The Spectacular RED WINGS Item!!!!!!

Feb 10 14:19 UTC 1996

I've decided to enter this item to shake the tree and see how many Red Wings 
fans fall out. Me (Craig) and green (Sybil) can't get enough of talking about
our favorite hockey team.

Enter anything Wings related into this item. Anything from possible trades and
discussing recent games. If you don't like the Red Wings, than I suggest you
skip this item, cuz all you will see is Wings Wings, and some more Wings.

We'll try to keep this item going into the playoffs, and hopefully the Stanley
Cup Finals. And who knows, maybe by the time this is all over, we'll be brag-
ging about our championship team.

Well here we go. "Come all ye Wings faithful!"

response 2 of 382:

Feb 10 17:44 UTC 1996

I lke the Wings. I like team sports. I celebrate violence, I guess? I also
like the Dolphins. Like, like, like . . . . Whatever happened to Gordie?

response 4 of 382:

Feb 10 18:45 UTC 1996

gregc, then skip this item. thank you so much :)

response 6 of 382:

Feb 10 19:35 UTC 1996

ug,...sports! (forgotten)

response 8 of 382:

Feb 10 22:13 UTC 1996

Hockey is one of the greatest sports in the world. It requires a great
amount and combination of strength, speed and dexterity. 

The Red Wings are kicking ass. I hope they don't choke in the playoffs this
year.

response 10 of 382:

Feb 11 04:14 UTC 1996

 I'll only say this once.

   Gordie Howe is God.  I can confidently state that because I have actually
had a nice long conversation with him, and he is a good and decent man. I
think that he should be emulated by more of the current sports stars than he
is. I can count on one hand the athletes who are actually "people" when off
the court/ice/etc.

response 12 of 382:

Feb 11 13:18 UTC 1996

I don't follow sports, but I remember Gordie Howe.  The late JP McCarthy
always used to say what a perfect gentleman he is, but (voice lowered gravely)
"Don't ever meet him on the ice."

response 14 of 382:

Feb 11 21:26 UTC 1996

#10: Gordie Howe is great but Wayne Gretzky plays on a superior level
     which no one can touch. Gordie and Wayne used to be good friends but
     there are rumors that Howe has cut that off because he is jealous
     of the way in which Gretzky has smashed his scoring records in 
     1/2 to 2/3 of the time it took Howe to set them. After Gretzky broke
     Howe's all time scoring record, Howe resorted to such pettiness as to
     suggest that his points from the WHL should also be included in his
     NHL point total.

     Gretzky is the greatest there is, the greatest there ever was, and
     probably the greatest there ever will be. Howe knows is but cannot
     accept it. The only reason Howe's pettiness has not diminshed his
     legacy is because Howe is the second greatest player to have ever
     played the game. In this case, the gap between the best and the 
     second best is quite tremendous. 

#13: The Wings have the inside track on winning it this year. They had
     the inside track last year. I was quite surprised they lost in the 
     finals last year.

response 16 of 382:

Feb 12 08:21 UTC 1996

I am also a huge Red Wing fan. I agree with the comments back there about
Ozzie. Bowman is bent on alternating them, but he'd better settle on Ozzie,
who is having a career year this year.

I have said a lot of this before in the sports conference. If you are a sports
fan, come check out the sports conference. We need more players.

response 18 of 382:

Feb 12 19:16 UTC 1996

What if Wayne is really getting traded? What if it was to Detroit? The Cup
would be theirs, no questions asked.

It is my peronal belief that Steve Yzerman deserves a Stanely Cup ring, before
he retires. If he doesn't, a great injustice had been done.

response 20 of 382:

Feb 12 21:08 UTC 1996

#18: Detroit is the best team in the league by a decent margin. If Detroit
     cannot win the cup with the team they currently have, it won't matter
     who is traded to Detroit. 

#19: Gretzky is the greatest player to have ever played the game. He is
     still an offensive threat at any time and should make a difference on
     most teams. It is hard to believe a center the calibre of Gretzky not
     making a difference.

response 22 of 382:

Feb 13 02:30 UTC 1996

I think the real reason is that hockey is too complicated of a sport
for those in the south. :-)

response 24 of 382:

Feb 13 21:26 UTC 1996

Gordie taught Gretzky everything he knows! ;-). Wayne learned by watching
old kinescopes and tapes of Wings past games. This is true! I think.