Comments on: Recap: Detroit 4, Colorado 0

By: Jibblescribbits

Jibblescribbits — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:09:03 +0000

I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but the most embarrassing, and damaging, facet of the evening was Quenneville taking an inexcusable terrible penalty that ended any chance for a comeback win.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:28:35 +0000

Antti Laaksonen, I think.

By: Dario

Dario — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Believe me, I’m already screwed. I still have to look up Tkachuk after all these years. My all time favorite was when Krivokrasov used to play. Not because his name is that hard to spell but because play by play guys used to fall all over themselves when he touched the puck. Kri-vo-kras-ov, not only is it a brutal four syllable last name but unlike Larionov, most of those syllables start with consantents. It was just brutal on play by play guys. Listening to Mike Hanes was hillarious. Kri-vo-kras-ov takes it along the boards, runs the puck behind the net to Kariya, back to Kri-vo-kras-ov… and Anaheim circles behind their own net after the clear. He couldn’t even get it all out before the play had advanced to the point he had to skip over a bunch of stuff. Anyway, what were we talking about?

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:30:32 +0000

let’s just hope Bicashihua never gets called up, Dario, or we’re all screwed.

By: Dario

Dario — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:26:15 +0000

Don’t even start with me DD. It’s not my fault those two guys aren’t in google’s spell check.

By: Mike @ MHH

Mike @ MHH — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:10:55 +0000

And yet another one uncalled by the refs, who were wearing their Red Wing underoos beneath their unis.

Bob, I think you’re wrong on this front. Those refs were pulling for the Avs. Had they given us the PP for the infractions you’re discussing, Colorado would have gone 0-25 on the PP and the Wings would have scored, like, 6 SH goals…

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:10:42 +0000

Downing and Friesen, eh?

By: Bob in Boulder

Bob in Boulder — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:52:20 +0000

Granato: He may have been upset by the intentional and sneaky high stick Lappy took (from Samuelson) just before the last little scuffle. Another cheap shot from yet another cheap shotting Wing. And yet another one uncalled by the refs, who were wearing their Red Wing underoos beneath their unis.

By: Dario

Dario — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:40:40 +0000

Granato needs to know when to keep his emotions in check. I’m embarrassed as a fan that he thought that was an appropriate time to put on a show with a verbal yelling match. He needs to control himself and lead this team by example. What was he upset about anyway? He’s upset because Downing took a run at Lappy? Get over it, Lappy is a big boy and knows what the going rate of checking a superstar is in the NHL right now. It means a fight and it means getting run.

I just want to take another moment and describe the subtle ways in which Skrastins hurts this team. The first goal you can say was a great screen. However, where was Mr. Skrastins on that play? He was up between the circles, high in the slot. He’s like one guy playing man to man while the entire team is trying to play a zone. Friesen skates across the crease unobstructed because Skrastins left his spot on the ice to chase a guy high up in the faceoff circles. Sauer depends on Skrastins to be there and it’s why he didn’t follow Friesen across? Because he’s trying to play his position correctly. He can’t know where Skrastins is because he’s got his own job to do. If Theo gets a piece of the puck he’s just going to tap it in scott free anyway. Skrastins not only set up a partial screen up high in the circles on Theo, he abandoned his position. This just doesn’t effect Skrastins, it effects his defensive partner, the goalie and at times even the forwards who drop back and try to help. Did the first goal cost the Avs the game? Probably not, but it surely didn’t help.

I really don’t understand Jack Adam’s philosophy on which players get ice time and which don’t. When Richardson is called up, he’s a good enough AHL player to play against every team’s top line? He’s the second best faceoff forward on the team to Guite. He plays an important role on a 4th (which turned 3rd during his tenure) line to the point that the Lappy, Guite, Richardson line plays hero and contributes some huge goals on the road for key points. Do they become so effective at this that when they slump and don’t show much against Chicago that the first to go down is Richardson? Really, I don’t understand this. Richardson is contributing less than McLeod, Hlinka, Hensick, Burnette and Hejduk? When do those players get in the doghouse? Or, are they poker buddies on the plane? How many shifts do we have to watch with Hejduk and Burnette offering absolutely nothing?

Anyway, I think McLeod got the Detroit bench pissed because he went after Zetterberg who was just trying to prevent McLeod from being 3rd man in with Lappy and Downing. Jibble (well, his wife does too) have some good posts on how McLeod isn’t exactly targeting the other teams fighters when he wants to drop the gloves. I think he saw that Zetterburg was paired off and decided he was going to get in some jabs. I think McLeod is a nice facet to the Avalanche game when they are one of the best 5v5 scoring teams in the league. But right now, they aren’t. He should be playing Scott Parker’s role as bench warmer until they get scoring back to where they need.

For what it’s worth on the defensive front, Jack Adams said in the coaches show this morning that Cumiskey might play tomorrow and he seemed relieved on that front. Perhaps Skrastins will ride the pine in short order.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:24:36 +0000

I’m not buying the knee injury story. Lidstrom didn’t favor one leg over the other when he got back up after the hit—he had a blank stare on his face. If that wasn’t a concussion, I’d be totally surprised. The Wings are lying about it because the trade deadline is coming up and they don’t want to reveal any weaknesses.

I don’t blame them.