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X Reasons - Please No Nickleback Edition

Yep.  That's pretty much what it feels like right now.

There are a multitude of little lies that parents tell their children in order to make childhood more fun.  Santa Clause. The Toothfairy.  I do love you more than your brother/sister.

But I just found out about one that I've been told since I was a little kid.  Detroit has a long and rich musical history.  It's a lie.

Bob Seger?  He's no Detroiter.

Aretha Franklin? Queen of Soul, but not the Queen of Detroit.

Kid Rock?  He may be an American Badass, but he didn't grow up in the metro area.

 

How do I know this?  How did I uncover this carefully constructed lie?

Nickleback is scheduled to play halftime of the Lions Thanksgiving Day game.

Yes, the same Nickleback that even Winnipeg begged to not have play for their first NHL game in 15 years.  Their own country doesn't even like them.  So the only reason they could possibly be chosen to play at Ford Field during a Lions game would be that there were no other options.  There are petitions circulating.  But who would you replace them with?  There just isn't a rich history to pull from.

What does this have to do with the Wings game last night?  Aside from the fact that Detroit played like Nickleback, nothing.  I just didn't feel like talking about it.

 

Follow me after the jump for the latest X Reasons.

Star-divide

 

I - Well, that was a nice giant back of suck.

II - Jokinen must have been promised extra waffles if he kept Iginla from getting a hat-trick.

III - I was hoping to wake up this morning to find out Jimmy went nuclear in the locker room.  Not surprisingly, I was disappointed.

IV - Tim Tebow watched the game last night and thought the Wings sucked.

V - I haven't seen JJ's CSSI post yet, but I vote for Kronwall and Bertuzzi to each get an extra minus elebenty billion for the miscommunication on that 3rd goal.

VI - I'm not in the "Do Something Drastic" camp, but I'm noticing fewer and fewer people in the tents around me.

VII - Glad to see Hudler is ok.  That was gonna hurt regardless, he didn't need the extra shove from Hannan.

VIII - Why is it that when our forwards get a wide open shot, they hold it for a second to let the goalie set up, when theirs get one, they bury it with a one-timer?

IX - Seriously, that was a Nicklebackian bag of suck.

X -  What's the latest we've been under .500 in the last 20 years?  This has got to be pretty close.

Up Next: Anaheim, Saturday at 7pm.  Maybe all Datsyuk needs is to kick a little Katy Corey Perry ass.

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Even if that doesn't fix it.

 I’m still up for it.

Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen

by Robocop on Nov 4, 2011 7:18 AM CDT up reply actions   2 recs

kicking or tapping?

just kidding, but another fight with the same emotion is just what I think we need. We didn’t get the emotion going too well despite our win streak at the beginning of the season. Let’s go out and kick someone’s ass!

Get your Al the Octopus

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by Josh Howard on Nov 4, 2011 7:36 AM CDT up reply actions  

How about a Happy Huds MMA-Style Throwdown of Perry?

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by MuleRules on Nov 4, 2011 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just like

when Detroit and Colorado used to mix it up…goalies skating to center ice…whatever it would take at this point!

"If we knew what the outcome would be it wouldn't be called hindsight."

by wjr on Nov 4, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

3rd goal

 that 3rd goal happend RIGHT in front of Josh Howard and I. I totally blame Kronwall for it, even though 3 guys skated right by it. Jimmy can’t be letting in softies like the 1st one either, I know he tried to put his stick down to deny the pass but when the guy shoots from basically behind the net and in there’s no excuse.

Also the ref’s were at it again in full force. Hannan’s penalty was a hold? A hold? No, seriously……A HOLD? I think the refs from the Minnesota game just stayed in town an extra day at MGM Grand then said “hey!! we’re still in down, let’s do another game!”

by Red Wing Nut on Nov 4, 2011 7:35 AM CDT reply actions  

Agreed

I can’t believe the shit we saw. Seriously… I saw more crap that I never thought I would see in this game, than I have EVER seen in a Wings game.

Get your Al the Octopus

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by Josh Howard on Nov 4, 2011 7:38 AM CDT up reply actions  

Dont forget about the high stick on the breakaway…hello he had the puck where the scumref were you looking?

by Splints on Nov 4, 2011 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions  

Where?

Probably at the crease making a comment about goalie interference or something.

by Red Wing Nut on Nov 4, 2011 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions  

I think I would like the players to Do Something Drastic, not Holland. We need some emotion. Franzen you are a lifetime wing. Start battling for the system that has you here for NINE more years!

I am all in favor of

Octopi JLA

I'm a Homer

by holmstrom96 on Nov 4, 2011 8:59 AM CDT up reply actions  

Octopi JLA

Should be 2012 playoff slogan, although there’s no chance it will be.

Fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Red Wings.

by Elfuego51 on Nov 4, 2011 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions   2 recs

Still in that tent.

Every team slumps at some point in the year. It could just be that this year’s slump is early. So soon we forget that this very same team won 5 games in a row.

Of course, having said all that, my patience is definitely running thin. We’re at the make-or-break point of slumpy times. If things don’t change soon, then I will start to think it’s not a slump, but something far worse.

#OctopiJLA

by tehGOALIE on Nov 4, 2011 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

I say sit Bert and Homer!

Bert has looked horrible this year! Homer takes to many stupid penalties. Sit those two and put goose and burns in and see if they cant help rally the troops. Make the Mule play third line and put one of the kids in his spot. Make these guys realize that they can be replaced and maybe you can get more effort out of them.

by Birddog17 on Nov 4, 2011 7:57 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

does anyone see a win coming in the next 3 games?

Anaheim is also having a tough time, but they will play tough. If its anything like that last 5 games, they will probably employ some sort of 1-2-2 forecheck and keep everything to the outside in their own zone. That way the wings can rack up a ton of shots again without scoring any goals leading to quotes like “we had our chances” or “we doubled them in shots.” If Babcock and the wings aren’t smart enough figure out that defensive system, then fuck them. Maybe he isn’t that good of a coach. We can call it boring all we want, the bottom line is that the wings are getting shitcanned by it. If an opposing coach goes by any other game plan at this point, they should be fired on the spot.

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by Eric @ PRBU on Nov 4, 2011 8:10 AM CDT reply actions  

It was a typical calgary game...

“We doubled them in shots.”

Just like the old days when I hated playing Calgary. We could outshoot them a billion to one, but they’d get some stupid goal and Kiprusoff would be the luckiest man on the planet. Too many times last night did I hear Ken/Mickey say “Kiprusoff never saw that puck, but managed to stop it.”

But yeah, the wings should try, you know, winning in the near future. K thx.

by amasotta on Nov 4, 2011 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

Not Saturday

I think we will get Gooned up vs. the Quack.

by Red Wing Nut on Nov 4, 2011 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions  

Looking at the schedule this morning...

I was thinking that Calgary and Dallas are probably the softest games of the month. The homestand helps, but not going to be an easy few weeks.

by EthrDemon on Nov 4, 2011 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions  

Honestly,

playing a team like Anaheim might jump start the WIngs. They look anemic in these games…something needs to light a fire under them. Maybe a goonfest is just what they need.

Or maybe I’m just grasping for straws already.

by tehGOALIE on Nov 4, 2011 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

have you ever noticed

that once Scotty Bowman left the DRW organization, the defense abilities went SOUTH in a hurry? Notice the Blackhawks have made good pickups and their defensive abilities have improved since Scotty Bowman arrived? Coincidence? I’m thinking no…and that the DRW organization really screwed the pooch by letting him (Bowman) get away.

"If we knew what the outcome would be it wouldn't be called hindsight."

by wjr on Nov 4, 2011 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

There wasn't much the Wings could do to keep him

His kid was working in the Hawks organization (assistant GM, or something like that) and Scotty wanted to be able to work with him, or at least be able to talk work with him.

And there wasn’t a chance in hell we were firing Kenny to try and sign Stan away from the Hawks.

Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen

by Robocop on Nov 4, 2011 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nonsense

The Red Wings allowed the fewest goals in the league in 2008 when they won the Stanley Cup; 5 seasons after Bowmen left the bench for the Wings.

And the Wings had nothing they could have done to keep Bowman from going to Chicago. His son was sick and he wanted to spend more time with him. How would you propose they approach him?

Jim Devellano: “Scotty, we know you love your son and want to spend more time with him, but me and the boys have been talking and we really think that it’s more important you stay with the Red Wings than spend more time with your family”.

Yeah. That would have worked.

by Big Z in Orlando on Nov 7, 2011 1:38 PM CST up reply actions  

I am trying to remember how the Wings got to 5-0 in the first place. It seems so long ago…

by stevenyc on Nov 4, 2011 8:34 AM CDT reply actions  

Thats easy

They made smart passes. They carried the puck in and only dumped it in when needed. And unlike the last 6 games they were never caught standing still.

by Splints on Nov 4, 2011 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

PLAY RED WING HOCKEY GOD DAMN IT!!!!

The WIngs need to start playing their game! Don’t try and play like other teams do play Red Wing puck possession hockey!! and put the puck in the f’ing net already!! lol

by Birddog17 on Nov 4, 2011 10:05 AM CDT reply actions  

Hudler picture above

For a lot of these hits receiving suspension, the picture shown for the hit isn’t fair to the hitter and doesn’t really show what truly happened. The picture above is an exception. I’d say Hannan should face a 4-5 game suspension, but the fact that Hudler came back probably helps Hannan.

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by Elfuego51 on Nov 4, 2011 11:18 AM CDT reply actions  

Here's your roster shakeup.

Bench Bertuzzi- play Hulktuzzi
Bench Franzen-play Franzenstein
Bench Datsyuk- play the Dangles the Magician
Bench Zetterberg- play the faceoff winning, puck shooting, corner owning, puck posessing, backchecking, opponent owning mofo we’ve come to expect
Bench Commodore- play Hulkadore
Bench Kronwall-play The Kronwaller
Bench Ericsson- play E52
Bench Homer- play the Demolition man
Bench Hudler-play the MMA Scuttles

You get where I’m going here.

Can we put something in the water to make the boys angry?

by SlapshotGoal on Nov 4, 2011 2:17 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

Well I think it's obvious what we need to do though It pains me to say it

Combine the god-awful play of our team with the god-awful music of Nickleback. Every single time there’s a stoppage, play their “hit” song Photograph and their other “hit” song Photograph. I mean obviously everyone watching the game will have to mute the tv the entire game(s) but hopefully the terrible, terrible, oh god why is it so terrible, my IQ just dropped a couple points from just hearing 5 seconds of that white noise, music will force the other team to play worse. (We’re safe from the music because we can’t play worse).

And now I’m going to have to go kill myself because I just suggested actually playing Nickleback which regardless the scenario should be punishable by death

My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.

by greg5897 on Nov 4, 2011 2:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Nickleback does in fact suck.

But part of the reason Canadians particularly hate them is because of the CRTC. It’s a government agency basically designed to ensure Canadian culture isn’t completely dominated by American media. So they give tv and radio a ton of guidelines to follow, including what percentage of content has to be Canadian.

On radio, the percentage is ridiculous, so we hear fucking Nickleback every 20 minutes. It’s infuriating and we want them to die in a fire.

Blackhawks bleed Red & White.
We are all Canucks...including Toews, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, ...need I go on?

by mhsilver on Nov 4, 2011 5:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Although that is true

There are so many good bands from Canada they could play and still have the same % of canadian content

by Splints on Nov 4, 2011 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

True

And I don’t know why they don’t.

Vancouver isn’t that bad, cause the rock station here actually hosts it’s own contest that awards local bands with a record deal, so we hear a good chunk of indie stuff.

Blackhawks bleed Red & White.
We are all Canucks...including Toews, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, ...need I go on?

by mhsilver on Nov 4, 2011 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

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