So now the excuses come out, eh?

Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 09/26/09 at 11:21 AM ET

Hossa said the injury worsened during the Wings’ run to the Stanley Cup finals last season as he was limited to three assists in the seven-game series…

It’s a bit odd that when either Holland or Babcock talked about the guys who played with injuries during the playoffs that Hossa’s name never came up. Maybe Marian never told them he was injured.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/26/09 at 11:47 AM ET

His numbers did come down a bit from the previous playoff season playing w/ Pit. But his ice-time fell too,so that could have been part of the reason for his offensive decline.

07-08 Penguins   20, 12-14- 26, +8, 20:60
08-09 Red Wings 23, 6-9-15, +5 , 18:38

This is just one more bullet in the gun that is the Red Wings’ fan’s excuse for losing the S.C. Finals to Pit.  Injuries. I’m sure they had an effect on the series, but that’s all part of the game. Isn’t that one of the attributes that makes Lidstrom so great, his ability to stay healthy. Just sayin’.

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 09/26/09 at 12:53 PM ET

This is just one more bullet in the gun that is the Red Wings’ fan’s excuse for losing the S.C. Finals to Pit.

The only one who brought it up here is you. Fanning the flames in your usual passive-aggressive way. So sad.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/26/09 at 02:59 PM ET

The only one who brought it up here is you.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids

Like nobody’s ever used the injury excuse this summer!
Maybe not yet on this post but give it time.

OTC, why so sensitve? Did I write something factual wrong?

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 09/26/09 at 03:49 PM ET

Like nobody’s ever used the injury excuse this summer!
Maybe not yet on this post but give it time.

Oh, I see. My mistake. You’re not talking about now. You’re still living in the past…obsessing about what happened last spring and what some Wings fan said at some point this summer. Right. Got it. You still haven’t figured out how to move on. Well, that too is just…so sad.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/26/09 at 05:09 PM ET

You still haven’t figured out how to move on. Well, that too is just…so sad.

See posts by ts1sadniL for more proof.

Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 09/26/09 at 07:20 PM ET

@Lindas:

Kill yourself.

Posted by mike from austin on 09/26/09 at 07:22 PM ET

...... what some Wings fan said at some point this summer
OTC-Why do you feel like it’s your responsibility to defend them?
You take everything so personally. I wasn’t commenting about you. You just admitted as much. Relax, I do beleive there’s an ointment for that though. You should get some and try it.

Posted by MOWingsfan19.
Who is this ts1sadniL you speak of. Is somebody out there trying to impersonate me in reverse? I hope not. This can not stand!  There should be sactions! Or something, whatever it is they do to whoever did whatever to me.

Posted by mike from austin
Hi Mike, I don’t beleive we’ve met before?Allow me to… oh, frig you.

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 09/26/09 at 09:10 PM ET

Relax, I do beleive there’s an ointment for that though. You should get some and try it….Who is this ts1sadniL you speak of. Is somebody out there trying to impersonate me in reverse?

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 09/26/09 at 10:10 PM ET

Speak for yourself. I left some with Linda last night. Go upstairs and ask her for it. Works wonders.

Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 09/26/09 at 09:30 PM ET

You take everything so personally.

And in true passive-aggressive mode, you point the finger at someone else for the very thing you do yourself. No one said anything about Wings fans complaining about last spring’s Finals until you dredged it up. You, Mr. Passive-Aggressive, are the one who takes everything personally.

I do beleive there’s an ointment for that though.

Um, what is it you “beleive” in? Oh, right. Got it. You can’t spell any better than you can make a “cogent” argument. Maybe you should stick to commenting on Pens-related posts. Over “there” they aren’t smart enough to know how to spell or how to make relevant posts.

Bye, bye now. Have a nice season. Too bad you never did learn how to enjoy the Pens “victory” last spring. So sad. Just so damn sad.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/26/09 at 10:24 PM ET

You got me Cheli,
I can’t spell no good and my gramma sucks, so you win!

BUTyou wrote:
No one said anything about Wings fans complaining about last spring’s Finals
until you dredged it up.

I didn’t write that anyone was complaining either. I just wrote it’s another excuse that some Red Wing fans will use in the future. It’s just a prognostication (good word, hah) I made based on past observations.

Seriously, do you think some fans will point to that (Hossa injury)as a reason for the lose in the future? I do. That’s all I’m saying.
I think you just like to argue with me. Don’t worry there(?) will be future posts that you can confront me on, ‘cause you always do.

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 09/27/09 at 01:29 PM ET

I didn’t write that anyone was complaining either. I just wrote it’s another excuse that some Red Wing fans will use in the future.

And you didn’t say that to “stir things up” with those fans the way you like to do, right, Linda? Nah. You wouldn’t do something like that.

Don’t worry there(?) will be future posts that you can confront me on…

Every time you drag out that tired old passive-aggresive play plan of yours, Linda, I definitely will confront you about it. And since you obviously can’t stop yourself from playing that role in Wings-related posts, I’m sure I’ll have plenty of opportunities to do that.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/27/09 at 06:49 PM ET