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Live From The Hasek Club Car…..It’s A Game 5 Live Blog
by IwoCPO on 04/18/08 at 07:28 PM ET
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“I can’t be bothered with hygiene issues right now.”
--IwoCPO to his wife 7 minutes prior to Game 5.
It’s on.
Whoa...Legwand and Arnott both out tonite.
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Hoka Hey! In the words of Crazy Horse...it is a good day.
Let’s roll.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 06:32 PM ET
Arnott flu-bug-like-illness.
Don’t let him breathe on anybody!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 06:34 PM ET
Keep the 60 foot goals out of our net and we win this 8itch!
Time for Homer to step up tonight! and Lidstrom.
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 04/18/08 at 06:34 PM ET
I think the FLU thing is BS...a player would play though that in the playoffs…
I think Radulov hurt him when he jumped on him; he didn’t play the rest of the game
Posted by Osrt on 04/18/08 at 06:35 PM ET
@OSRT Absolutely it’s not Flu - Arnott either hurt himself jumping into the glass celebrating or getting rocked by his teammates afterward.
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 04/18/08 at 06:37 PM ET
Flu is a crock. Not hearing FSN but if Bubba’s claiming that he’s a lying liar.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/18/08 at 06:38 PM ET
Radulov must feel like an idiot.
Wings run roughshod over the Preds tonight. We need a big game from the 2nd line. Franzen or Flip.
Posted by PDXWing from Portland, OR on 04/18/08 at 06:38 PM ET
Unless “flu” is code for “ebola.”
Whatever - it doesn’t matter who is out unless they can capitalize on it.
So, anyone else think the Rangers wrap it up tonight in New Jersey?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 06:38 PM ET
Crap - VS not showing Karen Newman, what a buzz kill.
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 04/18/08 at 06:39 PM ET
I’m already so think… I can’t even drunk.
Posted by Mike from La-La Land on 04/18/08 at 06:39 PM ET
Rangers got Devils’ number this year.
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 04/18/08 at 06:40 PM ET
Buckets starting. Here we go.
Whiskey at the ready.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 06:41 PM ET
Ellis looking real frazzled. Pepper that bastard.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/18/08 at 06:43 PM ET
Second line threatening Ellis early...three chances in one shift. Convert, boys. Convert.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 06:44 PM ET
Hockey-Tonk?
Eww.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 06:46 PM ET
Swarming.
Radulov scares me for some reason. He’ll be a thorn in the Red Wings side for some time.
Posted by PDXWing from Portland, OR on 04/18/08 at 06:47 PM ET
FLIP! FINALLY!
That *#$%@& better count.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 06:47 PM ET
Radulov scares me for some reason. He’ll be a thorn in the Red Wings side for some time.
no doubt. I love talented Russians though.
Posted by Osrt on 04/18/08 at 06:48 PM ET
Now let’s have at least another ten minutes before a goal, ‘K?
(That’s one way of treating the time immediately after a goal as a PK...take a penalty).
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 06:50 PM ET
Radulov scares me for some reason.
He looks like his first name should be Vlad.
But yeah, he’s explosive.
So, should I be rooting for the Tigers to lose today, or was the beat-down yesterday sufficient reverse karma?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 06:52 PM ET
I think Matt from Chicago was the guy who introduced that particular vomit inducing curse Baroque. I’ll let him answer that question.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/18/08 at 06:53 PM ET
Wings look dangerous on the kill.
OSRT, I know what you mean about the slick Russians--they’re my favorite players to watch. Bure being the most explosive.
Posted by PDXWing from Portland, OR on 04/18/08 at 06:54 PM ET
rock’n at the joe!!!
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 04/18/08 at 06:57 PM ET
Not making a critical save at a critical juncture is the hallmark of Hasek’s career? First I’d heard of that.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/18/08 at 06:58 PM ET
60 minutes, boys. give a full 60. no let’n up.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 04/18/08 at 06:59 PM ET
He looks like his first name should be Vlad.
His reign of terror over Red Nation comes to an end tonight. Just call Lidstrom ‘Van Helsing.’ Stake these mofos and leave ‘em as dust in the Borgo Pass.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor on 04/18/08 at 07:00 PM ET
So, it’s been 10 years. Do I still have to be worried about every long shot on Osgood? Just askin’.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/18/08 at 07:00 PM ET
Rangers already leading 2-1.
Boy, the Eastern conference is likely to wrap up quickly.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 07:01 PM ET
Not making a critical save at a critical juncture is the hallmark of Hasek’s career? First I’d heard of that.
I like how people revise history based on the present
Posted by Hap from Grand Rapids, MI on 04/18/08 at 07:01 PM ET
Which craptastic announcer are you listening to IWO?
Bure was the MAN.
Posted by Osrt on 04/18/08 at 07:02 PM ET
Stake these mofos and leave ‘em as dust in the Borgo Pass.
Does a hockey stick still work as a stake if it’s graphite instead of wood?
Both are carbon-based, anyway.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 07:02 PM ET
Did she really ask Kronner about Hasek while he was sitting right there? Nice.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 04/18/08 at 07:03 PM ET
Is this the NFL? From Helene St. James’ blog:
Just a little tidbit from Joe Louis Arena: The NHL has decided octopus twirling doesn’t fit in with league image, or something to that effect.
The Wings have been told by the league that if Al Sobotka (or anyone else) twirls the octopus that’s thrown onto the ice before playoff games, it’ll cost the team $10,000.
I know opposing general managers have complained of this tradition because stuff flies off the octopus and sticks to the ice, but this is such a recognizable Detroit tradition.
One landed, just after the game, on the ice before Game 5, as usual. Nashville defenseman Greg Zanon skated by and whacked it aside with his stick.
Gary. Ass.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 04/18/08 at 07:03 PM ET
Most of the Russians are such smooth skaters, but I swear Ovechkin has one of the choppiest strides I’ve ever seen.
Tough loss for Washington last night - Huet was out-freaking-standing.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 07:05 PM ET
get 1 on the PP
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 04/18/08 at 07:05 PM ET
Yeah, that really sucks about Washington losing...I was listening to a DC radio station, and one guy called in saying that he made a bet with his Flyer-fan friend that if the Caps won, his friend had to get a Caps tattoo, and if the Caps won, the caller would have to get a Flyers tattoo. Poor guy.
Posted by scheisskopf on 04/18/08 at 07:08 PM ET
I’ll chip in a few bucks for the fine.
Either that, or everyone should go to rubber octopi. No wasted food, no slime, and they are reusable! 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/18/08 at 07:08 PM ET
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No Arnott or Legwand for the Preds tonight.
Posted by Heaton on 04/18/08 at 06:31 PM ET