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I wanted to point you to some coverage in today’s New York Times Hockey Blog about the economic chaos that surrounds us in Detroit amidst the Stanley Cup Finals. Oh, and will somebody else please second me … Journey sucks. At the Joe, Detroiters Sing “Don’t Stop Believin’ “ – [...] Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports makes some good points about how the NHL’s decision to give a pass to last-minute-instigator Evgeni Malkin makes a joke of the league’s rules and undermines the credibility of the rule makers. NHL uses only rules that are convenient – NHL – Yahoo! Sports I think it’s notable that the NBC and NHL Network suits find it necessary to continually pump up the value of Sidney Crosby and last-minute-puncher Evgeni Malkin. Their memes (bouncy boards, lucky rookies) suggests that the Wings are nothing more than an underclass team who’s getting lucky against the best two hockey players [...] I’ll update more during tonight’s game, but the one thing that’s been driving me crazy about the coverage from last night’s game is the obsession that the sportswriters have had with the boards at the Joe. Boards frustrate Pens as pucks bounce Wings’ way – NHL – Yahoo! Sports Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals was one where the Chicago Blackhawks finally showed up. The Hawks let the Red Wings, and the hockey world, know that they’ve got talent and will be a force to contend with in the future. Hell, even the team’s backup goalie, who is from [...] The Detroit News followed up on Coach Mike Babcock’s post-game press conference promise to get Kirk Maltby in the lineup for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. Most of the Red Wings regulars weren’t on the ice Wednesday morning, but Kirk Maltby was. Then again, Maltby has been a healthy scratch the last three games. [...] Mikael Samuelsson, assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Jiri Hudler, scored his fifth goal of the playoffs to send the Red Wings to a 3-2 win in Game 2 of the 2009 Western Conference Finals. The Red Wings now hold a 2-0 series lead as both teams prepare for Friday night’s Game 3 at the United [...] The Red Wings taught the upstart Chicago Blackhawks a few things about playoff hockey on Sunday afternoon. The first lesson is, your stars will get smothered. Our first line of Zetterberg, Cleary and Franzen rendered the Blackhawks’ young stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane nearly ineffective. The second lesson is, be patient. Seven games makes for a [...] Thanks to a Dan Cleary goal with 3 minutes left in the third period, the Detroit Red Wings finally closed out their series against the Anaheim Ducks. It was a series as close as expected and the first seven game series since the Wings closed out the Colorado Avalanche in 2002. Anaheim stood tall, coming back [...] |
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