As most of you know that read my blogs, I am a loyal Detroit sports fan sometimes to a fault. But after last night's 4-1 loss to the Black Hawks, I have not given up but know who is the better team. The first period of the game was pretty even, and I can only imagine what Joel Quennville said to his team during the intermission. After whatever was said, the Black Hawks came out and proved to me without any doubt they are the better team.

The Red Wings had their chances, despite Chicago's suffocating attack which left the Wings trapped in their zone facing shot after shot for what seemed like an endless amount of time. The Black Hawks out shot the Red Wings 35-14 after the first period, and admittedly the score could have been worse if not for goaltender Jimmy Howard making save after save, until he allowed the second Hawks goal.

The only goal I did not understand was the third goal, when Howard appeared to intentionally knock the puck off the net which led to the puck going in the net for a 3-1 lead. What the hell was he thinking, if he would have froze the puck on the back of the net, covered it with his stick he would have gotten a whistle almost instantly. But instead, he knocks if off the net and the Black Hawks burn him seconds later.

I am tired of the announcers making excuses for the Red Wings game after game, it has gotten very old hearing they were tired from playing Game 7 in Anaheim. Why can't they just say the Red Wings are rebuilding, which for the most part is the truth. There is a lot of youth on both defense and offense, and one day they will be a Stanley Cup contender again just not this year. Even a person with no knowledge of the game itself, knows that replacing the pieces to their Stanley Cups was and is going to take some time We as fans miss Lidstrom and Holmstrom, and knew they would be difficult to replace. I almost feel sorry for the organization, because they have not clue to what they are getting themselves into next year moving to the much bigger Eastern Conference. In turn the streak may end next year, regardless just as simply put as that.....

I am not looking forward to Saturday afternoon's game, even though history suggests the Wings will play much better than they did Wednesday night..

Is this the end of the line for the Detroit Red Wings and their 22-year playoff run, I think so. I am a loyal Red Wing fan, but with the change to the Eastern Conference scheduled to take place during the 2013-14 season, and their lack of team size in my opinion in just may happen unless they take a different direction and add some size to their lineup. I mean come on, how many times can this team be punished by teams with a huge size difference for which they will face on a nightly basis.

Let's be serious here for a moment, seeing teams like the Bruins 5 to 6 times a year will not be good for the smaller Wings unless they make changes and add size and even more toughness than Jordin Tootoo and Justin Abdelkader provide. But we will see what direction the Wings head after the playoffs are over, these changes are necessary in order for them to compete in the East, and has to happen during this offseason. 

Is this the answer to the Detroit Lions problems as a team, I highly doubt it. Honestly I believe Martin Mayhew missed the boat again when he drafted him number 5. I personally believed they should have drafted a tackle to replace Jeff Backus who retired during the offseason. But this is typical Lions draft strategy since the Matt Millen era, draft a project (Charles Rogers, Titus Young) and pray that they work out. When they don't they release them in order to save face. I am not knocking their entire draft, but there were a lot better players out there that were ready to play this year, not two years down the road. I guess its time for the Lions to find a real general manager, who will draft to the needs of the team, and break the draft day trend. Oh wait I forgot, that is why they are the only Detroit team that I have never seen win a championship during my near 49 years on this earth. Why is this, because they do not have a clue!

Well I have to admit that this weekends series against the Indians has been rather interesting, and not the walkover I thought it would be. Nice to see that Tito, Nick and all the other additions are starting to pay off for the Indians. If this trend continues like it should, because those I mentioned will not let the others quit, then the Central Division might stay interesting this year. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I will see you the next time.

Hello Gabbers, its been a while since we have chatted last hope everything has been going well for you and the teams that you follow. I found out while I was away that people can be ignorant at best, in how they handle situations and if things keep going the way they are I will be divorced by the end of the summer. But on to the things at hand, I have something sports related issues that I want to get off my chest, I am going to start with a little issue related to baseball that I got into a discussion with a friend of mine at work today.

Craig and I were sitting in the break room eating lunch and shooting the shit about our fantasy teams like we always do, when he brought up J.A. Happ taking one of the side of his head last night, thank God he is alright, a cut and a bruise at best, no concussion. Anyway, Craig brought up instant replay and how he thought it should be used in baseball, and if they had a more broader use of instant replay they could have overruled Jim Joyce's blown call that cost Armando Gallaraga his perfect game and more or less ruin his major league career from that point on. My argument is this: in baseball its used exclusively for home run calls which I understand, because after all you are expecting old men with poor vision to make a judgment call from 200 feet or more away which can be rather difficult at times which is fine with me. I mentioned hockey's use of replay for goal scoring only more or less, the puck travels at 100+ miles per hour for which it can be in and out before the referee and goal judge see it, so I can live with that. What do you guys think?

How many of you Bruins fans are getting a chuckle out of the Ottawa-Montreal series, with the Sen's leading it 3-1 going into Game 5? I know I am, somebody should have told the Penguins and Canadians that the Islanders and Senators were going to show up, and play them tough. What a bunch of dumbasses if they thought those two teams were just going to roll over and let them win. Also who would have thought the Canucks would go down in 4 to the Sharks, wouldn't be surprised to see the coach and a lot of player turn over this summer in Vancouver. Sorry Beeze, the Rangers-Capitals series means nothing to me right now, have not watched enough of that one to form an opinion.

If you can't tell I really could care less about the NBA playoffs, for whatever reason I am not interested what-so-ever. I have watched about 5 minutes of the playoffs because I am more interested in watching the NHL and the Tigers.  I know most of all the Astros were glad to see them leave Houston last weekend, getting swept and nearly no-hit by Verlander on Sunday.....

Which NBC dumbass decided to pull the plug on Faith Hill? She was sometimes better than the football game they would show on Sunday night. Oh yes and finally, a little something for the Beeze.....

Finally this one is for Sully, I want to thank him for inviting me to take Old Harry's place this week while he is visiting with his daughter. Hope you have a great time with her Harry as she is home on leave from the Marines. I wish her well, and hope she remains safe as she serves for our country.....

This may even get Old Harry's blood flowing, along with a few others who are from that area. May everyone remain safe, until we meet again.........

Hello Gabbers been a while since I have been here, been trying to get myself better after my surgery which is has been a struggle just as Sully had mentioned to me before I had it done. I have been taking it easy watching football both college and pro, and thank God it is just about over because I am completely burned out from watching so much of it. I am not going to waste time finding fancy pictures of anything in particular, just trying to get a few things that have been on my mind off my chest. Some of it might be kind of old news, but I just added my new laptop today and wanted to take it for a test spin. Go figure, now I cannot start a new paragraph so please bare with me as I rant.....#1: What the hell happened to Notre Dame in the BCS game Beeze, they got their asses handed to them by the Tide. So much for all the talk about preparation time for that game by both sides, they could have played that game tomorrow with the same results. #2: How the hell could the writers not vote anyone into the Hall of Fame? I loved watching Biggio, and at least he should have gotten in. But I guess the writers had a point to prove this year, fucking assmunches couldn't even vote Jack into the Hall. #3: Who do the owners and players think they are trying to fool with this last minute resolution the the NHL lockout? Do they think they got away with it? I will go watch the Pistons before I drive down to the Joe to watch the Wings. I hope others feel the same, because maybe it will teach these pompous asses a lesson about respecting we the fan and not their wallets, but I doubt it. #4: AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS PERSONALLY Red Sox nation, but you still only have 2 decent pitchers in your starting rotation in Dempster and Lester. I am not taking anything away from Clay, but all I have heard on MLB is how good they will be this year. What you planning on doing this year, winning a bunch of 15-14 games this year? #5: and once again please do not take it personally, but I see the Ravens winning on Sunday along with yes I hate to admit it the 49ers. I am a Tom Brady fan, but I believe the Ravens as a team are destined to go this year, they should have never won that game in Denver it seemed their destiny......I have followed the Patriots since Brady left Michigan and became Quarterback, I hope I am wrong but I do not think I will be....#6: I have had it up to my ears with the BCS and their current bull-shit way of deciding who plays in the National Championship. Notre Dame deserved to be in the National Championship game, even though they got their asses handed to them by Bama. I had a problem with Bama being picked to play them, you could tell that the polls were set up for them to make it back after their loss to A & M, and that was the part that was rigged and totally F'D up in my opinion. Well thanks for reading my rants, I will be around more now when I figure this new pc and am able to do a bit more than today. Until next time, have a great week!!!!

Well yesterday turned out to be an interesting day in sports, talk about a team taking the chicken way out of hiring a more qualified head coach in Phil Jackson who knows how most of these current Laker's roll and what it takes to get them to play to his and their expectations. Mike D. will not survive the life of his contract, not that he will care anyway because of what they are paying him to coach this group of athletes anyway. I guess this applies to a few things I have decided to rant about today here on the Gab, you pick the sport I have something to say.p

This rant can pretty much start with any of the major sports I want to write about, but since hockey and the NHL has pretty much wrecked my winter I have chose those group of bullheaded jackasses to pick on first. How the hell can you solve a labor dispute thousands of miles apart sitting in front of your television and not negotiating? By the way, I think it is rather bogus to sit and blame each other for not getting a deal done when negotiations should have started during the previous season. By the way, I am not buying your excuse of not negotiating during the season its a crock of bull and you all know it......

Here is something that I will actually agree with the Beeze about, get rid of the overtime tie in football. If you have the balls to do so in the playoffs why not do it now? As a fan, we do not mind overtime until its settled, we also are familiar with the facts that most overtimes in all sports end within the first 10 minutes or even the first possession. But after all, we pay good money to come watch the sometimes crappy teams you put on the field, court or ice and we should get to see finality in the game we busted our butts at work all week to pay  for the product you place on the field. But in turn, we cannot blame the NFL for the Ram's inept offense along with the 49ers not being able to make a field goal can we?

Now onto MLB, if you want to make it fair for everyone involved the simply do this get rid of the DH entirely along with home field advantage for the winner of the all-star game. Give home field to the best records in both leagues just like the days when I was growing up. Return the sport I love to its original form, hell even add an extra wild-card play-in game and make the 3 seed play in a playoff game. It will not extend the playoffs any further than it did this year, and maybe give another team a chance to live their dream.....

NCAA we all know you are full of crap, and your system for football sucks so I do not need to go there. The only thing you have going for you is the basketball tournament, you should really take a look at the setup and try it with football, because you know it works. Some how I still see a conspiracy theory taking place, and Alabama making it into the National Championship game if two of the three remaining undefeated teams lose. That's how they roll.....

Finally, Jeff Gordon how can you look at yourself in the mirror after acting like a jackass Sunday and wrecking Clint Bowyer's car? Really Jeff, Dale Sr. has been gone for a while now, do you really think you have to revert back to your days when you were actually good enough to win cups and try and injure other racers? You definitely deserved a stiffer punishment, but because you are who you are you got a slap on the wrist that other drivers would not have received. By the way, Clint has not and will not forget what happened better keep your head up on Sunday revenge is sweet, and don't you think he will not retaliate if given the opportunity to do so.

Well boys this was fun, thanks for reading my post........