GDT: WCQF Game 6 | Anaheim @ Detroit | 8:00 PM EST | FSD / CNBC / TSN2 / KDOC

[JPE123]

Give abby some credit, great game for him

 

[Chris 84]

woohoooo!

terrible choke (and kinda worse than game 2 in that the ducks didn't get going at all tonight to gain momentum for the comeback) and shocking play from flip. bad non-call on perry as well, but still...

anyway, win it 3-1, win it in OT, i don't much care, just as long as they win.

top line was excellent tonight, flip wasn't, and franzen only really looked a danger when he was away from flip. less ****-ups from the D than usual, but colaiacovo understandably didn't look up to speed.

 

[Sameheda]

Goes to show you. When you need him most, a Captain is gonna Captain.

Z showed huge heart at the end of the season... and he showed huge heart tonight. You could see how pissed he was with himself when he didn't score at the end of the 3rd. What an amazing game by the 1st line... and Jimmy for keeping us in it, despite our defensive gaffs.

 

[Flowah]

I've called him out, so great game for Z. Abby was also a big factor. I think we lose in 7 and the Babcock haterz will cry all summer long but taking the #2 seed to 7 games and having at least 4 games go to OT shows he can take a crappy roster and compete with one of the best teams in the league.

The ball is in Ken Holland's court. Game on, *****.

It's not an either or situation here.

Babcock has a love affair with Lashoff, Cleary. He refuses to take charge of his lineup. Filp has been pretty lackluster the entire series so far. His d-pairings are mindboggling sometimes. Brunner was still on the point up until just this game. His throwing out of the fourth line in a 5 min major last game was :confused

So duh, Holland has not given him a world-beater squad. And he's signed some major duds like Q....... (UGH....) but I don't think Babcock has used the team he has optimally either.

 

[Run the Jewels]

Well, this is interesting isn't it?

Game 7 in Anaheim.

Big picture: we're over achieving.
Normal picture: we can make it to the second round.
Smaller picture: We could be resting for our second round opponent if we halved the mental errors we've made in the series

Our team isn't good. We're seriously over-achieving. We beat 4 playoff teams total from all of March and April; we've beaten the Ducks 3 times in 6 games. I totally expect to lose in game 7 and give Babcock credit for getting us this far. 4 games have gone to OT and there's reason to think game 7 could as well.

 

[JmanWingsFan]

Well, this is interesting isn't it?

Game 7 in Anaheim.

Big picture: we're over achieving.
Normal picture: we can make it to the second round.
Smaller picture: We could be resting for our second round opponent if we halved the mental errors we've made in the series

It isn't fun that way though...

 

[Heaton]

Man, if the Wings could stop gift wrapping goals for the Ducks this series could be over.

 

[Vladdy84]

Z-Dats-Gator
Bert-Mule-Sammy
Nyquist-Flip-Brunner
Eaves-Andersson-Tatar

Would be my lines for game 7

 

[CloneHakanPlease*]

Bench Dancing Queen and Emmerton for game 7 please.
Seperate Z and D and bring in Eaves and Tatar

 

[Yzerman1919*]

Whooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Run the Jewels]

It's not an either or situation here.

Babcock has a love affair with Lashoff, Cleary. He refuses to take charge of his lineup. Filp has been pretty lackluster the entire series so far. His d-pairings are mindboggling sometimes. Brunner was still on the point up until just this game. His throwing out of the fourth line in a 5 min major last game was :confused

So duh, Holland has not given him a world-beater squad. And he's signed some major duds like Q....... (UGH....) but I don't think Babcock has used the team he has optimally either.

Get over yourself. We have no business taking the Ducks to 7 with 4 out of 6 games going to OT. The bigger issue is Ken Holland has a love affair with mediocre players. He could have acquired Zach Bogosian and Jay Bouwmeester. Oh but he gave up a 1st for Kyle Quincey. How awesome is that?

 

[Heaton]

Z-Dats-Gator
Bert-Mule-Tatar
Nyquist-Flip-Brunner
Eaves-Andersson-Sammy

Would be my lines for game 7

I think the rules with Tatar on the Griffins in the playoffs is that we would have to use an emergency call up. Which we can't use because we have Tootoo and Eaves healthy. I could be wrong on the rules though.

 

[joe89]

I'm mostly curious about this game 7 tbh.

 

[TatarTangle]

This is the best mediocre team I've seen

 

[KJoe88]

It isn't fun that way though...

This postseason has been a hell of a lot more exciting compared to last year's playoff run.

I feel as if we're getting closer to a full 60 minute effort. We got to 55 tonight...next game should complete the journey!

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

This is the best mediocre team I've seen

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

This makes me sad that we couldn't give Z and Dats a better stable of teammates for these last of their high performance years.

 

[vladdy16]

Great leadership by 40,11 and 13.

Smith settled down a bit by the end but looked gassed the first two periods. Quincy was a disaster. Filppula is a borderline scratch for me at this point. 28 was nice early, then rust caught up and he had a stretch of shifts that were just as bad as Lashoff. Nyquist started the game as our best player.

Cleary deserves some sincere props though. He responds to cortizone like it's cocaine.

 

[1st Line Interloper]

Man, if the Wings could stop gift wrapping goals for the Ducks this series could be over.

Hey at least our defense is heating up the goal scoring

Brendan Smith has found the back of the net in two consecutive games

 

[Run the Jewels]

Give abby some credit, great game for him

I have no problem giving Abby credit and did so earlier in this thread. Tough night for the Jimmy Howard haters, he had a better save percentage than Jonas Hiller despite playing behind a much worse team.

 

[Vladdy84]

This is the best mediocre team I've seen

It's not a mediocre team. It's a team that has some elite players and a lot of good players injured. Can you imagine how much better this team would be right now with Helm, DD and Tatar in the lineup?

 

[hughdreamz]

Man, if the Wings could stop gift wrapping goals for the Ducks this series could be over.

Please and the wings goals weren't flukey? Have a little humility.

 

[smurfyeah19]

Best game I've ever attended. Wow was that arena rocking

 

[Heaton]

Please and the wings goals weren't flukey? Have a little humility.

The Ducks aren't putting pucks in their own net.

 

[SoupGuru]

For the love of god, go AFTER Beauchemin next game. He's soooo easy to knock off his game.