# The Red Wings are pissing me off! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326 "2003-04-12T21:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/41 "2003-04-17T17:42:39Z")
Curtis Joseph: Most. Overrated. Goalie. Ever. When he played here in Toronto he was worshipped as a God (speaking of God: God, I hate the Maple Leafs) and yet the numbers and playoff performances just weren’t there. For a guy who has precisely zero Stanley Cup rings and a long list of playoff failures, he is amazingly overrated. Does he pay off the sportswriters or something? ---
**Author:** ![Darkrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Darkrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkrabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/42 "2003-04-17T17:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*“Red wings” means something entirely different in the UK. > > “The Red Wings are pissing me off!” Heh heh. \*\* It means that in some areas of the midwest, too. I’m not into hockey (much) and when I first heard of the teams name in High School I couldn’t stop laughing. My hockey playing friends didn’t appreciate the humor after I explained how you earned your ‘red wings.’ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/43 "2003-04-17T19:19:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HowieReynolds \* > \*\*You guys just missed my “Red Wings get swept in Round One by the Mighy Ducks” dance. It was pretty good. \*\* We should have a competition to see if it was as good as mine. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/44 "2003-04-17T19:32:15Z")
Hey Red Wing Fans - We still owe you one more sweep… Don’t think that the Ducks are done with you yet… Did you guys put Yzerman’s golf clubs on the red-eye flight so he can go golfing today in Palm Springs? ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/45 "2003-04-17T19:32:39Z")
Oh, I want to ask a Motowners…Or all Red Wings fans out there. Who do **you** blame for this first round collapse? Please make my day and say CuJo. HAHAHA. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/46 "2003-04-17T21:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Madawc \* > \*\*Oh, I want to ask a Motowners…Or all Red Wings fans out there. > Who do **you** blame for this first round collapse? > > Please make my day and say CuJo. HAHAHA. \*\* If I have to blame someone, it’s the entire Red Wings’ offence. In reality, I think it is pretty clear that the Ducks’ goalie simply beat the Red Wings. No blame to pass around, just a solid four games from him. I’m amazed at how little I’m let down. I think winning 3 Stanley Cups recently makes me not get as mad when they don’t advance through the playoffs once in awhile. I was far more upset a few years ago when they lost early, before the cups. Now I just want the Pistons to make it at least to the Eastern Conference Finals. I will be a bit upset if they don’t make it that far. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/47 "2003-04-17T22:21:57Z")
I don’t really blame anybody. There were things that could have been done better, probably, but it happens. I had somebody tell me today that Hull was too old and should be taken off the team. I’ve heard that a few Wings players are too old, but _Hull_? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326/48 "2003-04-18T02:00:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\* > Now I just want the Pistons to make it at least to the Eastern Conference Finals. I will be a bit upset if they don’t make it that far. \*\* Prepare for more shock and disappointment, this time in the form of T-Mac. Muahaha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wings-are-pissing-me-off/168326.md?page=2)