Abel to Yzerman
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by IwoCPO on 06/09/09 at 04:11 AM ET
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There’s a little, itty bitty, tiny, eentsy frigging weentsy box on a shelf in a room way in the bottom basement of NHL league headquarters.
Is that where Gary Bettman’s spine is kept? No. It’s where the dynasties are stored.
That box is open…Abel and Howe and Lindsay are making room. Trottier, Bossy and Smith are bitching because it’s tight in there already. Scotty Bowman’s smiling because he enjoys any player’s discomfort.
And after tonite? If all goes as Providence has decreed, there’s going to be a little welcoming bash in that tiny little box, down in a place Gary Bettman doesn’t like to talk about, in a dark corner where parity doesn’t exist.
Tonite is for Doug Brown. It’s for Darren McCarty and that cherry-busting burst up the ice in Game 4 in ‘97. It’s for Slava Fetisov and Igor and Kozlov and Feds and Vladdie. The men who could go down as not only “the Russian Five”, but integral members of the Wing Dynasty.
Brendan Shanahan brought starvation to this team. While his Captain delivered the intensity, Shanahan hungered for a Cup. And he delivered. Three times. Tonite could be his.
Larry Murphy left the box, took a pass around center ice, then wheezed his way up the wing and beat who? Was it Kolzig Was it even the Final? I don’t remember. We love him now for different reasons. Good ‘ol Murph. After tonite? Charter member of a Dynasty.
He sat for a while in ‘96 and ‘97. He sat a lot. But Scotty had plans and I guess we all knew that. Mike Vernon wasn’t going to ride pine during a Cup run. Not after kicking Patrick Roy’s arrogant ass at center ice at the Joe. It was destiny then, bitches. 12 years later? He could be forever recognized as a member of something very exclusive.
Dominik Hasek has a fly swatter in his hand. He’s chasing puppies with it through a berry patch on a Czech mountainside. He’s wearing bermuda shorts and a female blouse from his personal clothing line. He’s thinking in Latin but humming “Dancing Queen” in Spanish. Helicopters are chasing him and he’s wearing a football cleat on his left foot. He’s absolutely insane. But tonite? He could be part of this. A dynasty could be his.
There are scores of other guys, bit players and superstars. Brett Hull and Bob Rouse. Aaron Ward and Marty LaPointe. Tonite is for them as much as it is for the Zetterbergs, the Datsyuks and the Osgoods.
Tonite could be theirs. If. If. If. If it happens tonite, and I guarantee nothing…but if it does? An undeniable Dynasty.
Today he’s gonna think about that. Steve Yzerman is going to stop what he’s doing and give it just a minute, maybe less. He’s going to take just a minute and remember that hesitation, unsure of whether to break away from his teammates and skate the Cup by himself…and he’ll recall the thunder as he took it to Mr. I. It started with him. If tonite…happens, he’ll be more than a Wing for life, more than a Conn Smythe winner, more than the greatest Captain in sports history. He’ll be the keeper of a Dynasty.
1 to 12. 1 to history. 1 to a place nobody can ever deny this team.
It’s on. Soon.
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Amen. No more need be said.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 06/09/09 at 04:57 AM ET
There’s a phrase used in Hebrew, in a similar way to Amen (that deriving from the word for ‘truth’), but unlike that one, it’s not said after actual prayers, but after praise, songs, etc., and it’s much more informal but gets the point across. It’s not much used in modern Hebrew, and certainly not conversationally, but a few old-time traditionalists will use it occasionally. It has no literal translation into English, but it’s the equivalent of saying, “That’s a fact,” of stamping authority onto what has just been said. The word is “Selah.” I don’t think it’s appropriate now, because nothing is confirmed, nothing is in the history books just yet. But this team is on the cusp of it. Sixty minutes to Selah.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 06/09/09 at 05:04 AM ET
Chief;
Just dropping by to let you know how much I enjoy your writing. Great angle, great piece. Doug Brown FTW.
Posted by YellowKid from Glasgow on 06/09/09 at 05:05 AM ET
Hockey players are said to be a different breed when it comes to pain tolerance.
Many learned at an early age what’s expected.
Brent Gilchrist, who endured injections in his injured groin during the Red Wings’ 1998 Stanley Cup, remembers being taught that lesson as an 8-year-old growing up in Canada.
“I was lying on the ice more than once with an injury one game,” Gilchrist recalled. “As kids do, they’re not really hurt but maybe they’re frustrated or they’re getting a little attention.
“I just remember on the 20-minute ride home, my dad made it very clear to me that unless your leg was broken, you skate to the bench, period.
“That always stuck with me. Those are the little things I guess that we grow up with as players that become instilled in us. I think it carries on.”
by Dave Dye of the Detroit News
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 06/09/09 at 06:20 AM ET
Good stuff Chief.
If anyone needs to chew up 5 1/2 minutes of time before puck drop, do yourself a favor and watch: (you will need some volume, so at work or at a Bonnie Tyler fan club meeting is probably a bad call)
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 06/09/09 at 06:21 AM ET
The tension is going to mounting like a “tumah” in my head all day today. I’m not relaxing until I see the Perfect Human raise Cup #12 above his head.
Is tonight our night?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 06/09/09 at 06:22 AM ET
Only 14 more hours sitting here shaking. Lets go Wings.
Posted by gB from Detroit on 06/09/09 at 06:23 AM ET
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 06/09/09 at 07:20 AM ET
I think not acting melodramatic to get attention is something all kids learn growing up - not just in sports, but not pouting when someone does better in a spelling bee or throwing a bit of a hissy fit when someone else gets the part in a school play. It’s part of being a good sport and a gracious competitor - throwing temper tantrums in private instead of in public. 
I think I figured out what happened yesterday - fans were expecting a game, since it was every other day, and Monday was right after an off day, so when the game didn’t actually happen ... can I say “blue balls” on the internets? I have noticed that it can make males very irritable. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/09/09 at 06:26 AM ET
Mullet with headlights
Amaziing, Tdub.
Chief,
Dominik Hasek has a fly swatter in his hand. He’s chasing puppies with it through a berry patch on a Czech mountainside. He’s wearing bermuda shorts and a female blouse from his personal clothing line. He’s thinking in Latin but humming “Dancing Queen” in Spanish. Helicopters are chasing him and he’s wearing a football cleat on his left foot.
I have no doubt at all that this is completely accurate, and doesn’t seem at all uncharacteristic.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 06/09/09 at 06:36 AM ET
Baroque
I caught up with your comments from last night. I noticed a bit of the crazy when I visited in January and it flurried.
The cult comments made me laugh.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 06/09/09 at 06:39 AM ET
That’s it dub. You owe me a new monitor and a box of tissues.
Holy crap, I haven’t laughed that hard in a while.
Effin A.
Posted by twistedwrister on 06/09/09 at 06:51 AM ET
I wisk I had the ability to be so calm and rational and confident as all of you. Ack! I’ll be over here knocking on the wood armrests of the Hasek trying to ward off this massive jinxing.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/09/09 at 06:53 AM ET
Welcome back, Headmaster, I mean, Chief. I’m nervous about tonight, though the pressure in my head is probably due to the intense storm outside (just glad it’s not a tornado!). I keep thinking about this: Beware the fury of a patient man. Play the game, stay calm, and methodically impose your will, boys. Finish it tonight.
1 to 12. Go Wings!
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 06/09/09 at 06:53 AM ET
Mark, Wrister - That’s one of the funnier things I’ve seen lately, glad you liked. I showed it to my poor mother and she almost literally peed her pants.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 06/09/09 at 06:55 AM ET
And YES welcome back Chief, we apparently don’t do so well when left on our own. Baroque had it right, inmates running the asylum. LOL.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/09/09 at 07:09 AM ET
can I say “blue balls” on the internets?
Nah, can’t be—the Dangle Dangle cock-tease ended in Game Five.
(Man, I love excuses to say something like that.)
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 06/09/09 at 07:09 AM ET
Dominik Hasek has a fly swatter in his hand. He’s chasing puppies with it through a berry patch on a Czech mountainside. He’s wearing bermuda shorts and a female blouse from his personal clothing line. He’s thinking in Latin but humming “Dancing Queen” in Spanish. Helicopters are chasing him and he’s wearing a football cleat on his left foot. He’s absolutely insane.
Chief, these are the six best sentences you’ve ever written. My sides hurt.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 06/09/09 at 07:10 AM ET
“I get respect in Detroit, that means the most to me,” Osgood told reporters on Monday. “Playing in front of my fans there. They’ve been great to me for 15 years now.
“So that’s what means the most to me is the people in Michigan and Detroit.
“I feel like that’s my home. So that’s more or less all I really pay attention to.”
-Ozzie (in Reuters this morning)
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 06/09/09 at 07:11 AM ET
Mullet with headlights
Ah, the Bonnie Tyler classic, “Totally Blitzed By A Fart.” One of my coworkers went to school with her little sister. Says he sees her back in Wales sometimes. She still has the mullet and the boob job.
True story.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 06/09/09 at 07:11 AM ET
Beautiful. Now get it done. 60 minutes. No more, no less. 60 minutes of work, hard, grueling, painful, but in the end, rewarding work, and all talk is over. Hell, no talk is needed. TPH just needs to say “60 minutes”, and everyone will know.
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 06/09/09 at 07:13 AM ET
Funny stuff, Dub. And Amen to Selah, Andrew. 
You guys probably read Albom’s piece about Datsuk the other day. I thought it was really cool that, as he was interviewing him, Gordie Howe came up behind Datsuk and put his arms around his shoulders. How awesome for them to have Red Wings living legends hanging around, a continuity of tradition, excellence, and support. That has got to be an added advantage. Exert your will tonight, boys. Skate to the throat for sixty minutes or however long it takes. For the past dynasty and the one that can begin tonight. Finish it.
Posted by Cwix from Roanoke, VA on 06/09/09 at 07:30 AM ET
Awesome post Chief. I wish wish wish I could watch the game, but will have me some old school radio broadcast to listen to.
Really looking forward to this game. And IF IF IF, then all my posts on other blogs will end with STFU, all summer long.
Sawchuck.
Posted by Osrt on 06/09/09 at 07:35 AM ET
Great post!
Sixty minutes of smart, Red Wings hockey. Get to Fleury early and then keep it coming.
I am so excited for this game and nervous and anxious and ready to vomit, etc.
As I’m on DVR delay tonight due to work - I’ll see you all on the flip side.
1 to 12. LET’S GO RED WINGS!
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 06/09/09 at 07:56 AM ET
Sawchuck like a motherf*ck. I’m wearing the Wings tie today. Wore it in 2008 for game 6. Wore it in 1997 for game 6 against the Avs. Wore it in 2002 for game 7 against the Avs. Bring me luck baby.
Posted by Chris Pronger Rosetta Stone on 06/09/09 at 08:06 AM ET
1 to 12. 60 to 12: Its ours again this year!!
Posted by TEMO from LANSING, MICHIGAN, U.S.A. on 06/09/09 at 08:16 AM ET
Yeah, Ozzie is a great guy. He’s a true Michigander/Michiganian (whatever your preference). I don’t know him personally, but he live here in Plymouth and just from a community standpoint, I can tell you that he’s been incredibly generous and done a nice job doing things for this town. Last season the way he took the Cup into a local bar for the fans was a great gesture of “giving back” to the fans here in town that have supported him. I heard a story that he took the Cup over to his neighbor’s son’s graduation party last summer, as well.
Last year after they won the Cup some people had made huge signs and put them up in his yard and his neighbor’s yards congratulating him. If the Wings are able to get ‘er done again this year, I’m sure the support will be just as great.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see Ozzie stay in Plymouth a long time after his career, possibly carve out a job with the Wings somewhere else, perhaps as a goaltending coach. With his mental toughness and the way he remade his entire game a few years ago, I think he’s well on his way to having the credentials for that part.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 06/09/09 at 08:22 AM ET
Chief .......... you’ve left me speechless.
Your use of words to discribe what we’ve all have seen, heard, feel & know to be are “fantastic”. Thank you!
And, Thank you! A2Y 19.
To be a part of our common passion, our Red Wings, is a privilege.
Let this be the day for no. 12.
I’m confident; no gaurantees but confident.
Whether tonight or, heaven forbid, Friday, it is just a matter of time.
... tick ... tick ... tick ...
1 to 12
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 06/09/09 at 08:24 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/09/09 at 08:24 AM ET
Mullet with headlights
What the effing crap indeed.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 06/09/09 at 08:29 AM ET
10 1/2 hours, crap, I’ll be certifiable by the time the game starts. There might be yellow puddles on the ice tonight, underneath the black sweaters. Pressure indeed.
Old timers, old legs, not so much. Experience, yes, up the wazoo. Experience and depth carry the play tonight. I’m thinking Uncle Mike splits the Euro-twins tonight so each can cover Malkin and/or (C)rosby.
It is on Bitches, it’s on like Donkey Kong.
Let’s Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 06/09/09 at 08:30 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
Uhhh… me. Don’t tell my adviser. Rough draft of my dissertation is due in 2 weeks.
It can wait.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 06/09/09 at 08:32 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
Running an experiment today, which will keep me away from the computer until at least noon. After that, no guarantees.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 06/09/09 at 08:35 AM ET
I’m going to work double the pace this afternoon specifically so I can get nothing done this evening.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 06/09/09 at 08:35 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
I’ve got to at least look busy. Thankfully, typing blog posts sounds almost exactly like drafting important emails.
Posted by Zoogz on 06/09/09 at 08:36 AM ET
Good stuff, Chief. I have chills.
The fact I’m sitting in front of my computer as naked as they day I was born, sipping on a whiskey, can only account for so many of those chills.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 06/09/09 at 08:43 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
I’ve got to at least look busy. Thankfully, typing blog posts sounds almost exactly like drafting important emails.
Lol… luckily I work on the web (i design websites) so it makes it easy to look busy. And since I have everything plastered with Wings stuff (Wings desktop patterns on both monitors, Wings screensavers, Wings posters, Wings memorabilia and whatnot all over my desk) that they don’t notice it when they see Wings stuff on my monitor anymore.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/09/09 at 08:43 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today?
Tried that Saturday, and it was too much to take. Too many scenarios and ‘what ifs’ run through an idle brain.
So, the plan is to get the garage cleaned, do some other work around the house, maybe go out and get some shopping done.
In other words, I’ll be here all day.
I’m getting nauseous.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 06/09/09 at 08:45 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
I never really let an upcoming hockey game affect me, even a Cup Finals clinching game.
I have to say though today is proving to be an exception to that rule…
Posted by Primis on 06/09/09 at 08:45 AM ET
Digging through the arcives… a few years old but all the inspiration needed for a night like tonight. Dedication, passion, determination, skill, will and sweet success. Not even sure where I plucked this from now….
“The toughest guy in the NHL is not bellicose. He is not a fighter, and he never thumps his chest in self-adulation. He refuses to boast, and he has proven his toughness by defying scientific medical opinions at least twice.
The name, of course, is Steve Yzerman whose mettle is admired by fans in two nations. And so as the Red Wings advance toward another April and another attempt to win the Stanley Cup, it is Yzerman’s grit that carries his team. They are tops in the league in a season of injury absences and goaltending turmoil.
Three times now he has been presented with the Stanley Cup and lugged it around the ice surface, a champion. The quest is for No. 4.
The toughness comes from some place within. We call it heart, I guess, but guts and courage would be other words to describe Yzerman in 2003-04.
He is still popping in goals and feathering passes to scoring teammates at a time when the naysayers said he would be done.
Two years ago, Yzerman willed the Wings to the Cup on a crippled knee. He skated when he could barely walk. It was after that season that he underwent radical surgery on his leg, a procedure surgeons call an osteotomy. In involves cutting into the knee and sawing on the bone and removing tissue.
As he healed last season and vowed he would play hockey again, there was a TV documentary about the procedure. I recall distinctly a doctor stating that Yzerman would never be able to play again.
Yzerman proved the medics wrong. He did come back to play late last season, appearing in 16 games, plus the four in the playoffs. It was difficult. The Wings were ripped by the Mighty Ducks in the first round, out in a week in defense of their 2002 championship.
A longer than planned offseason perhaps helped Yzerman’s renaissance. Coach Dave Lewis’ plan was to play Yzerman one game on, one game off this season. The plan quickly went into the trash bin.
Yzerman skipped one game early on due to his repaired knee. He missed another six when he was struck by the Wings’ epidemic of groin injuries. He has played in all the rest.
There are now Wings playoff records beckoning for him on this historic franchise of Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. Two week hence should Yzerman get one goal he would become the club’s all time goal scorer in Cup competition. He is heading into the postseason with 67 playoff goals, a record he shares with Howe.
When he plays his first game, he will set a record for most consecutive playoff seasons. The current record of 13 is shared with Lindsay.
Yzerman already holds the club records for most playoffs games, 181, and for most playoffs points, 175.
Through his 21 seasons, I have seen this toughest of Red Wings clench his fists and fight just once. Many years ago the Canadiens’ Bobby Smith went after him in a corner.
Yzerman cleaned Smith’s clock. “
One W. 60 full minutes.. shift by short shift & win your battles.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 06/09/09 at 08:46 AM ET
So, who isn’t getting anything done today? (Raises hand)
Hell, if the outcome is favorable, who’s going to get anything done tomorrow?
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 06/09/09 at 08:50 AM ET
Hell, if the outcome is favorable, who’s going to get anything done tomorrow?
Good point Mr Fluffy. My week is pretty much shot then because I have all day conferences on Thurs and Fri. Yikes.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/09/09 at 08:55 AM ET
Hell, if the outcome is favorable, who’s going to get anything done tomorrow?
Just another reason why I’m working at twice the pace this afternoon. Either way, I’ll get nothing done tomorrow because I’ll have nothing to do tomorrow.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 06/09/09 at 08:56 AM ET
FOUR ways to slice and dice this time:
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-2:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 3-games-2 irrespective of site (Detroit) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2009 NHL Semifinals:
Series record, NHL only, all rounds: 242-60 (.801)
Series record, NHL only, Finals round: 26-6 (.813)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 174-128 (.576)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: 18-14 (.563)
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Up 3-games-2 @ HHVVH:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team ahead 3-games-2 with Games 1-2 at home, Games 3-4 on the road, and Game 5 at home (Detroit) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2009 NHL Semifinals:
Series record, NHL only, all rounds: 140-29 (.828)
Series record, NHL only, Finals round: 19-1 (.950)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 93-76 (.550)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: 12-8 (.600)
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WWLLW:
Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team winning Games 1-2, losing Games 3-4, and winning Game 5 irrespective of site (Detroit) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2009 NHL Semifinals:
Series record, NHL only, all rounds: 42-5 (.894)
Series record, NHL only, Finals round: 7-1 (.875)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 34-13 (.723)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: 4-4 (.500)
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Up WWLLW @ HHVVH:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team winning Games 1-2, losing Games 3-4, and winning Game 5 with Games 1-2 at home, Games 3-4 on the road, and Game 5 at home (Detroit) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2009 NHL Semifinals:
Series record, NHL only, all rounds: 37-5 (.881)
Series record, NHL only, Finals round: 6-1 (.857)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 29-13 (.690)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: 3-4 (.429)
Posted by Wings_Fan_In_KC from ...somewhere southwest of The Motor City... on 06/09/09 at 08:56 AM ET
Hell, if the outcome is favorable, who’s going to get anything done tomorrow?
Good point Mr Fluffy. My week is pretty much shot then because I have all day conferences on Thurs and Fri. Yikes.
Payroll- “All this time is billable, right?”
You- “Uh…of course.”
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 06/09/09 at 08:56 AM ET
Here’s to hioping the Team 5 team shows up in Pittsburgh tonite and puts the skate on the throat of the entires Pen(i)s organ-I-zation.
LET’S GO WINGS!!
Posted by Wings_Fan_In_KC from ...somewhere southwest of The Motor City... on 06/09/09 at 08:58 AM ET
That was really great MO, thanks for the post. Anything about Yzerman usually makes me sob like a little girl, which I’m Man enough to cover up and pretend I’m suffering from allergies.
Anyway, we gotta close this bitch out so that I don’t have to read another slobbery article about the Pens and their Conn Smythe candidates; fuching retreads.
Once more into the breach dear friends…er…Band of Bitches…
Posted by Osrt on 06/09/09 at 09:01 AM ET
I got chills reading that…........except for the Hasek part which made me laugh.
Posted by chloefpuff from west michigan on 06/09/09 at 09:13 AM ET
Happy birthday to me, bitches. The Chief has already gifted me with this:
Dominik Hasek has a fly swatter in his hand. He’s chasing puppies with it through a berry patch on a Czech mountainside.
I am so freaking nervous. We have to win tonight. Friday is not an option ... I think I’d rather kill myself. Tonight. For the team. For Hossa. For Michigan. For the 19. For sending Gary to despair as he congratulates the Illitches through clenched teeth. For giving Cindy the chance to make a “I never want to be in this photograph again” commercial. Again.
LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!!!
Posted by Bella on 06/09/09 at 09:25 AM ET
Not to steal the Chief’s thunder, but Uncle Mike had this to say-
“You win together today, you walk together forever,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “You never forget the guys you’ve won with. And Hossa has an opportunity, if we all play well, to remember this group of guys.”
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 06/09/09 at 09:29 AM ET
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no way can i take a game 7
Posted by Pharazon from England on 06/09/09 at 04:50 AM ET