Its on like Donkey Kong - Stanley Cup Finals

[YoungJRNY]

The Pens are on a mission and Pittsburgh is WAYYY overdue to bringing lord Stanley back to Pittsburgh. We almost brought it home last year, and if we make it this year, I don't see us losing. This team is too determined, young, and talented to let another slip away, esp. a 2nd shot for the 2nd straight year at the Cup.

Excuse me. Chicago is WAYYY longer overdue. 48 years.
And in our last shot at the Cup Finals, it was taken from us by... um, who was that again now?

You had yours, and Detroit has had theirs (many times over). It's Chicago's turn, baby!

Taken from you? We didn't take anything. We completely slaughtered you guys, and won an easy Stanley Cup series, 4-0. That's not taking, that's destroying. Stop making it sound like you deserved it.

We had ours...what 17 years ago? 48 years/17 years it doesn't matter. Who's counting anymore. Point is, both clubs are LONG overdue to bring in a Championship, but Pittsburgh has a higher standard from their sports teams as does teams from Chicago, and Chicago is a pretty damn sports city that highly demands. 17 years to Pittsburgh is doubled that of 48 for Chicago. It's just the way we think here. Sports is a way of life.

49/18 years, dont matter,,, see ya'll next year ! The Cup stays in HockeyTown

Your setting yourself up B If by any chance you don't repeat, your going to get slammed. It'll be like the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in WWII from all of us. But, if you do win, no big deal, since it'll be nothin' new. More people will care to see Detroit lose than to see them win.

[Behshad]

The Pens are on a mission and Pittsburgh is WAYYY overdue to bringing lord Stanley back to Pittsburgh. We almost brought it home last year, and if we make it this year, I don't see us losing. This team is too determined, young, and talented to let another slip away, esp. a 2nd shot for the 2nd straight year at the Cup.

Excuse me. Chicago is WAYYY longer overdue. 48 years.
And in our last shot at the Cup Finals, it was taken from us by... um, who was that again now?

You had yours, and Detroit has had theirs (many times over). It's Chicago's turn, baby!

Taken from you? We didn't take anything. We completely slaughtered you guys, and won an easy Stanley Cup series, 4-0. That's not taking, that's destroying. Stop making it sound like you deserved it.

We had ours...what 17 years ago? 48 years/17 years it doesn't matter. Who's counting anymore. Point is, both clubs are LONG overdue to bring in a Championship, but Pittsburgh has a higher standard from their sports teams as does teams from Chicago, and Chicago is a pretty damn sports city that highly demands. 17 years to Pittsburgh is doubled that of 48 for Chicago. It's just the way we think here. Sports is a way of life.

49/18 years, dont matter,,, see ya'll next year ! The Cup stays in HockeyTown

Your setting yourself up B If by any chance you don't repeat, your going to get slammed. It'll be like the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in WWII from all of us. But, if you do win, no big deal, since it'll be nothin' new. More people will care to see Detroit lose than to see them win.

Talking trash is half the fun bro. If Detroit lose , I'll cheer for the Hawks
I tell you one thing tho , the duck soup was tasty last nite but roasted penguins will taste even better , specially 2 years in the row.
May the best team win

[Uno_up]

What a game 7 last night! I wish Marc Savard was a Canadien. It kills me to like a Bruin. It's like whacking it to your sister. It feels so wrong. Not that I do that. But it seems like it would be frowned upon. But I digress.

I predict a Pens/Wings rematch is on the horizon.

Pens over Canes in 6.
Wings over Hawks in 6.

[StevePerryHair]

The Pens are on a mission and Pittsburgh is WAYYY overdue to bringing lord Stanley back to Pittsburgh. We almost brought it home last year, and if we make it this year, I don't see us losing. This team is too determined, young, and talented to let another slip away, esp. a 2nd shot for the 2nd straight year at the Cup.

Excuse me. Chicago is WAYYY longer overdue. 48 years.
And in our last shot at the Cup Finals, it was taken from us by... um, who was that again now?

You had yours, and Detroit has had theirs (many times over). It's Chicago's turn, baby!

Taken from you? We didn't take anything. We completely slaughtered you guys, and won an easy Stanley Cup series, 4-0. That's not taking, that's destroying. Stop making it sound like you deserved it.

We had ours...what 17 years ago? 48 years/17 years it doesn't matter. Who's counting anymore. Point is, both clubs are LONG overdue to bring in a Championship, but Pittsburgh has a higher standard from their sports teams as does teams from Chicago, and Chicago is a pretty damn sports city that highly demands. 17 years to Pittsburgh is doubled that of 48 for Chicago. It's just the way we think here. Sports is a way of life.

49/18 years, dont matter,,, see ya'll next year ! The Cup stays in HockeyTown

Your setting yourself up B If by any chance you don't repeat, your going to get slammed. It'll be like the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in WWII from all of us. But, if you do win, no big deal, since it'll be nothin' new. More people will care to see Detroit lose than to see them win.

Talking trash is half the fun bro. If Detroit lose , I'll cheer for the Hawks
I tell you one thing tho , the duck soup was tasty last nite but roasted penguins will taste even better , specially 2 years in the row.
May the best team win

Penguins are NOT food

[YoungJRNY]

The Pens are on a mission and Pittsburgh is WAYYY overdue to bringing lord Stanley back to Pittsburgh. We almost brought it home last year, and if we make it this year, I don't see us losing. This team is too determined, young, and talented to let another slip away, esp. a 2nd shot for the 2nd straight year at the Cup.

Excuse me. Chicago is WAYYY longer overdue. 48 years.
And in our last shot at the Cup Finals, it was taken from us by... um, who was that again now?

You had yours, and Detroit has had theirs (many times over). It's Chicago's turn, baby!

Taken from you? We didn't take anything. We completely slaughtered you guys, and won an easy Stanley Cup series, 4-0. That's not taking, that's destroying. Stop making it sound like you deserved it.

We had ours...what 17 years ago? 48 years/17 years it doesn't matter. Who's counting anymore. Point is, both clubs are LONG overdue to bring in a Championship, but Pittsburgh has a higher standard from their sports teams as does teams from Chicago, and Chicago is a pretty damn sports city that highly demands. 17 years to Pittsburgh is doubled that of 48 for Chicago. It's just the way we think here. Sports is a way of life.

49/18 years, dont matter,,, see ya'll next year ! The Cup stays in HockeyTown

Your setting yourself up B If by any chance you don't repeat, your going to get slammed. It'll be like the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in WWII from all of us. But, if you do win, no big deal, since it'll be nothin' new. More people will care to see Detroit lose than to see them win.

Talking trash is half the fun bro. If Detroit lose , I'll cheer for the Hawks
I tell you one thing tho , the duck soup was tasty last nite but roasted penguins will taste even better , specially 2 years in the row.
May the best team win

Penguins are NOT food

LMAO. We are the prey

[Behshad]

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... &start=510


Y'all remember this thread last year!?:)

[StevePerryHair]

:)

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... &start=510


Y'all remember this thread last year!?:)

That's great!! You can hold on to those wonderful awesome memories which will soon fade further into the distance

[YoungJRNY]

Great find, B. That's a helluva fun to look back at that. I like what I had to say and I quote:

....We'll be back

.. and here we are today, 1 series win away from a rematch of the '08 Stanley Cup finals.

Damn I hope we don't fold and we get another shot. It'll be Creed/Balboa II.

[RedWingFan]

Great find, B. That's a helluva fun to look back at that. I like what I had to say and I quote:

....We'll be back

.. and here we are today, 1 series win away from a rematch of the '08 Stanley Cup finals.

Damn I hope we don't fold and we get another shot. It'll be Creed/Balboa II.

Yeah. It'll be just like that. Except your best player from last year, now plays for the Wings!!!

[treetopovskaya]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

[RedWingFan]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

[treetopovskaya]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

[bluejeangirl76]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

This is true... Ducks gave those Wingers one serious hell of a run for their money!

Hawks will do the same.

[treetopovskaya]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

This is true... Ducks gave those Wingers one serious hell of a run for their money!

Hawks will do the same.

}:C)

[treetopovskaya]

sorry osgood... but you're going down...

(muahahahahaa!)

[RedWingFan]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

Game 7? You don't get the cup for that. All you get is the opportunity to skate off the ice like gay lovers like the clowns in your av!!!

[RedWingFan]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

This is true... Ducks gave those Wingers one serious hell of a run for their money!

Hawks will do the same.

Bet with your head, not your heart! Nearly all the experts disagree with you and Treetop! The Wings will win in 5 maybe 6.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... ml?eref=T1
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/postseason/expertpicks
http://espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/ne ... erts-picks
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flash ... llId=71657

[bluejeangirl76]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

This is true... Ducks gave those Wingers one serious hell of a run for their money!

Hawks will do the same.

Bet with your head, not your heart! Nearly all the experts disagree with you and Treetop! The Wings will win in 5 maybe 6.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... ml?eref=T1
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/postseason/expertpicks
http://espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/ne ... erts-picks

I didn't say anything about who would win... I said the Hawks will give them a run for their money. The Wings had a hard time with an 8th seed.... a team that took out the Sharks. These are things Anaheim should be proud of, even if they fell out.

[Indyjoe]

go hawks! beat those chicken wings!! }:C)

Chicken wings are obviously better than roasted duck!!

get over yourself... we took you to game 7 & fought back after digging ourselves into a big hole... chicken wings aren't all that & the hawks are gonna take it to ya. ducks wore your guys down. hawks are going to finish what ducks started!

GO SAMMY!! }=C))

[RedWingFan]

(i'll proly be playing mini golf myself tomorrow... *sigh*)

Hey Treetop. Would you be a sweetheart and run off 15,000 copies of this and pass them out at the game tonight before all them disrespectful dumbasses start chanting "Red Wings suck"??? Thanks hun!

Anaheim columnist: Wings are the most successful organization in pro sports

By MARK WHICKER
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

ANAHEIM -- You win Stanley Cups in June.

Sometimes before the summer solstice, when the guys in the white gloves bring out the silver, across a carpet on slushy ice.

Sometimes afterward, deep into the debris of the second day of the NHL entry draft, when someone numbly announces that, with the 210th pick overall in 1999, the Detroit Red Wings take Henrik Zetterberg.

That's the same Zetterberg who was the Conn Smythe Award winner in '08 as the most valuable player in the postseason, an Olympic gold medalist for Sweden in 2006.

"I was too little," Zetterberg said Monday, referring to that '99 draft. "I wasn't ready to be drafted high at that point. I hadn't played much internationally. So I was fortunate that somebody saw me and took a chance."

But then when you pick that low, it really isn't much of a chance.

There was not a murmur in the room when the Red Wings got to the 53rd pick in 1989 (Nicklas Lidstrom, six Norris Trophies), or the 210th pick in '99 (Pavel Datsyuk, reigning Selke Trophy winner).

Or the 95th pick in 2002 (Valtteri Filppula, 40 points this season), or the 97th pick in 2004 (Johan Franzen, 34 regular season goals, a league-high 20 goals in the past two postseasons).

Or the 257th pick in 1994 (Tomas Holmstrom, four Stanley Cups, 189 regular-season goals).

Or the 291st pick in 2002. That was the final pick of the whole draft. By then the coffee machines are empty and most teams have already packed away their computers.

Detroit chose that moment to take Jonathan Ericsson, who has played alongside Lidstrom on the top defense pairing in this Western Conference semifinal against the Ducks. At 6-foot-5, the 25-year-old Ericsson might be the league's next significant defenseman.

"The scout came to see another player," he said, "and wound up seeing me. The guy they saw was Andreas Sundin, and the Red Wings drafted him, too. But I had just been moved from forward to defense. Besides, I was a late bloomer — maybe 6-foot-2 at the time. I had barely reached puberty. It all worked out for the best."

The Red Wings haven't had a first-round pick as high as No. 10 since 1991 (Martin Lapointe). Since then they have had only one Top 20 pick, Jakub Kindl at No. 19 in 2005.

Instead, they count on a steady flow of Swedes and other Europeans, none well known as juniors, each of them seemingly more sturdy and ready than the last.

"This franchise always looks at what you're going to be in the future," Zetterberg said. "The scouts are able to see the things you'll be able to do when you get bigger and stronger."

Or, as General Manager Ken Holland simply said, "We like skill."

That doesn't sound revolutionary, but Holland means the Red Wings will take a chance on size and strength because, after all, kids get bigger and stronger. But you can either handle a puck or you can't.

Holland and assistant general manager Jim Nill lead the most successful organization in the four major pro sports. This is Detroit's 18th consecutive playoff appearance. The San Antonio Spurs are next with 11.

But Hakan Andersson, the Red Wings' director of European scouting, is the one who found Datsyuk in Siberia and who has mined his Swedish and Finnish contacts to assemble a nucleus that will be very nuclear for a long time.

Kronwall is signed through 2012, Filppula through '13, Datsyuk through '14, Franzen through '20 and Zetterberg through '21, by which time all the ice in the world might be indoor.

"Another thing is that we've been lucky enough that we don't have to play these kids before they're ready," Holland said, noting that Ericsson played much of this season at the Wings' Grand Rapids affiliate.

"When they're young they have no rights," Coach Mike Babcock said, speaking of contracts. "Do they like being sent down? They have no choice."

"I thought it was a good idea to go back to Grand Rapids," Ericsson said. "I didn't have a good camp and I needed some work. It's better to wait your turn to play on a team like this one."

Scouting is also networking, not just evaluation.

"When I got drafted Hakan took me to a grocery store and showed me the right things and the wrong things to eat," Kronwall said. "It's something I could use when I played professionally."

"Hakan stays in touch with the players, has dinner with them, wants to know how we're doing," Zetterberg said. "And that's something he can pass along with the younger ones coming."

Yes, more are coming, quietly for now, like championship pods on time-release.

That's how the Red Wings have turned this icy thing into their own Summer Game. Draft late. Play later.

Find complete Ducks coverage from the Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/sections/ducks-664489/" target="top">here.

i said "prolly"... grr... i'm hoping those ducks surprise all us duck fans & win the next two games. it can happen! }:C)

the past proves they can come back & win... go DUCKS!! }=C)

They sure can!



Go DUCKS!

They're gone!!!!

[Moon Beam]

sorry osgood... but you're going down...

(muahahahahaa!)

Your a very bad girl tree.

[Indyjoe]

(i'll proly be playing mini golf myself tomorrow... *sigh*)

Hey Treetop. Would you be a sweetheart and run off 15,000 copies of this and pass them out at the game tonight before all them disrespectful dumbasses start chanting "Red Wings suck"??? Thanks hun!

Anaheim columnist: Wings are the most successful organization in pro sports

...

Find complete Ducks coverage from the Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/sections/ducks-664489/" target="top">here.

i said "prolly"... grr... i'm hoping those ducks surprise all us duck fans & win the next two games. it can happen! }:C)

the past proves they can come back & win... go DUCKS!! }=C)

They sure can!



Go DUCKS!

They're gone!!!!

Yeah yeah yeah.

Go Red Wings!

[Deb]

GO! Anybody but Redwings! Go!

[YoungJRNY]

It'll be great for the Blackhawks to knock off Detroit, but I just don't see that happening. Something inside me wants another crack at them.. they are the best. Pens won't lose to them again. With that experience under our belt, we just KNOW now. That's scary. This is the last I talk about a rematch because these Conference Finals are no fuckin' gimmie.

BTW RWF, Hossa is tough for your squad, but he was apart of the losing team last year, and doesn't scare me one bit, esp since he was virtually invisible in that series. Would be nice to stuff his cowardliness back in his face and make him pay for signing for the enemy and then lose to the team he thought didn't have the shot. The way Syd has stepped up his game, and by the way he's matured 10X of a player of what he was last year, Hossa is an afterthought . We got our guys in place, as do you.

It's silly to even be talking about the Stanley Cup, we got 4 more to win just to get there. Carolina/Chicago are worthy opponents who could steal the show in a blink of an eye, even though the NHL wants to see Pit/Det Round Duce.

[RedWingFan]

GO! Anybody but Redwings! Go!

Hey you better watch yourself Deb. Looks like that guy in the flannel shirt in your sig. ate the lead singer!!!

[treetopovskaya]

sorry osgood... but you're going down...

(muahahahahaa!)

Your a very bad girl tree.

hehehee... };C))

*poke* *poke* *poke*

[RedWingFan]

It'll be great for the Blackhawks to knock of Detroit, but I just don't see that happening. Something inside me wants another crack at them.. they are the best.

Very honorable of you YoungJRNY. I know when the Wings had the big rivalry with Colorado I wanted the Wings to face them every year. Now not so much.

Pens won't lose to them again. With that experience under our belt, we just KNOW now. That's scary.

You mean they "know now", kind of like the Buffalo Bills?

BTW RWF, Hossa is tough for your squad, but he was apart of the losing team last year

So was the rest of your team!!!

and doesn't scare me one bit.

Pretty much sums up my feelings about the Penguins.

esp since he was virtually invisible in that series.

I think you have him confused with Malkin. I still don't know what the big deal is with that guy. Hossa was a handful.

Would be nice to stuff his cowardliness back in his face and make him pay for signing for the enemy and then lose to the team he thought didn't have the shot.

I can understand that. I felt the same way about Fedorov. The Wings have never faced him in the playoffs but I'm sure he regrets his decision big time.

It's silly to even be talking about the Stanley Cup, we got 4 more to win just to get there. Carolina/Chicago are worthy opponents who could steal the show in a blink of an eye, even though the NHL wants to see Pit/Det Round Duce.

Agreed, I'm sure no one wants it more than Bettman. The one thing I am worried about are his officials. He wants Crosby hoisting the cup. The officiating will be the Wings biggest obstacle!

[treetopovskaya]

It'll be great for the Blackhawks to knock of Detroit, but I just don't see that happening. Something inside me wants another crack at them.. they are the best.

Very honorable of you YoungJRNY. I know when the Wings had the big rivalry with Colorado I wanted the Wings to face them every year. Now not so much.

Pens won't lose to them again. With that experience under our belt, we just KNOW now. That's scary.

You mean they "know now", kind of like the Buffalo Bills?

BTW RWF, Hossa is tough for your squad, but he was apart of the losing team last year

So was the rest of your team!!!

and doesn't scare me one bit.

Pretty much sums up my feelings about the Penguins.

esp since he was virtually invisible in that series.

I think you have him confused with Malkin. I still don't know what the big deal is with that guy. Hossa was a handful.

Would be nice to stuff his cowardliness back in his face and make him pay for signing for the enemy and then lose to the team he thought didn't have the shot.

I can understand that. I felt the same way about Fedorov. The Wings have never faced him in the playoffs but I'm sure he regrets his decision big time.

It's silly to even be talking about the Stanley Cup, we got 4 more to win just to get there. Carolina/Chicago are worthy opponents who could steal the show in a blink of an eye, even though the NHL wants to see Pit/Det Round Duce.

Agreed, I'm sure no one wants it more than Bettman. The one thing I am worried about are his officials. He wants Crosby hoisting the cup. The officiating will be the Wings biggest obstacle!

that last quote was too funny. stop it red. }:C)

[Deb]

GO! Anybody but Redwings! Go!

Hey you better watch yourself Deb. Looks like that guy in the flannel shirt in your sig. ate the lead singer!!!

Flannel? Are you calling Eric Martin, fat?! Ya right!

[YoungJRNY]

What Detroit does so well is beat you down and wear you out until you can't go on any longer. It was a game early in the 2nd, then Detroit turned off the ignition and hit the boosters. Home ice for Detroit is pretty much automatic the first 2.