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Yes Gary…I’m Still Awake
by IwoCPO on 10/28/07 at 10:33 PM ET
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You know, it takes a certain brand of ignorance to blame Gary Lenore Bettman every time I have to stay up late. If we were in the Eastern Conference, as baby Jesus intended, there would still be at least one trip to the Provinces each year. But this one’s easy. Twice in a span of three weeks? Yeah, I’m awake. But I’m pissed about it. Your Far West live blog starts now.
Actual news...Nik Kronwall’s injured...again. It’s a groin thing. Derek Meech makes his season debut tonite.
*****Stand By*****Stand By*****
2241: Just received word from AlanaH that she’s accepted my invite to co-live blog this shindig. Her comments will appear in the ongoing post comment section. She’s probably wasted beyond belief so don’t expect too much.
2244: Interesting. Zetterberg is second only to Shanny in shots (58 to 57). Yes Shanahan has exactly one goal.
2252: Speaking of Shanahan, should be an interesting reaction to doze off, then snap awake to the sight of #14 back on the ice. Meech, you’re aware, is wearing it.
2255: Homer’s goal was a replica of the one now credited to Zetterberg from Friday. Vancouver’s goal was a replica of the last fifty goals scored with Lilja on the ice.
2258: SRT with the first brilliant idea of the evening. I’ll be imbibing with every mention of Chelios’ age.
2300: Murphy just mentioned that Zetterberg won’t get any Selke consideration because his offensive numbers will be too big. Two seconds later he said it sure would be something if he won both the Hart and the Selke. I’ll always like Murph because he had no problem pounding a few during the postgame SCF press conferences in ‘97, but his broadcasting abilities often sadden me.
2305 (Alanah) I’m betting Bill falls asleep like a 2-year old before the end of the second period. I’m taking bets… anybody, anybody at all, really want to bet against this?? (P.S. Zetterberg’s streak is getting boring - and unpleasant)
2306: Oh...neat. There’s AlanaH. I just emailed a question to Ken and Murph. You guys will know it if you see it.
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2311: Watch out AlanaH. Zetterberg looks even more energized than usual tonite. Trouble on the horizon. You should probably just go to bed.
2315: Clark, you sneaky bastard. Are you really Colleen from Woodhaven?
2320 (Alanah): Zetterberg is indeed energized… must be all that daytime cold medication he’s freebasing. And then there’s Holstrom. I only regret I didn’t catch him on video this morning…
2320: Daniels just mentioned the 8pm EST start time in Calgary on Thursday. Read a forum post from Flame fans today whining about that, about the “Detroit conspiracy.”
2322: I fell asleep AlanaH. What just happened?
2326: Funny. I was gonna mention that little masterpiece earlier today, but I found it to be juvenile. We don’t do juvenile here.
2331: AlanaH’s too wasted on wine coolers to figure out how to post in the body of the post, so she’s shifted to the comments...where she’s claiming I’m editing her childish scrawl. That’s just frigging sad. I never edit anyone’s input. Unless your name’s Thhhhomas.
2338 (Alanah): (Oh, shut up, Sailor Boy...)
- They’re the only ones in the league that call themselves “Hockeytown” with a straight face.
- They’re singularly convinced that Hasek and his groin can bring them another Cup.
- Tell them you’re a Canucks fan and they’ll immediately mention Lidstrom’s goal from center ice in the 2002 playoffs. (Ugh)
- They’re known to say insane things about the city of Detroit, like “You should visit. It’s lovely here in the summer.”
- They smell like eight-legged, dead sea creatures.
- They’ve been known to write hockey blogs that tell so many lies, they require a glossary to interpret the chaos.
(okay, I’m finished. Return to your regularly scheduled Canucks insults now...)
2340: We don’t keep a straight face when we talk about Hockeytown anymore. Too bad half of us have tattoos with that word. Know anything about tattoos AlanaH? Most of us are too drunk to pronounce “singularly” much less write it. Detroit IS lovely in the summer. You should try it during the postseason, since there’s nothing to do in Vancouver past April.
2348: I asked two questions: one about the Monty Babcock Flying Circus and another about Murphy’s extracurricular activities when he visited Vancouver. I’d give the former a much better chance of getting on the air.
2354: Chris Osgood is better than Roberto Luongo. No not really. That save on Zetterberg was a good one, even though Hank had no choice but to go to the backhand.
Midnite....thanks Gary...ass: Seeing the Wings consistently gain the zone on the power play really makes me miss Jason Williams. Just thinking about him lose the puck every time he tried to bring it up still pisses me off. Cooke’s hit then Maltby’s open door incident just made for a much more interesting game. Hopefully AlanaH can stay awake to see it.
0006: Baseball dumb in Denver. Red Sox just won. Seconds after the final out, security men ring the field. Ummm....yeah. Not much chance of the Colorado fans storming the field after they just got swept.
0009 (Alanah): (stupid military time...) Anyway, Canucks score. (Whoo!) And yeah, I didn’t miss Maltby’s cheap shot… (Gee, how shocking! Ugh) Which brings me to this for some reason…
0013: Dammit AlanaH...I was just about to look at that link but then Hudler scored, another last minute goal. That’s gotta hurt just a little.
0015: SRT, we gotta come up with some other device. Only one mention of Chelios’ age.
0023: Good call SRT. If I was stupid enough to drive I’d have to go get another six pack to play by that rule. Murphy’s definitely good for at least twenty more drinks.
0028: Jesus Baroque. Isn’t it bad enough that I have to put up with AlanaH and now you? My tolerance is at least one beer better than your standard high schooler. That’s what two drunk years at Northern did for me.
0035: Daniels: “Lilja, stumbling a bit...” Now there’s a stretch. Anaheim lost to Edmonton tonite, falling to 4-8-1. What a shame.
0039 (Alanah): Ya know, I’m listening to the Canucks broadcast and all I’m hearing is how great Detroit is. Geezus… I could use some homerism right now. Homer commentary is HIGHLY under-rated.
0045: They sound refreshingly honest AlanaH. You should revel in that. I see the Canucks are hitting a bit more. Wonder if they’ve watched the San Jose tapes from Friday.
0057: Gotta give Daniels and Murph credit. They’re right in pointing out the quality ice time Uncle Mike’s giving the kids in the final five minutes. Meech looks composed and Hudler’s having his best game of the year.
0102: So the goal doesn’t count, but the puck stays in Detroit’s end, and now a penalty called on Draper. Either way you look at it that was an amazingly stupid play by Osgood. Up by two goals? Sure. One...gotta go up the Wing.
0102 (Alanah): “Refreshingly honest”? Bah. They’re falling down on the job. Like me—and like you, Sailor Boy, for that matter. (P.S. Linden vs Chelios… for some reason the expression “bitch-slap” comes to mind. You just know that someone is going to break a nail...)
0109 (Alanah): Gee, that was so much fun. Glad to know that the cheating, lying dirt-bag ways of Detroit STILL prevail in the NHL. Some things just never change...! 
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Hudler has been playing well tonight.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/28/07 at 11:53 PM ET
Osgood brain fart.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/29/07 at 12:01 AM ET
Just a reminder friends, no matter what happened against the Ducks last spring, it’s also illegal to push the goalie into the net.
As Larry now mentions.
Posted by Clark on 10/29/07 at 12:02 AM ET
Hudler has played well. That last play by Meech was awesome; that won me over. AND he can skate without stumbling about...hint hint…
Ok..Lidstrom is officially God:
Ozzy...memories of San Jose in 94..eek..
hahaha.. “when the ref in his mind is blowing the whistle..”
Ok, next game against them, we just whoop their but without any of this “oh we couldashoulda had that” ...
Posted by srt on 10/29/07 at 12:03 AM ET
Good win. Smart money says Ozzy never tries to score an open net goal again.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 10/29/07 at 12:04 AM ET
hahaha.. “when the ref in his mind is blowing the whistle..”
That makes me laugh, too. Like asking them to converse with the voices in their head on disputed calls.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/29/07 at 12:06 AM ET
Why don’t they show the official three stars?? That’s annoying.
Umm...John Keating is as tall as Hudler on skates(!!)
Posted by srt on 10/29/07 at 12:08 AM ET
Smart money says Ozzy never tries to score an open net goal again.
Ozzy will score a goal this season. He wants it so bad that he’ll risk the game. Hey, Dom has no method to his madness, right? Ozzy is just tryin to be an “offensive goaltender”. :D
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/29/07 at 12:09 AM ET
0109 (Alanah): Gee, that was so much fun. Glad to know that the cheating, lying dirt-bag ways of Detroit STILL prevail in the NHL. Some things just never change...!
They gotta do something after flying over 2400 miles to play 3+ hours past their bedtime.
What is sad is that Detroit overcomes the bullcrap of legitimate goals for waived off, bias refs, the 10pm games that don’t get over ‘til 1am. Only to be called cheats…
I love it
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/29/07 at 12:21 AM ET
Anyone else watching this...anyone else a masochist.
Murphy teaching kids how to pass but basically saying “yea, yea, like that”
wow...he is the only person I would wish balding on just so he doesn’t have a choice but to get rid of that hairstyle; he is obviously not responsible enough to handle it…
Posted by srt on 10/29/07 at 12:22 AM ET
Ugh. Okay, Detroit deserved to win that (dammit, I hate that...)
Congrats, Wings’ fans. It’s been fun, but I’m going to drown myself in Molson Canadian now.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 10/29/07 at 12:28 AM ET
Anyone else watching this...anyone else a masochist.
Not me. I usually only watch post-game and pre-game yak-yak for highlights and injury reports, and switch to another channel during the other segments.
Maybe Murphy uses the same stylist as Donald Trump. Bad, bad, bad.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/29/07 at 12:28 AM ET
Good game. Time for sleep.
‘Night, all.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/29/07 at 12:36 AM ET
Osgood looked awesome tonight. If you don’t count that last thing.
Posted by scheisskopf from Baltimore, Maryland on 10/29/07 at 12:39 AM ET
Did anybody else catch that malapropism of Murph’s when he was talking about how tall Luongo is?
“You can’t see any of the net when you go down on Luongo.”
Ew.
Posted by Shawn from Menlo Park, CA on 10/29/07 at 01:16 AM ET
Complain all you want about staying up late to watch the Wings.....I pray for the Armed Forced Network to show a Wings game, and when they do, I have to get up EARLY for it......
But I wouldn’t miss it for anything.
Posted by DJ from South Korea on 10/29/07 at 05:13 AM ET
DJ: Can you get Centerice online? If you can, then you can watch most of the Wings games on the computer.
Posted by w2j2 on 10/29/07 at 08:32 AM ET
Well I was watching the game after giving up on the World Series. Sigh. At least the Wings gave me a much needed sports victory. Arrrrgggh, Red Sox fans!
Back to the sport at hand. Nice game from Hulder and Val especially.
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 10/29/07 at 09:57 AM ET
DJ, I’ll complain all I want to. I just gave away my real location on another post, so I might as well say that where I am, all I get is NASN, and as hard as I lobby, they only carry a limited number of Wings games. And the three-hour time difference for West Coast road games is nothing compared to the five-hour one I have for home games. The eight-hour difference is a real killer. Which is why I never get in on these live blogs, unfortunately. Doesn’t stop me from recording the games and watching them later, though.
Can’t even get Center Ice online because of licensing agreements, so I’ll throw my voice behind the consensus though. Thanks Gary...Ass.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from the NHL Desert on 10/29/07 at 01:53 PM ET
Ah, pish-posh. Most of the complaining is just good-natured grumbling.
@ hockeychic: Sorry about the Rockies. I had a sick feeling as soon as they came off that long layoff, because it wasn’t good for my Tigers last year, either. You’ve got a good young team, though, and they played great. The unexpectedness of the playoffs makes them even sweeter.
(And I’m past blaming Bettman for the West coast road trips. I blame plate tectonics, because if the stupid North American continent wasn’t so wide in the first place it wouldn’t cover so many time zones!)
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/29/07 at 02:54 PM ET
Baroque - Thanks for your comments. It has been a bad two years for me World Series-wise. Last year, the Tigers and this year the Rockies. We had a heck of a ride anyway.
Anyway, at least I can turn my full attention to hockey now without being distracted!
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 10/29/07 at 05:02 PM ET
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When Thornton attempted that blind sided cheap shot at Hank, wasn’t that similar to the Bertuzzi hit on Moore - minus the consequences?
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/28/07 at 11:52 PM ET