We want Stanley!
The Redwings are in the hunt
for their second consecutive
Stanley Cup, and the way they
were playing in the first two
games against Columbus Blue
Jackets, they look like legitimate
contenders.
With chants of Ozzie! Ozzie!
Filling the Joe, and the playoff
octopi making its way onto the
ice, there is no doubt Detroit is
Hockeytown.
The defense has stopped the
Blue Jackets’ offensive threats,
Rick Nash and Kristian Huselius,
making fans believe Columbus is
a pee wee hockey team.
The Wings’ age and experience
showed during the first two
games, making the fans see red.
It was as if the Wings are playing
on tilted ice. All the shots
coming from the Blue Jackets
are going uphill, while the Wings
were skating downhill and the
net was four times larger than the
Jackets.
The Wings are the center of
attention in Michigan, as they
deserve to be, winning four
Stanley Cups in the last 11 years.
The Other Playoffs
Who knew the Pistons made
it to the playoffs? Seriously,
with the Wings dominating from
start to finish (ignore the couple
slips), and the Pistons are just a
warm up series for the Cleveland
Cavaliers.
If the Pistons were smart,
they should have said “this series
goes to the Cavs. Good luck next
round, we’re heading to the Joe.”
Instead, the Pistons are continuing
their regular season
struggles and making everyone
not throwing octopi and chanting
Ozzie! (Does anyone actually fit
that description?) Want to hide
until next fall, when the hope of
next season being better.
A quick four game exit would
be preferable, so the Pistons and
those that could not get tickets
to the Stanley Cup playoffs are
able to watch the hockey game
somewhere, instead of suffering
through a game that was called
basketball, until the Pistons
arrived.
The spring is coming together
for the Tigers, and they have been
able to steal some of the spotlight.
Third baseman Brandon Inge and
first baseman Miguel Cabrera are
hitting. The pitchers are coming
along, and the bullpen is getting
it together.
Could these boys of summer
be the boys of October?
If they remain playing as they
have, and centerfielder Curtis
Granderson and utility player
Carlos Guillen get out of their
slumps, watch out.
Don’t expect the 2006 Tigers
and all their dominance, there is
more youth on this roster, but outfielder
Josh Anderson has speed
faster than Granderson’s and has
already manufactured some runs.
The Octopi won’t be thrown
around the ballpark, but chants of
Stanley will. The Tigers are the
pride of Detroit in the summer,
but only after the Wings have
finished in the playoffs.
Meow, Thank you Wings
The Wings have saved the
sanity of Michiganders everywhere
with the start of their season.
As far as Michiganders are
concerned the hockey season
can’t begin soon enough.
By the time the Wings begin
the Lions are already under .500
and people are ready to throw in
the white flag, and let everyone
move on with their lives.
Then super heroes Chris
Chelios, Pavel Datsyuk, and
Henrik Zetterberg come flying in
and save the hearts of Detroit.
As far as Detroit and Michigan
are concerned, football is something
that is played in college on
Saturdays and talked about elsewhere
on Sundays. As soon as the
puck is dropped for the first time
in the NHL, football in Detroit
becomes extinct, and it’s all about
the men on the ice.
If Red Wing and Tiger owner
Mike Illitch was smart, he would
offer Lions players and staff tickets
to a Red Wings game, and
we could just forget football was
ever played in Detroit.
It’s great to be a Red Wings
fan in the state that has hoisted
the hardware and banners in high
frequency. Where Octopi go sailing
through the air with enjoyment
and people aged one to
92 are chanting “Ozzie! Ozzie!”
“We want Stanley!” And “hey,
hey, Hockeytown!”
It’s hockey playoff time,
and what better time is there in
Michigan?
