Red Wings 2026 April Game Thread

[lordstanley]

2 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Watching Denver-Michigan in Frozen Four semi. 2-2 early in the 3rd. Winner plays Wisconsin for the NCAA championship.

Denver wins in 20T. Michigan outshot Denver 52-26 including 13-3 in the 2nd OT.

[Shinzaki]

Seider and Edvinsson both made great passes to set up goals.  Shame our forwards limit their opportunities to do that more frequently

[buddha]

They should sign or draft better ones.

[Jason_R]

4 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Seider and Edvinsson both made great passes to set up goals.  Shame our forwards limit their opportunities to do that more frequently

Yes, Edvinsson was down below the face off dot when he threaded that needle to Kane. With his size it doesn’t seem like he should be so nimble but he is. 

Can we please get ASP on a training program and bulk him up to grown man weight? Maybe we might be on the way to having a good defensive core. 

[slothfacekilla]

I'm so annoyed that the Wings waited until they were basically eliminated to play like last night lol.  Go figure.

Almost as annoyed as having the 12th best record in the league and missing the playoffs but they can only blame themselves for blowing multiple games they should have won, in regulation mostly too.  I had to take a little Red Wings break earlier this week I was so frustrated.

[lordstanley]

2 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

I'm so annoyed that the Wings waited until they were basically eliminated to play like last night lol.  Go figure.

Almost as annoyed as having the 12th best record in the league and missing the playoffs but they can only blame themselves for blowing multiple games they should have won, in regulation mostly too.  I had to take a little Red Wings break earlier this week I was so frustrated.

lol, true, I actually got ticked off on the 5-2 goal. That - and scoring 3 after falling behind 4-0 to Philly and scoring 3 after falling behind 4-1 to Minnesota - makes them look like headcases. 

[lordstanley]

Jealous of Habs fans. Hard to believe that just 3 weeks ago today I was making a 9 hour drive from Sarnia to Montreal with the Wings and Habs tied in the standings. It was the morning after I had been at LCA watching the Wings beat the Habs on a late winner. Now Montreal is 13 pts ahead of the Wings and in a 3-way battle for 1st in the Atlantic. 

 

[Jason_R]

Copp had an empty net and wouldn’t pull the trigger. 

[lordstanley]

3-2 with 13 minutes left in the 3rd. Finnie!

[Jason_R]

1 minute ago, lordstanley said:

3-2 with 13 minutes left in the 3rd. Finnie!

I wondered WTH Raymond was doing putting the puck between his skates but I quickly repented. 😂

[Mr.TaterSalad]

My confidence that we can close this out and prevent another is low, but not entirely at no confidence. Finish these last 9:00 minutes boys!

[lordstanley]

3 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

My confidence that we can close this out and prevent another is low

Justified! 3 times the Wings have taken the lead, 3 times the Devils have come back. 3-3 with 7:30 to go. 

[lordstanley]

Dennis Cholowski probably will score a goal late in regulation to knock out the Wings. 

[slothfacekilla]

2 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Dennis Cholowski probably will score a goal late in regulation to knock out the Wings. 

[slothfacekilla]

God this team is something........

[lordstanley]

Somehow the Wings give up a 2 on 1, the Devils score, and the Wings are 3:30 from official elimination. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

LOL WHATEVER! I hated saying what I did above but I knew they'd blow the lead.

[lordstanley]

When does the booing start? Final buzzer or before then?

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Just now, lordstanley said:

When does the booing start? Final buzzer or before then?

I was booing when they missed out on Quinn Hughes.

[lordstanley]

At least the 2024 team had late game dramatics in an exciting final week. 

[lordstanley]

5-3. 59 seconds to go. Here come the boos!

Edited 13 hours ago by lordstanley

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Welp, it's onto the offseason.

[Jason_R]

Welp, it was a season. 

[Sports_Freak]

Time for a management change?

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Who is a shmuck sitting behind a keyboard like me to question the toughness of any athlete, let alone a hockey player. But this is ridiculous. Year after year, end of season, after end of season, this team looks weak and completely collapses.