Last year I put this up around this time...
I've been telling SN1 the number on my next jersey just might be 14. He's prolly the main reason the broken, battered, and bruised Wings limped into the playoffs this year. I don't expect the team will do much in the playoffs given the number of key players that are still out, but at least we made it.
LGRW!
Well. Now it's 23. And those poor ol' BJs made the playoffs this year, as well. You'll note some people got on the bandwagon pretty early...Sunday, April 28, 2013
It's 22, Bitchez*!
From NHL.com...
The Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild completed the playoff field on Saturday by winning their regular-season finales on the road. The Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 3-0, while the Wild defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-1.It sucks to be a Columbus fan today and I say that with all the respect I can muster. The BJs had the second best record in the league during the month of April and could have really done some damage in the playoffs; I'd have been jes a lil bit worried if I were Chicago and had to face them in the first round. Minnesota, OTOH, finished the season on a downward spiral.
That left the Red Wings in seventh place with 56 points and the Wild in eighth with 55. Both teams needed the victories because the Columbus Blue Jackets won their final game by rallying past the Nashville Predators 3-1. The Blue Jackets and Wild both finished with 55 points, but Minnesota finished eighth and Columbus ninth because the Wild had more non-shootout wins.
As for our Wings? We can beat Anaheim, easily. We took two from them... on THEIR home ice... in back-to-back fashion in March and we're a lot healthier now than we were then. Yes, this can be done. Wings in six or less.
LGRW!
* "Bitchez" is a term of endearment among The 19.
I've been telling SN1 the number on my next jersey just might be 14. He's prolly the main reason the broken, battered, and bruised Wings limped into the playoffs this year. I don't expect the team will do much in the playoffs given the number of key players that are still out, but at least we made it.
LGRW!
No one has clinched Chicago's Div yet, and 2nd place is definitely up for grabs. Seems like everybody else is better and Hawks not as dominate. STILL....at least my two favorite teams will make the play-offs. too bad there in same Div/Conference. :)
ReplyDeleteThe buzz is St. Louis is the favorite to come out of the West... but there are three California teams and that dastardly Avalanche that will have something to say about that. The West is very, very good this year.
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ReplyDeleteWell, back around the Olympics, I would've bet that it was over this year, fersure. But young Mr. Nyquist and the rest of Grand Rapids East sure done 'em proud. And now we've got Datsyuk back for the playoffs, and Erickson and Z if we can win a round (easier said than done, that. . .)
ReplyDeleteI hear ya. I've about had enough of these cliff-hanger seasons, two in a row bein' two too many. Now don't I sound like one of those stereotypical Wings fans? Which is to say: entitled, as we SHOULD make the playoffs every year!
DeleteWell, you wuzn't a Wings fan back in the Dead Things days. . .
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I got the very end of the Dead Things era... 1985. But after that? It was ALL good!
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