I ask for a picture and I get smack about the greatest hockey team on EARTH!
Personally, I think they just didn't want to leave Hockeytown. "Recent success?!?" Surely, you cannot let your jealous rage lead you to actually BELIEVE this comment? I know you haven't been there, but there are more than ONE championship banner hanging from the roof of the Joe (and I'll leave it at that...I think they should have gone too, lol!) [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN from Monday, January 26, 2009 6:59:26 PM)
Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN wrote:
N.H.L. TO SUSPEND LIDSTROM & DATSYUK OF DETROIT 1 GAME FOR NOT ATTENDING THE ALL-STAR GAME IN MONTREAL. ...THESE TWO ASS CLOWNS GET VOTED IN BY THE FANS TO SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATE FOR THE FANS ,IN ARGUABLY THE GREATEST CITY TO PLAY HOCKEY IN AND THEY SAY (I GOT A WIDDLE NAGGING ACHE HERE AND THERE) ...LET ME PASS ON WHAT THE FANS (INCLUDING MANY RED WING FANS) WERE THINKING OF YOU TWO TWITS:....THIS GAME MADE YOU RICH,UNLESS THERE WAS A FAMILY TRAGEDY OR SOMETHING SO SEVERE,THERE IS NO EXCUSE! ...CROSBY WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY HE COULDN'T,BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE SHOWED UP TO MEET AND GREET FANS,AND SHOW RESPECT FOR THE HONOUR OF BEING SELECTED AND THE GAME IN GENERAL....BETTMAN GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME ...A COMPLETE THUMBS DOWN FROM EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH ABOUT THIS...AND A COMPLETE THUMBS DOWN TO THE ENTIRE DETROIT RED WINGS ORGANIZATION FOR NOT TELLING THESE TWO TO GET THEIR ASSES TO MONTREAL...FOR THE FANS! ...AND THEY PAINT 'HOCKEYTOWN' ON THEIR ICE!...I DON'T THINK SO...RECENT SUCCESS DOESN'T MAKE YOU 'HOCKEYTOWN'...CLASS DOES AND THIS TEAM SHOWED NONE!.
...THESE TWO ASS CLOWNS GET VOTED IN BY THE FANS TO SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATE FOR THE FANS ,IN ARGUABLY THE GREATEST CITY TO PLAY HOCKEY IN AND THEY SAY 
...LET ME PASS ON WHAT THE FANS (INCLUDING MANY RED WING FANS) WERE THINKING OF YOU TWO TWITS:
...A COMPLETE THUMBS DOWN FROM EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH ABOUT THIS...AND A COMPLETE THUMBS DOWN TO THE ENTIRE DETROIT RED WINGS ORGANIZATION FOR NOT TELLING THESE TWO 