Suck it, Detroit. Suck. It.

No excuse last night for Motown. You had your roster, you had the calls and you still lost.

There's few teams in the league I love beating more than Detroit.

Caps, golfing by May.

GO PENS!

chixdiggit: Methinks the Wings shouldn't be counted out yet. They certainly aren't going all the way this year, but I think they'll make it into the postseason.

And as an Oilers fan, I am eagerly awaiting the 2018 playoffs.

A friend of mine, after every Wings loss, goes "We're doomed! No playoffs! Oh no!"

It's silly. They'll probably get in.

I've been saying it all year: The injuries certainly haven't helped, but the Wings just look plain tired. They've looked a step slow since Game 1 in Sweden.

They've been to at least the Conference Finals the last four years. There are players on this team who have averaged around 100 games a year for their entire careers.

Would I like to see them make the playoffs? Absolutely. Do I think it might just be best in the long run if they didn't? Quite possibly.

I know that's probably not the weeping and gnashing of teeth Wings haters want to hear, but it's true. It's been a good run. It's time to step away for a season and re-charge the batteries. They've got a sh*tload of money coming off the books after this season, a great farm system, and arguably 3 of the Top 10 forwards in the game in the prime of their careers.

They deserve a summer off.

ding dong

Oh, Boo Hoo.

I was hoping for Bruins/Blackhawks match up at the beginning of the season....

*sigh*

Go Bruins!

In fairness, I think a lot of "Wing haters" really just hate Wing fans, which, as a Wings fan, I admit is entirely understandable and well-deserved.

I love how articles separate every sentence into its own paragraph.

Then double spaces the paragraph.

It makes everything that much more readable.

Plus, you don't have to think about paragraph structure anymore.

The sentence structure defines the paragraph.

There doesn't have to be a topic sentence.

No supporting statements have to exist at all.

And concluding sentences can go away entirely.

It used to be that paragraphs help enforce good communication by structuring the thoughts and arguments of the author.

Without them, people can just ramble on.

The ideas can be out of order.

Dependencies can precede their antecedents.

It's a very easy way to shiat out a column without having to think.

And people wonder why the "professional" press is going tits-up in this country.

sigdiamond2000: In fairness, I think a lot of "Wing haters" really just hate Wing fans, which, as a Wings fan, I admit is entirely understandable and well-deserved.

I'm in MA and only get to see the Bruins play the Wings occasionally... never been to the Garden when the Wings are in town, so I've never really experienced Wings fans in person.

Why are they hated?


I hear the same thing about Leafs fans, but honestly, I've had a blast with the Leafs fans I've met at the Garden and before and after the game at Sullivans.

The only fans I've ever had any kind of negative interaction with are Habs fans, honestly (which is a given, I guess)...

I remember that series. If it's any consolation, I hated (and still hate) the fact that Winnipeg moved to some city in the Southwest (I can't quite remember where...)

Phoenix. That ended well.

As a Sharks fan, all I ask is that the Wings either (a) go on a run and finish 6th or higher or (b) flame out and completely miss the playoffs. Do NOT finish 7th or 8th.

The Flames, Predators, or Blues are all teams that I'd love to see the Sharks face in the 1st round. A 1st round date with the Wings would be a disaster.

iamdonovan: No, this is the time of year they usually try to not be bored because they have the division locked up.

Haha!!

Not this year.

Rev.K: There's few teams in the league I love beating more than Detroit.

What position do you play, again?

RagingLeonard: Rev.K: There's few teams in the league I love beating more than Detroit.What position do you play, again?

He's the center fielder.

Losing over 100 goals in the offseason combined with the spate of injuries to begin the season does not bode well for the Red Wings. Fortunately, it's given them some time to evaluate their young talent to determine if they fit in with future plans. It's a great streak, but it doesn't look good to keep it this year.

Keep in mind, the Wings have drafted at or near the bottom of the league for years...it was bound to catch up with them sooner or later.

I could go on an anti-Chicago rant...but really...after all those fans have been through...they deserve to have success (just as I remember the horrid Wings' teams from the 70's and early 80's).

RagingLeonard: What position do you play, again?



"Ha, ha, ha, is funny because I don't play for Calgary Flames, but you ask me what position I play because I say I like to beat Detroit".