A Good Flying Bird*
12-06-2003, 05:46 PM
Well, that was a pretty good game for 50 or so minutes and the Wings started gambling to tie the game.
• Every year, Shanny complains about the lack of games vs. Toronto and other O-Six teams. Looks like he means it. He played very good tonight. Very, very good. Actually, he's been good a lot for the last week or so.
• Jiri Fischer had a terrible, terrible night. Terrible. He's not that fast in his own end, so when he's indecisive, it costs the team dearly.
• Teams that dump the puck in and punish our defense behind our net tend to be successful. It's been true since the LA series a few years ago. We tend to do well against puck possession teams.
• Remember all those "who needs fedorov when we've got pavel datsyuk" posts?
Well, Datsyuk went up against a truly elite center tonight. Coach Quinn put out Sundin against Datsyuk, and Sundin won out. Easily.
Still, I give Datsyuk credit. He kept working right to the end.
I'm just not sure we can count on Pavel to go head to head against guys like Forsberg and Modano.
• Before that Sundin goal where Lidstrom got caught pinching, I found myself thinking that Lidstrom really isn't playing very well. He's not skating very well. He's not getting many quality shots. I don't blame him for the Sundin goal. He was pinching for Datsyuk's pass, which was way too soft. He went in for a split second and by the time he realized that Pavel flubbed the pass, he was toast.
• When Yzerman went down, we suddenly didn't look very good, did we? And I'm not trying to butter up Yzerman. I'm just saying that we were suddenly a one-line team.
• Darryl Bootland looks less and less effective each time he plays.
• Mark Mowers continues to impress me with hard work and good overall play.
• Williams and Robinson had some very good shifts in the first, but didn't get many shifts once Yzerman went down and the Wings fell behind.
• I am amazed at Gary Roberts game after all the huge injuries he's faced. When healthy, he's an absolute force, offensively and physically.
• Manny Legace didn't look very good tonight. But the defense was atrocious on a few of those goals. Fischer couldn't find a way to stop Marchment. Somebody stood next to Domi but decided they didn't need to tie up his stick. Stajan was all alone out front.
• Yikes. Anyone know the faceoff stats tonight? I didn't see the stats. But it seemed like we lost just about every key draw.
• Did the Wings even take a penalty tonight? Wow. And the leafs only took two.
• Anyone else think that Boyd Devereaux might be slightly retarded?
• Every year, Shanny complains about the lack of games vs. Toronto and other O-Six teams. Looks like he means it. He played very good tonight. Very, very good. Actually, he's been good a lot for the last week or so.
• Jiri Fischer had a terrible, terrible night. Terrible. He's not that fast in his own end, so when he's indecisive, it costs the team dearly.
• Teams that dump the puck in and punish our defense behind our net tend to be successful. It's been true since the LA series a few years ago. We tend to do well against puck possession teams.
• Remember all those "who needs fedorov when we've got pavel datsyuk" posts?
Well, Datsyuk went up against a truly elite center tonight. Coach Quinn put out Sundin against Datsyuk, and Sundin won out. Easily.
Still, I give Datsyuk credit. He kept working right to the end.
I'm just not sure we can count on Pavel to go head to head against guys like Forsberg and Modano.
• Before that Sundin goal where Lidstrom got caught pinching, I found myself thinking that Lidstrom really isn't playing very well. He's not skating very well. He's not getting many quality shots. I don't blame him for the Sundin goal. He was pinching for Datsyuk's pass, which was way too soft. He went in for a split second and by the time he realized that Pavel flubbed the pass, he was toast.
• When Yzerman went down, we suddenly didn't look very good, did we? And I'm not trying to butter up Yzerman. I'm just saying that we were suddenly a one-line team.
• Darryl Bootland looks less and less effective each time he plays.
• Mark Mowers continues to impress me with hard work and good overall play.
• Williams and Robinson had some very good shifts in the first, but didn't get many shifts once Yzerman went down and the Wings fell behind.
• I am amazed at Gary Roberts game after all the huge injuries he's faced. When healthy, he's an absolute force, offensively and physically.
• Manny Legace didn't look very good tonight. But the defense was atrocious on a few of those goals. Fischer couldn't find a way to stop Marchment. Somebody stood next to Domi but decided they didn't need to tie up his stick. Stajan was all alone out front.
• Yikes. Anyone know the faceoff stats tonight? I didn't see the stats. But it seemed like we lost just about every key draw.
• Did the Wings even take a penalty tonight? Wow. And the leafs only took two.
• Anyone else think that Boyd Devereaux might be slightly retarded?