What's Wrong With These Guys?

Hi kids, I'd like to draw up a play. Faceoff is at centre ice. Someone just scored ... doesn't matter if it's you or your opponent. First, you win the draw. Then you maintain control for a few seconds and manage to get it deep into your opponent's end of the ice. Then you put some pressure on them and keep it in their end for 30 seconds or so. WOW!! Now you know more about playing hockey than the Red Wings. Evidently, not giving up two goals in less than a minute over and over and over and over again is really hard for multi-millionaire hockey players. Of course, they are part of a union ... so the explanation must be that defense isn't not in their job description.

So after a solid 2-0 start, I see my beloved team skating back to town with their tails between their legs after gift wrapping two games back to Nashville to tie the series. Tonight, Osgood will get the start and be under some serious pressure to not stink up the joint the way Hasek did the last two games. While those goals can't all be blamed on Dom, it sure would have been nice for him to play more like the all-everything goalie he's supposed to be and bail out his defense on one or two of them. I'll have my fingers and everything else crossed today in the hopes that we can pull forward into the lead again and polish the Preds off.