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Shut Up & Play
by Paul on 05/26/09 at 08:50 AM ET
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from Steve Rosenbloom of RosenBlog at the Chicago Tribune,
Revenge in the playoffs is for suckers. Get your payback in the last five minutes of a blowout next season. The Wings know this. The Hawks players don’t, Their coach ought to.
Quenneville didn’t want to revisit his tantrum on Monday. Good. Fine. But it might be too late because blaming the officials for blowing the biggest game of the year gave his players an excuse for their inexcusable play, which is inexcusable fro a coach.
But by not commenting on his pricey comments, perhaps Quenneville’s getting back to the right strategy: shut up and play.
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who cares how the Hawks play it other than “learning for the future”? they never had a chance in this series anyhow. anyone who thought so had extremely large blinders on hoping for Magic.
classless plays? sure.
at the same time, Kronwall’s trademark “i wait for buddy passes up the boards to cream dudes on breakouts” is just as classless. he waits for vulnerable positions on players to do his “violent hits”. every other time he’s a total pussy. dudes who dont transport the puck like him and Scott Stevens are just opportunist pussies. act hard because you dont have to on the other side of the puck.
im a fan of neither team, but if i was chicago id have a goon absolutely destroy that dude - while hes turtling for his life playing “with class”.
if he tried a play like that back in the 80s on someone like Gretzky, he would be dead.
Posted by Death Metal Nightmare from MKE on 05/26/09 at 09:24 AM ET
Though I think that Detroit would have won the game regardless of circumstances, it’s the coach’s job to give his team a fighting chance through proper preparation and a level head in the locker room (and behind the bench). Apparently, Quenneville failed to do either. That’s inexcusable. Unless you’re the Detroit Red Wings, playing in the Western Conference final isn’t a yearly occurance and something to make the most of when getting the opportunity.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 05/26/09 at 09:40 AM ET
Kronwall’s trademark “i wait for buddy passes up the boards to cream dudes on breakouts” is just as classless. he waits for vulnerable positions on players to do his “violent hits”.
he routinely hits the guy carrying the puck. you’d know this if you watched more of the Red Wings than just their games against Chicago.
every other time he’s a total pussy. dudes who dont transport the puck like him and Scott Stevens are just opportunist pussies.
Kronwall doesn’t transport the puck? that couldn’t be because he’s a defenseman and that’s not their job, could it?
act hard because you dont have to on the other side of the puck.
yeah, Kronwall never has to dig the puck out of the corners while opposing forwards are lining him up. it’s not like that’s what defensemen are paid to do. Kronwall gets out of the way and lets them have the puck - that’s why the Wings win so much.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/26/09 at 10:36 AM ET
I agree with the author. If the team perceives that the hit was that bad of a hit, address it on the ice during the regular season, not during the conference finals. Kronwall is not going anywhere anytime soon.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 05/26/09 at 01:14 PM ET
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That pretty much sums up why we won the way we did. Their continual parade to the box gave the Wings so many chances to blow the game open pretty wide. Chicago is lucky they got out of it losing by only five goals.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 05/26/09 at 09:15 AM ET