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Ducks Just Weren’t Good Enough
by Paul on 05/08/09 at 07:04 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
The Red Wings’ offense was too deep to be stifled by the Ducks forever.
The question for the Ducks now is whether they can silence it again after it awoke with a roar on Thursday.
Stirred by Coach Mike Babcock’s astute line juggling—and benefiting from sloppy defensive play by a Ducks team that missed rugged defenseman James Wisniewski—the Red Wings scored twice in the second period and twice in the third to roll to a 6-3 victory that tied the teams’ second-round playoff series at two games each.
“We had a pretty decent start, but we kind of lost our game after that,” said goaltender Jonas Hiller, less than invincible in yielding five goals on 33 shots before he was replaced by Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
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You know what makes me really happy? Whatever was goin on with Hiller, all the confidence he had, however he was feelin before. . . he’s definitely rattled now, and that’s not gunna change.
. . .It gives me a fuzzy feeling inside
Posted by WingsforStanley on 05/08/09 at 07:11 AM ET
Missing an important defenseman is not be an excuse, Helene… The Wings were just better last night.
Posted by drimo from Cincinnati, OH on 05/08/09 at 08:01 AM ET
Missing an important defenseman is not be an excuse, Helene…
You mean like oh…say…Rafalski?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 05/08/09 at 08:17 AM ET
The Ducks’ first-line center played only 15 minutes 55 seconds, about 10 minutes below his average, and a teammate said Getzlaf was ill. The Ducks would not confirm that.
Gutslaff isn’t “ill”. He’s hurt.
Near the end of the game on Tuesday, the Fox Sports Detroit feed showed Gutsless on the bench holding his side and grimacing in pain. I guess the pounding he’s taken from Stuart, Jonny and the forwards finally caught up with him. Or maybe he strained a muscle trying to punch someone in the back of the head after the whistle. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 05/08/09 at 09:14 AM ET
Near the end of the game on Tuesday, the Fox Sports Detroit feed showed Gutsless on the bench holding his side and grimacing in pain. I guess the pounding he’s taken from Stuart, Jonny and the forwards finally caught up with him. Or maybe he strained a muscle trying to punch someone in the back of the head after the whistle.
I caught a stream from TSN, and they showed a play where Getzlaf was going up the boards, and he checked Filppula, who fell towards the boards in front of him. Getzlaf’s right leg was kind of trapped between the boards and Wally, and after that he was skating a little gingerly. They were speculating a slightly twisted knee, but didn’t think it was serious because if it had been he wouldn’t have been on the ice at all after that.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/08/09 at 11:38 AM ET
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. . .Somethin like that, whatever happened it ain’t commin back. . . IT’S OVER
Posted by WingsforStanley on 05/08/09 at 07:09 AM ET