This Is The Twilight Zone

Well.

That was... disappointing.

That was pathetic.

That was like nails on a chalk board.

That was like Larry Murphy sitting through a period of hockey.. then getting in line for a hot dog... only to find out that they don't cost $1 every night. (Sarah)

"Today we were a disgrace" - Henrik Zetterberg. I should just leave it at that.

I just don't know what to say. I'm baffled. I don't understand how that could happen. How could the entire team just not care? Where was the heart? Where was the passion? Where were the Red Wings?

We're spoiled as Wings fans... we're not supposed to feel the feeling of complete disgrace, humility, embarrassment.

That was rough.



On the upside... maybe we're just getting it all out of the way now ... maybe ??



On the upside... I took one of the Rundown Roomies to their first ever NHL game. We also saw Larry Murphy... a hot dog-less Larry Murphy...(wow, this night was bad on so many levels for the Red Wings.)

However, I do have just one thing to say about Red Wings fans. I'm sorry, but NEVER will I sit at Joe Louis Arena (or any arena for that matter) and boo the Wings. It doesn't matter if they're losing by 1934o342 goals. I will NEVER boo them. Why kick them when they're already down? Most nights the fans are the 6 skater on the ice for the Wings... tonight we turned on our team mates. And I'm disappointed in that. Look, there will always be time when things don't go our way. Tonight was a perfect example of that. We need to suck it up and look ahead to the next game. Move on.

I'm not saying that there was any excuse for tonight's loss because their isn't. It was a slap in that face that's for sure, but we can't just give up on them because of one game. Us Wings fans are very dedicated and very passionate about our team, but there is absolutely no reason why we should boo them.

Now I'm just rambling.

Next up, Nashville. Saturday.

Go Wings.

Warm-Up: St. Louis @ Detroit

Warm-Up:

The Wings host the Blues tonight for the 6th and final match-up this season. The Wings are winning this series 4-1 so far, so hey, why not kick them while they're down? The Wings are coming off of a overtime loss against Chicago on Monday night, while the Blues fell short to the Minnesota Wild yesterday in a shoot out.

Joey Mac will more than likely be in the net tonight too.


Injuries/Scratches:

Jimmy Howard- Shoulder
Pavel Datsyuk- Lower Body Injury

Kris Draper and Ruslan Salei are scratched tonight.

Other Notes:

I'm taking Rundown Roomie #1 to her first Wings game tonight. This should be fun. Either she'll enjoy it or just think hockey fans are completely insane... she probably already thinks that anyway.

Babcock has also scratched Ruslan Salei tonight... apparently Salei and Kindl are battling for the 6th d-man spot for the playoffs. It should be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out.

Also, the new Wings site, twentystraight.com is AWESOME. Check it out, it's all about the Wings and their 20 straight years of making it to the playoffs.



Predictions

Final Score-
Stef- 3-2, Wings
Danielle- 4-1, Wings

Player of the Game-
Stef- Jiri Hudler
Danielle- Drew Miller

The Rundown: Hossa Blows

Well the game made it to overtime... then Marian Hossa had to ruin all the fun, just like he usually does.

Yep, that's all I got.