Red wings

umbergers got railed and he seen it coming the whole time but i have to give him props he was out there the next shift and he did score their only goal.

i love the way the wings have been playing in these playoff thats one thing they lacked was the physical game which has been our down fall untill last year, now they are out hitting the team 2to1 which is throwing them off their game plan.

i remember the end of game 2 miki said the wing are going to have to keep their heads up for hits coming their way and 2 seconds later a columbus player is getting laid out.

another thing i like about their playing is that they are playing the full 60 mins their not jumping up 3-0 then just laying back the rest of the game thats the main reason for most the 3rd period losses during the season

Ozzy=MVP
 
I may have to retract my previous assessment that the wings won't win. If they can keept his up, they won't meet a team that they can't sweep. Ozzy is amazing.
 
I'm suprised. I've always seen Ozzy as powerful and a solid netminder. I always thought he was screwed over when Hasek came to town as they are equals in my mind. I just thought our D was lazy and non existent this year.
 
stalked_R/T said:
I'm suprised. I've always seen Ozzy as powerful and a solid netminder. I always thought he was screwed over when Hasek came to town as they are equals in my mind. I just thought our D was lazy and non existent this year.
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Have you watched Red Wings hockey at all this season? He had his career worst season, check the stats. A lot of fans wanted Conks to start.

Now everyone is jumping back on the Ozzy bandwagon.
 
stalked_R/T said:
I'm suprised. I've always seen Ozzy as powerful and a solid netminder. I always thought he was screwed over when Hasek came to town as they are equals in my mind. I just thought our D was lazy and non existent this year.
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http://www.freep.com/article/20090416/COL22/90416111/

Chris Osgood blocked shots, one after another. Not during the game. After the game.



Osgood stood in the Red Wings’ dressing room Thursday night, a playoff win under his belt and a chip on his shoulder. You will not find a more amiable athlete of his stature anywhere. The man could get along with Hannibal Lecter. But Osgood had finally had enough of all the questions about him and his, uh, weak-linkishness.


"I told you guys I felt good the last 15 games," he said. "Sometimes people make up stuff, that I don’t feel good."


And: "I’ve played for 15 years. I have the most wins in playoff history — in Red Wings history — for a reason. It’s not because I’m a bad goalie."


Yeah, but you did struggle in the regular. ...


“I’m not thinking about the regular season,” Osgood said. “I’m living in this moment right now. I’ll live in the moment Saturday. The regular season is what it is. I’m still 10th all-time in wins, so I can’t be that bad.”


This was unusual for Osgood. But if you’re a Wings fan, you have to like it, almost as much as you liked Osgood’s 13 first-period saves. Taken out of context, Osgood might sound defensive. But context is everything.


This is the same player who has admitted he played poorly for much of this year. The same guy who said “things piled up in my head” from October to January. And the same goalie who kept the Wings in the game in the first period, then watched them win it in the second and third.


So he has a right to take exception when people define him by a four-month aberration in his career. He did help this team win the Stanley Cup last year, after all.


“I’ve always been a guy that just likes to play,” he said. “I don’t mind answering questions. I get mad when people assume what I’m thinking — not that I read it — or say how I’m feeling, when it’s completely not the truth. I don’t mind if somebody says I played poor when I did. I mind when somebody says something about my mental makeup. That’s when I get frustrated because I’m not even close to that. If I wasn’t mentally strong, and didn’t love playing this time of year, or know how to play, I certainly wouldn’t be in net today.”
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i love conklin! i think hes an awesome goaltender! i dont care if ozzy made 3 saves all year, i wouldnt want anyone but him in the red wings net come playoff time, and the last 3 games, and the finals last year, is the reason why!
 
jsxtreme said:
Have you watched Red Wings hockey at all this season? He had his career worst season, check the stats. A lot of fans wanted Conks to start.

Now everyone is jumping back on the Ozzy bandwagon.
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Not really. I knew Conk was a good netminder, but I guess I still have blinders when it comes to Ozzy. he can do no wrong in my book.
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6sq816HOK4"]YouTube - Red Wings vs Blue Jackets Stuart on Umberger Hit 4/21/09[/ame]
 
CRASH said:
There were during the season. Some people I know of that every tiem I turned around they were bitching about Ozzy, now they are nowhere to be found.
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I was checking out yahoo sports today and this is Ozzy's worst year since his NHL career started back in 93. Even at that he is still better than 95% of goalies out there. It's because he's so good that when he has an "off" season he takes shit for it. Like I said though, his worst season is still better than 95% of goalies in the league today.
 
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