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Kerry Fraser writes column, blogger misunderstands it

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/21/13 at 04:24 PM ET | Comments (25)

Update: Well, every reader says that I've got it wrong in my interpetation of Fraser's commentary, so...Readers are right?

Since the Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane scored the 2-1 goal (in the Red Wings' 3-1 victory last night) after Johan Franzen was boarded at the opposite end of the ice by Niklas Hjamarsson, but were denied another when Viktor Stalberg's shot and game-tying goal on Jimmy Howard was negated because the referees deemed Andrew Shaw to be interfering with Jimmy Howard's ability to make a save, the media's pounced on the situation and has addressed the situation in predictable talking-out-of-the-ivory-tower-to-those-uninformed, biased-boobs-who-happen-to-pay-their-salaries fashion:

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Red Wings among many organizations reaching out to help family of fallen firefighter

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05/21/13 at 04:05 PM ET | Comments (0)

As mentioned yesterday, the Red Wings are holding a charitable drive on Thursday to honor a fallen firefighter, and the Deaborn Press and Guide's Joe Slezak offers more details about the event:

The Detroit Red Wings are encouraging fans attending Thursday’s playoff game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena to help “Fill a Boot” to benefit the family of fallen Wayne-Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke.

Dearborn firefighters will be at each arena entrance collecting money from 6:30 to 8 p.m., which is the faceoff time for game 4 of the best-of-7 Western Conference semifinals, which the Red Wings lead 2 games to 1.

Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg plans to match donations up to $3,500.

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What Type Of Fan Are You?

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05/21/13 at 03:24 PM ET | Comments (24)

1. The Fan Who Punches a Wall

2. The Single F-Bomb Fan

3. The “Oh My God Oh My God Oh My God NOOO!” Fan

Sean McIndoe of Grantland has 17 more for you with an explanation on all.

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Kings Looking For A Road Win

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05/21/13 at 03:12 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Arash Markazi of ESPNLosAngeles,

Despite not having as much success on the road this season as the Kings did last season and losing Game 3 in heartbreaking fashion in San Jose, Sutter didn't believe that would be a factor in Tuesday night's Game 4.

"There's zero momentum," Sutter said. "Once you get in the playoffs, there's no momentum unless somebody is way better than somebody, which as you see, nobody is. There's zero momentum. If there is a carryover, you're probably not a playoff team anyways."

The Kings don't have to be as dominant on the road as they were last season in order to advance to the Western Conference finals. All they need is a win Tuesday to put them in position to close out the series back in Los Angeles on Thursday.

"We've played better at home but we can't rest and be comfortable with being a great home team," Williams said. "We need to be killers on the road. Coming back with a 3-1 lead is something we're certainly going to do our darndest to do."

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Hello? NHL?

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05/21/13 at 02:47 PM ET | Comments (18)

from Ray Ratto of CSNBayArea,

We are not expecting a Gary Bettman sighting for Game 4 of the Los Angeles Kings-San Jose Sharks series Tuesday night. Or for Game 5 on Thursday, and probably not Game 6 on Sunday, either. And maybe not even for Game 7, either. We remain hopeful for Game 8, though.

Too bad, too. The one time the Bay Area would actually like to see him, he’ll find himself too busy tending to the three series that haven’t been designated as undercards.

And yes, this is still the undercard for whatever other series there is, because that’s the way the sport has always operated. Like the Stanley Cup itself, it is a series of rings, and the further away from the center you get, the less intriguing you are.

Yes, the Sharks are playing the defending Stanley Cup champions in a series that has had enough of everything yet not so much that people aren’t willing to watch more. But they are not members of the Original Six, like Chicago and Detroit and New York and Boston. They do not have Sidney Crosby, like Pittsburgh. And they do not have Canada, like Ottawa.

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HNIC’s pre-Game 3 musical montage

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05/21/13 at 02:22 PM ET | Comments (8)

HockeyWebCaster on YouTube posted the CBC's opening montage prior to Game 3 of the Red Wings-Hawks series, and it's pretty slick:

Update: For the record, I enjoyed the post-game montage, too, and it leads off a "Hockey Night Online" post-game show in which P.J. Stock and Andi Petrillo discussed Game 3:

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Kearns Finally Found The Right Situation

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05/21/13 at 01:25 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Eric Gilmore at NHL.com,

 San Jose Sharks forward Bracken Kearns already had played for seven different minor-league teams over six-plus seasons before he made his NHL debut, Oct. 20, 2011, as a member of the Florida Panthers.

Kearns turned 32 two days before making his Stanley Cup Playoff debut, May 14 for the Sharks, in Game 1 of their Western Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Kings.

If the Sharks gave out awards for Most Patient Player, it undoubtedly would go to Kearns, the son of former Vancouver Canucks defenseman Dennis Kearns.

"My dad's first year in the NHL, he was 26 and he played 10 years," Kearns said. "He was a bit of a late-bloomer. He always told me in this game you need somebody to like you, a GM or a coach. Sometimes you have to go through people who aren't really big on you until you find the right situation, and this organization's been really good to me."

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Red Wings-Blackhawks post-Game 3 tailings and off-day news: on Pavel Datsyuk and the vampire squid

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/21/13 at 01:18 PM ET | Comments (19)

Updated 6x at 3:10 PM: The Red Wings aren't practicing today and I'm not sure whether the Blackhawks are skating thanks to the two-day break between games and the simple truths that a) practice for practice's sake doesn't necessarily register with players (less is more) and b) everyone is banged-up to some extent at this time of year, so "rest is a weapon," as Mike Babcock would say.

But there's a preponderance of Wings and Hawks-related news that either didn't quite make the recap or overnight report cut or plain old popped up during my four-and-a-half hours' worth of sleep. I will leave Sportsline's Brian Stubits, Yahoo Sports' Harrison Mooney and the Score's Justin Bourne's astonishment at a goofy comment by Glenn Healy to you  (according to Mr. Healy, Pavel Datsyuk doesn't have all that much hockey god-given talent; Bourne, Grantland and Deadspin of all places offered analyses of last night's game as well)...Well, okay, here's Healy. Cue the jaw-drop:

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Detroit Is Finding New Ways to Win

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05/21/13 at 12:06 PM ET | Comments (18)

from Lynn Zinser of Slap Shot at the NY Times,

Notice has officially arrived in Chicago that the N.H.L. playoffs have started. Perhaps part of the Blackhawks’ problem is that they are actually playing games in Detroit at the moment. Maybe the hockey gods should start delivering such things by text message. Thus, the Blackhawks would have been warned that Detroit no longer looks much like that identity crisis team that barely sneaked into the playoffs and whom Chicago had little trouble with in the regular season.

Somehow, the Detroit team that has dug its fingernails deep into this second-round series with Chicago not only found an identity, but made it a not-so-charming one. The franchise that used to pride itself on skating rings around opponents and scoring goals out of the how-to-create-a-highlight-reel textbook is now knocking Chicago around for a stunning 2-1 lead in their series.

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Dater Updates Roy’s Coaching Status With Avs

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05/21/13 at 10:18 AM ET | Comments (17)

via Adrian Dater of All Things Avs,

Time will tell if Patrick Roy’s brother jumped the gun a little — or a lot, like all the way over — on his proclamation to me on the phone and on his own Facebook page that Patrick will be the next coach of the Avalanche.

The Avs this morning are saying there is no deal in place. That’s about all they’re saying so far. So, we wait and see what happens. As my story last night said, the Avs would not confirm Stephane Roy’s assertion and that remains the case.

My belief: the Avs and Roy are in negotiations on a possible deal. But until a deal is done, it’s not. This still may not happen at all. We just have to wait. Roy wanted a lot of money in 2009 to be the coach – my reporting said he wanted a four-year deal at $3 million per, while the Avs offered four years at $1.75 million per.

I can’t imagine Roy asking for any less than that now. And for an NHL coach, that’s a LOT of money. So, it’s possible money – as it often does – could derail this thing. We shall see.

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