00:01i know mcclellan felt the same way didn't matter wings lost john they're doing it again
00:09this hellish month that is march just keeps happening yeah it's unfortunate um they're
00:16not doing themselves any favors and injuries aren't doing them any favors either john they're
00:21facing a panthers team that many around the league feel like is tanking they need to keep their pick
00:26in the top 10 they've shut down some people they may shut down more people they weren't playing
00:30their starting goalie and the wings had a lead with 90 seconds remaining they don't even get a point
00:37lost in regulation zero like the vegas thing they blow a two goal lead also in the month of march
00:45and at least they got a point they didn't get a point last night were you able to sleep at
00:49all
00:49last night i was sitting there stewing festering sitting there what is happening this can't keep
00:56happening but it is it continues to happen they lose cop in the game they're already down their
01:01first center in larkin now they're down two centers and you know what john casper actually steps up and
01:06gives them a three two lead and i'm thinking just gut it out we'll deal with the consequences tomorrow
01:10get the two points instead they get zero they can't even get the puck out of their own end no
01:16and
01:16everyone else around them one so instead of being in the top three in their their conference they are
01:22now in a wild card position and only three points ahead of the cut line and columbus has an extra
01:29game to play i mean and i know mcclellan wants to talk about that too many doesn't want to talk
01:36about
01:37the well yeah okay but he also doesn't want to talk about the month of march but what we are
01:41witnessing
01:42is something that he wasn't here three years ago he wasn't here two years ago he witnessed it last year
01:49and i'll give him him a mulligan because he wasn't here for the entire season he didn't have training
01:53camp he didn't have blah blah blah but he has this year in fact he had an extra mini training
02:00camp that
02:01he told us about over the olympic break to prepare for the month of march i gotta tell you he
02:07should
02:07have taken a timeout in the last two minutes when they tie the game up and you could feel them
02:11breathing
02:12down your neck you're missing two centers just refocus a little bit hey guys tie game we're on the road
02:18this team i know they're shorthanded they're a stanley cup champion and the players aren't
02:23going to quit even if the team would prefer to finish in the bottom 10 let's take a breather
02:28let's emphasize a couple things let's not have four forwards in the offensive zone in the last 30
02:32seconds of the game putting them in a real bad spot yeah i think the timeout thing is a really
02:39good criticism mcclellan last night situationally understanding how much time's left you're gassed
02:45and how crucial it is that you get a point like that's a that's a timeout that you call
02:52last night but maybe not in october or november you know i'm saying it's like you need to recognize
02:57that wow we could lose a point here let's at least that because if a point could end up costing
03:02them
03:02like that they would have been tied with montreal for third in their division yeah uh you know you get
03:08a little bit more space i mean it's it's so tight in the east right now it could come down
03:11to that point
03:12they've already thrown away three points this month they got a losing record this month and
03:15they're down two centers their best two centers and i can't even blame eiserman like he couldn't
03:19have foreseen on deadline day that larkin's knee was going to twist the wrong way and that that cop
03:24was going to get you know collapsed into on a face-off he added the blue liner who by the
03:30way scored a
03:30goal last night right yeah i mean john i really did feel like hey maybe they're better on defense and
03:36folk gave them a little offense and how about casper maybe this could be different maybe they could
03:40summon the guts to find a way to win this hockey game or at least get to overtime
03:46to get zero and i love this you're not even talking me off the ledge like you know how
03:52ridiculous it is no you're nudging me yeah i'm just hoping you jump but that's what life is like
04:00as a redwig fan like i know i'm talking to you guys out there you know what we're going through
04:03last night's absurd at the same time it's par for the course it's all the missed opportunities
04:09opportunities that we talk about and and i know there are times at the beginning of the season
04:13we talk about a missed opportunity for a point and this is when it really comes to bite you in
04:19the
04:19backside is when you are hey you're five above the cut line and then you blow the opportunity to get
04:26a point not a let alone two points and it's going to come down to those final few games of
04:34the regular
04:35season and if it's decided by a point don't think we won't look back to this trip down to florida
04:39and
04:40say that's it it's cruel it's cruel i got nothing left for you man like i just sit in in
04:48in in
04:50fester in the ridiculous enough ridiculousness of it because i don't know what else i'm supposed to
04:55say at this point the thing is is it happening again yes what do you mean is it happening again
05:01did
05:02you watch last night yes i did but do you think that's going to be the conclusion yes the centers
05:07are doubtful it's not like larkin's getting uh what do you call it vitamin t john it's not like
05:12they're going to get the guy back on the ice for this road trip and who knows what kind of
05:15player he
05:15is if and when they get him back well you'd like to get at least two points on this trip
05:19now we wanted
05:19three because three would have been a point per game i mean they go to tampa and then they go
05:23to
05:23dallas but that homestand next week that's why i don't think you should bail yet that this is
05:29like it's a foregone conclusion okay first of all it was never a conclusion they were going to get in
05:33and they're not mathematically out but if you ask me what do i think is going to happen i don't
05:38think
05:38they're going to make the playoffs and i think if you ask fans and we could do that check the
05:43temperature red wing fans today in or out what's your gut tell you what you've watched this year
05:47what they have coming up for the next five games or against playoff teams you tell me by the time
05:52david perron gets back on the ice they could be out of a playoff spot not that he's a savior
05:56but just as a
05:57point of reference like no i don't think they're making the playoffs right now and they're going
06:02to tampa a team that has lost two in a row they're desperate for a win they're desperate for a
06:08couple
06:08of points because don't look now be the team that that added a lot at the deadline buffalo
06:13is four points ahead of tampa they want to try and and and narrow that margin they are a team
06:20that is
06:20desperate for a win and then you're going down there without your top two centers
06:26and it's not like dallas is any easier the very next game on the road no calgary is the
06:32gimme i guess not that i feel like anything's a gimme this team can't hold third period leads
06:36so if you think it's just all over again happening repeat is that the arizona game from last year two
06:42years ago the calgary i'm still optimistic how like please help me they have better goaltending than
06:50they had last year that's what i've continued to maintain why i think they make it are they
06:53scaring the crap out of us now yeah do they need these guys back yeah there's still a lot of
06:58hockey
06:59to be played cop doubtful for the next game larkin not set to play on this road trip you told
07:05me both
07:05those guys were healthy i feel a little different they probably they probably win last night if
07:12you're a full strength you're gonna feel different yeah um but again and then we start to go back to
07:18the things that we brought up with eiserman yesterday and you asked hey about gold differential
07:21john they're 29th in the nhl in five on five scoring yeah boy that's gonna be a tough lift when
07:27you're missing two guys driving the top two lines you know i'm saying like it's not getting easier
07:32you guys i wish i had that degree of hey it's it's it's not going to be like last year
07:38it feels
07:39exactly like last year and the year before and the year before i want to see the homestand they've got
07:44i think very winnable games and then we'll let see what happens 248-539-97-97 red wing fans you
07:52tell
07:53us is this team making the playoffs how do you feel 97-1
07:55you
07:55you
07:55the day, 1.
07:561.
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