ESPN's broadcasts with Gary Thorne and Bill Clement were terrific. The loss of that TV deal has hurt the NHL badly.
Wow I remembered the ESPN NHL hockey games being aired but I didn't remember much about the announcer / color who did the games now that you mention Thorne / Clement I had a flashback / recollection of those great days, and your right, I remember them doing the games and I loved them. they were very good. I truly miss them doing NHL games.
The Wild's new division situation works for me. It's about as logical as it could be. Now...just BRING BACK THE
NORTH STARS NAME FOR FUCK'S SAKE and we can get those old Norris Division rivals back legitimately.
The good old days - NHL2Nite was best with John Buccigross, Melrose and Chicken Parm.
Yeah I wasn't much of Minnesota fan but I did like their uni's those sweaters were cool as hell. and I loved the games with the Red Wings, maybe not as much as Black Hawks / Red Wings, Blues / Red Wings but it was still fun watching the NS's and Red Wings play in the old Norris. and NHL tonight was awesome now that you mention it and I remember that ESPN NHL show, and I certainly did love watching that show as well.
Need my Wings to get the 4 pts this weekend vs. the Blue Jackets in a home/home series.
Last time I was able to see them on TV was the west coast Kings game where Jimmy stood on
his head several times.
Recent Media reports indicate that the youthful D is performing well and B. Smith has returned from injury.
I am worried that the Wings have a tendency to play down to the the level of competition they face.
Columbus fits that bill.
Yeah I was gonna mention that the young Detroit D-core has started getting pretty good considering their off-season loss of their BEST and maybe the 2nd or 3rd best D-man they HAD on their roster. The youngin's have started to play well even gain some confidence, there getting kind of STINGY again, and with Howard standing on his head again / playing great the Red Wings D has been playing great. If we had a little more scoring punch on a regular basis we'd be a pretty well balanced team. and your kind of right about playing down to the level of competition, but I think a lot of that was the D's going through growing pains as well, we'll see how consistent the Wings play the rest of the shortened season. as of right now they might not be as BAD or mediocre we thought they maybe this year. our team is on the younger side now / with a couple of veterans, not vice / versa.
Thankfully Detroit's fall-off my not be as bad as we were initially thinking it maybe on the BACK end, nobody will replace what Lidstrom and Stuart brought to our team, but the youngin's are adapting too filling in and playing well cohesively as a group now, and despite their lack of offensive firepower/ some of the guys are showing real promise. and I think we will either get a prolific scoring forward / and another stud D-man either by the Trading deadline (if it's a trade deadline acquisition I am figuring its gonna be 1 of those NEEDS and not both being addressed @ the deadline, I can't see them trading more than 1 or 2 guys @ the deadline so figure on 1 significant addition @ the trade deadline not both needs met by the trade deadline) I think they will make a serious attempt too get complete over the summer via UFA's I am thinking. We'll see. Detroit's starting to play with confidence and playing pretty well. we'll see how they fare. :2 cents:
:bawling:
