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So Very Tired. Exhausted. Done.
by IwoCPO on 06/07/09 at 06:28 AM ET
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Good morning.
Gather the family because Dave Guralnick has a present for them. Go on now. Go get ‘em.
Ready? Ok.
Hudler seems to be enjoying himself, eh?
This “rivalry” is turning into something more. It’s evolving into a hate-fest, and that’s how it should be. On the ice, of course. There’s also something going on here, on this site, that we’ll address when this series is over. Statements are being saved and specific ones won’t be forgotten. I won’t let them just fade away. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
But we live ahead of ourselves. It’s how we roll. So, let me just throw this out there real quick.
One more win and the Red Wings win their fifth Stanley Cup in 12 years. Their 12th overall. One more win and there can be no denying this Dynasty.
One more win and Stanley skates in Pittsburgh, held aloft by a superstar who returned when he felt he could contribute, held high by a future Captain who continues to define playoff leadership. One more win and the Cup will be skated slowly, shaken at the rafters of Mellon Arena as boos cascade down on him all because he lived up to the cliche that “the Cup is the thing.”
Yes. If given the choice, I’d rather see this thing end on Tuesday in front of that crowd, than on Thursday in front of 20,000 Wing fans. The reason for that is not to rub it in but to just get this thing over with. Take no chances. None. We don’t need a Game 7 in our lives and the Wings are thinking exactly that right now. No. Game. 7.
This.
Guralnick again. Holy hell. What a picture.
It’s a good thing that I took that little break after Game 4. And one of the reasons I did was because my instinct was to start blasting. Two barrels. Split but equally venomous. Babcock and Datsyuk. Uncle Mike led us on. He played the 25 year-old vixen to our teenage boy hormones. He’d innocently flash us some skin, knowing full well the torture that came with it. Then he’d cover it up and wag a finger at us…not yet.
Fun to look back at now, but on Friday (or was it Thursday? I have no idea) morning? I was highly pissed. He knew all along Datsyuk wasn’t going to be in there but he let us wonder, let us hope. Is it possible that in a situation like that a coach even considers for one second that a huge number of fans are hanging on every word, every report of Datsyuk’s health?
Hell no. There is absolutely no chance of that, nor should there be. He lies to us. So does Tick Tock. So did Datsyuk and anyone else who went on record. Blatant. Dirty. Outright lies. And once again, it hurt when they fibbed, but glancing behind us now, we dig it. As usual.
I didn’t think Datsyuk had it after his first shift and said as much in the Live Blog, one of the most prolific ever, I might add. A term for the ages was created last night as the 19 was transformed into a Band of Bitches. Unreal.
But I did say it. I said he looked slow and I was concerned that his impact would be minimal, that perhaps having him in the lineup would only lead to greater fatigue from Zetterberg as he’d have to cover for Pavel when…blah, blah, blah. I know so little. It’s proven to me again and again.
He didn’t dominate but he was awesome. He drilled Malkin. He set up Buckets. He skated hard when he had to. Back checked all game and dangled when he could. 80 percent Datsyuk. I’ll take it.
Sidney Crosby continues to show his true colors. Take a minute to compare him to Zetterberg. Compare them in every way possible. Their actions on the ice, off the ice. One’s petulance. The other’s maturity. Think of the influence each has on their team. While Hank Zetterberg takes the slashes and stores them away, saying little, getting up with a grimace but no retaliation…Thid falls to the ice like he’d been hit with a taser, sobbing.
Like many of you, the thought of that spoiled punk lifting the Stanley Cup literally makes me sick. If I never see that, and I mean ever, I’ll be happy.
But it could happen. And we have to know that. If Detroit lets up one bit, it could happen on Thursday night in Detroit. If the Wings let up, Sidney Crosby…the face of the NHL, Gary Bettman’s fantasy boy…will be posing for the picture of the year, the image that would send disgusting shivers up Little Gary’s spine, if he actually has one.
The Wings have to know the kind of effort required to finish this thing. And I believe they do, just as I believe they will. I honestly think that Tuesday is it. But nothing about what I think matters in the least. The only thing that matters is how prepared the Wings will be, how the leadership in that room takes over.
“A lot of the older guys said something, it wasn’t just Nick—Drapes and Malts (Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby) and some of the older guys,’’ Kronwall said. “I don’t think it was anything in particular, we just talked about staying poised and doing what we need to so out there and just stay patient and we’re going to get our chances.’
I’m sure there was more. I’m sure there was discussion about the “tired” remarks and the thoughts from esteemed writers like Helene Elliott, gushing and babbling happily about the “end of the Wing dynasty.”
The Red Wings, as a team, may be running out of time. That’s another gut feeling.
Of course, her gut said something different after Game 5.
Revived by a day’s rest and the return of Pavel Datsyuk, the Red Wings reduced the Penguins to a bunch of petulant 2-year-olds Saturday while moving within one victory of claiming the Stanley Cup for the second successive season.
Whatever Helene. We have a phrase here that has seemed to fit this postseason perfectly. It goes something like this.
STFU.
Speaking of…I’m being as patient as I can. I’m waiting. But when this thing’s over there are going to be more than a few of those to go around. One more game and we’re going to dredge up and remind some folks that Vladimir Konstantinov is off limits.
60 more minutes to an undeniable Dynasty.
One more game.
1 to a Dozen.
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Hi, my name is Red Winger, and I’d like to invite every Pen(i)s fan (yes, you too, Gary) to take the word “fatigue” and slowly shove it up your a$$es.
Thanks.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 06/07/09 at 09:59 AM ET
I don’t post in the live blogs during the finals. It is too hard to type while rocking back and forth from the fetal position. I’m sure this was covered in the LB last night, but the JLA crowd chanting Crosby Sucks was absolutely fricking priceless. And I mean priceless. Epic crowd last night. I would have given just about anything to have been there.
Posted by ITDeuce from The Land of Ice and Snow on 06/07/09 at 09:59 AM ET
I’m sure this was covered in the LB last night, but the JLA crowd chanting Crosby Sucks was absolutely fricking priceless. And I mean priceless. Epic crowd last night. I would have given just about anything to have been there.
Posted by ITDeuce on 06/07/09 at 10:59 AM ET
especially when you could hear it clearly on National TV 
Posted by MsRedWingFan from West Michigan on 06/07/09 at 10:05 AM ET
Chief, Game Seven is Friday
Posted by Red Winger from The Soo on 06/07/09 at 11:01 AM ET
there will be NO game 7 it ends Tuesday in the gloo .. 
I so want to see Hoss lift the Cup up there and see all the faces of those who dogged him for his choice
Posted by MsRedWingFan from West Michigan on 06/07/09 at 10:07 AM ET
found it. it was with about 5 minutes left in the third.
here’s a video clip:
http://www.ubeek.com/video/bettman_sad.wmv
best part of that? Bettman’s in a SEAT. not in a private box. door? slammed in face.
LMFAO
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/07/09 at 10:08 AM ET
The crowd’s been great. Singing long after the speakers at the Joe stopped playing was great too. Fantastic party atmosphere last night.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/07/09 at 10:11 AM ET
Pick your favorite “Bettman Shattered Dream” picture from Game 5.
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A.
B.
C.
My comment at the time was “Bettman looks like he’s trying to figure out how to fix this.”
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 06/07/09 at 10:11 AM ET
Singing long after the speakers at the Joe stopped playing was great too.
spontaneous KISS. excellent.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/07/09 at 10:12 AM ET
nice color on the pics, RW. my camera never comes out like that off the TV. did you do something special?
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/07/09 at 10:13 AM ET
Tremendous pics.
Suck it, Gary. Suck it real hard.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 06/07/09 at 10:15 AM ET
I so want to see Hoss lift the Cup up there and see all the faces of those who dogged him for his choice
Oh, me too. I wouldn’t care if there wasn’t such a big deal made over his so-called “traitorous” behaviour.
And the thing is, right up until Pittsburgh fired the coach and made a bunch of (panicky?) trades that actually worked the way GMs always envision, but rarely do, they WERE out of the playoffs and looking horrible. No one questioned him not signing with the Penguins THEN.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/07/09 at 10:21 AM ET
My comment at the time was “Bettman looks like he’s trying to figure out how to fix this.”
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/07/09 at 11:11 AM ET
As Cal said yesterday, I just hate the idea of a game or series being decided off the ice.
Certainly not the gaze of an impartial Commissioner enjoying a full house on the largest stage his NHL can offer is it?
“Exciting games, exciting series”... right little Gary? Except the excitement of game 5 wasn’t Black, White and Gold.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 06/07/09 at 10:23 AM ET
here’s Datsyuk working his magic. think the foot’s OK? Babcock said in an interview if it was the regular season he wouldn’t have been playing. as we all suspected, Datsyuk at 80% (or maybe even less) is better than every Penguin on the ice.
http://www.ubeek.com/video/Datsyukian_deke.wmv
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/07/09 at 10:27 AM ET
just one more reason i love this site,revealing the hypocrisy of the Bettman reign
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 06/07/09 at 10:28 AM ET
Ha, apparently, the Pen(i)sblog girls were fighting with each other in their GTD, melting down in the comments section as Thid and Gina and Co were melting down on the JLA ice.
Bickering? Shurely not!
Compare that to the post-Game Four civil disagreements we had about Hossa needing to step up, or Pavel needing to be in the lineup, and they are shown as the spoiled little children they are. We have our disagreements, but we don’t have to kiss and make up, because there’s an understanding there that runs far deeper than mere anger. Kids, kids.
That’s why…
But I manned up and apologized the next day.
...None necessary, Nathan.
From Cox’s column, Sidney on Sasha:
“We just made mistakes, so it doesn’t matter who’s out there.”
Frickin’ amazing. For two years in a row, he refuses to recognize that the guy who stymies him at every turn is actually a pretty decent hockey player on both sides of the puck. Such a great leader is Crysby. What’s the problem with, “We got beaten by the better team?” If you want to, you can make caveats about making your mistakes, but at some point you have to admit that the New York Islanders or the Los Angeles Kings would not have capitalized on those mistakes because they’re not as good a team as the one you’re facing in THE STANLEY CUP FINALS. Man up, kid, and stop trying to punch people in the yambag.
I’ve never wanted to see a fan base lose as badly as I want this.
You speak for all of us there, Chief. Scum.
nice color on the pics, RW. my camera never comes out like that off the TV. did you do something special?
Paul, he’s adjusted the color balance (also known as white balance) either manually or automatically—the overall hue of the photo has been compensated toward the amber range of the scale to keep it from looking too blue. Not strictly right, but that’s approximately it in layman’s terms. Hence the whites looking white rather than blue.
Today, I am so very tired, exhausted, done, just like you Chief. I just want to go back to bed and sleep and sleep and sleep some more. I think the Wings are tired and not tired at the same time. They are tired of being called old, fatigued, overmatched. They are tired of being underestimated. But on the ice, they are not tired, they do not lack energy, and they play to their full potential, and they are far less tired than I am.
Tuesday night. Proof.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 06/07/09 at 10:37 AM ET
Not sure why people keep saying Game 7 is Thursday (I’ve seen people say it at other sites too), but it’s Friday, June 7. It says it on my ticket, and I just verified it on the Wings site as well, so there’s a 2 day break before and after and 6.
Posted by John W. from a bubble wrap cocoon on 06/07/09 at 10:45 AM ET
What a great day! First thank you to everyone for your support. My mom is going to be fine, and I’m pissed because I can’t watch the replay of the game till 1400 hours tomorrow. During the playoffs we never record the games.
Old, decrepit ? STFU.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 06/07/09 at 11:48 AM ET
Hudler looks like an evil anime character in that picture. And I say that in the most loving way possible. His face somehow always manages to make me laugh.
Posted by Kris from Troy, MI on 06/07/09 at 12:03 PM ET
What a great day! First thank you to everyone for your support. My mom is going to be fine,
Great news, Kate! Now you can stress over the trivial Red Wings on the Hasek for Game 6.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 06/07/09 at 12:08 PM ET
The Hossa hit on Garon reminded me of Probert’s hit on Jon Casey years ago.
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 06/07/09 at 12:11 PM ET
The Hossa hit on Garon reminded me of Probert’s hit on Jon Casey years ago.
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 06/07/09 at 01:11 PM ET
i was at that game Casey got smoked,lol good stuff
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 06/07/09 at 12:15 PM ET
Since the girls over at the Pen is Blog have been so thrilled over Syndey’s “promise” in this video,
http://www.youtube.com/v/OnEY-4Ot6Ds
I just have to wonder, will she leave the ice faster than LeBron left the court after Orlando booted his overrated a$$ out of the playoffs?
Posted by Coach B from behind enemy lines in Gettysburg on 06/07/09 at 12:21 PM ET
Pepto Bylsma
Seriously, someone needs to get this nerd some Tums about 15 minutes before he head to the podium. Thank god microphones only capture and transmit sound, not scent. I imagine that MFer has some serious halitosis.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 06/07/09 at 12:43 PM ET
‘Rosby in the video “I never want to be in this photograph again”. I see Hossa there too, guess which one figured it out?
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 06/07/09 at 12:50 PM ET
...Thid falls to the ice like he’d been hit with a taser, sobbing.
Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 06/07/09 at 01:07 PM ET
I like the 3 old guys directly behind the glass. They have a look that says(Evil English Accent), “Yes you check of the backup goalie pleases Hossa, but we want goals!”
Posted by pgoody on 06/07/09 at 01:15 PM ET
Someone commented to me that last night’s game wasn’t “much of a game.” I shook my head and said, “I’ll take it.”
Taped the game and will probably re-watch it again today just to revel in it a little bit longer. While I admire Malkin’s skill, his lack of composure is very troubling. It seemed like that hit from Datsyuk knocked him off of his game. He seems easy to knock off his game as is Sid. Not sure if that is lack of maturity or what.
I am just bummed that I have to work late Tuesday night so if this does end then, I won’t be celebrating it live.
It is times like these that I really miss Michigan and want to be around Wings fans who understand. Thank goodness for the 19 - the “Band of Bitches.” It is much comfort to the marooned Wings fan.
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 06/07/09 at 01:56 PM ET
Band of Bitches.
Priceless!
“THE NINETEEN…................A BAND OF BITCHES”
Posted by Wings_Fan_In_KC from ...somewhere southwest of The Motor City... on 06/07/09 at 02:55 PM ET
Way late, but Kronwall’s statement - “I don’t think it was anything in particular, we just talked about staying poised and doing what we need to do out there and just stay patient and we’re going to get out chances.” - reminded me of this: Beware the fury of a patient man. Seems to sum up game five to me. And hopefully game six.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 06/07/09 at 06:23 PM ET
I yelled ‘Skate to the throat!’ at the TV so many times that I’m surprised none of my neighbors called the cops.
Awesome game. Awesome post, Chief.
As nice as clinching at home would be, let’s finish this thing off Tuesday night. Take no chances. There’s always the parade for the home fans.
Posted by Modnar on 06/07/09 at 08:29 PM ET
I yelled ‘Skate to the throat!’ at the TV so many times that I’m surprised none of my neighbors called the cops.
Awesome game. Awesome post, Chief.
As nice as clinching at home would be, let’s finish this thing off Tuesday night. Take no chances. There’s always the parade for the home fans.
Posted by Modnar from Cincinnati, OH on 06/07/09 at 09:29 PM ET
Neighbors must be Wings fans
Posted by pgoody on 06/08/09 at 12:10 AM ET
What a great day! First thank you to everyone for your support. My mom is going to be fine, ...
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/07/09 at 12:48 PM ET
Good to hear, Kate!
We missed you at the LB but glad things worked. Family first.
GO WINGS!!!
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Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 06/08/09 at 11:12 AM ET
Man, was that game a blast! I am from Texas, but made my way to The Joe for game 5. I could not have picked a better game to go to. Absolutely amazing! Four of the goals were on my end of the ice too. I’m still giddy from Saturday.
Posted by rrasco from San Antonio, TX on 06/08/09 at 12:44 PM ET
As a Pens fan and Wings fan a close second the last 2 years have been rough to say the least. But one thing remains constant. I hate the NBC commentators and most national sports guys like them. It was all Wings and Osgood in Games 1 and 2. They were all over the Penguins’ collective nut sack after Games 3 and 4. And then just as quickly did the same for the Wings in Game 5. It was the same BS last year too. Everyone loves a winner but NBC is ridiculous. And worst of all for the Pens…they bought into the hype while riding high. Welcome back to earth.
Posted by Napolim214 from Pittsburgh on 06/08/09 at 01:24 PM ET
It was on NBC Paul, and it was a “split second” image. But I did recall seeing it.
Posted by Kidney stones symptoms on 09/10/09 at 02:28 PM ET
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PaulinMiamiBeach, The Bettman shot is in the 3rd period, with about 5:20 left, right after a commercial break.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 06/07/09 at 09:51 AM ET