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Oh my god, we traded Kennedy!

Man what a ******* game. Bertuzzi has no hockey intellect. Franzen needs to finish on that one shot. Howard was awful. Defensive breakdowns were ridiculous. Offense was in Edmonton's zone all night. Bleh.

so wait...you mean everything that could help the wings actually happened tonight? alright, who blew the hockey gods, cause this really is unusual, especially with nashville's "we get a point for wearing our gear" streak....it had to be some sick-minded hockey gods...so what happened? were they busted for hockeygod-kiddieporn or something? ahh...who cares! things finally went right!!!

Am I the only one who doesn't really like the Icetime among certain players Williams: 16:06 Bertuzzi: 17:33 Helm: 10:08 Eaves: 10:43

Detroit raised Edmonton's hopes, and then dashed them quite expertly.

I cannot believe the Oilers didn't shoot the puck to a Wings player on that delayed PP. Poor coaching.

LOL.

If I were a chick I would totally want to do Pavs. I kinda do anyway though.

This is why howard wont make it in the playoffs They will let one in on this PK.. trust me

Ok folks. Had a chance to drive by there today and check it out. At first I was concerned I missed it, maybe its hard to see, but kept driving on just in case. Sure enough... there it was in all of its splendor. Impossible to miss. I literally nearly caused a violent pile-up because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't see. I regained control of my car and start at the painting in awe. The mural towers impressively at least eight stories high, Jonathon's nose taking up nearly half of those floors. Folks... pictures do not do this thing justice. It has to be seen in person. Like the grand canyon or the Eiffel tower, this monument is a true spectacle to behold.

I don't know about you guys, but when we picked up Miller I never expected him to be anywhere near 10 goals. I'm hoping to see this guy in a Wing's jersey for a while.

Stupid that they would paint a mural of their captain looking like a pig. Even stupider that they would put him in a mural with the Cup, which he hasn't won. I suppose they wanted to get across the idea that the team could win a Cup. In Detroit, we just would have put up pics from previous Cup celebrations, but I suppose in Chicago there aren't too many cave paintings left of their last win.

That would be a hard fought road to get to the WCF, not to mention the travel involved. Hopefully it doesn't work out that way. Also in that scenario the Hawks get 2 first time playoff rosters, Booo I say. Edited for clarity.

Good post, Well said. Nothing of note here folks....move along.

And those few guys will be dead on. Where else does the guy have multiple cup-winning veterans, the best coach in the world, and the best staffing in the world?

Agreed. But honestly, if at the start of the season someone would've told me people would be discussing Jimmy Howard for the Vezina, I would've chalked it up to insane homerism instead of a legitimate discussion. He won't win it, but I think he's worthy of mention in the Vezina conversation, and that alone is pretty incredible. I really didn't know what to make of Howard based on his AHL play, but what a tremendous surprise he's been this season. And a HUGE part of the reason the Wings are in a playoff spot. My main beef with him has been rebound control, but he's really improved it, makes himself big in net, and is aggressive without taking himself out of position as much. He's made me a believer.

I feel dumb saying this but I really think Osgood should get the start and Howard could maybe use some rest. Seems like the Wings always get off to a slow start and or don't play that well against Oilers. Ugh I dont know.

There's so many great things to like about Iggy. Watching the Wings play against him though, when the flames were losing I did get sick of him trying the crap you expect of guys like Perry. Like chasing Schneider down the ice crosschecking him in the back, trying to get him to fight. I can't see him coming to Detroit, but I'd absolutely love to have him here. Something tells me once he got out of Calgary and away from coaches like the Sutters and Keenan, he'll feel less obligated to start that crap and instead be more of the player he is. One who can score, pass, hit, and drop the gloves. He's asked to do too much on the Flames. Or feels obligated to. Either way, it'd probably be good for his career to go somewhere else rather than trying to carry that team season after season.

Let me get this straight... You'd rather not advance in the seedings so that Detroit's placement upsets Chicago's fans to a greater degree in the event of a series win? Homerism and hyperbole should seriously rhyme around here.

Right now, at this exact moment, Todd Bertuzzi's all time points total sits at exactly: 666. Bwahahahahahaha!

Thought after 4 goals that Babs might have let Ozzie make a start, but he just said it's Howard again. Can't argue really since we ARE winning.

will ozzie actually start one of the back to back games?

After one goal for howard it's "when it rains it pours" all the time

I think Lids is definitely top three in the league but I'm not sure it'll happen. Unfortunately it's the same problem he's had working against him his whole career--how boring his game is. The quality of Lidstrom's defense is measured mostly by the things that don't happen. How many times in his career have you seen Lids get absolutely undressed the way the other top Dmen do from time to time? Pronger, Niedermayer, Chara. All those guys have been on the wrong end of highlight-reel deked out of his jockstrap kinds of plays. It's hard to think of Lids being on the wrong end of many of those in his whole career. With Lidstrom it's sound positioning, a great stick (even I get tired of hearing announcers talk about his quick stick), tremendous hockey sense. There's no devastating hits, no cannon of a slapshot, no crazy Mike Green play like a forward kind of rushes. So if he's not scoring a bunch of points, it's easy for people to dismiss the quality defense he's playing, in spite of the fact that when Lids is on the ice, the puck just doesn't end up in the Wings net as much, no matter the situation. I'd love to see him at least nominated this season, but it wouldn't surprise me if it didn't happen. Doughty, Keith, and unfortunately Green, will probably get the nods. And I think people are talking about Pronger lately too.