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Uncle Mike? The Line Forms Over Here
by IwoCPO on 06/23/09 at 12:10 PM ET
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That would be the line for the Stress Train, if you’re wondering.
Mike Babcock? Stressed out? Not possible? Think again. Splitting priorities will do that to you, and that’s exactly where he’ll be for the next 8 months. Split right down the middle.
Mike Babcock will be sworn in as the coach of the 2010 Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team in Montreal this week.
“Sworn in”? Seriously. Let me get this straight. Canada literally swears in their coaching staffs?
Do the players have to be sworn in too?
“Raise your right hand and repeat after me...”
“I, Sidney Crosby, do hereby swear I won’t act like a crying little bitch on an international stage. Seriously, I swear.”
Oh. Stop. You’re surprised?
Back to my Uncle.
First things first. He’d better get hot on firing Brad McCrimmon, because we’re going to need someone who can help out brother Paulie while Uncle Mike’s thoughts are with his country rather than the Wings.
And let’s not kid ourselves, there are going to be days, even weeks, when our coach is thinking about Sweden in ways that trouble instead of please him.
How weird will it be for Mike Babcock to sit up at night wondering how to stop Henrik Zetterberg, rather than leverage him? You don’t think he won’t shiver a bit when he sees Johan Franzen zip a wrister past Roberto Luongo in December, as he imagines the effect that could have on the rest of his life if it happens in a gold medal game in February?
He’ll be conflicted, but we’ll never know the extent. He’ll be overworked, overtasked and mumbling more than ever before. And to expect him to be able to offer the same kind of focus to the Wings as he has the last four years is not reasonable.
And no, we can’t blame Babcock. No way he can turn this down. Can’t blame Canada. They’ve hired the right guy. Can’t blame the Wings for stockpiling talent up and down the organ-I-zation. But man this is going to be tough, tough. And not just for Babcock.
It might be literally easier to name the Wings who won’t be playing in the Olympics than those who will be. I’d bet at least, and this is conservative, twelve players off the current roster represent their countries in Vancouver. Ready? Try this: Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Franzen, Hossa, Filppula, Lidstrom, Rafalski, Ericsson, Hudler, Osgood, Kronwall, Leino.
Yep. I said Osgood. And I left out Samuelsson and Holmstrom. I also left out Helm. And you don’t think his name is being whispered these days?
The entire franchise is going to be picked to the bone by international scavengers. And they’re going to be tired, more tired than they have been all this year. More tired than they were last year or last Olympics. Few teams in NHL history, if any, have played as much hockey as our Dynasty has the last three years, and now it’s going to be worse.
What team in the league is going to compare to that? Pittsburgh? How many Olympians from that team, huh? Maybe as few as two. Seriously. Other than Thid and Malkin, name me two players who are locks for Vancouver.
I, for one, am intensely looking forward to the Olympics. I think it’s going to be a blast to watch and I think the Canada/Sweden Final will be a game for the ages. Watching Zetterberg shut Crosby down again, in yet another huge setting, will be joyful.
But it’s best that we understand right up front the kind of toll this thing is going to take on the players, the coaches and the entire organ-I-zation.
In other words, Uncle Mike’s already aboard the Stress Train. Any smart guy would be. It would be for the best if you boarded that bitch too. A summer-time excursion, an early start. Come to think of it, leaving the Hasek was a silly thing to do in the first place. It’s where we belong, isn’t it?
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God, ever since the pens won the cup you’ve had the most ridiculous inferiority complex ever. Babcock coaching the Canadian team has less than nothing to do with the Pens, and yet your childish potshots continue. Get over yourself, it reflects poorly on KK.
Posted by toaster on 06/23/09 at 11:30 AM ET
i’m sorry Chief, but I’m going to be on the opposing side if that Canada/Sweden match up does happen. i think VooX will be too.
Although I will say, just because I know Crosby is guaranteed the first-line centre position, doesn’t mean I have to like it. If I were Babcock, Crosby would be Canada’s third or fourth line centre, and Getzlaf would be the number one. He’s been a monster on the international stage, and hasn’t been completely shut down by Hank before unfortunately. I would say Hank was able to contain Getzlaf in the second round, but not outright shut him down the way he did Crosby. I have to admit, I hate Getzlaf, but not the way I hate Sasquatch. It’s in the same way I hate Joe Sakic. He’s given me nightmares about how he can seemingly score at will against us.
Ah the Olympics. The one time every four years where I want to puke at the thought of who might be donning the Canadian jersey. This time around there’s Crosby, Sasquatch, Cory *#$%@& Perry. I just hope Mike “I’m a forward playing defence” Green isn’t on the #1 pairing.
Posted by Alzy from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada on 06/23/09 at 11:32 AM ET
On the flip side, maybe he’ll run his Canadian players to the ground for 2 weeks hoping to leave a lasting impression for the playoffs…
By the way - I’m Canadian, live in Vancouver, and have tickets to the Gold Medal game. Yet, I’m worried that as a Wings fan, I’ll be cheering for Sweden just because I like the players better.
What side do you choose - country or players?
Posted by DetCapC19 from Vancouver, BC on 06/23/09 at 11:33 AM ET
God, ever since the pens won the cup you’ve had the most ridiculous inferiority complex ever. Babcock coaching the Canadian team has less than nothing to do with the Pens, and yet your childish potshots continue. Get over yourself, it reflects poorly on KK.
Posted by toaster on 06/23/09 at 12:30 PM ET
If you’re referring to my picking on your captain, we’ve been doing that here well before the Pens won the Stanley Cup.
If you’re referring to my estimation as to how many Pens will be playing Olympic hockey? Prove me wrong.
Or don’t and just keep “enjoying” your summer.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 06/23/09 at 11:34 AM ET
and yet your childish potshots continue.
In his defence, all he said was that only 2 players were locks for Vancouver. Seemed to be a pretty reasonable assessment.
Posted by DetCapC19 from Vancouver, BC on 06/23/09 at 11:35 AM ET
What side do you choose - country or players?
My vote is country- I was rooting ball’s to the wall for Finland last time around. *#$%@& Swedes. I hate those *#$%@&.
Teemu Selanne, Team Finland? God. Teemu Selanne, Duck? *#$%@&.
See how easy it is?
Posted by monkey from Gary's World, setting fire to McCrimmon on 06/23/09 at 11:38 AM ET
Chief - don’t underestimate that Yzerman and Babcock have been working on this for a while. This is just the announcement. But they have been putting the organization in place for a while now.
Posted by CJBear71 on 06/23/09 at 11:38 AM ET
In his defence, all he said was that only 2 players were locks for Vancouver. Seemed to be a pretty reasonable assessment.
“I, Sidney Crosby, do hereby swear I won’t act like a crying little bitch on an international stage. Seriously, I swear.”
The question is, can he live up to that oath?
Posted by monkey from Gary's World, setting fire to McCrimmon on 06/23/09 at 11:39 AM ET
“I, Sidney Crosby, do hereby swear I won’t act like a crying little bitch on an international stage. Seriously, I swear.”
The question is, can he live up to that oath?
Oh yeah. Hahahaha.
Still pretty funny though.
Posted by DetCapC19 from Vancouver, BC on 06/23/09 at 11:41 AM ET
Gosh.
The whole Wing’s brain trust is now working for Canada…
Holland, Yzerman and Babcock.
Are they going to take Ozzie? Draper?
This year is going to put a lot of stress on Wings’ management as well as players.
Posted by w2j2 on 06/23/09 at 11:51 AM ET
All that matters is that everyone comes home from the Olympics fairly healthy.
I couldn’t care any less if Babcock is distracted for that first half of the season. Makes zero difference, in all reality. In fact, I hope Canada loses, that way when he comes back for the second half of the NHL season, he’s pissed to all hell, whips his players into gear, and has more resolve than ever to win a Cup. I’ll have that.
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson's ice cream truck on 06/23/09 at 11:53 AM ET
Wait… you guys all left the stress train? Then who the &*$#&^ have I been talking to for the last few weeks?
Posted by Aimee in Austin on 06/23/09 at 12:06 PM ET
Babcock coaching the Canadian team has less than nothing to do with the Pens, and yet your childish potshots continue
The best part is guys like this just don’t get it. Half the fun is posting stuff like this just to piss ‘em off.
They take the bait every time. It’s not really fair you know ... having a battle of wits with unarmed Pens fans.
Posted by johnny 2 in kalamazoo on 06/23/09 at 12:09 PM ET
God, ever since the pens won the cup you’ve had the most ridiculous inferiority complex ever. Babcock coaching the Canadian team has less than nothing to do with the Pens, and yet your childish potshots continue. Get over yourself, it reflects poorly on KK.
Posted by toaster on 06/23/09 at 12:30 PM ET
???
The trolls aren’t gone yet? Even after almost two weeks?
Posted by Bent from The U.P. on 06/23/09 at 12:10 PM ET
Uncle Mike has all the tools he needs to run both benches in a season. The Olympics is a short term challenge, a little break from the epic grind of a few loooong NHL seasons.
Much of the leg work will be done by Stevie Y and subordinates. We’ll be fine.
I like to watch the Olympic flavor of puck, but don’t really care who wins. Seeing the Swede-Wings was nice last go-round and all, but I really don’t care who wins.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 06/23/09 at 12:46 PM ET
As a Wings fan, and a proud Canadian, I’ll take the nervousness in the regular season any day if it means the best coach in the world is behind our bench in Vancouver.
And don’t kid yourselves ... Uncle Mike’s priorities will be split, sure, but only until the Olympics are over. And once they’re done, they’ll be just enough time to ramp up for the playoffs.
I mean, the only reason to really be worried about this would be if the Wings somehow were in danger of NOT having a high seed come next spring. And do we really have to worry about that? No.
So either Babcock will be pissed about losing in the Olympics and he’ll have some gold-medal talent at his disposal to go after the cup, or he’ll be flush from winning and get to coach a bunch of guys that badly want to atone for their Olympic loss.
See? Look on the positive side. It’s win-win.
Posted by JordanHR from Toronto on 06/23/09 at 12:52 PM ET
With all of these distractions and such, this obviously does not bode well for #12 next year. But stranger things have happened.
Posted by Jeff from Loveland, CO on 06/23/09 at 12:52 PM ET
Iwo, I think you’re right on the players being picked. Gonchar may play but I can’t see it. The only way Fleury would play is if Brodeur or Luongo gets injured and even then, there’s still a very small chance. Or if he changes his citizenship to Germany or something.
Posted by Matt Fry from Winnipeg on 06/23/09 at 12:52 PM ET
What team in the league is going to compare to that? Pittsburgh? How many Olympians from that team, huh? Maybe as few as two. Seriously. Other than Thid and Malkin, name me two players who are locks for Vancouver.
Well before i begin, to be fair, you allowed yourself a ‘conservative’ list then ask penguin fans to name ‘locks’. I will afford myself a ‘conservative’ list as well.
Crosby
Malkin
Gonchar
Feds
Billy G.
Orpik
Scuderi
Sykora
Fleury
Letang
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 06/23/09 at 12:54 PM ET
G_to_L: I’d bet Conklin has a better chance of making the US team than Fleury does of making Canada’s.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 06/23/09 at 12:57 PM ET
Also? From the Pens? Gonchar is a lock, and I would bet a decent amount of coin that Orpik will be playing for team USA.
Nowhere near the Wings level of exhaustion, but those two will be in Vancouver, and possibly Hal Gill, Jordan Staal and Marc-Andre Fleury as well.
Posted by JordanHR from Toronto on 06/23/09 at 12:57 PM ET
This is kind of dangerous. Summer is usually when the Stress Train goes into the shop for maintenance.
Nope. Still rolling along. There’s a mechanic clinging to the underside, and another hanging out a window. A janitor has all the windows open, 10 fans on, and is trying to dilute the vomit with turpentine, which doesn’t do much since there was a lot of tupentine-and-vodka on the way down, before coming back up. And of course, he has to work around all of the bodies laying around in the fetal position mumbling curses about various types of birds. The shrapnel lodged in the walls from the grenade lobs in round 2 may become permanent. Voox is probably out restocking, at the moment.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 06/23/09 at 12:59 PM ET
G_to_L: I’d bet Conklin has a better chance of making the US team than Fleury does of making Canada’s.
I would say as equal a chance as Osgood has of making the team. Both have made it to the finals the past two years, each has won a cup the past two years. I would take Marty B, and Fleury and Osgood.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 06/23/09 at 01:00 PM ET
Babcock coaching the Canadian team has less than nothing to do with the Pens
Babcock coaching Crosby, and against Zetterberg, Lidstrom, et al, has nothing to do with the Penguins?
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/23/09 at 01:01 PM ET
GtoL: There is NO way Letang makes the Canadian team. Do you not realize how many top-notch defenders are vying for those spots. Off the very top of my head: Niedermayer, Pronger, Keith, Bouwmeester, Phaneuf, Green, Weber, Burns, Regher, Stuart, Vlasic, Coburn ... and in terms of young guys to bring just to watch and experience: Doughty, Schenn, Alzner are the future all-stars who will be there in 2010.
I like Letang. He’s a good young d-man, but no way in hell does he come any closer to Vancouver Olympic ice than a plane flight and some scalped tickets. Sorry.
I could see Fedotenko sneaking onto the Russian team though, he provides some grit that they’ll likely need on the 3rd/4th lines. Those first two Russian lines are going to be just SICK.
Posted by JordanHR from Toronto on 06/23/09 at 01:04 PM ET
“Which one is Hal Gill?
Posted by MarkK from Ithaca on 06/23/09 at 02:01 PM ET”
The one on the left. You know, the one with the ring.
Posted by Lucky on 06/23/09 at 01:05 PM ET
I could see Fedotenko sneaking onto the Russian team though, he provides some grit that they’ll likely need on the 3rd/4th lines. Those first two Russian lines are going to be just SICK.
Fedotenko plays for Ukraine, not Russia. “The Ukraine is weak.”
Posted by Russian Rocket on 06/23/09 at 01:11 PM ET
Fedotenko plays for Ukraine, not Russia. “The Ukraine is weak.”
Somewhere, in the back of my mind, I think I knew that. But anyway, he can definitely crack THAT roster.
Posted by JordanHR from Toronto on 06/23/09 at 01:22 PM ET
Which one is Hal Gill?
The one next to Lilja?
Fedotenko plays for Ukraine, not Russia. “The Ukraine is weak.”
“Fedotenko come from Ukraine. You not say Ukraine weak!”
Posted by Incognetis from Exile in Alabama on 06/23/09 at 01:33 PM ET
Well before i begin, to be fair, you allowed yourself a ‘conservative’ list then ask penguin fans to name ‘locks’. I will afford myself a ‘conservative’ list as well.
Crosby
Malkin
Gonchar
Feds
Billy G.
Orpik
Scuderi
Sykora
Fleury
Letang
Hahahahahahaha. Sorry. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Sorry again. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh wait were you serious?
Posted by stayouttamalibu from Temporarily in Tempe, AZ on 06/23/09 at 01:33 PM ET
Which one is Hal Gill?
Posted by MarkK from Ithaca on 06/23/09 at 02:01 PM ET
This one:
Gill will never suit up in the Olympics for Team USA - he would be a tremendous liability out there.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 06/23/09 at 01:40 PM ET
Well, I’ll be rooting for Team USA all the way (until they get eliminated). Really, I think I’d be happier with Sweden or Russia winning than Canada.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/23/09 at 01:41 PM ET
“Which one is Hal Gill?
Posted by MarkK from Ithaca on 06/23/09 at 02:01 PM ET”
The one on the left. You know, the one with the ring.
Burn, man. Burn.
Posted by John from Pittsburgh, PA (Wings fan for life!) on 06/23/09 at 01:51 PM ET
Crosby
Malkin
Gonchar
Feds
Billy G.
Orpik
Scuderi
Sykora
Fleury
Letang
Guerin=no
Orpik=no
Scuderi=no
Fleury=no
Letang=no
Posted by John W. from Lansing, MI on 06/23/09 at 01:51 PM ET
By the way - I’m Canadian, live in Vancouver, and have tickets to the Gold Medal game. Yet, I’m worried that as a Wings fan, I’ll be cheering for Sweden just because I like the players better.
What side do you choose - country or players?
That one is pretty easy. The team with the fewest Wing players. So F Sweden, probably.
Posted by rwhater on 06/23/09 at 01:55 PM ET
With all those distractions and such, this obviously does not bode well for #12 next year. But stranger things have happened.
The Wings won #10 in the same year as the Olympics. Yzerman, Shanahan, Chelios, and Hull all played for medaled teams, and other Wings played for their countries as well, including Lidstrom and Hasek. If I recall correctly, the players were excited to be a part of the Olympic teams and credited the event as providing a greater desire to win the Cup.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 06/23/09 at 02:01 PM ET
Well before i begin, to be fair, you allowed yourself a ‘conservative’ list then ask penguin fans to name ‘locks’. I will afford myself a ‘conservative’ list as well.
Sykora
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 06/23/09 at 01:54 PM ET
Is that the same Sykora that was a healthy scratch for most of the Cup finals? Yeah, definitely a shoo-in for the Czech team.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 06/23/09 at 02:01 PM ET
So, to ask the questions on everybody’s mind. Where will Kopecky be next year? Will he make the Slovakia team?
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 06/23/09 at 02:10 PM ET
If I recall correctly, the players were excited to be a part of the Olympic teams and credited the event as providing a greater desire to win the Cup.
Thanks for this reminder Aphaea; it made me feel much better about pooping my pants from Iwo’s post. We better start getting used to saying IIHF. Ass.
Country V. Players?
I choose players and great hockey. I love Russians and can’t wait to see Dangle feed Ovie; that’s going to be some sick isht. I’m looking forward to King Lidas showing the world that he is the best defenseman to ever lace up skates and, hopefully, make Cherry’s head explode when he leads them to the Gold. I’m not rooting for Sweden, just a Cherry head bomb.
Won’t Iginla be the captain for Canada? Any other viable choices?
Posted by Osrt on 06/23/09 at 02:18 PM ET
G_to_L: I’d bet Conklin has a better chance of making the US team than Fleury does of making Canada’s.
I would say as equal a chance as Osgood has of making the team. Both have made it to the finals the past two years, each has won a cup the past two years.
LOL @ Pen(i)s fans. So Osgood and Conklin have each won a Stanley Cup in the last two years. Hmm...this must be posted by the guy who watches Pittsburgh ‘win’ the 2008 Cup on NHL Center Ice in his Jackatoreum.
Ass.
Olympic Gold, Stanley Cup, or nothing at all, I’m proud of my Uncle Mike! He’s been a winner in any environment, I expect no less from him here. But Since I’m a native of the US I get to cheer for whoever I want, and it likely won’t be a team that has a sackpuncher on it. Just saying.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 06/23/09 at 02:21 PM ET
Crosby
Malkin
Gonchar
Feds
Billy G.
Orpik
Scuderi
Sykora
Fleury
Letang
Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you. I was having kind of a blah day, and I’m now in STICHES! Letang?? You mean AHL Letang? Hahahaha. Fleury? You mean Marc-OutplayedbyOzzieEveryFuckingGame-Andre Fleury? Oh my… this is quite a laugh.
The one on the left. You know, the one with the ring.
Yeah, the ring. Notice there’s no “s” at the end of that. Having a ring sets him apart from Hossa and Conklin alone. If you want to go by rings, you should probably talk smack on a board OTHER than one dedicated to the Red Wings. Fool.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 06/23/09 at 02:21 PM ET
Won’t Iginla be the captain for Canada? Any other viable choices?
Man, man, man...can you imagine?
I’ll tell you what. If Babcock and Yzerman select Thid as Captain Canada I’ll never say another negative word about him. That’ s my deal with the devil.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 06/23/09 at 02:21 PM ET
VooX, if Sakic decides to play, he’s the captain. And I can only think of one person better suited for the role, but he’s the Executive Director.
If not Sakic, then Iginla or Neidermayer. No way is Crosby going to be the captain.
Posted by Alzy from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada on 06/23/09 at 02:25 PM ET
But it’s best that we understand right up front the kind of toll this thing is going to take on the players, the coaches and the entire organ-I-zation.
+1. In addition, it was Pat Quinn who coached the gold-medal team in the Utah Winter Games.
I also agree with Getzlaf or Lecavalier being the #1 center for Team Canada. Getzlaf is a fratboy douchebag but holy hell, the SOB can play. And I’ve always wanted Lecavalier in a Wings sweater.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 06/23/09 at 02:26 PM ET
I’m not rooting for Sweden, just a Cherry head bomb.
I can’t remember the last time I rooted for Team USA; maybe in the 80s? I’ll be rooting for Team Sweden and Team Russia. It doesn’t matter to me which team wins, just as long as the cameras catch Cherry in an apoplectic rage. (Imagine Team Russia winning the gold against Team Canada. I’ll be wearing my Tre Kronor sweater and laughing maniacally as it goes down.)
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 06/23/09 at 02:30 PM ET
As for Team USA, I will cringe if they get Rob Dipietro again(!) as the starting USA keeper. I imagine Jimmy Howard (NY), Tom McCollum (NY), and Jordan Pearce (AK) will get an invite to audition for Team USA’s goalkeeper. So it’s not just the obvious stars on the Wings who will get their respective country’s calls; our young ‘uns in GR will get a look-see as well.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 06/23/09 at 02:33 PM ET
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This is kind of dangerous. Summer is usually when the Stress Train goes into the shop for maintenance.
Posted by monkey from Gary's World, setting fire to McCrimmon on 06/23/09 at 11:29 AM ET