Shameful

Marian Hossa

The Chicago Blackhawks should be embarrassed.

They let those filthy Red Wings humiliate them 6-1 on home ice in Game Four, and the Wings were without Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk, their two best players. Detroit didn’t even have Kris Draper, its best player who looks like a monkey. And the Hawks still lost.

Shameful.

Now, with Game Five not until Wednesday night, Lidstrom, Datsyuk, and Draper get the equivalent of four days off to mend. Wasted opportunity for Chicago.

The Hawks are simply in over their heads. They’re not ready to compete at Detroit’s level, and Game Four proved it. That performance was inexcusable.

(Sunshine) Detroit.

CRYBABY QUENNEVILLE
After the game, all Joel Quenneville could do was cry about the refs handing the Red Wings a power play to start the second period.

"Well, I think we witnessed probably the worst call in the history of sports today at the end of the [first] period there, nothing play," Quenneville said. "You know, they score, it's 3-0, they ruin a good hockey game. They absolutely destroyed what was going on on the ice. Whatever happened after that, you know, our guys were battling and competing and doing what we had to do to get ourselves back into it. You know, we'll find a way to fight through it. But it was that call that you could -- never seen anything like it."

Quenneville is referring to a minor scrum at the end of the opening frame that started when Niklas Kronwall stepped up to try and crack Patrick Kane. Even though Kane managed to avoid a Havlat-like destruction, the Hawks didn't take too kindly to Kronwall's aggressiveness, and rightly so. They should have dropped the gloves and went. Instead, there was just some pushing and shoving.

The stripes tagged Matt Walker for the lone roughing penalty. Quenneville and the Hawks didn't even know about it until they came out for the second period. They were not amused.

Sure, it was a terrible call. But don't cry about it. Kill it. Good teams kill that penalty and don't think twice. The filthy Wings had to kill a nonexistent five-minute major in the last game and didn't cry.

"I couldn't find the penalties," Quenneville said. "I think you could argue along the way. But they ruined the whole game. I think that's basically the gist of what I'm trying to say."

That's right, Joel. They ruined the game. It wasn't you. It wasn't your goaltender. It wasn't your team's complete lack of mental toughness. It was those damned referees. Curse you, zebras! Curse you straight to hell!

HAVLAT TKO'D
One game after getting knocked the (sunshine) out by Kronwall, Marty Havlat got dropped again, this time by Brad Stuart. Havlat managed to skate off under his own power but never returned.

Quenneville, between bouts of uncontrollable sobbing, said Havlat seemed fine after the game. Yeah, I'm sure he's fine. No worries there. Glass Joe ain't got nothing on Havlat.

IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES - DETROIT

Marian Hossa: That creep Marian Hossa dominated the proceedings, collecting a pair of goals and an assist. Hossa set the tone with a shorthanded goal at 8:41 of the first to put the Wings up 1-0. That’s a real kick to the ol’ Charlie Browns right there. The goal demoralized the young Hawks and took the crowd of it.

But I’d say Hossa’s second goal was the true dagger. He bolted off right wing and whipped a shot behind Cristobal Huet to make it 4-1 just 12 seconds after Jonathan Toews got the Hawks on the board. Any hope of a Chicago comeback was solid gone.

"I thought he was awesome today," Mike Babcock said. "We needed him to step up today, and he really did. I thought in particular his fourth goal, or the fourth goal put a knife in 'em. He did a great job there. Played big. Was physical. Took the puck to the net. I thought him and Fil were fantastic."

(Sunshine) Hossa.

Oddly enough, after the game, Hossa announced he’d be signing with the Hawks over the summer because he wants a better chance to lose in the conference finals. What a jerk.

Valtteri Filppula: He notched a goal and two assists riding shotgun for Hossa. He made a couple real swank passes, including one to help set up his own… aw, you know what? (Sunshine) Filppula.

IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES – CHICAGO

Not Cristobal Huet: Johan Franzen’s goal at the end of the first was garbage.

Not Patrick Kane: Kane earned his first point of the series on Toews’ goal, but he also posted another minus-2, making him minus-7 for the series. Ouch.

Not Brian Campbell: Campbell went for a minus-3. He’s not real good when it comes to the “defense” and playing “smart hockey.” He’s kind of like Mike Green, except instead of a real gay Mohawk, Campbell just weeps like a schoolgirl. He’s a fancy lad.

I like how Campbell called Kronwall “gutless” for his hit on Marty Havlat. This from a defenseman who had 34 hits in 82 games this season. That Campbell is one gutty dude.

This series is over in five. Book it. That's assuming, of course, the Hawks even bother traveling to Detroit.

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