Saturday, October 29, 2011

if i was Mike Babcock(Red Wings' coach)...

overall,as a fan,if i was Mike Babcock(Red Wings' coach),i would not be too happy with the way that they are playing overall... as a team,they are on a three game losing streak,and even though you were unhappy with the officiating,you were more upset with giving two straight empty net goals,to make games look like we were playing worse than we were playing... good teams occasionally gives up empty net goals,at end of games,but to do it for two straight games,is not good... better offensive pressure at end at games,would really help your cause,and get your team out of the offensive doldrums... the good thing about the loss to San Jose,if there was one thing,was that the top line(Pavel Datsyuk,Henrik Zetterberg,and Dan Cleary)played very well,with Zetterberg getting a goal,Datsyuk getting two assists,and Tomas Holmstrom scored a goal,and getting two pucks in net(even though one was disallowed,on a very questionable call,with contact with Antti Niemi)... it was more of a reputation call on Holmstrom,because Niemi moved out of the blue paint,in front of net,and made contact with Holmstrom,before puck was chipped over Niemi,into net,and gave Holmstrom a little shove down onto ice... before you think that i do not think that it was a veteran move,it was,and a good one,but any other player would have scored on that play,or had a penalty on Niemi... calls like that,Holmstrom gets every season,because he is best puck tipper,in front of net,in the NHL... he had a penalty,against Dallas,on a totally phantom call standing in front of goaltender,and he tipped puck past goaltender(did not move body,at all),and Tim Peel,called him for goaltender interference,in a 4-1 loss,last year,to the Stars,so it happens every year... The Dallas goaltender(Kari Lehtonin) actually crosschecked him in back,and Peel,called Holmstrom for interference... the Red Wings are having trouble on power play,and getting puck into offensive zone,and setting up offensively,to attack their opponent,but good teams go through spells like that,so i would not be worried... i would be upset with the overall way that the Red Wings are playing right now,but honestly,i would tell them,and have a hard practice,or two,to get point across,and stress better defense in our defensive zone,because better offense comes from having teams turn the puck over to you... i would believe that they were pressing too hard on offense,trying to score goals,and making rather trivial mistakes,in the neutral zone,and turning pucks over in our defensive zone,giving the goaltender(Jimmy Howard,and Ty Conklin)little chance to stop pucks,and having them make spectacular saves,just to bail the Red Wings out,and finally stop making stupid,brain-dead penalties(hooking,etc.),and putting themselves into hole,with an opponent's power play coming at them every five or ten minutes... if they would do that,the Red Wings would improve,with their overall game...

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