Sunday's game saw a slow start from the defending champs, a soft goal from Ozzie but they were unaffected by it because with one wicked wrister from Dan Cleary the Wings were up & flying & the youngins from chicago didn't know what hit them. If it wasn't for some big time save from Khabibulanblowz in the second period, the wings would have completely embarrassed the hawks. The 5 - 2 score doesn't really paint the real picture, it was much more lopsided than the score seems to indicate.
There is no team in the NHL that can run & gun with the wings, Pittsburgh maybe, the Pens may have enough fire power to do it but there is no one in the western conference & the Blackhawks tried to play the wings that way & it blew up in their face. If they have a shot of stealing any games this series, they need to study long & hard the Ducks approach to the Wings.
So the Hawks need to clog up the ice, suffocate in their man to man coverage, play dirty, pay off the refs to call crap calls, cross check the wings in the neck & head at any given time, punch them after every whistle & complain to the refs about everything the wings do cause it's this type of play that is like kryptonite to the Wings.
My only complaint of Sundays game is that Hossa, Datsyuk are still struggling to generate anything substantial. Don't get me wrong I think they will break out of this but we can't win it all this year if they don't produce.
Go Wings
Monday, May 18, 2009
Game "Won"
Posted by Mark "C" at 6:33 PM
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I agree, however, I would not say "Hossa, Datsyuk are struggling."
What is struggling? True, they are not lighting up the stats like other one dimensional teams like Pittsburgh and Washington, but do not minimize what they do on the ice. While opponents are focused on Hossa, Datsyuk and Zetterberg, it has allowed others like Franzen, Cleary and, the most dangerous player in the NHL, Darren Helm to capitalize on the tired defense.
Hossa, Datsyuk are not standing around, they are hitting, checking, causing turnovers, in-fact, many times, they are directly responsible for the goals of the other role players.
Detroit is wining. Stop whining:)
Go wings!
The Hawks will beat the Red Wings. Come over to the dark side you weak minded fool!
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