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If It’s Ok With You…Let’s Just Avoid That Whole Game 7 Thing

by IwoCPO on 04/22/07 at 10:35 AM ET
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As you know, I went ahead and decided to miss Game 5. So that was nifty. Actually, the Emperor emailed me updates from the second period during a layover. He wrote something like, “cleary, shorthanded, penalty shot, goal”. My reaction, of course, was mild. A slight nod of the head, or a shriek...I can’t remember. A few minutes later, “2-0, Zetterberg, pp”. Sitting on the tarmac, waiting for the plane to taxi, plane full of people. So, I’m wary, cautious. Just a double fist pump and a sharp kick to the seat in front of me. No big deal.

Then...radio silence. Check the blackberry as we go wheels up. 2-0 Wings. 9:35 left in the second. And there it stood for three hours until I landed back here in DC.

So, I missed Chelios’ first playoff goal in 85 games, Zetterberg and Datsyuk scoring again. I missed Hasek’s performance, which everyone says was brilliant. I missed the chop from the backup to the gut of the Mule. I missed the wrestling move Bertuzzi laid on Dion and I missed a captain who proved once again that he’s a punk.

But I didn’t see those things, so I’m not going to comment on them. I’m not going to comment on the fact that the Wings had to win that game or risk the mental meltdown that another Game 5 loss would have caused. I won’t comment on the fact that Jim Playfair is just another asswipe tool of a coach from the lineage of the Crawfords and Hartleys. And I won’t comment on a great talent who wears the “C” but continues to embarrass his team when he lets his temper get the best of him. And, yeah, it was planned. Because, yeah, he was stupid enough to say so in the postgame.

You’ve seen the comments, the “we wanted to get a couple fights going” quotes. What an idiot.

This article covers the McLennan and Langkow idiocy pretty well, and has this Iginla mention.

With the Wings aware the Flames would try to stir things up late, they did well to avoid letting confrontations elevate, which was evident as Jarome Iginla ran around looking to fight.

But just like the special teams cost them the game, the team’s efforts to build momentum failed, too.

“At that point it’s about carrying over the energy for Game 6,” said Iginla. “We’re not going away. We’ll be ready for tomorrow.”

Name me another captain in the NHL who’s going to “run around looking to fight,” in that situation. I won’t even bring up The Captain and what he wouldn’t do because to mention these two “captains” in the same post is an insult to the only one of them who deserves to wear the “c”.

I’ll look around later to see if the Calgary bloggers are actually defending what happened in Detroit yesterday. And, I’ll spend the day really hoping the Wings lay the wood to the Flames tonite. Hopefully, there will be a handshake line tonite and some smugness...and a little embarrassment.

Whoa...check out Behind The Jersey. Christy is all over Game 5. Diggers, Diggers blogging, Diggers on message board, Wing bloggers, Flame bloggers.

Christy points to Kyle at The Real Deal. Considering I’m not the most objective blogger out there, it’s tough for me to call someone else on the carpet for writing something so stupid that it boggles the mind. So I won’t. I’ll just show you what he has to say.

Daymond Langkow - Good for you. I thought the hit you took was by far the most intentionally dirty play of the series, and perhaps post season (Burrows slash aside). You weren’t near the puck, weren’t expecting a hit, and definatley weren’t expecting to get clipped on the knees. The irony is that your little sucker punch didn’t do nearly as much damage as the boards did to the Detroit player’s knee. That looked bad.

Jarome Iginla - Pierre asked what you were doing killing off a 5-3 with only a couple minutes to go, but I knew. You were there to start shit, and you did. I have no doubt that you gave Schneider a bit of a butt end, but it was a love tap. And yes, you deserved a penalty for that AND the crosscheck, but lets face it, the physics of that crosscheck were all wrong for him to fall that way. Another embellishment, but thats ok, you had to do what you had to do, and he had to do what he had to do.

Jamie McLennan - what more can be said? Obviously you were told to go raise some hell, I think you were trying to create room for Kipper, and quite honestly, I thought you gave Franzen a love tap. I saw Smytty get a real two hander from Turco to the FACE and he got two games, so either he got a severe underpunishment or you got an overpunishment. It really doesn’t matter either way because you did your job and I’m sure the team is proud of you. Oh, and Don Cherry and the rest of Canada saw you take the jab to the neck which was a cheap shot too, so we know you were at least moderately provoked.

Marcus Nilson - well Pierre said you were unprovoked when you went after Drapes but we all saw the flying elbow he threw at you and missed, so I totally understand what you were doing. Hell, I would have done the same.

The playoffs bring out some strange reactions, as you all know. But, c’mon.

BTJ also directs you to Flame bloggers who called yesterday what it was, an embarrassment.

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Chief!

Welcome back, you were sorely missed yesterday… what a great game/debacle.

On my way out, more inane comments on yesterday in a bit.

Sans video.

Posted by TeamDub from Toledo on 04/22/07 at 11:28 AM ET

Man, I hate Calgary as much as the next guy. I’ve also played a ton of hockey at a respectable level and watched a shitload of NHL hockey. You guys should ease up on the crying.

FYI, the only reason Yzerman never started any shit is that he would have been beaten senseless. I don’t blame him for that failing - some of us are smaller than others - but there was nothing wrong with what Iginla did.

Posted by mc79hockey on 04/22/07 at 11:49 AM ET

McHockey, you’re an idiot.

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 12:31 PM ET

Oh well as long as a guy from San Diego is here to tell me how things work…

Posted by Tyler on 04/22/07 at 12:33 PM ET

MC79 -

Congratulations, you win the pseudo-informed, holier-than-thou retard award of the day!

Here’s a cookie.

Posted by TeamDub from Toledo on 04/22/07 at 12:47 PM ET

Thanks for the link! I finished all my final exams on Friday and went to the game yesterday, so I had plenty of time and stuff to say. Hopefully, the Wings will come out really strong tonight and end this series before it can get anymore heated than it already is. Go Wings!

Posted by Christy on 04/22/07 at 01:08 PM ET

Wow, guys from San Diego AND Toledo seem to think that I’m wrong but are unable to offer anything other than insults to back up their views?

Either of you princesses even know how to skate? Ever played hockey? Ever played hockey at a level higher than shinny? Do you know anything other than what the NBC crew tells you? Read what Franzen said about the slash that set off the delicate NBC crew:

“I was more shocked than hurt,” Franzen said. “It took my wind out.”

No shit. As awful as that might look if you’ve never played the game, never been slashed by a goalie and have no idea what you’re talking about, it really wasn’t that bad. Two hard whacks to a padded area and then a slash to the gut that was nowhere near a full swing. Players slash each other harder than that all the *#$%@& time.

As for Iginla and Langkow...whatever. I didn’t think Iggy buttended Schneider - at the very least, it’s not clear from the video. The cross check from behind? It’s open ice, so there’s no chance the guy is going to injure himself on the boards and it happens once every couple of games. Langkow punched a guy. Whoop-di-*#$%@&-do. Just because you all choose to dress a team of pussies doesn’t oblige everyone else to play like that.

Go Wings, because it’s Calgary on the other side, but the sooner this bunch of figure skaters and their fanbase who have apparently watched nothing but house league no contact hockey prior to exits the playoffs, the better.

Screw Yzerman too, while I’m at it, just on principle. Anyone know where I can get one of those signed pics of him leaving the ice in Edmonton after his last game? My favourite moment of his career.

Posted by mc79hockey on 04/22/07 at 01:08 PM ET

Shit Tyler. I haven’t eve started whining yet. In fact, that was mild compared to what we could have been complaining about all series: the officiating. The wings have been shafted from Game 1 onward

And if that had been the Oil the Flames were playing night you and the rest of the Oileshere would have been saying the same things.

Iginla’s a punk and the fact that he allowed his teammates to act the way they did, much less participate to the extent that he did, proves it.

Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/22/07 at 01:12 PM ET

Tyler, being in San Diego and being from San Diego are two different things. Use geography to dismiss my knowledge and love of hockey if you feel you must, it doesn’t change the fact that McHockey is an idiot. Though it does make me wonder if he’s the only one here.

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 01:17 PM ET

Yeah well Tyler hopefully those figure skaters glide their way into the second round tonite instead of the golf course where your flash in the pan team appears to have been since Captain Canada was dealt.

Spesking of which, wouldn’t it be bice to see Ryan Smyth fitted for some red and white figure skates over the summer?

Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/22/07 at 01:17 PM ET

“Man, I hate Calgary as much as the next guy. I’ve also played a ton of hockey at a respectable level and watched a shitload of NHL hockey. You guys should ease up on the crying.”

Nobody is crying. We’re calling it how we see it, and how any objective, reasonable person sees it.

“FYI, the only reason Yzerman never started any shit is that he would have been beaten senseless.”

Actually, Yzerman has fought a few times and did quite well.

“I don’t blame him for that failing - some of us are smaller than others - but there was nothing wrong with what Iginla did. “

Wow. Just wow. There was everything wrong with what Iginla did, and anyone whose eyes and brain work properly can see that.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 01:20 PM ET

McHockey, normally right now I would let it go and wander away, but I feel compelled to clarify something simply because I happen to agree with your unpopular view on the whole McLennan and Iginla thing. It’s hockey, let it go. Unfortunately it was ugly and it hit the highlight reels on the news stations in the US – the same ones who can’t be bothered to actually mention the playoffs are going on. It’s hard enough to sell the game in the States when you can’t even watch a game without a sports package. We didn’t need that crap, and the NHL should act accordingly for the health of the game. Period.

Do I know how to skate? Have I played hockey? Yes. Anything more than just pickup games? No. Congratulations, you big strong man. I shold know better than to disagree in the presence of a hockey god. You’re an idiot because of your comments on Yzerman. Nobody stood taller for his team than he did. Nobody showed less fear or more pain tolerance than he did. Hate him if you want, it’s what makes you a fan of the game. Unfortunately, your trolling on a Detroit board emphasizes your shortcomings.

Yeah, I live in San Diego...what exactly is your point?

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 01:34 PM ET

NBC said the league gave McClennan 5 games, the coach $25,000 fine, and the team $100,000 fine.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 01:48 PM ET

“It’s hockey, let it go.”

No, it’s not hockey. Hockey is a game of respect and sportsmanship. What the Flames did contained neither.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 01:49 PM ET

You’re right, Paul, but at the same time Franzen’s okay and this is an inconsequential backup goalie we’re talking about. What the hell do I care if he gets a suspension? Does it make any difference to the outcome of today’s game? Nope. I was disgusted with Calgary’s reaction, but I care about the Wings advancing, and I accept that shit happens in the playoffs. Does it ratchet up my hatred for Calgary? Yes, of course. Does it matter one bit once Detroit advances? Not to me. It’s hockey, it happens. The guy’s an emotional idiot and he managed to embarass himself on national TV in two nations. Moving on.

The Iginla thing is even less offensive in my mind. We’re Detroit fans, we’re going to react, but if someone were stupid enough to do this from our team, we would point out that Schneider barely flinched. If Iginla tried to injure, he seems to have failed. Good job adding fuel to Detroit’s fire for today’s game.

I’m just not an apologist. We have on our team someone who will go down as the picture of goonery, and we cheer for him. If the Wings slapped a C on his chest, we would still expect him to go out and stir shit up. We would cheer a Captain trying to mix it up to get his team going. Did what Iginla do what was right? No. Is he just a well dressed goon? Yes. Is this playoff hockey? Pretty much.

The Langkow thing though was complete bullshit.

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 02:07 PM ET

The commenter about the highlights on TV was dead on. It was something like--penalty shot goal, power play goal (both regular speed, once apiece), then three replays of the goalie hack, slow motion of the alleged Iginla butt-end, two replays of the Langkow thing, then a quick mention of the final score. Nothing about which game of the playoffs it was, nor who was leading, nor when in the game the stupidity happened (it seemed like it was going on throughout the game, instead of just at the end). Considering hockey gets about 24 seconds of airtime normally, the stupidity is pretty obvious.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/22/07 at 02:21 PM ET

Rule 46 - Butt-Ending

(NOTE) Butt-ending shall mean using the end of the shaft of the stick in a jabbing motion.

(a) A double-minor penalty will be imposed on a player who attempts to butt-end an opponent.

(b) A major penalty and a game misconduct shall be imposed on a player who butt-ends an opponent. See also Rule 43 - Attempt to Injure.

In addition to the major penalty and game misconduct imposed under this Rule, an automatic fine of one hundred dollars ($100) will be imposed.

(c) A match penalty shall be imposed on a player who injures an opponent as a result of a butt-end. See also Rule 52 - Deliberate Injury of Opponents.

Did Iginla hurt Schneider? No. Not the point.

Do Flames fans cry about incidental contact with Kipper only when he gets hurt? Well, no, of course not.

Certain rules are there for a reason, to stop stupid crap which could injure players, and just because someone doesn’t get hurt - that time - it doesn’t make it any less of a penalty. I’m surprised someone of your immense hockey talent/knowledge wouldn’t recognize that painfully obvious fact.

[quote}Langkow punched a guy. Whoop-di-#######-do. Just because you all choose to dress a team of pussies doesn’t oblige everyone else to play like that.

I see, whoop di doo. A player is down on the ice and obviously at least slightly injured after a collision and the other player grabs the back of his head and sucker punches him in the face. With his glove on.

Yeah, whoop di doo you genius, you.

*#$%@& off, troll.

Posted by TeamDub from Toledo on 04/22/07 at 02:36 PM ET

Honestly, all the incredulity from Detroit fans towards me is pretty underserved. When mc79 is defending my words, (not to mention numerous well respected hockey personalities) I feel somewhat vindicated.

And if you want to think of me as some kind of Red Wing/Detroit hater, you got it all wrong. I was the only one standing up and cheering for Stevey Y when he scored his final goal in Calgary last year. Nobody respects Drapes like I do. And hell, nobody is more impressed with Chelly’s improved play over last year than me. But I call a spade a spade.

And for the record, I don’t think Calgary was trying to hurt anybody (as the hockey news said). They were just trying to get a spark going. In fact, when you look at the whole thing objectively, did anyone get hurt besides Brett Lebda on his clip or Cleary when he fell? I hate to tell you, but while Calgary was dishing out a couple cheap shots, Detroit was hamming it up for the cameras.

And like I said about Langkow, if someone clipped me like that in a game, you should bet I’m coming back at you with at LEAST a punch to the neck.

Posted by Kyle from Calgary on 04/22/07 at 02:40 PM ET

“We’re Detroit fans, we’re going to react, but if someone were stupid enough to do this from our team, we would point out that Schneider barely flinched.”

Maybe you would, but I wouldn’t. It’s disgusting and unnecessary no matter who does it. Maybe I’m not a homer like everyone else.

“They were just trying to get a spark going. In fact, when you look at the whole thing objectively, did anyone get hurt besides Brett Lebda on his clip or Cleary when he fell? I hate to tell you, but while Calgary was dishing out a couple cheap shots, Detroit was hamming it up for the cameras. “

WHAT?! Hamming it up? This is absolute nonsense. It always amazes me how people can see things that aren’t happening just because they have a bias in the situation. Get your eyes checked, or lay off the pipe.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 03:32 PM ET

And if that had been the Oil the Flames were playing night you and the rest of the Oileshere would have been saying the same things.

Nah, I don’t think so Bill. I’m inclined to cheer for Detroit here. I’d love to be able to say that I thought the Flames were a bunch of gutless pukes. I doubt that if you went through all of the posts on my site, you’d find much from me complaining about some dirty play or other, as the vast, vast majority of it is within the unwritten code. On the grand scale of hockey violence, this really wasn’t much.

Iginla’s a punk and the fact that he allowed his teammates to act the way they did, much less participate to the extent that he did, proves it.

Christ, Yzerman used to let his teammates snort coke and go get shitfaced in bars at Goose Loonies the night before a game. What’s that you say? Yzerman wasn’t responsible for their conduct? Agreed.

I should also note that given that your team is dressing a convicted criminal at the moment, the high horse on which Wings fans are riding probably allows them to touch their feet to the ground while in the saddle.

We’re calling it how we see it, and how any objective, reasonable person sees it.

Well for one, none of you are objective. I’m the most objective person here, as I cheer for neither of the teams involved in this series. “Reasonable” is always a subjective matter, but I’d suggest that it tends to walk hand in hand with objective - when objective has left the room (as it has for many of you), reasonable tends to leave with it.

Agreed. It will be nice for Detroit to suffer a humbling playoff loss to some new team - add San Jose to your collection that already includes Anaheim, Calgary and Edmonton. “Playoff Losses In Which You Have Home Ice: Collect the Entire Western Conference.” Gotta say Bill, your team seems to really struggle to do anything but lose in the playoffs now that they’re no longer operating with a $40MM payroll advantage. You were helped out this year by not pissing money away on a broken down Steve Yzerman (last seen getting utterly dominated by Ales Hemsky) but more guys will want more money next year...the end will come for this Wings team. Thank *#$%@& god.

No, it’s not hockey. Hockey is a game of respect and sportsmanship. What the Flames did contained neither.

[laughs]

A player is down on the ice and obviously at least slightly injured after a collision

I think you misspelled “after he tried to throw a dirty hit.” He got what he had coming.

Posted by mc79hockey on 04/22/07 at 03:58 PM ET

It always amazes me how people can see things that aren’t happening just because they have a bias in the situation. Get your eyes checked, or lay off the pipe.

MEMO TO PAUL: YOU CHEER FOR THE *#$%@& RED WINGS AND, HENCE, ARE IN AT LEAST AS UNOBJECTIVE A POSITION AS EVERYONE YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT.

Posted by mc79hockey on 04/22/07 at 03:59 PM ET

“Christ, Yzerman used to let his teammates snort coke and go get shitfaced in bars at Goose Loonies the night before a game. What’s that you say? Yzerman wasn’t responsible for their conduct? Agreed. “

OMFG

On the ice conduct vs off the ice conduct. Grasp the difference? Geez. You make a bunch of monumentally weak arguments. You seem pretty clueless.

“YOU CHEER FOR THE ####### RED WINGS AND, HENCE, ARE IN AT LEAST AS UNOBJECTIVE A POSITION AS EVERYONE YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT.”

Go look up the word objective. It has nothing to do with bias. I am biased towards the Red Wings, but it doesn’t stop me from looking at things objectively. Clue up.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 04:12 PM ET

Paul, you’re absolutely right in that intent to injure is disgusting and unecessary. Calgary’s actions yesterday were an embarassment to the sport, and there’s no question in my mind that Iginla went out there any tried to lead his team by playing dirty. I just stop short of saying he was trying to injure Schneider.

I’ll actually go so far as to suggest that if he had used the butt-end of his stick, Schneid’s day would have been ruined. I use the fact Schneider didn’t flinch to give Iginla the benefit of the doubt; it was probably worse than it looked. Given that I can’t stand Iginla, I don’t see how that makes me a homer?

Either way, Calgary can suck it.

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 04:18 PM ET

On the ice conduct vs off the ice conduct. Grasp the difference? Geez. You make a bunch of monumentally weak arguments. You seem pretty clueless.

In 1988 Miroslav Frycer got 10 games for swinging his stick at Murray Craven. Yzerman was captain of the WIngs. Applying the A2Y Doctrine, Yzerman is culpable as captain.

There you go Paul. An on-ice incident during the time when Yzerman was captain. What a douchebag that Yzerman is. Plus he lets his teammates snort coke and go out to the bar prior the game. *#$%@&, as far as I know, he’s never denied encouraging them to do so.

I’m being a nice guy and leaving the clueless comment alone.

Go look up the word objective. It has nothing to do with bias.

Definition of objective, per Google: “undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; “an objective appraisal”; “objective evidence"” All of you are obviously personally biased here and hence, your views on the thing are inherently suspicious. This is the exact same thing as when I chastised you for writing NHL propaganda on your blog there about how we had to hassle our friends to watch hockey.

Posted by mc79hockey on 04/22/07 at 04:21 PM ET

Umm...McHockey? You missed the word “undistorted” in your own post. You can have a personal bias and still be objective. Perhaps...I dunno...perhaps you should read more carefully. Or maybe that’s just something they only do in places like San Diego.

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 04:31 PM ET

MC, all you’re doing is making yourself look more and more foolish - and that ain’t easy. If you’re just jawing to hear yourself, then knock yourself out; but you’re sadly mistaken if you think you’re persuading anyone here with your bizarre rationales.

Oh, and *#$%@& off, troll.

Posted by TeamDub from NW Ohio on 04/22/07 at 04:35 PM ET

Umm...McHockey? You missed the word “undistorted” in your own post.

Umm, no I didn’t. You’ll note that I followed up by saying that Wings fans “… are obviously personally biased here and hence, your views on the thing are inherently suspicious.” None of you are, as Paul claimed “objective, reasonable people” because you cheer for one of the participants. It doesn’t mean that you can’t be correct about something or other - one can be biased and factually correct. It does mean that arguing you’re right on the grounds that you’re objective makes you look foolish.

Posted by mc79hockey on 04/22/07 at 04:38 PM ET

“In 1988 Miroslav Frycer got 10 games for swinging his stick at Murray Craven. Yzerman was captain of the WIngs. Applying the A2Y Doctrine, Yzerman is culpable as captain.”

Was that an isolated incident within the game, or was it the team’s plan to go out and cause fights and play dirty? IGINLA ADMITTED THEY PLANNED IT. THAT is the difference.

Oh, and it’s not 1988 any more. Clue up.

“Go look up the word objective. It has nothing to do with bias.

Definition of objective, per Google: “undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; “

Yes, not DISTORTED by the bias. It doesn’t say ABSENT bias. Get it? Geez.

“All of you are obviously personally biased here and hence, your views on the thing are inherently suspicious.”

You can be suspicious all you want, but it doesn’t change the fact that you obviously have no idea what you’re talking about, make weak arguments, and are making a fool of yourself.

“This is the exact same thing as when I chastised you for writing NHL propaganda on your blog there about how we had to hassle our friends to watch hockey. “

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it’s clearly irrelevant.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 04:44 PM ET

Heh. McHockey, cleary you missed the point, but I’m not really surprised. I suggest you read up on fallacies when you get some time. Maybe when you’re not too busy playing hockey at a respectable level.

Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/22/07 at 04:44 PM ET

“None of you are, as Paul claimed “objective, reasonable people” because you cheer for one of the participants. “

Wow. You just proved that you don’t know what objective means and can’t understand the definition you read. Being a fan of one team or another has nothing to do with objectivity.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 04:45 PM ET

“Agreed. It will be nice for Detroit to suffer a humbling playoff loss to some new team - add San Jose to your collection...”

Umm, for a self-righteous hockey expert, your history is pretty weak. We already had a (very) embarrasing playoff loss to San Jose (yeah, you can google that one too) - thanks for putting our best interests first though.

And thanks for setting all of us, who are by citizenship so very hockey-ignorant, straight. I feel so much better about hockey and Canada now that I understand all these things so objectively.

Posted by Hoser from Downer Peninsula on 04/22/07 at 05:34 PM ET

Then how do you explain laying down on the ice from a stick to the chest and then later explaining “I was more in shock then hurt.” Or how about falling backwards after getting crosschecked from behind? I’d love to hear the physics explanation for that.

Lebda wasn’t hamming it up, he was definately hurt and in pain, unfortunately, it was through his own doing. Same with Cleary, he was messed (I was really impressed he was able to come back and play well though).

And I hate to tell you guys, but mc79hockey usually leaves his most critical posts directed at his own team. The fact is though, he cheers for neither Detroit, and especially not Calgary (just like Kelly Hrudy and Craig Simpson). He is not making himself look foolish in the slightest.

Well, not like you guys will need it, but good luck tonight. The Flames have been outplayed for 11 or so periods so barring a mircale, this will not go to 7 games.

Posted by Kyle from Calgary on 04/22/07 at 06:21 PM ET

“Then how do you explain laying down on the ice from a stick to the chest and then later explaining “I was more in shock then hurt.” “

I guess you missed the next sentence about how he knocked the wind out of Franzen.

“Or how about falling backwards after getting crosschecked from behind? I’d love to hear the physics explanation for that.”

Um, he didn’t fall backwards. Sheesh. Watch it again (2:35 in the video):

http://video.nbcsports.com/player/?id=93841

Getting cross-checked in the lower back on skates is different from when you’re not on ice - it pushes your lower body out from under you, like being slewfooted.

Posted by Paul on 04/22/07 at 06:40 PM ET

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--Drew Sharp

"Why is it you Detroit fans are still so classless when you have such a classy hockey team, with such a professional GM and gentlemen players? I understand that the author of this blog is a manner-less cad, but the rest of you should be better."
--A2Y Fan, Jeff Beaumont

"Have you ever *read* A2Y? Its the most opinionated, juvenile stuff i've read."
--Paul Nicholson

"I actually like the Detroit team and have a sh&% load of respect for them, but their fans are the biggest douches next to Canadians."
--KStewy, PensBlog Commenter

"Just when it looks like we have bottomed out, the 19 hit a new low."
-A2Y legend, Hockeytown Todd

"And for the record, I don't hate the Red Wings, I hate their fans."
--Douche Bag at Puck Daddy who isn't Wyshynski

"You’re nothing but a douchebag ****, c3po. Go f**k yourself, and learn something about hockey in the process. Nothing ruins my day more than seeing your byline on the kk page."
--Hector, A2Y fan, statesman, Pittsburgh Chapter of Jonas Brothers Fan Club President

"I can just imagine the kindergarten teacher’s reaction when the tyke blurts out 'Mommy says Gary Bettman is a f*cking f*ckface! He wants to give ‘Rosby the bad touch.' ”
--Bella, of the 19

"A2Y is what other blog sites aspire to be when they fail to grow up: intelligent immaturity for the juvenile genius set”
--Captain Dennis Polonich, of the 19