Abel to Yzerman
Next entry: Way West Deep Digging
Previous entry: Provincial Awakening
More From The MSM
by IwoCPO on 04/10/07 at 08:12 PM ET
Comments (2)
If you guys are getting tired of me pointing you to the mainstream predictions, say so. I’ll keep it up for another day just to irritate you than let is slowly fade away like it was my own idea. In the meantime, here are a few more.
USA Today has a couple hockey writers. Ted Montgomery is one, and he sucks. Kevin Allen is the other, and he doesn’t.
Why Detroit could win:
1. Probable Norris Trophy winner Nick Lidstrom leads a strong, veteran defensive unit that limits shots.
2. C Pavel Datsyuk, perhaps the NHL’s slickest puck-handler, dominated in the stretch.
3. Adding 242-pound Todd Bertuzzi and hard-driving Kyle Calder gave the Red Wings size and aggressiveness. It’s tiring to move Bertuzzi around for seven games (A2Y Note: 7 would be nice, 6 is more likely, 5 is more realistic, 4 is troublesome, 3, 2 or 1 is big trouble).
Forecast: The Flames might be better than last season yet seem less dangerous. Take Red Wings in six.
CBS Sporstline’s Wes Goldstein.
Calgary has added some offensive firepower to support Jarome Iginla, but the Flames’ best chances of success come when they keep games tight enough for goalie Miikka Kiprusoff to make the difference. Still, Calgary will have to find ways to get ahead because the Red Wings allow fewer shots than anyone in the league and rarely relinquish leads late.
Prediction: Detroit
Filed in: | Abel to Yzerman | Permalink
Comments
I don’t mind the MSM. I’m kind of partial to it. But you bloggers definitely need to be aware when it’s time to look to them for inspiration and when you need to say to the MSM, “Um, you’re an idiot.”
Posted by BlackBart213 on 04/10/07 at 09:16 PM ET
Add a Comment
Please limit embedded image or media size to 575 pixels wide.
Add your own avatar by joining Kukla's Korner, or logging in and uploading one in your member control panel.
Captchas bug you? Join KK or log in and you won't have to bother.
Most Recent Blog Posts
Create Your Own Headline For The Wings/Habs Live Blog
Mellow Is The Man Who Hosts About 120 Live Blogs Per Year
“Faux”…Interesting. Do You Use “Faux”?
Detroit Media: Zero Outrage. Fedorov? Plenty
Well Gary? Your League Is A Joke
Gambling In Havana? Hiding In Honduras? Dad? Get Me To A Live Blog…STAT
About Abel to Yzerman
Welcome to Abel to Yzerman, a Red Wing blog since 1977. No other site on the internet has better-researched, fact-laden and better prepared discussions than A2Y. Re-phrase: we do little research, find facts and stats highly overrated and claim little to no preparation. There are 19 readers of A2Y. No more, no less. All of them, except maybe one, are juvenile in nature. Reminding them of that in the comment section will only encourage them to prove that. Your suggestions and critiques are welcome:
A2Y Stuff
-----------------------------
Wanna Feel Smart?
Does confusion make you sad? When you read words like "enigma" and phrases like "Thanks Gary. Ass", do you wonder why mean people speak in languages you don't understand? Fret no longer friend! The A2Y Glossary will bring you great joy and enlightenment.
-----------------------------
How Others View The A2Y 19
"Hell, I guarantee the content co-opters at Abel to Yzerman were about to link this article under the heading “Bitter Blues Fans” again right up until they just read that last half-sentance. Thanks but no thanks, you Kukla hangers-on."
--St. Louis Game Time
"I realize it’s the slow summer season, but can this guy tone down the tough-guy histrionics? His posts are fatiguing on an otherwise excellent site."
--A2Y Fan, Eternal_Fields
"I constantly marvel at how Bill (IwoCPO) and his disciples at Abel To Yzerman can be so pompous and full of themselves throughout every regular season, but come playoff time they collapse into wavering puddles of stress and nervousness as they anxiously await the impending and unavoidable collapse of the Red Wings in the post-season."
--Mile High Hockey
"I hate them because they are better than us. Of all the frigging teams…"
--In The Cheap Seats
"It's just a shame that the most classless, uneducated, lowbrow fanbase in the league gets this sweep. Red Wing fans don't deserve their team."
--Thhom
"I really don’t care what fans or bloggers think."
--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
Head to Hockeytown
Blogs the Chief Likes
Ted Montgomery = gigantic, hairy arse. You can never trust those split Wings-Leafs fans.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 04/10/07 at 07:43 PM ET