Post-Game Talk: Back to earth

[Heaton]

Bye week incoming.

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[Filppula]

Needed this to maintain our high pick.

 

[datsyukfan]

Abdelkader is absolutely atrocious can't believe the amount and length we are paying him. Another genius move kenny

 

[Tatar Shots]

There is to much talk about not selling and holding on to hope by Holland/media. We are the worst team in the East and absolutely need to sell. This talk by Mickey and Osgood about how we could just be 4 points out if we won tonight makes me really uncomfortable.

Also Mickey this team is not 'caught in the middle'

 

[HisNoodliness]

Never fun losing, but this was an important loss to remind Holland that beating Pittsburgh and Washington didn't all of a sudden make us into a good team. It's going to be a long break, hopefully followed by an eventful trade deadline.

 

[jolly roger]

Let's just hope the Penguins were at a charity event tonight and missed seeing Smith .

 

[SoupNazi]

Reminder: tank discussion in the tank thread.

 

[HIFE]

The 5 day rest is needed, the guys are spent! I'd have to imagine the weekend games/travel took their toll. The only chance of winning the Wings have is to put forth a superhuman effort- that drains teams more than others.

From the little I've seen the Isles seemed to have lost their lustre a bit. Without Okposo Nielsen and Martin, Boychuck is another year older, the Ladd deal. They don't have that pop like the last seasons, for example the rival with the Rangers was some of the best hockey in the league. How much is moving from their old building an effect?

 

[Run the Jewels]

Mrazek is the only reason we've been competitive in the past couple games. He's good but he can't carry this team. It just goes to show how awful the Howard contract was when you had someone of Mrazek's caliber breathing down his neck and ready to take the starter job.

 

[TheMule93]

meh

decent game, dull 3rd period

loss makes me happy

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

The 5 day rest is needed, the guys are spent! I'd have to imagine the weekend games/travel took their toll. The only chance of winning the Wings have is to put forth a superhuman effort- that drains teams more than others.

From the little I've seen the Isles seemed to have lost their lustre a bit. Without Okposo Nielsen and Martin, Boychuck is another year older, the Ladd deal. They don't have that pop like the last seasons, for example the rival with the Rangers was some of the best hockey in the league. How much is moving from their old building an effect?

this is 90% of your posts this year. No, the guys aren't spent, we just lack elite NHL talent. One of these days you will figure this out.

 

[aar000n]

this is 90% of your posts this year. No, the guys aren't spent, we just lack elite NHL talent. One of these days you will figure this out.

Mrasuck gave the first goal away as a primary assist. Looked like the way he lost game 7 last year. Hard to win with this joker.

 

[HIFE]

this is 90% of your posts this year. No, the guys aren't spent, we just lack elite NHL talent. One of these days you will figure this out.

Even a team of 3rd liners can have fresh legs or skating slow and labored compared to a better night. You can see when players are trying to move their legs and they won't go. I've experienced it enough to understand. Remember the DeKeyser shift recently when he was paralyzed with fatigue? Mrazek passed him the puck to dump it out he could barely move his stick. Everybody and their mother know the Wings lack talent. I'm startled you can't tell the difference if they're fatigued or not.

 

[HIFE]

There is to much talk about not selling and holding on to hope by Holland/media. We are the worst team in the East and absolutely need to sell. This talk by Mickey and Osgood about how we could just be 4 points out if we won tonight makes me really uncomfortable.

Also Mickey this team is not 'caught in the middle'

I listened to all of Mickey's segments I think he was guiding fans through the mindset of the "braintrust" as he called it. Different things to consider. He said tonight was an important game in deciding this week. He was pretty vague that the Wings could be sellers but the timing has to be right. He definitely proposed both sides of the argument for or against selling. Osgood was pissed off, haha.

Mickey made a good point about the decision being corporate and the entire team will sit down. Ownership, Martin, Chelios, Draper, Devellano are as involved as Holland Let's remember that as we take in what the Wings do this week.

 

[theYman]

Dude now it's 7 days without any games. Hope I can last.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

Implementing bye weeks was so moronic, i'm surprised the NHL didn't do it sooner.

 

[jkutswings]

8 points out of the wild card. Florida and Boston each have 3 games during Detroit's bye week.

Looking like 10+ points out of it at the deadline. Less is indeed more, Kenny.

 

[Ezekial]

Forgettable effort.

 

[RedWingsfan55]

It's really unfortunate. The NHL have us an extremely favorable schedule by have having this 5 day rest so late in the season and right before a West coast trip.


It's too bad the team is out of it. I mean this is the kind of thing that helps out the old vets.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Abdelkader is absolutely atrocious can't believe the amount and length we are paying him. Another genius move kenny

I'm wondering if he's been playing hurt - he's not been himself this year, contract or not.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Losses like this are annoying. Isles didn't play a very good game. We gave them some very easy goals, and had a complete lack of push in the second half of the game. A powerplay late in the game, perfect opportunity to get back in it.. and we basically fail to get controlled o-zone possession even once. Blash wastes his timeout on a stupid challenge, we keep making difficult passes instead of just shooting the puck, no urgency, no desperation. After just playing two great games.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

this bis good

while its fun to beat the caps and pens

the worst thing for this franchise would be for it to continue to gain enough points to convince holland to not sell under the belief that the players deserve every shot to make the playoffs

only to fall short and pick 12th with nothing else to show for their failure

 

[InGusWeTrust]

Anyone else pretty much only watch the first period and say "Yup, I've had enough" and then not worry about the game anymore?

 

[Obe2kenobe]

Anyone else pretty much only watch the first period and say "Yup, I've had enough" and then not worry about the game anymore?

Yeah, I have been doing that for a while now. I then check Mlive the next day, and don't know how many times got a chuckle out of the headline like "Watch highlights of Detroit-St. Louis 2-0 loss"

 

[Shoalzie]

Hank is a pro's pro and Mrazek has been better but this team is beyond frustrating to watch. I don't know which team will show up. I'm losing faith in Blashill but also it's a poorly constructed team.