HATCHER! YOU MORON!

What have I been saying all playoffs?!

Hatcher is a moron. And we get him for another 5 years. That was probably the next most brilliant thing since having two top-shelf goalies (Hasek and Cujo) injured and relying on our fantastic back-up goalie that, I would argue, gets much more "bang for their buck" so to speak. Seriously, there were so many "fatal" mistakes Hatcher made that lead, both directly and indirectly, to a Calgary goal, and yet they still gave him oodles of ice time to blunder his way down the ice. He is big, so when another player runs into him they generally are flattened... but he's actually not a very good fighter, is way too slow, and has left his man wide open to shove the puck in the net - as seen in tonite's defeat. Chris, Jeff and I actually started calling him the blob every time he went on the ice, because he just slowly oozed around and didn't do much. We laughed, we pointed fingers and joked... but then he loses it for the Wings. The laughing stopped there.

Overall though it was a good game but an EXCELLENT 3rd period. We screamed and jumped in our chair and probably kept the neighbors up, but it was a fun ride. Too bad next year the players will probably go on strike and there won't be hockey to watch at all. We've always got the Tigers...errrr, ok maybe the Lions.... ummm never mind. ;)

But the drive home, with that big full moon casting those fantastic blue shadows that I love, calmed me down a little bit. Here's what I think about the Wings:

- Hull, time to retire. You were good, now you're not. Get over it. Old and slow.

- Hatcher, I don't even want to talk about it.

- Shanahan, you can go away now too. You get lots of penalties and pick fights that you always LOSE. You're a liability. I used to love you but sometimes love just goes away. As you should. Plus you screwed the whole team over by shaving your playoff beard. What were you thinking?!

- Need more young guys, and need others to step up and play leader. Yzerman was gone, but somebody needs to take charge. I hope that Zetterberg or Datsuyk (sp?) can gain that confidence because they are uber-talented.

- Still lovin' McCarty, Lidstrom, Holmstrom, Draper, and Maltby!

- Impressed with Dandenault, Schneider, and Lang

Ok now that I'm done ranting, I think I've tired myself out enough to go to sleep. Maybe it was all a bad dream... (**pinch**) Ouch! Grrrr...