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Versus Penguins 5, Red Wings 1 Final Official Game Recap Tonight's Stream Forthcoming Game Preview: Salei, Modano to make Red Wings debuts Tonight's Officials Unknown Pre-season Detroit 0-0-0 Pittsburgh 0-0-0 Last DET-PIT Meeting: 3/22, PIT 1 at DET 3 Recap DET None PIT None Franzen-Filppula-Bertuzzi Hudler-Modano-Cleary Ritola-Helm-Eaves Miller-Abdelkader-Downey Stuart-Kindl Ericsson-Salei Meech-Lashoff Projected PIT Lines Sterling-Crosby-Dupuis Tangradi-Comrie-Malkin Wallace-Letestu-Kennedy Craig-Vitale-Boulerice Orpik-Michalek Letang-Strait Potter-Hutchinson DET Chris Osgood 0-0-0 PIT Marc-Andre Fleury 0-0-0 DET Kris Draper (groin) out PIT Jordan Staal out Next Game 9/24, Blackhawks at Red Wings; 7:00 PM I will be introducing (hopefully) a new GDT format by the start of the regular season. For now during the pre-season, I'm still going with last year's format.

Yeah not a bad pic. I kind of prefer this one.

Probably because there is more than one pre season game and Downy wont play in all of them. He's gotta get a feel for the team and a chance to maybe make the team as well.

This is the problem with the new generation, no respect for adults. Yes Draper and Maltby are falling fast, but what you fail to realize is the thing that makes this team what it is, is loyalty to veteran players, you take care of them as long as you can and they take care of you, it's why we don't have contract hold outs, it's why our players defer salary. I have several jerseys with retired or aging players, I also have several with new players or prime players. The point is, to say Maltby is in the twilight of his career, and that he won't be around much longer if at all is one thing, to laugh at a person for suggesting they wear his jersey, and saying "he needs" to retire is something entirely different. Have some respect for the players that helped mold the Red Wings into what they are today, because Draper and Maltby were both a big part of that.

My God you're a machine...

Brind'Amour look a bit like sly on this one.... nooooooo of course he has only been eating his breakfast and trained hard

I don't think there are very many players who can make Pasha look bad.

Give me Pasha and Henrik seven days a week and three times on Sunday.

If this makes any sense, if it was just a 2v2 I'd pick the real twins, their chemistry is almost creepy. That said, if I was building a team I'd pick Datsyuk/Zetterburg as they are better overall players.

Why are they wasting a roster spot on Aaron Downy? Why not let one of the kids play so they get a feel for the NHL? What a waste!

it is even.

People can argue with me all the want, but when playing well they are by far the best line in the NHL baby! http://video.redwings.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=-6

I kinda hope Matt Cooke is playing but it's a double edged sword. If he's out there then a lot of the Wings' good players are at risk. But I kind of want him to play because Downey is going to play and I want Downs to run him out of the game. Not gonna lie.

Hahaha this forum kills me sometimes. Arguing about a #6 defenceman? C'mon guys. Newf buddy, dont worry, Salei will be fine. Who cares who's better, Salei's a Red Wing, that's all that counts.

hahaha - good riddance Stat line for tonight's game against Ottawa: Player G A PTS +/- TOI Lebda 0 0 0 -2 20:23 Enjoy watching that all season Toronto...

One of my favorites:

"Awww crap, we forgot to throw the logo on, quick let's make a 6 inch patch and just stick it on there" "But where" "I don't care!!!"

You've been showing an unusual rash of humor and silly one-liners lately. It's rather strange. Anyhow, quick run down: AHL: NHL's primary development league. Though there are some veterans and full time AHLers that play here, it's largely filled with prospects NHL teams feels ready to adapt to the pro and/or North American style game. This is where most top prospects are going to play. SEL: Elitserien, or Swedish Elite League as we call it on this side of the pond. This is the top level Swedish league. It's probably close to equal with the AHL in terms of skill, though style of play is different due to differently sized european ice and contact rules. A large amount of players who were only good enough for 4th line/backup NHL duty, as well as more veteran good players that go back home, keep this a rather competitive league. It's often used as a Swedish version of the juniors, with NHL teams keeping Swedish players there to develop before adapting them to the NA game in the AHL. SM-Liiga: This is the top level Finnish league, and is generally used very similarly to the SEL. It also compares well to SEL in terms of skill, with some arguing that it's a more competitive league. Don't get that debate started between Swedes and Finns, though. ECHL: The minor pro league the step below the AHL. Often lower level talent is sent here, or sometimes young talent not suitable for juniors but not ready for AHL. Goalies in particularly sometimes get sent here, as they benefit more from a starting job here than a backup job to a more NHL-ready goalie in the AHL. A fair number of bottom line bangers, grinders, and gritty bottom pairing defensemen get their pro start here. UHL: A minor pro league a further step below the ECHL. On occasion, an NHL team will take a shot on a guy in this league, but if a guy gets sent here from an affiliate, it's usually not a good sign. Some AHL or ECHL teams use it as an affiliate for their lower end players. NCAA: Obviously, this is the all-encompassing American college hockey league (comprised of smaller subleagues based on school level). As a form of juniors, there's an age limit and other restrictions that apply here. Generally, guys in this league are 18-20 year olds that were just drafted a year or two prior, and not quite ready for the pro experience yet. CHL (QJMHL, OHL, and WHL): the CHL is the greater entity in which the three parenthetical leagues participate. These form the bulk of the high end Canadian juniors, and compares to NCAA hockey, but at a higher average playing level (due to a greater amount of trained Canadian hockey kids). KHL: This is the high end Russian league and the strongest hockey league in Europe. Not only are there a number of good Russian kids in there, but a fair number of middling or aged but still good pros. Additionally, some guys like Hudler wander over there despite not being Russian because of superior pay. However, because it's very competitive with the NHL, unless it's a young Russian kid who hasn't come to NA yet, going back to the KHL is looked upon a bit warily. There are many other junior and minor leagues as well as less powerful European leagues, but the above are probably the most notable ones at the moment. Someone else may do a more thorough rundown of the junior leagues, particularly the Russian & other European leagues.

I'm so glad my nicknames of vFlip and iFlip have stuck. My single contribution to this site haha

Love it! Who is that, anyway???

The only real advantage he has had on Salei is plus minus which is obviously going to be higher becaus of the difference in the teams, Salei was only -4 on a team whose top 6 defenseman were -10, -16,-12,-19, and -21. Other then that Salei has less give aways, higher take aways, hits are close, but Salei is known for being a more punishing hitter. A healthy Salei is better then Lilja even if Lilja is a good #5 defenseman. A healthy Salei is a number 4 guy

vFlip/iFlip LOL. iFlip. Thats funny. It was a real treat to see our talent vs our talent. This is the first red/white game that I've seen. It was awesome to see Lidstrom poke check the puck off of Franzens stick. The best part is our prospects look very solid! There are a ton of up and comming talent. I can't wait to see Tatar in the NHL.

I need names with numbers... :S

Red Wings are going to win!

Here's my video of the Wings' Three Stooges/Abbott & Costello. It took forever to download to PhotoBucket. It's great to hear the crowd's reaction to their antics. Thanks, boys, for a great show!