Wings Fans = Thinnest Skin In NHL

by Brad Lee on Mar 27, 2008 2:31 PM CDT Comment 19 comments

Lovely downtown Detroit.

By Brad Lee

First of all, we're soooo disappointed the cowardly lion Aaron Downey won't be in the lineup when the Blues and Red Wings play their final game of the season Friday night in Hockey~~town~~slum. Darren McCarty will take his place in the lineup. While McCarty is pretty good for a bankrupt, recovered alcoholic, admitted pot smoker who spent three months in rehab last summer, he's a shell of his former self. His career highs in goals (19) and points (49) came in the 1996-97 season.

But that's not what this post is about. This and this are what this post is about.

From On The Wings:

The idea that Aaron Downey is a coward or classless is ridiculous. The guy has been the epitome of class all season and, by all accounts, is universally respected in the Wings’ locker room.

Because gaining the respect of Kris Draper is such an accomplishment.

There’s no law, written or unwritten, that says he has to answer every challenge. Downey’s job is to spark his teammates with big hits and the occassional fight, not to allow himself to be goaded into dropping the gloves.

Sorry. We disagree. Hockey can be a very honorable sport. Much of what happens away from the play and at the whistle involves standing up for one's teammates. That's what Downey was doing at the end of the March 5 game. And that's what D.J. King was doing Tuesday night. Frankly, Downey getting benched for Friday shows the organization knows he's a friggin' joke.

I’m sorry Blues fans, but if you’re looking for someone to call a coward or classless, look to your own team. Downey is a much better man than, say, Barret Jackman, who was, is, and always will be, a donkey.

Awesome. That's such a smart thing to compare a guy who won the Calder, who has a long term contract and who is a respected leader on his team and put him up against Downey who has bounced from team to team and wasn't considered good enought to play for the Blues. We know you guys HATED Dallas Drake when he was leaving his feet to hit Red Wings players last year. Bet Detroit fans love him now. And we also would wager heavily that if Jackman donned the winged wheel, he'd be celebrated across the Rust Belt.

From Abel to Yzerman (hosted at Kukla's Korner):

Speaking of punks, and I mean bitter little whining men who fit the street definition of "bitches", let’s move on to Blues fans.

See, now these are Wings fans we can get behind! They even stoop so low as to pay attention to us poor little Blues fans, us punk ass bitches. What intelligent commentary.

Lots of big talk at the Blues blogs and message boards claiming St. Louis is going to exact revenge on Aaron Downey tomorrow night.

Small correction, tough guy. As far as we know, there's only one Blues blog. And we never promised the Blues would exact revenge. We just called Downey a coward.

I’m sure he’s shaking. I hope he turns down every fight and laughs at them as he skates by their bench of goons and has-beens.

Ahhh. So this Wings fan understands Downey is a pussy, a guy with an alligator mouth that his parakeet ass can't back up.

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Look, we get it. The Wings are going to win the their third President's Trophy in four years. They're a good team. The Blues are going to miss the playoffs for the third straight year. Obviously, the Blues are a bad team, a disappointment. Their collapse is a pox on the St. Louis metro area. But at least the Blues aren't going to fail miserably in the playoffs!

Go to any of the Wings' fan sites and see that the hand wringing started weeks ago. Dominik Hasek is old and fragile. Chris Osgood is trusted by no one. They're digging up fossils like McCarty. Datsyuk and Zetterberg as the team leaders have lost twice in the first round of the playoffs. They've got a few too many European players and not enough grit. They like to make the fancy play, but as the Ducks and Devils have proven, the fancy play doesn't always win the Cup.

This year is setting up to be a bitter pill to swallow for the Detroit faithful (at least the ones who still bother to buy tickets). It's understandable they want to take their frustrations out on an easy target. But all it does is cement the fact that Wings fans take shit too seriously, can't handle criticism and are waiting to jump off the bandwagon when this team faces a downturn after Lidstrom retires.

So Wings fans, enjoy the regular season. We'll be watching and expecting a postseason collapse. Again. Until then, have your fun.

A group of Wings bloggers at a recent game.

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red wings fans are a bunch of spoiled fairweather brats.

that is all.

by pdub on Mar 27, 2008 3:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the cpu wallpaper.

Why not attack these a-holes en masse on their own blog. Don’t we owe our team at least that much loyalty?

by Milo on Mar 27, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is great stuff.

I wish the ‘Hawks game wasn’t on Saturday, as there doesn’t seem to be enough time to give enough “blogerage” to both the Wings and ’Hawks, and there is a lot of crap to cover it seems.

Keep typing Brad.

by Mr. Particle on Mar 27, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is by far the worst commentary I have every seen in a blog…
“Small correction, tough guy. As far as we know, there’s only one Blues blog. And we never promised the Blues would exact revenge. We just called Downey a coward.” – Oh snap, no you didn’t! You totally burned him!

You are worse then Bill O’Reilly

-“I’m sure he’s shaking. I hope he turns down every fight and laughs at them as he skates by their bench of goons and has-beens.’
- ’Ahhh. So this Wings fan understands Downey is a pussy, a guy with an alligator mouth that his parakeet ass can’t back up.”

You do in fact watch Hockey right? The Wings made the Western Conference Finals last season and arguably lost to a few bad bounces of the puck, were you too busy watching golf to notice?
Oh and before we you come back with the “Oh the wings choke in the playoffs” nonsense, every team that has beaten the Wings since winning the cup in ‘02 (when’s the last time the Blues have won a cup again?) has either made it to the Stanley Cup Finals or won the whole tourney. It’s not like Wings are losing to chump teams.

PS. Dallas Drake is completely useless in my opinion, I wish he was still the Blue’s problem.

by E on Mar 27, 2008 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think I’ve answered my own question about why we will not be able to kill ’em on their own boards — “We think your message may be spam. It will be moderated before posting.”

Here is what I tried to post at KuklasKorner:

[quote]No team has been owned by the Wings over the years like St. Louis. Regular season, postseason, off season…any time of year.[/quote]

You may want to re-check your regular season stats, Mr. Know-it-all. I think the Blues lead the regular season series by a few wins.

[quote]I hope [Downey] turns down every fight and laughs at them as he skates by their bench of goons and has-beens.[/quote]

When it gets rough in the playoffs and the refs swallow their whistles, you’re going to wish Downey had some testicles. Enjoy the President’s Cup, because that’s the only cup you’ll see in Detroit this season without a guy to protect Zetterturd and Datsuck.

Speaking of “has-beens” have you watched Chelios play lately? Quit throwing stones, glass house dweller. He’s a shell of his former Blackhawk self. Keep him away from the President’s Cup because any attempt at lifting it may shatter his hip. At least Tkasuck still hits people.

/Bring on the “regular season doesn’t matter” and “look at our shiny cups” blasts
//At least we don’t burn down the city with every championship ring

by Milo on Mar 27, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

My dealings with fans of other teams, both on this site and with the printed paper, has been interesting. In general though, lots of fans from other teams can usually come back with some modicum of humor, but never Wings fans.

Let’s be honest: it’s SPORT for chrissakes. If you can’t laugh at your own team’s and town’s foibles, well then, you and I ain’t ever gonna get along.

As I said to Brad earlier today, half of what we do pokes fun at our own team. If you’re such a tightassed dipshit that you can’t look at the Hockeytown picture in this post and laugh, then you might want to re-evaluate some stuff.

Oh, and have no fear, because we won’t ‘moderate’ a Wings fan’s blast just because it’s a blast. We just wish we’d get a funny one every now and then.

by gallagher on Mar 27, 2008 4:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That’s pretty much spot-on there, Gally. I’ve noticed this during my forum surfing, Wings-fans just doesn’t have any sense of humor. I don’t know why they keep fighting it with their “No, we’re not pussies!” when every hockey fan not rooting for the Wings knows it is so.

Fucking admit it. You are dorks. Laugh it off.

by Marcus Pettersson on Mar 27, 2008 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

gallagher Says: March 27th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Oh, and have no fear, because we won’t ‘moderate’ a Wings fan’s blast just because it’s a blast. We just wish we’d get a funny one every now and then.

This is readily apparent from the “E” post today @ 3:20pm. We’re not a bunch of speech killin’ “Reds” like in Detroit. By the way, this quote was particularly funny: “(when’s the last time the Blues have won a cup again?)” Bad grammar AND inaccurate cup count in the space of 11.5 words (0.5 = contraction). Sweet.

by Milo on Mar 27, 2008 4:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I love people flexing their “e-muscles”. Awesomeness. Have some fun and poke some fun. Just like I do with your mom.

Ey Oh!

by Answer Man on Mar 27, 2008 5:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Funny how the Wings “fans” forget it took them 50 years to win a cup and NOONE in that town supported them for a long time and the building was empty. Funny they are doing so good this year and anytime I see highlights from the Joe I see an awful lot of empty seats – kind of like the Braves fans in baseball – only show up if there is a playoff game involved?
Oh well, guess they have no sense of humor but then again would you if you lived in that town or playing in that dump the Joe?

by Diana on Mar 27, 2008 6:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

“Oh well, guess they have no sense of humor but then again would you if you lived in that town or playing in that dump the Joe?” — Diana

That could be the start of a Top 11 reasons why Wings fans have no sense of humor.

Here’s another:

10. They feel insecure knowing their city is more of a slum than Flint.

by Pagan on Mar 27, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

“As far as we know, there’s only one Blues blog.”

That’s why Brad’s running this ship – that’s awesome.

by Adam Duke on Mar 28, 2008 11:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

9. They feel guilty for letting Eminem out of his jail cell/halfway house to torture the world

by Johnny Stats on Mar 28, 2008 1:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

8. Watching the Tigers suck since about 1968 (while the Cardinals have won three World Series)…

…and watching the Lions suck since about 1958 (while the Rams have won a Super Bowl, and been cheated out of another)…

…and watching the Pistons just plain suck right along with their league and so-called “sport”…

…has pretty much erased any sense of humor the average De-toilet dweller may have ever possessed.

by GT Prospect Department on Mar 28, 2008 3:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

THIS JUST IN: There is free speech in Detroit blogs. There is even civilized responsive discourse. Can a ping-pong tournament exchange be far behind???

http://tinyurl.com/3datnh

by Milo on Mar 28, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I could have told you that Milo. Just because the author (me) is a juvenile doesn’t mean all the readers are.

by iwocpo on Mar 28, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

iwocpo:

Your sandbox = your rules. Be as juvenile and passionate as you want about your team. After all “fan” = “fanatic”!

by Milo on Mar 28, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

FUCK EVERY ONE OF YOU TWO TOOTHED LOSERS.

by Wings_Rule on Mar 31, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Pardon me, Wings_Rule, but two-toothed should be hyphenated. And we don’t live that close to Nashville, so you might be a little bit off-base. But thanks for helping us make our point about humorless Wings fans.

by Brad Lee on Mar 31, 2008 5:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs