All Playoff Talk, All the Time 2011

It's not split up if you use the quick reply box. And you can always do the quoting manually (well, for text, for other stuff it's not so straightforward).

wprager wrote:It's not split up if you use the quick reply box. And you can always do the quoting manually (well, for text, for other stuff it's not so straightforward).

Fair enough. Go Wings!

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:1 game tonight...

Sharks @ Red Wings - 8:00pm ET - Sharks lead the series 3-2 [Game is on CBC]

Can Detroit force a Game 7?

Go Wings!

Nice touch.

Did anyone post this?

spader wrote:Did anyone post this?

Is that really what he looks like now? JR looks like he's been hitting the bottle a bit.

Wings are slowing down. They only *doubled* the Sharks in shots on goal in the second after tripling their output in the 1st.

Oh, my. Wings win 3-1 to force a game 7. Will we have a second 0-3 come back in consecutive years?

wprager wrote:Oh, my. Wings win 3-1 to force a game 7. Will we have a second 0-3 come back in consecutive years?

I'm excited for game 7. Detroit rolls into the game with some momentum.

Momentum means nothing. Sharks still take this series.

Big Ev wrote:Momentum means nothing. Sharks still take this series.

Ha. We'll see, I guess. I call Detroit 3-2.

I have to say, the wings might take this. Sharks choke again. I hope so anyways as it will be interesting to see what Doug Wilson will have to do to the roster this summer.

Big Ev wrote:Momentum means nothing. Sharks still take this series.

"Momentum" translates to confidence, and confidence means pretty much everything. Detroit looks pretty confident now. Should be a great game 7.

Big Ev wrote:Momentum means nothing. Sharks still take this series.

You're right that momentum is rather tenuous in a game 7, especially when the team without it is at home. I don't have the stats, but given that only three NHL teams have ever completed an 0-3 comeback I'd guess the numbers probably still favor the team that built up the lead in the first place, especially at home.

That said, karma can be a you-know-what, and Thornton offended the hockey gods with that awful, awful dive. Heatley's "compete level" has gone to "compost level". Marleau was called out by a former team mate as being gutless and his response in game 6 was pretty close to proving it. They were completely outplayed 5-on-5 last night. It should have been over a lot sooner than the 3rd period. They were outshot 3-to-1 in he 1st, for crying out loud, and it wasn't so much "weathering the storm" as the Wings outshot them 2-to-1 in the 2nd. That breakaway by Cleary after killing the Datsyuk penalty (very weak call IMO) could have been a heart-breaker either way. The main reason for the breakaway was Thornton's Kleenex-play along the boards at the tail-end of the powerplay (Kleenex=tissue-paper-soft). And then after surviving that scare they score first but still manage to lose?

I still think the odds are with the Sharks, but the Wings certainly won game 6 in much more convincing fashion than game 5 (they were outplayed in game 5 but still managed to win). Maybe they are on the up-swing, momentum wise. In-game emotion/momentum swings will spell the outcome. If the Wings try to throw everything at the Sharks in the 1st then all San Jose has to do is try to weather the storm. Niemi is up to the task, and with the home crowd behind them, even a 1-goal disadvantage would be small potatoes. But if the Wings come out and play a boring road game, they could take the crowd out of it. Get the Sharks frustrated, draw some penalties then strike fast when opportunities present themselves. Then, again, safe = death, so what do I know. I'll have to shuffle some recordings around to PVR this one.

GO WINGS!!!!

No games tonight...

shabbs wrote:No games tonight...

Thank god. It'll give me a chance to catch up on life.

Big Ev wrote:Momentum means nothing. Sharks still take this series.

Oh we'll see about that.

Big Ev wrote:Momentum means nothing. Sharks still take this series.

sounds familiar from u....weren't the pens supposed to take the lightning too? and that tampa was only delaying their inevitable demise at the hands of pittsburgh? yeaaaaaaaaaaahhh