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by IwoCPO on 03/28/08 at 07:15 PM ET
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I left it up to you, the A2Y readers, to decide where we should converse during the remaining regular season games, then the 22 playoff games to follow (4-1, 4-2, 4-2, 4-1).
Oh no he dint. Oh...yes I did. Yes I frigging did. I just predicted the outcome of all four Wing series’. Just for fun, let’s predict how the Blues will do. Ready?
Woops. Sorry about that. Live blog here.
I gave you guys a free pass when we brought the LB back on Tuesday. Few comments, just me entertaining myself (shut up). Tonite’s a different story. I demand witty interaction. And not the loads of juvenile stuff either.
“Load”....YES. God, that’s funny.
1925: Going with the SopCast tonite because even though I paid the 130 bucks for NHL TV, it’s blacked out because it’s on the NHL Network; which happens to be nothing but a cruel figment of my imagination, since I’ve never seen it. Thanks Gary. Ass. Just in case the SopCast fails, I’ve got Ken and Paul cued up on the radio side.
1939: Tantrum on the way. SopCast says my channel is offline. Radio only for now.
1951: I could recap the absolute hatred I have for the idiots who market our league and the little man who runs this farce, but it would be redundant. And we all know redundancy has no place here. It really has no place here.
2000: Thanks to Solo16 and all others. SopCast is working. Should it be this hard to watch a hockey game? Really?
2004: Whew. Good thing I got it going just in time to see the BBs score.
2006: Bubba and the BJs scoreless in the second. Minnesota and Vancouver about to start. If anyone needs a reminder, Bubba will take over the 8 spot with a win and a Canuck loss. Also, if you need another reminder, Dan Ellis is the starting goalie for Nashville. Luongo for Vancouver. I have my opinions about who we’d like to see on 12 April.
2013: Just saw McCarty’s first shift. Rephrase: that was the first shift of his I saw. He took a run at somebody. Made me feel warm.
2015: Bubba’s up 2-0. Hell yes.
2037: McCarty: 2:37 TOI, 5 shifts, O hits, etc. for the first period.
2039: Datsyuk and Zetterberg’s first shift of the second and Rafalski looks like another forward out there. Unfortunately, Franzen looks like another Homer. Goalie interference call and the wheels on the bus go round and round. Ridiculous call.
2046: Holy Cow. 4 minute lag time on SopCast. I can do a lot in four minutes. Most of it twice in that span. I’m gonna stop reading comments. I knew Rafalski scored two beers before I saw it.
2048: Wife just agreed with the twice in four minutes comment. That’s nice. Nothing like a little support on the home front.
2058: Good news. Baroque just pointed out that Bob Luongo is down 2-0 in the first. Warm. Fuzzy. Secure. That’s how I feel about that.
2122: 2-1 BB’s after two. Apparently Franzen took a puck somewhere below the chest. Discussion followed. Gabe predicted he’d lose his spleen. Baroque eloquently stated she was under the impression the puck hit him squarely in the nuts (my words). Gabe reluctantly admitted he has no idea where the spleen is located. I’ve got the St. Louis feed going so have no idea. Anyone?
2128: McCarty: 4:48, 9 shifts, 1 shot, 1 hit after two.
2140: 8 spot is completely up for grabs. Bubba’s killing Columbus. Minnesota’s killing Vancouver. The Dive took a 2-0 lead over Edmonton only to choke it away and they’re tied.
2151: Legace is clearly the difference tonite, as he’s been on a few occasions versus the Wings. If he plays this well in the playoffs, St. Louis will be awfully tough to beat. Oh...woops. Sorry.
2154: Franzen’s twelfth in twelve games, but credit for Detroit’s second goal goes to Rafalski for keeping that puck in. If you watch one replay tomorrow try to find that one. Amazing play.
2159: Unbelievable pass from Zetterberg and the continuation of a frigging carnival of a month for Franzen. Amazing.
2210: Chris Osgood got what he deserved on a mediocre night. Great play by Kariya to set up Boyes, who deserves plenty of credit for scoring 40 goals playing for such an absolute garbage team.
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With all this juvenile humor today a little ditty from grade school has gotten stuck in my head, so I’m making a stab at passing it along to someone else and getting it out of my brain. 
In days of old,
When knights were bold
And toilets weren’t invented,
They left their loads
Beside the roads
And walked away contented.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 07:37 PM ET
anybody manage to get the sopcast feed to work? says it’s offline for me. :-(
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 03/28/08 at 07:39 PM ET
Franzen is showing absolutely no hesitation about shooting the puck.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 07:46 PM ET
This sucks. The NHL Network- and Comcast in Denver- is the bane of my existence…
Posted by mudshark from Divetown, Colorado on 03/28/08 at 07:48 PM ET
I came in late, Tivo’d the last 10 minutes and just caught FSD’s tribute to McCarty before the faceoff. It was a thing of beauty...absolute beauty. Whoever picked the music is my new favorite person.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 03/28/08 at 07:51 PM ET
Filppula looks good so far - quick and his skating is smooth, isn’t having any trouble handling the puck, so he is obviously at 100%.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 07:53 PM ET
Just missed a Blues goal.
/friendly trolling
Posted by Milo on 03/28/08 at 08:01 PM ET
“Because I love you sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/33952”
perfect! I love you back!
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 03/28/08 at 08:01 PM ET
Thank You SO much Solo.
I am a huge Wings fan who recently moved to Beijing and today is my birthday. I woke up early so I could watch Mac’s return on sopcast but it hasn’t been on
Let’s Go Wings
Posted by Expat from Beijing on 03/28/08 at 08:02 PM ET
Cleary-Dats-Hank looks good.
PP is on…
LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!
Posted by eyesris from Asheville, NC on 03/28/08 at 08:04 PM ET
LOL @ Mobil promo. “On the Run. The Blues win, you win.” Gee Mobil, really putting yourselves out there aren’t you? sheesh.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 03/28/08 at 08:05 PM ET
Blues had one of the worst changes ever. Boy was the ice empty.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 08:06 PM ET
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach:
LOL @ Mobil promo. “On the Run. The Blues win, you win.” Gee Mobil, really putting yourselves out there aren’t you? sheesh.
Even funnier is that there are no Mobil on the Run stores across most of the St. Louis Metro area—All are in Missouri and only in select locations.
Posted by Milo on 03/28/08 at 08:10 PM ET
The worst kind of commercials - the ones for businesses that aren’t even in your city. I hate those!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 08:13 PM ET
Thank You Baroque
Hoping the wings can pull it out. Hockey is what I miss most from the states.
Watching on Sopcast has been a blessing, though getting used to watching with coffee and cereal instead of beer and wings took some getting used to.
Posted by expat from Beijing on 03/28/08 at 08:16 PM ET
so… Just one shift for D-Mac?
About what we all expected if true… Bud dammit Grandpa would be happy to see him in the winged wheel again.
Crazy end to the period.
Posted by eyesris from Asheville, NC on 03/28/08 at 08:16 PM ET
Wow, just like old times on the live blog!
I can’t figure out the reason many of you can’t see the game. I’m watching on FSN Detroit on DirecTV in NC. Same feed on NHL net, which I understand isn’t carried on many systems. I thought the Fox Sports packages were pretty much everywhere.
Chief, if it makes you feel better, the low resolution feed is giving a pretty bad “halo” effect on the hockey sticks and referee shirts.Sucks. I can hardly watch it.
Posted by dougie on 03/28/08 at 08:26 PM ET
Dougie, I think those of us watching it on SopCast or whatever illegal stream we have access to are doing so because we have cable providers who don’t carry Gary’s Network.
All: hope you’re enjoying the return of the liveblog.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 03/28/08 at 08:33 PM ET
No, he had several shifts. With Hartigan and Drake - looked fine, but it will obviously take some time to get his timng back. Ken and Mickey mentioned that he got a huge ovation from the crowd when he came out for warm-ups.
Actually, he and Maltby and Draper were the starting forwards at the beginning of the game.
Watching on Sopcast has been a blessing, though getting used to watching with coffee and cereal instead of beer and wings took some getting used to.
You mean beer and wings aren’t the Breakfast of Champions?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 08:33 PM ET
Dunno the feed im watching is pretty freaking good as far as feeds go. Its about equal to standard digital TV.
Posted by solo16 on 03/28/08 at 08:36 PM ET
yeah, I thought his only shift was the first of the game. Been running back and forth during the game - yes, I get NHL Network. Thank god.
We need to get the puck moving more..
Posted by eyesris from Asheville, NC on 03/28/08 at 08:38 PM ET
anybody know where i can get league-wide stats for Power Play Shots Against?
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 03/28/08 at 08:38 PM ET
“is McCarty wearing #25? “
Yep
Posted by dougie on 03/28/08 at 08:43 PM ET
You mean beer and wings aren’t the Breakfast of Champions? smile
Oh it is! But usually I have to go to work after the game and the boss is nice enough to let me come in late on Wings games mornings.
Craptastic call of goaltender interference.
Posted by expat from Beijing on 03/28/08 at 08:43 PM ET
What a nice boss.
I’m not a parent, but it seems to me that maybe if I had flown to Florida, had a baby daughter, then flown to Minnesota, I might give up two goals in the first period, too.
Vancouver trailing 2-0 after one period.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 08:48 PM ET
Mickey is funny when he is high dudgeon about a penalty.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 08:55 PM ET
Seems to me like he has a bit more edge , since he returned from his surgery. I like edge.
Posted by dougie on 03/28/08 at 09:01 PM ET
can we paint the goal line blue and put Lidstrom in net? man he’s unbelievable at holding that thing in!
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 03/28/08 at 09:01 PM ET
Datsyuk and Filppula together. Poor Blues.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 09:07 PM ET
Warm fuzzies gone. Babcock needs to spend some time in practice working on getting the hell out the way of a teammate’s shot. The raging pessimist in me says Franzen loses a spleen or something.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 03/28/08 at 09:07 PM ET
Got the FSN St. Louis guys on SopCast. What are we hearing about Franzen?
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 03/28/08 at 09:11 PM ET
I wasn’t thinking spleen.
I have an old television, with no HD, so maybe someone else had a better view...but it looked like poor Franzen took a puck to the lowest part of his midsection. That’s a pretty sensitive area for guys, I hear.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 09:11 PM ET
If you want to know what it feels like Baroque, think back to Game 5 last year against the Poultry. I seem to recall we even had a name for it.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 03/28/08 at 09:13 PM ET
The game’s on, so of course I have my beer, remote, laptop, snacks...what am I forgetting?
Mickey is funny when he is high dudgeon about a penalty.
Oh, that’s right. My dictionary. 
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 03/28/08 at 09:16 PM ET
it looked like poor Franzen took a puck to the lowest part of his midsection
I’m not sure where it hit, I didn’t see the replay. Not that it matters, I have no clue where the spleen is.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 03/28/08 at 09:20 PM ET
“Not that it matters, I have no clue where the spleen is.”
I bet Forsberg could tell ya!
Posted by dougie on 03/28/08 at 09:25 PM ET
Ha-ha.
Mickey just went off on a touching penalty (can’t recall whether they called it a hook or a slash) on one of the Blues. Said the crowd would be up in arms if the penalty was called on the Wings, and it wasn’t even enough to be called for a foul in basketball. You could hear the “harrumph” in the tone of his voice.
Babcock just said Franzen was fine, got winded a little bit - and he’s back on for the third period.
It looked like he caught a puck right in the gonadal region, which would account for him being hunched over at the bench and then going into the room with the trainer.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 09:27 PM ET
Minnesota 3, Vancouver still 0 in the second period.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 09:30 PM ET
“8 spot is completely up for grabs. Bubba’s killing Columbus. Minnesota’s killing Vancouver. The Dive took a 2-0 lead over Edmonton only to choke it away and they’re tied.”
I want the Predophiles!!
Posted by dougie on 03/28/08 at 09:49 PM ET
Just got off the phone with my mom.
I mentioned that Detroit was losing to St. Louis and having a tough time scoring on Legace (plus the two posts).
Her exact quote:
“Of course he’s playing well. It’s the regular season, and he doesn’t dissolve into a puddle of pee until the playoffs. At least that won’t be a problem playing for St. Louis this year.”
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/28/08 at 09:50 PM ET
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