Comments on: Thoughts on the first televised exhibition game http://onthewingsblog.com/2008/09/30/thoughts-on-the-first-televised-exhibition-game/ by true Citizens of Hockeytown Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Khan: Detroit trying to trade Kyle Quincey at On the Wings http://onthewingsblog.com/2008/09/30/thoughts-on-the-first-televised-exhibition-game/comment-page-1/#comment-57526 Khan: Detroit trying to trade Kyle Quincey at On the Wings Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:45:30 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/?p=2310#comment-57526 [...] I thought so. I’m sure this report does wonders for Quincey’s morale, though.  [...] [...] I thought so. I’m sure this report does wonders for Quincey’s morale, though.  [...]

]]> By: Christy http://onthewingsblog.com/2008/09/30/thoughts-on-the-first-televised-exhibition-game/comment-page-1/#comment-57524 Christy Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:22:29 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/?p=2310#comment-57524 Hey Matt- I didn't realize you were getting married this month! Congrats again and I hope you have an absolutely wonderful wedding! Hey Matt-

I didn’t realize you were getting married this month! Congrats again and I hope you have an absolutely wonderful wedding!

]]> By: Baroque http://onthewingsblog.com/2008/09/30/thoughts-on-the-first-televised-exhibition-game/comment-page-1/#comment-57523 Baroque Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:39:21 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/?p=2310#comment-57523 I think Hossa will be fine once he figures out his linemates. He's trying to adjust to a new team and new system, and with Pavel Datsyuk out for a bit, things will be trickier to start. I'm not worried about him at all. Think of it this way - if anyone can redeem the number 44, it will be Aaron Downey, Mr. Positive. :) And congrats all around. I think Hossa will be fine once he figures out his linemates. He’s trying to adjust to a new team and new system, and with Pavel Datsyuk out for a bit, things will be trickier to start. I’m not worried about him at all.

Think of it this way - if anyone can redeem the number 44, it will be Aaron Downey, Mr. Positive. :)
And congrats all around.

]]> By: Ryan http://onthewingsblog.com/2008/09/30/thoughts-on-the-first-televised-exhibition-game/comment-page-1/#comment-57522 Ryan Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:26:43 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/?p=2310#comment-57522 I knew coming in that Hossa wasn't usually the player he was in the playoffs, and particularly the finals, but it really looks like he's struggling out there. He's not playing badly, but it seems obvious he's not playing as well as he should be or wants to. In the first part of the Wings first (I think?) power play, for instance, it looked like he didn't know where to go. And he makes plays that I don't think his linemates expect him to make. And I thought Helm was absolutely tremendous. He wasn't far from being the Wings best forward this game. Except for that one time he was schooled by Kovalev, he was as good defensively as anyone else (see that time he gave the puck away to Gorges, then chased him down and stole it back in about three strides? That was unreal) and created more offense than anyone this side of Hossa. If only there were some way to combine Helm and Leino into one super-player... His choice of number notwithstanding, I thought Downey had a good game, too. He had at least one solid takeaway, and I remember him being involved in a decent scoring chance or two. Ritola and Abdelkader are the only other players I really noticed, and both of them just need more experience, to start making better offensive decisions. Stuff like waiting for there to be traffic before taking a shot. That 5-on-3 was painful without Lidstrom. He just has a way of getting pucks through, and not just for himself, but he pulls coverage away from Rafalski, making his shots more dangerous, too. And why did Chelios keep shooting from the boards? I know he doesn't have much of a shot any more, but if he's going to take one, he's got to take it from the middle of the rink. And of course, large congratulations on the job and extra-large on the marriage. Must be pretty crazy for you around now (and for the last and next few months, probably). I knew coming in that Hossa wasn’t usually the player he was in the playoffs, and particularly the finals, but it really looks like he’s struggling out there. He’s not playing badly, but it seems obvious he’s not playing as well as he should be or wants to. In the first part of the Wings first (I think?) power play, for instance, it looked like he didn’t know where to go. And he makes plays that I don’t think his linemates expect him to make.

And I thought Helm was absolutely tremendous. He wasn’t far from being the Wings best forward this game. Except for that one time he was schooled by Kovalev, he was as good defensively as anyone else (see that time he gave the puck away to Gorges, then chased him down and stole it back in about three strides? That was unreal) and created more offense than anyone this side of Hossa. If only there were some way to combine Helm and Leino into one super-player…

His choice of number notwithstanding, I thought Downey had a good game, too. He had at least one solid takeaway, and I remember him being involved in a decent scoring chance or two. Ritola and Abdelkader are the only other players I really noticed, and both of them just need more experience, to start making better offensive decisions. Stuff like waiting for there to be traffic before taking a shot.

That 5-on-3 was painful without Lidstrom. He just has a way of getting pucks through, and not just for himself, but he pulls coverage away from Rafalski, making his shots more dangerous, too. And why did Chelios keep shooting from the boards? I know he doesn’t have much of a shot any more, but if he’s going to take one, he’s got to take it from the middle of the rink.

And of course, large congratulations on the job and extra-large on the marriage. Must be pretty crazy for you around now (and for the last and next few months, probably).

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