to be nothing but garbage

You forgot to mention our “Shaky “ goaltending in your Clichéd , Juvenile rambling post.  While we all Appreciate Juvenile here, Hell it’s Chief’s stock and trade, I’m troubled by your lack of creativity in attempting to humiliate us and our hockey team. Might I suggest you direct all future jabs and posts to Dwayne’s Buzz-World of Hockey. I think you will feel more comfortable there amongst the fellow Junior High sidney worshipers, and you can also discuss who gave out the best candy in the neighborhood last nite too.  red face

Wow, you’re retarded. 

If my concise sentence was juvenile rambling, what is your poorly punctuated run-on of a paragraph (complete with a dazzling display of poor capitalization) supposed to be?

Guess you couldn’t argue the point at hand - Detroit’s aging talent is on the downside, and their prospects that were supposed to fill in for all that lost production this offseason haven’t shown up.

That’s a bad place to be for a team that wasn’t good enough last season with far more pieces in place.

Posted by Sidney>Zetterberg from In your heads on 11/01/09 at 11:14 AM ET

Buying players in FA had a lot to do with the Wings staying near the top pre-lockout.

Yep, so a good 20% of our dynasty has been since the lockout and we’ve still been incredibly successful.

For all the “buying cups” crap that people still want to throw out there, the 2000-01 Rangers up to the lockout had a salary of between $23 and $35 million more than the league average and they missed the playoffs each of those years.  The Rangers still don’t have as strong a scouting or farm system as Detroit does.  It’s relatively easy to have a successful draft class when you’re near the top, significantly harder to find talent that will ever be NHL caliber with the later selections.  The Wings have done it better than anybody.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 11:23 AM ET

Buying players in FA had a lot to do with the Wings staying near the top pre-lockout

Let’s review shall we:

Yzerman = drafted           Shanahan = aquired via trade
Fedorov = drafted               Hasek = aquired via trade    
Lidstrom = drafted               Maltby = aquired via trade
Holmstrom = drafted           Chelios = aquired via trade
Osgood = drafted            
Kronwall = drafted               Draper = aquired from Winnipeg for $1.00
Zetterberg = drafted            
Koslov = drafted                 Cleary = training camp invitee    
Hudler = drafted              
Konstantinov = drafted          
Fischer = drafted
                                          Hull = U.F.A    
                                    Robitalle = U.F.A
                                      Joseph = U.F.A

Your right !! The evidence is overwhelming. The Wings “bought” their Cups.

Posted by Down River Dan on 11/01/09 at 11:26 AM ET

The original post of this blog clearly did not get the point of the green spandex body suit. That dude was paying homage to “Green Man” from the TV show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Posted by Detective Dan on 11/01/09 at 11:38 AM ET

Great stuff Dan

Posted by Gunnar from Ada, MI on 11/01/09 at 11:38 AM ET

I was hoping someone else noticed it was greenman!

Posted by wingsnut25 from Cheboygan, MI on 11/01/09 at 11:50 AM ET

Let’s review shall we:

Yzerman = drafted Shanahan = aquired via trade
Fedorov = drafted Hasek = aquired via trade
Lidstrom = drafted Maltby = aquired via trade
Holmstrom = drafted Chelios = aquired via trade
Osgood = drafted
Kronwall = drafted Draper = aquired from Winnipeg for $1.00
Zetterberg = drafted
Koslov = drafted Cleary = training camp invitee
Hudler = drafted
Konstantinov = drafted
Fischer = drafted
Hull = U.F.A
Robitalle = U.F.A
Joseph = U.F.A

Your right !! The evidence is overwhelming. The Wings “bought” their Cups.

Are you seriously trying to discount the roles that Hull and Robitaille played in 2002?

No mention of Derian Hatcher?

Beyond FA, they benefited from fire-sale deals along the way because their owner sold enough crappy pizzas to not have to worry about payroll.

Posted by Sidney>Zetterberg from In your heads on 11/01/09 at 11:50 AM ET

Pay attention Monkey,
I ageed with the Chief on Edmonton

Damn it, bitch slapped again.

Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 11/01/09 at 12:00 PM ET

No mention of Derian Hatcher?

No.

iwocpnsjcocv….Why do they allow you to post on this site?  You are and have been an embarrassment, you are childish and a bore.  Paul please remove this guy for the benefit off all.

That’s ok- not exactly sidebar material, but passable.

Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 11/01/09 at 12:04 PM ET

Are you seriously trying to discount the roles that Hull and Robitaille played in 2002?

So now your argument hinges upon all of three free-agent signings, one of them being Derian Hatcher?

Also, Robitaille signed for less than what was considered his market value to get the chance to win a cup in Detroit, then performed less than what many people expected (sound familiar?)

because their owner sold enough crappy pizzas to not have to worry about payroll.

Oh please, don’t make fun of Little Caesar’s pizza.  You’re a monster.  The Wings also didn’t have to worry about payroll by then because they were enjoying the fruits of the better part of a decade of building a home grown success of a franchise, a mold that Pittsburgh has thankfully used themselves.

Complain about how unfair the pre-cap era was to your smaller-market Penguins, but taking an objective look back indicates that there’s always been a right way to do it and just because you’ve got the cash, doesn’t mean you’ll get the success. 

Or, you could just keep telling us about how sour those grapes used to be.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 12:04 PM ET

No mention of Derian Hatcher?

How could I have been so absent minded. Once again, you are correct in your observations.

  D. Hatcher

          Season     Gp     G       A     Pts

            2003/04       15     0         4     4

He had 4 points more than me that year, and I never made it on the ice.

Posted by Down River Dan on 11/01/09 at 12:12 PM ET

Complain about how unfair the pre-cap era was to your smaller-market Penguins, but taking an objective look back indicates that there’s always been a right way to do it and just because you’ve got the cash, doesn’t mean you’ll get the success.

Or, you could just keep telling us about how sour those grapes used to be.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 12:04 PM ET

This. Money is great, but it’s useless if you don’t know how to use it properly.

Plus, I don’t see how the salary cap has helped teams like the Penguins. I haven’t gone back and compared stats or anything, but it feels like there’s still just as much distance between the top teams and the bottom feeders as there was before the lockout. The Penguins, the Capitals, these teams that have prospered since ‘05, owe their success as much to no-brainer draft picks as anything else. And I’m not sure how the cap is necessarily going to make it any easier to retain all that talent.

Posted by Bio on 11/01/09 at 12:36 PM ET

  Hypocrite much?

Who talks like that?  Seriously.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/01/09 at 10:49 AM ET

Go easy on him…he’s just “conversating”...

Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 11/01/09 at 01:28 PM ET

Green Man!

Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 11/01/09 at 01:31 PM ET

Hypocrite much?

Can’t stop thinking about those Penguins, huh?  Shouldn’t you be celebrating a rare Red Wings win last night or something?

he’s right actually

we’re so damn jealous of your Halloween costumes

Posted by Tyler from Arizona on 11/01/09 at 02:14 PM ET

Nobody cares what the rival bloggers are saying, or the MSM. 
by IwoCPO on 10/31/09 at 07:35 PM ET
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Perusing the sports pages and various hockey blogs.
by IwoCPO on 11/01/09 at 09:50 AM ET  

Wow, are you confused. I won’t hold it against you though Chief. I’m sure it’s just because team has been so erratic this season. I geuss it’s turned you into some sort of schizophreniac.

I do - I don’t, I don’t - I do ahhhhh!!!!!!

Well, at least it’s better than writing about the Red Wings.

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/01/09 at 03:06 PM ET

Haven’t checked, but anyone out there know what the Minnesota blogs are saying about Crosby and the Pens this morning.

Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 11/01/09 at 03:17 PM ET

Haven’t checked, but anyone out there know what the Minnesota blogs are saying about Crosby and the Pens this morning.

Et tu, Todd?

Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 11/01/09 at 03:24 PM ET

Posted by Cindy>Zetterberg from In your heads on 11/01/09 at 10:26 AM ET

“that was funny how Zetterberg ran away from big tough Malkin.”

Bet you’s run from a sluggard wielding a hockey stick as a weapon at your head too. At least Zetterberg got some good punches in, unlike Malkin’s flailing around.

Posted by Bean on 11/01/09 at 03:25 PM ET

Et tu, Todd?
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 11/01/09 at 03:24 PM ET

Where ‘O where,
Have the little trolls gone
‘O where ‘O where
Can they be…...

Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 11/01/09 at 03:27 PM ET

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/01/09 at 03:06 PM ET

At least you are slowly losing the facade of passivity to show your true bitter self.  Go flog the dog in the corner, but don’t let your mom catch you.

In case you, or Todd, or anyone else doesn’t remember, the Chief frequently pulls out articles from other bloggers/MSM.  It’s why he isn’t finger-f’ing himself with links to himself like TheLinkGoesHere. 

If you want to read a guy pretend to be smart and then tell you how smart he is repeatedly by pretending his own words are gospel, then read TheLinkGoesHere.

I like the Chief because he is unapologetic about being a cocky Wings fan.  Long-term fans of this team have a right to be cocky.  Like Montreal Canadiens and Dallas Cowboys fan, we can rub a lot of people the wrong way.  But you have to begrudge us, because we are winning franchises with long term success.

And who knows?  The Chief may be inciting Pens fans, with his repeated jabs at their bandwagon fans with peach fuzz chins, intentionally.  After all, he has v2.0 of the Rivalry Depth Chart to complete, and oh… nevermind… v2.0 of the Depth Chart will never be complete.  I should know better.

Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 11/01/09 at 03:35 PM ET

Well in honor of the 50th anniversary of goalie mask Andrej Pavlec made a maskless save last night…Epic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLm9hSP4f8

yes the play should’ve have been blown dead, but it wasn’t until after the shot. So the question is, say that puck goes in…is that a reviewable play?

Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 11/01/09 at 04:03 PM ET

sorry it’s Ondrej…..p.s. fun fact: Semyon (formerly Simeon) Varlamov officially changed the spelling of his first name with the nhl so that people would pronounce it correctly (Sem-yahn Var-Lahm-ov).

Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 11/01/09 at 04:06 PM ET

@ VooX
I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hit a nerve. I was just reprinting his own words.

I like the Chief because he is unapologetic…...

OK, then I’m not sorry, that’s better right? Good now you like me too.

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/01/09 at 04:11 PM ET

Well in honor of the 50th anniversary of goalie mask Andrej Pavlec made a maskless save last night…Epic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLm9hSP4f8

yes the play should’ve have been blown dead, but it wasn’t until after the shot. So the question is, say that puck goes in…is that a reviewable play?

He kept playing until the whistle blew.  Good man.

“When a goalkeeper has lost his helmet and/or face mask and his team has possession of the puck, the play shall be stopped immediately to allow the goalkeeper the opportunity to regain his helmet and/or face mask. When the opposing team has possession of the puck, play shall only be stopped if there is no immediate and impending scoring opportunity. This stoppage of play must be made by the Referee. When play is stopped because the goalkeeper has lost his helmet and/or face mask, the ensuing face-off shall take place at one of the defending team’s end zone face-off spots.”

So, by rule, the refs were correct to not blow the whistle due to the fact the opposing team had the puck and had an impending scoring opportunity.  In fact, they may have blew the whistle too soon, as he did not have control of the puck as far as I could tell, although once the puck hit him I guess that counts as his team having possession.

Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 11/01/09 at 05:29 PM ET

Posted by monkey on 11/01/09 at 05:29 PM ET

wow i had no idea…but i guess that stops a goalie from just ripping off his mask if a player comes down on a breakaway (that would be awesome tho).

Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 11/01/09 at 05:35 PM ET

but i guess that stops a goalie from just ripping off his mask if a player comes down on a breakaway

Penalty shot.

Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 11/01/09 at 05:39 PM ET

In fact, they may have blew the whistle too soon,

The *#$%@& am I talking about.  Play continued until his team had possession as the Rulebook Prophecy has foretold.

Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 11/01/09 at 05:49 PM ET

Chief, you really need to watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which captured the fad of idiots doing this at literally every stadium imaginable.

Posted by Steve from New Jersey on 11/01/09 at 05:59 PM ET

The playoff virgins just defeated the Caps in OT.
Early games make Sundays special.

Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 11/01/09 at 07:45 PM ET

Beyond FA, they benefited from fire-sale deals along the way because their owner sold enough crappy pizzas to not have to worry about payroll.

You should burn for saying that.

Posted by mike from austin on 11/01/09 at 10:32 PM ET

Posted by mike from austin on 11/01/09 at 10:32 PM ET said:

You should burn for saying that.

They already are Mike - look what a mature and outstanding display of leadership their “captain” gave them for Halloween!

Posted by Bean on 11/01/09 at 10:43 PM ET

5 dollar hot and ready FTW

Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 11/01/09 at 11:15 PM ET

Crosby is a fag. Cheer for him at your peril.

Posted by cephalopod from Chicago...nope, still not over it. on 11/01/09 at 11:39 PM ET