GDT: 03/12/2013 | Anaheim Ducks @ Minnesota Wild | 7:00 PM CST FSN + FSWI

[Billy Mays Here*]

Why even bother saying this......

To emphasize the point that the Wild never stick up for a player when he's injured by a dirty hit. They have no fire when things like these happen.

 

[Northland Wild Man]

Don't think it's anyone's fault. Perry decided to risk a suspension and another player's career to turn the game around and it worked. There's no real effective counter to that. It's selfish, reckless, and effective.

The only counter to something like that is to be just as mean and nasty as the enemy.

 

[NHL1674]

I wish I wasn't as passionate about this team. I feel like someone just killed my dog

No kidding. The emotions can get so intense. And it's just a game! I was ready to punch a brick wall after the 2nd. One of my friends thinks of me as having two personalities. Most days I'm a nice, calm person. But during a hockey game the evil comes out. She'll get incoherant text messages with me swearing like a sailor.

 

[Nino Noderreiter]

I think well be fine. Guys know the deserved to win but they also know they did not do nearly enough on the plethora of power play opportunities. That's on them. They know that and realize that they left the Ducks in the game. So I don't think it will be as disheartening as it could be which is good/bad.

 

[rynryn]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012020384&navid=sb:recap

How did Konopka get the 3rd star?

well...how about him being one of the only guys on the Wild who didn't stop playing? big laugh, indeed.

 

[llamapalooza]

I was always indifferent to Anaheim even though to be honest, CA hockey teams to me just seems.... well, not right.

But after tonight, I cannot stand the Ducks.

There's a pretty long tradition of hockey in the Bay Area, and plenty of transplants from hockey regions to make the Sharks popular.

Ditto LA; it's such a huge city that there's just enough raw population to make that team a success. Plus they had Gretzky; there's real history in that team.

But Anaheim. I will never be OK with a goddamned suburb of LA getting a team in the same year that we lost ours. Especially not when that suburban team was basically just a marketing ploy by the Disney company. (And those hideous jerseys...)

So yeah, what I'm trying to say is, hockey is good for California and California is good for hockey, but seriously **** the Ducks.

 

[Fel 96]

The 2nd goal...

 

[Fel 96]

So hot.

 

[Jarick]

Suter not covering his man?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

well...how about him being one of the only guys on the Wild who didn't stop playing? big laugh, indeed.

Nobody stopped playing.

 

[Fel 96]

Well Ducks fans... Ugly win but they all count. Like I promised.. #phooey

http://twitter.com/b_ryan9/status/311681441241133058

 

[rynryn]

Nobody stopped playing.

not literally, no. but the energy and focus was gone. but then you knew what i meant.

 

[rynryn]

bah. wasn't all that optimistic about this game anyway.

 

[Fel 96]

http://wild.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=25&iid=41924

Postgame show.

 

[Fel 96]

Yeo was too emotional to comment on the Perry hit.

 

[NHL1674]

not literally, no. but the energy and focus was gone. but then you knew what i meant.

Absolutely gone. If they didn't stop playing, they very well could have seen a different outcome. Losing to an opponent sucks, but losing to yourselves is beyond frustrating. They didn't deserve those 2 points tonight. They handed the win right over by backing off and not making the most of golden opportunities they were given. Rather than making the statement,"You hurt our guy, we're gonna hurt you on the scoreboard."....they instead chose to roll over and play dead. Earned zero respect.

 

[Avder]

http://twitter.com/cotsonika/status/311676090563297280

Oh, yeah...that makes everything better.

That's like someone shooting your dog for fun and when the cops drag him away he looks over at you and sneers and hiss out "I'm really really sorry!"

Come off more like Perry bragging than actually being sorry.

Shannahan better come down hard on that piece of human excrement.

**** Anaheim. Not just the Ducks, but the Angels too. Screw the whole damned suburb.

 

[THEALLKNOWING*]

After the goal was disallowed, my son and I looked at each other and sort of said the game was over. There was no life in the crowd afterward. The absolute failures on the 5 on 3, and 5-min major was essentially like pulling the plug on a life support patient.

Dont mistake the shot differential as an indication how the team played, or as some sort of Wild domination of the game. I felt they only played well for about 10 minutes in the first period.

On the D, Spurgeon and Gilbert stood-out by being absolutely terrible. The same could be said about Brodziak and Cal C. Seto, Cullen and the fourth line were the best among the forwards.

 

[Fel 96]

So, this is what Perry said.

 

[Avder]

So, this is what Perry said.

Bull ****. :rageface:

 

[Generic User]

"It is what it is." -Stupid people who are very bad at talking and explaining themselves.

Also, that "joke" of a franchise spawned by a Disney movie has one more Cup than we do. And that, folks, is why I cry at night.

 

[Avder]

Even the stupid grin on his face in that pic is pissing me off.

 

[Northland Wild Man]

bull puckie!

 

[Fel 96]

I'm not sure about the quality (sorry about that) but this is what was on TSN 15 minutes ago.

 

[JamesRanger]

Ducks are the luckiest team in the NHL so far this year. Will be fun to watch the wheels come off. It won't be long.