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He Is On His Way
by IwoCPO on 05/08/08 at 06:46 PM ET
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Update: “Sailor” should be capitalized. Baby steps Paul.
The sailor asked me to let you know he should be online around puck drop time.
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Paul..lighten up...after all your still in Miami Beach.....that’s a good thing, right?
hell yeah it is. I was just hoping to be excited by a good-ol’ playoff win. tonight just felt like, well, and exhibition.
don’t get me wrong. I’ll take it.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/08/08 at 09:43 PM ET
wouldn’t it be nice to see the Stars put Fabian Road Warrior in the line-up on Saturday and watch Kronner knock him back to Stockholm...ahh, wonderful dreams…
Posted by Alex from San Francisco on 05/08/08 at 09:45 PM ET
Steve:
The kids could call him HoJu.
HA! But does Franzen have a talent for stealing donuts?
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/08/08 at 09:58 PM ET
Wings have won 7 in a row. Osgood is 7-0 in the playoffs.
Coincidence?
“Ozzie’s always had the self-confidence, but I think it radiates off him more now,” McCarty said. “Against Nashville, his play soothed us without him ever having to say anything. He was always quiet, and unless you were part of the inner circle, you didn’t know what a clown he was, how funny he is.
Hasek makes the players think “holy crap what crazy shit is going to happen next”. Osgood makes them think “aaaahhhhhh, I’m so relaxed.” and it shows. big time.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/08/08 at 10:12 PM ET
He Is On His Way
couldn’t have said it better.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/08/08 at 10:16 PM ET
couldn’t type during this game and until pressers were over. we owned, dominated, and moved the puck to drain the energy from their tired legs.
there were some terribly inconsistent calls by refs for both sides, but I do feel that the first 5-3 was soft, and Holmstrom’s goal should have been waved off.
Posted by VooX on 05/08/08 at 10:26 PM ET
I do feel that the first 5-3 was soft
I don’t see how a third man in on a scrum, throwing jabs into a guy’s face, is a soft penalty. but maybe it’s just me…
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/08/08 at 10:33 PM ET
Do I get the award for “Person Who Stayed Up The Latest To Read The Live Blog Because He Couldn’t Watch The Game Last Night”? Bless all of you.
HA! But does Franzen have a talent for stealing donuts?
Donuts. Is there a thing they can’t do?
Posted by Matt from Chicago on 05/09/08 at 02:33 AM ET
Jennifer Floyd-Anal (before Game One):
Like .001 percent of hockey experts give the Stars a flying Fig Newton of a chance in this series.
They are underestimating this Stars team.
They have a quality not easily explainable, a quality exemplified by Mo. They will do anything to win, even if it hurts, even if it is not what they want to do, even if nobody notices.
Um, well, maybe not when the poor babies are tired.
And that’s quite a turn-around from what you were saying about the Stars just a few months ago, Jenny-Poo.
Posted by O-Joe on 05/09/08 at 06:24 AM ET
I read that and thought, like, oh, I don’t know, pretty much every hockey team that advances to this poit?
By the time the final four are determined, there aren’t any teams left that don’t work hard and do whatever they need to to win, or they would be golfing already.
I’m not convinced of that, Baroque, but as long as the team is, and they play like it, then it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy and I’ll be happy anyway.
I’m not necessarily convinced of it myself, but covering all possible bases in the avoidance of any appearance of hubris. No need to offend the hockey gods. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/09/08 at 07:18 AM ET
It’s only called hubris if we don’t win; otherwise, “confidence,” “swagger,” “intimidating.”
Welcome everyone to demolition derby, round 3!
Posted by Osrt on 05/09/08 at 07:57 AM ET
Mike Ribeiro: I don’t really care about what’s his name, Franzen. His scoring has been hot but the focus has to be what we have to do as a team to win.
“what’s his name”? You can say that about God but not Franzen, Johan. Tipping, not shaken.
Posted by Osrt on 05/09/08 at 08:12 AM ET
Wings haven’t won yet. Just 25 percent of the way to a win in the series.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/09/08 at 08:17 AM ET
Wings haven’t won yet. Just 25 percent of the way to a win in the series.
shhh...my hubris is taking a nap right now 
Posted by Osrt on 05/09/08 at 08:47 AM ET
I wonder what Brunnstrom is thinking right now…
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/09/08 at 09:18 AM ET
I did think the 5 on 3 call was a bit odd, I thought it should have been the other Stars player who got the penalty, the one who was the third man in on the scrum rather than the guy who got it (sorry, blanking on names). Homer’s goal should have been waived off as well but I’m sure something will come back around on us during this series. The officiating looked like it was going to be tight at first but then it was back to “We don’t call anything unless they take someone’s head off and even then we have to make sure the head is cleanly off and not hanging on by a thread.”
The VS announcers can bite it. I seriously considered watching the game on mute, they were making me so mad.
Val continues his Star killing ways. There were times when the Wings did get penned in their own zone but Ozzy was there. That was the strongest game I have seen from him in a long time. It was a good start to the series. Let’s see another game like this on Saturday. LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!!!
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 05/09/08 at 09:30 AM ET
Melrose on Sportscenter just now, about Timmonen’s injury:
This is, believe it or not, this is like Lidstrom getting hurt from Detroit. That’s how good this guy is.
Really? Where are Timmonen’s five Norris Trophies?
Just shut yer yap, Melrose.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/09/08 at 09:41 AM ET
from the Detroit News:
“We were told that if there’s going to be a player in the blue paint that would be no goal,” Tippett said. “Obviously that didn’t happen.”
go read the rule book. aren’t you a coach? shouldn’t you know the rules?
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/09/08 at 10:13 AM ET
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Maltby looked fine this game, but I don’t know if he was really an improvement over McCarty, given that he only played one shift on the penalty kill. He might make the fourth line a little less of a defensive liability, in which case he’s should definitely be in, but just from tonight, I don’t know.
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