to the Dallas Stars that is.
Yes, hello there. It's me. Disgruntled, pissed off Fan.
No, I do not jump on and off the bandwagon when they are winning or losing. I watch them 100%...until I know they've lost for sure. That's why I'm sending them off before Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals begins.
The Stars did well...to an extent. They made it through the regular season although near the end their win/loss percentage was not positive. They were a team that was a shoo in for the playoffs a month before they started but then when it came to the last few games they were a maybe, maybe not. It could have gone either way and luckily for them the other teams vying for the 7th or 8th spots screwed up worse than the Stars.
They took it to the Ducks and then the Sharks. Or did the Ducks and then the Sharks just falter sooner or worse than the Stars?
The problem is that the Red Wings aren't (and probably won't) faltering. They are taking it to the Stars and the Stars are not responding or simply they cannot respond. They are outhitting the Stars. They are outplaying the Stars. They are out-finessing the Stars. They are kicking the Stars' asses!
It's sad really. The Stars haven't adjusted to the quality of skill and determination with which the Red Wings are playing.
The Red Wings are a team of mostly old guys. I mean, shit, Chelios is 46 years old and he plays harder and longer than Modano or any of the younger guys on the Stars' lines but maybe Morrow, Lehtinen, Ott, Barnes and Robidas. I could have put Hagman in there but he has since faded into "who is that guy again?" along with Ribeiro. No matter what numbers Ribs may have put up during the start of the regular season, he faded. He's been iffy, if not very lucky, during the playoffs to get any points because this is the fucking playoffs and no one sits around to let him try and make his perfect pass or his whoop-dee-doo moves and shots. He hangs onto that puck way too damn long and he's not as skilled with the puck maneuvers when a playoff defenseman is spanking his ass.
The Stars need to make a change albeit maybe too late. I'm not sure what the hell Tippett was thinking putting Richards on the point during the power play but he did. And what happened? Zhetterberg takes the puck from end to end and puts one past Turco. How fitting? Not only did Richards suck as a defensive offense but Turco let another very stoppable shot go in. Granted, he probably thought Richards was going to make a better defensive play or Richards could have actually hindered Turco's vision or anticipation of the shot but this is the playoffs, BITCH! STEP UP! DAMN!
So, what do I see later on but Richards working point again during the power play. Um, hello...Tippett, did you not see how poor Richards was on every power play before this one AND ESPECIALLY the one where he got raped and beaten for a short-handed goal??? C'mon, man, wake up and get your head out of your ass!!!
It's a different time folks. It's the playoffs. Not just the playoffs, it's the freaking Western Conference Finals!!
The way I see it is if Ron Wilson got fired from the San Jose Sharks coaching job for losing the past three years in the second round, then Dave Tippett should be fired as the Stars coach. I'm not saying it's totally the coaches fault because I watched three games of some piss-poor playing and lackadaisical effort from many of the players. But something has got to change and someone has got to go and it's usually the coach. Why they can't fire a player for lack of effort or whatever is beyond me (okay, because some other team will pick them up and that player will come back and wreak havoc on our team and someone will question WHY we ever got rid of him without looking back and remembering how shitty he played for us but anyway...).
Okay, so I think I'm done ranting. Let's hit the links as we'll see a lot of local sports professionals there since the Mavs are out, the Stars are about to be out, and the Rangers haven't really been in.
I'm done!
Yes, hello there. It's me. Disgruntled, pissed off Fan.
No, I do not jump on and off the bandwagon when they are winning or losing. I watch them 100%...until I know they've lost for sure. That's why I'm sending them off before Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals begins.
The Stars did well...to an extent. They made it through the regular season although near the end their win/loss percentage was not positive. They were a team that was a shoo in for the playoffs a month before they started but then when it came to the last few games they were a maybe, maybe not. It could have gone either way and luckily for them the other teams vying for the 7th or 8th spots screwed up worse than the Stars.
They took it to the Ducks and then the Sharks. Or did the Ducks and then the Sharks just falter sooner or worse than the Stars?
The problem is that the Red Wings aren't (and probably won't) faltering. They are taking it to the Stars and the Stars are not responding or simply they cannot respond. They are outhitting the Stars. They are outplaying the Stars. They are out-finessing the Stars. They are kicking the Stars' asses!
It's sad really. The Stars haven't adjusted to the quality of skill and determination with which the Red Wings are playing.
The Red Wings are a team of mostly old guys. I mean, shit, Chelios is 46 years old and he plays harder and longer than Modano or any of the younger guys on the Stars' lines but maybe Morrow, Lehtinen, Ott, Barnes and Robidas. I could have put Hagman in there but he has since faded into "who is that guy again?" along with Ribeiro. No matter what numbers Ribs may have put up during the start of the regular season, he faded. He's been iffy, if not very lucky, during the playoffs to get any points because this is the fucking playoffs and no one sits around to let him try and make his perfect pass or his whoop-dee-doo moves and shots. He hangs onto that puck way too damn long and he's not as skilled with the puck maneuvers when a playoff defenseman is spanking his ass.
The Stars need to make a change albeit maybe too late. I'm not sure what the hell Tippett was thinking putting Richards on the point during the power play but he did. And what happened? Zhetterberg takes the puck from end to end and puts one past Turco. How fitting? Not only did Richards suck as a defensive offense but Turco let another very stoppable shot go in. Granted, he probably thought Richards was going to make a better defensive play or Richards could have actually hindered Turco's vision or anticipation of the shot but this is the playoffs, BITCH! STEP UP! DAMN!
So, what do I see later on but Richards working point again during the power play. Um, hello...Tippett, did you not see how poor Richards was on every power play before this one AND ESPECIALLY the one where he got raped and beaten for a short-handed goal??? C'mon, man, wake up and get your head out of your ass!!!
It's a different time folks. It's the playoffs. Not just the playoffs, it's the freaking Western Conference Finals!!
The way I see it is if Ron Wilson got fired from the San Jose Sharks coaching job for losing the past three years in the second round, then Dave Tippett should be fired as the Stars coach. I'm not saying it's totally the coaches fault because I watched three games of some piss-poor playing and lackadaisical effort from many of the players. But something has got to change and someone has got to go and it's usually the coach. Why they can't fire a player for lack of effort or whatever is beyond me (okay, because some other team will pick them up and that player will come back and wreak havoc on our team and someone will question WHY we ever got rid of him without looking back and remembering how shitty he played for us but anyway...).
Okay, so I think I'm done ranting. Let's hit the links as we'll see a lot of local sports professionals there since the Mavs are out, the Stars are about to be out, and the Rangers haven't really been in.
I'm done!
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