Just when you think the Wings are going to go on a run, they mail it in. Last night's loss to the Wild was a steaming pile of disappointment. The one bright spot as usual was Mrazek, but, he is a goal tender, not a goal scorer. The Wings have to find some offense somewhere or they're going nowhere.
Losing is bad enough, but, the very least the Wings can do is to make it look like they want to win, instead of just mailing it in.
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An elite goalie with an NBA-sized ego, pulled from his last game, the same opponent coming to town two days later?
I have no idea who Ansar’s sources are, but he sure went with ‘em. It’s so bad in Detroit, the beat writers are so apathetic, that it seems as if they’re just filling space, staring at the ceiling and whistling as they randomly tap their fingers on their keyboards.
Hasek practiced on the team’s off-day. He called in Matt Ellis, who gladly fired pucks at him Tuesday morning. Public knowledge, Ansar…and a sign that Hasek was mightily pissed and pumped for Wednesday’s game.
It’s almost offensive that a beat writer can be so out of touch.
Luckily, the Detroit News’ Ted Kulfan picks up the slack. Now, Ted? He’s on the ball.
Ted Kulfan/Detroit News
You want to know how bad things are for the Wings when it comes to the All-Star Game?
Nicklas Lidstrom , one of the greatest defensemen in history, is third. Not bad, right?
Well …
Lidstrom, with 427,364 votes, trails a write-in candidate—Canucks defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick (428,832).
Ted…it’s a gimmick. Do a news search for “rory fitzpatrick”. Find the hundreds of articles pointing out exactly how and why this is happening. All-star fan voting is a joke in any league. Whether the voteforrory.com phenomena intended to or not, this thing has only confirmed that. But, Kulfan sees it as a “lack of respect” for Lidstrom.
These guys act as if they’re burned out. They’re mailing it in. We’ve seen it for years and it keeps getting worse. Khan keeps getting rolled by Mike Babcock then whines about it in the weblog he usually forgets he has. Helene St. James shows flashes of quality stuff, but floats in and out of Wing coverage as she shares the job with George Sipple.
The best damn writer following the Wings is Bruce MacLeod of the Macomb Daily Tribune, and I usually forget the guy’s even out there.
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