NHL Playoff Discussion Thread

[Grandpa Troll]

Who won?

ACK!

Dang, two major Sports Trophy's this year

WTG Pittsburgh!

[OzzyKP]

Pirates can make it three!

[notyoueither]

I'm happy for the Pens. Most who favour the underdogs will feel the same way.

The fact that a team with Crosby, Malkin, and a gaggle of other top five draft picks was the underdog is a testament to Illich and the club that he built, so the Wings and their fans should not take it too hard. Arnie could play the GM. They'll be back.

[Asher]

I'm happy Hossa got shafted. Heartless twit.

[notyoueither]

Hossa winning over the Pens would have angered the hockey gods.

[KrazyHorse]

goddamned **** **** **** ass dick ***** ********er **** **** ****ity ****

****

SO ****ING CLOSE

My respect for you as a hockey fan has just increased.

[Guynemer]

Yeah, your ****ing respect and a goddamned nickel won't buy me JACK ****!

****!

[Garth Vader]

You guys won last year, let somebody else have some fun too

[Lord Avalon]

Now that it's all over, the injury report is out:

Wings GM Holland: Playoff injuries require no more surgery

By the time the Stanley Cup finals began, Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski was in such pain, he had to be careful about how to position his tender back.

He was one of a handful of Wings who finished the playoffs bruised and battered. But on the good-news side, none is expected to go under the knife.

“Nobody requires any off-season surgery,” general manager Ken Holland said today. “It’s all just a matter of time and rest. They need some rest, and then they’ll be good to go in two to three weeks.

Here’s a breakdown of the injuries:

• Nicklas Lidstrom: He was speared in the testicles by Patrick Sharp during Game 3 against Chicago and underwent surgery on the area two days later. He missed Games 4 and 5 against Chicago, then returned and played every game of the Cup finals.

• Rafalski: He ruptured a disk in his back between the first and second round but returned for Game 6 against Anaheim. “It got to the point where he could play again,” Holland said, “but if had been the regular season, he would have been out another week or two. He played through the pain of a herniated disk.”

• Kris Draper: He missed the first 10 games of the playoffs after taking a stick to the throat that tore cartilage in the neck area, Holland said. “As a precaution, we didn’t want him to get hit in the neck and have something go down the air pipe wrong.” Draper was out from Game 4 against Chicago to Game 5 against Pittsburgh because of a pulled groin.

• Pavel Datsyuk: Suffered a charley horse when he was hit along the boards and also was hit by a slap shot in his foot during Game 2 against Chicago, causing him to miss seven games. “The charley horse turned out to be more significant,” Holland said. “He never was 100% -- he didn’t have any thrust. A charley horse can be a 4-6-week injury, but he pushed through to play.”

• Dan Cleary: Played through a groin pull suffered in Game 4 against Pittsburgh. “He was very sore after Game 4, and we didn’t expect him to play in Game 5,” Holland said. “An MRI showed he had a significant groin injury, but he wanted to play.”

• Tomas Kopecky: Needed surgery after he fractured his right orbital bone following fight with Francois Beauchemin in Game 4 against Anaheim. Missed the rest of the playoffs.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090613/SPORTS05/90613030/1053/Wings+GM+Holland++Playoff+injuries+require+no+more+surgery

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah, your ****ing respect and a goddamned nickel won't buy me JACK ****!

****!

Boo ****ing hoo.

16 years, *******.

[Guynemer]

Holy ****, Lidstrom had surgery after being speared in the nads? No wonder he didn't look like his usual self against the Pens. That dude deserves a cuddle.

[Asher]

Okay, somebody help me out here.

What the **** are all the Red Wings *****ing about?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/zetterberg-calls-crosbys-actions-disrespectful/article1182628/

From what I saw, Crosby shook hands with about half of the Wings but he couldn't shake hands with half of them because they'd already left the ice. Now they are whining that Crosby didn't shake their hand?

Crosby won here, I've no idea why he would avoid it. He was being mobbed by TV camera crews and celebrating teammates BECAUSE HE JUST WON THE STANLEY CUP and he's the "face of the NHL" so the media was all over him. But because Lidstrom et al were impatient and left before he shook their hands they're throwing a hissy fit?

Really, guys?

[Lord Avalon]

What, they should wait till he's done with interviews? He should have gotten over to the line before all that stuff.

[Guynemer]

I'm with Asher on this. It's dumb. Really, the only one I've heard making any noise about it is Draper, which makes sense, being the kind of old-school guy that he is.


Thinking about those last six seconds is still giving me the shakes. Goddamnit.

[Asher]

I can understand why the Wings wanted to get out of there pretty quickly, I just don't think it makes sense to be the one to leave and then complain he didn't shake everyone's hand.