Comments on: Filppula, Expectations and the Legend of Vyacheslav Kozlov

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:47:00 +0000

This may just be the vodka talking but is it too late to suggest “heautiful”?

By: cmk

cmk — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:51:00 +0000

This was unbelievably awesome. I get a bit teary-eyed when I read someone else praising my Baby Boy instead of tearing him down, which happens far too often. I’ve loved the kid since I first saw him way back when and he will continue to be the focus of my highly inappropriate crush for many, many more years.

By: Osrt

Osrt — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:01:00 +0000

In reply to Michael Petrella. Awesome.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:25:00 +0000

The Flip-to-Kozlov comparison is a great one. But I think you’re overstating the blog world reaction as the general Wings fan reaction as far as expecting Filpulla to take another step into the realm of Pavrick Zetterbyuks and Igorgei Fedorionovs. I think most fans see him exactly as Kozlov was seen, a scoring line non-superstar whom you are very glad to have on your team, and worth enough NHL points that another team might think he’s enough in return for the game’s best goalie.Flip is one of the first guys I think of when I’m telling people why the Red Wings are so good even if other teams might be able to match us for star power. Because who else has a player the caliber of Valterri on their second or third lines? You can’t even get a guy like him anymore, not since the NHL, in its never-ending quest to make the NHL all about hot new 18-year-old stars, “closed the loophole” that Detroit used for drafting guys like this and giving him enough time to develop his game before releasing him to the dogs.I won’t argue your point about today’s game being star-centric, or at least its marketing is such. But that only goes so far — I succinctly remember a commercial from Kozlov’s time where Fedorov skipped around about 18 skaters before firing a shot past three goalies. At least today a guy like Lidstrom is heralded fairly widely; remember when, not all that long ago, nobody outside of Detroit and those places nobody can pronounce on a Risk board knew why Slava Fetisov was a big deal.** In Mother Russia, even our deals are bigger!

By: Jennifer MacRostie

Jennifer MacRostie — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:41:00 +0000

This is just an amazing piece. Well done.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:38:00 +0000

In reply to Michael Petrella. Totally handsome!

By: Wings_Fan_in_CO

Wings_Fan_in_CO — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:33:00 +0000

In reply to Michael Petrella. How about 2 Lebdas?

By: 512Disch

512Disch — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:53:00 +0000

In reply to Brad Boswell.

Love the comparison to Mule. Always love the longform responses. Keep ’em comin’.

By: Brad Boswell

Brad Boswell — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:36:00 +0000

In reply to Crater from SoCal. Glad someone is reading them.

By: Crater from SoCal

Crater from SoCal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:02:00 +0000

In reply to Brad Boswell. Disagree, I need something to do at work, Keep the Hockey white papers coming. :)