The Detroit Red Wings are moving on to Chitown for the second round of the NHL Playoffs. GO WINGS!! Duck Season is over...now it's Hawk Season.
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The Detroit Red Wings are moving on to Chitown for the second round of the NHL Playoffs. GO WINGS!! Duck Season is over...now it's Hawk Season.
go sharks go sharks go sharks.
lets go pens !!!!
Lets go pens !!!!
Lets go pens !!!!
lol if i had a team that i love to root for then i guess i would here on this thread lol... wow fans! lol or cheerleaders!!! lol
Let's go kings only two more to next round
I dont think the wings have a chance. Bruins will win the rest.
I think the Wings can take out the Hawks it has been a great series so far.
yes i would love to see the red wings beat chicago cuz they took mn out but in the end for conference finals i want sharks to head to the cup and win it!
As a lifelong Blackhawks fan I find the current situation to be totally undesirable and not the least bit knowing that for years to come the Red Wings and Hawks will not longer be bitter Western Conference foes. I cannot stand to end our Original Six rivalry on such a bitter note. Bitter because the Wings suck and the Hawks are proving to be classic chokers in a way only Chicago could produce. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lets go pens!!! lets go pens!! lets go pens!!!
Pens go home. Pens go Home. Bruins are too tough.
Go sharks go sharks go sharks go sharks.
Should be a good one tonight in the windy city, so I can see the Hawks taking this game but game 6 I think the Wings could take the series anyways lets see a good one tonight.
Sigh... Don't worry, it'll be a better win to take it at home! :)
im rooting for you redwings, so the sharks can whoop some octopus butt next series.
Jimmy Howard was actually my neighbor went to highschool with him we were good friends. pulling for the wings!
hes such a great goalie with ridiculous saves
Wings could not close last night..... Today there is a chance for Boston and La to both close out their series should be another good day for playoff hockey.
Was really hoping my Blackhawks would do something...
The Red Wings must want to win this series at home..sure didn't look like they wanted to win last night.
Red Wings always dictate... more cash in nother game
I think tonight the Wings will clinch a berth in the West Finals :D
I think Chicago is going to be the only original 6 team the Wings don't play next year a lot. Stupid to have Chicago in the Western conference anways...btw...GO WINGS!!Quote:
As a lifelong Blackhawks fan I find the current situation to be totally undesirable and not the least bit knowing that for years to come the Red Wings and Hawks will not longer be bitter Western Conference foes. I cannot stand to end our Original Six rivalry on such a bitter note. Bitter because the Wings suck and the Hawks are proving to be classic chokers in a way only Chicago could produce. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Things have just gotten hotter in the kitchen if you are a Wings fan. Home Ice. Best Team. HAWKS WIN!!!!! HAWKS WIN!!!!!
At least u got the Tigers to watch all sumnmer.
Ah not much out of the red wings camp. Nervous ladies.
What channel is this game on? Not a huge hockey fan, but I'll watch a Game 7...
Tonight's game is going to become a history game
Fun with red wings fans, I am one too!! ;)) Heehehe But like Vancouver too
If Chicago would have lost that game after the disallowed goal, the city would have rioted
Haha!!! Blackhawks all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:d
Good series. Glad to see chat about the NHL.
Well I would like to apologize for some of my earlier posts. I am sorry that I ever doubted my mighty Blackhawks. What a fucking game. What a fucking team. A team that will be drinking beer out of Lord Stanley's Cup in a month. And for the Wings fans out there let me soften the blow with a lovely article about Detroit, home of those very same Wings.
ONCE a year, business and political leaders from metropolitan Detroit travel to an island resort that bans all motorized vehicles and talk about the regional economy.
For me, memories of childhood vacations at that resort, Mackinac Island — the ferry ride, the fudge shops, the horse-drawn carriages — are primarily olfactory. In the unlikely event I’m ever again hit with the dueling scents of confectioner’s exhaust and horse manure, it would probably trigger some kind of Proustian flashback.
For years, Michigan’s business community seemed bent on flashbacks of its own, to the days when the Big Three automakers towered arrogantly from the safe confines of an insular culture. But now its buzzwords are “innovation,” “entrepreneurship” and a “21st-century global market.” This week’s Mackinac Policy Conference has positioned itself as a sort of Midwestern Davos, with a roster of marquee speakers, including Michelle Rhee, Jeb Bush and the hosts of “Morning Joe.”
The topic on everyone’s mind will be the fate of Detroit, which was placed under state control in March by Gov. Rick Snyder. The governor, a Republican, is attending the conference, and four of the candidates running for mayor in November are scheduled to speak there today — among them, the front-runners: the excellently named former police chief Benny Napoleon, and Mike Duggan, who has a serious shot at becoming the first white mayor of Detroit in 40 years.
That would be a compelling story in normal circumstances. But this year, racial dynamics pale beside the surreal spectacle of candidates campaigning for a job that basically no longer exists.
Detroit, with at least $15 billion in long-term debt, is teetering on the brink of municipal bankruptcy, and is slated to remain under state control for at least 18 months. During this period, the mayor and City Council retain their titles, but little else. (This might explain Mayor Dave Bing’s announcement that he would not seek re-election; neither will four of the nine City Council incumbents.) Instead, the emergency manager appointed by Governor Snyder, the bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn D. Orr, will continue to rule Detroit with sweeping powers that include the ability to privatize city services, sell off municipal assets and alter union contracts.
To critics, emergency managers are unelected dictators, most often installed in poor, majority black cities. Last fall, Michigan voters repealed the emergency manager law in a ballot referendum. But Governor Snyder rammed through a new version during the lame-duck session of the G.O.P.-controlled State Legislature — a flagrantly undemocratic move, seemingly driven less by ideology than fear of what a Detroit bankruptcy might do to the credit ratings of the surrounding suburbs and the state.
The hope is that Mr. Orr, who worked as a lead attorney on Chrysler’s managed bankruptcy, will be able to prevent Detroit from entering Chapter 9. Yet in one of his first acts, he signed off on the hiring of his own former law firm, Jones Day, to help restructure Detroit’s long-term debt — despite the fact that Jones Day already represents some of the very banks holding said debt, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.
Indeed, the least surprising development to anyone following Detroit’s woes has been Wall Street’s continued ability to squeeze money out of a city that can’t afford to keep its streetlights on or police its neighborhoods (there were almost as many murders in Detroit last year as there were in New York, a city with 11 times the population; Detroit officers are working 12-hour shifts with 10 percent pay cuts; and private businesses recently kicked in $8 million to buy the department new squad cars and ambulances).
In recent years, Detroit’s water department has paid Wall Street banks hundreds of millions in termination fees alone in order to get out of bad municipal bond deals. (The city utility is so broke, it issued new bonds in order to pay the fees to get out of the old bonds!)
According to a recent Reuters article, since corporate bankruptcies have declined, investors specializing in “distressed” hedge funds have begun circling troubled municipalities, with no city “attracting more attention than Detroit.” One financial adviser quoted in the story sounded a note of caution to the would-be vultures, noting that unlike a corporation, “you can’t liquidate a city.”
But apparently no one informed Mr. Orr, whose spokesman, Bill Nowling, told The Detroit Free Press that the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, including works by van Gogh and Matisse, was being listed as an asset in the event of bankruptcy. “Creditors can really force the issue,” Mr. Nowling said. “If you go into court, they can object and say, ‘Hey, I’m taking a huge haircut, and you’ve got a billion dollars’ worth of art sitting over there.’ ”
Why stop there? Perhaps as part of a settlement, Mr. Orr can negotiate with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to play at creditors’ annual shareholder luncheons, or work out a deal wherein laid-off autoworkers perform free annual tuneups on the limousines of bank executives. Better yet, he could tear a page from the Chrysler turnaround — which, of course, ended with the company’s being purchased by Fiat. See where I’m going with this? Italians love art, they love cars, and they know how to monetize old ruins!
In a different world, Mr. Orr might instead consider more aggressively challenging the city’s creditors, or lobbying for the sort of federal cash infusion received by the faltering banks and auto companies. Unfortunately, such scenarios aren’t likely to come up during today’s Mackinac panel on Detroit’s turnaround — moderated by the vice chairman of a bank.
How did the wings lose the series. So sad. Worse theghe leafs
go boston all the way win it for boston they gotta be the favorites
Like I said Hawks Win one hell of a great game
They sure did choke bigtime. always next year
But next year it will be in the Eastern Conference. What a way to send them packing.
lets go boston lets go dadadadada