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You guys wanted it now you got it. The drawing has Yzerman/Babcock/Bowman/Howe/Datsyuk/Zetterberg/Osgood/Lidstrom/Draper 1.Alex Delvecchio/2.Ted Lindsay/3.Mike Babcock/4.John Ogrodnick/5.Johnny Wilson/6.Darren McCarty/7.Henrik Zetterberg/8.Pat MacKinnon(Alumni)/9.Darren Helm/10.Luc Robitaille/11.Nicklas Lidstrom/12.Marcel Dione/13.Gordie Howe/14.Larry Murphy/15.Ron Rakecky(Alumni)/16.Bill Gadsby/17.Rob Palmer/18.Niklas Kronwall/19.Kirk Maltby/20.Joe Kocur/21.Ville Leino/22.Valteri Filppula/23.Paul Ysebaert/24.Chris Osgood/25.Jimmy Howard/26.Bill Evo(Alumni)/27.Kris Draper/28.Kevin Miller/29.Doug Brown(Alumni)/30.Dan Cleary/31.Shawn Burr/32.Mike Martilla(Alumni)/33.Jason Williams/34.Mickey Redmond/35.Todd Bidner(Alumni) The silver auto in the corner by Joe Kocur is mine. Don't mind the flash on Osgood from the camera or the light by Gordie. Couldn't remove them. I drew this myself and its the only one, so I'm sorry you can't have one! :-P

VS. Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI Tonight's Stream http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/streaming2 Game Preview: Brendan Smith to make Red Wings debut Tonight's Officials Unknown Pre-season Chicago: 0-1-0 Last Game - Lost to TBL 4-2 Detroit: 0-1-0 Last Game - Lost to PIT 5-1 Last DET-PIT Meeting: 4/11, DET 3 at CHI 2 (OT)Recap Goals CHI Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews: 1 DET Ruslan Salei: 1 Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom Ritola-Modano-Cleary Maltby-Helm-Eaves Owens-Emmerton-Mursak Lidstrom-Kronwall Ericsson-Salei Janik-Smith Projected CHI Lines (TBL game lineup) Morin-Toews-Stalberg Makarov-Sharp-Hossa Pisani-Bolland-Skille Bickell-Brophey-Tarnasky Keith-Boynton (won't play) Leddy-Cullimore Connelly-Hendry CHI Corey Crawford 0-0-0 DET Jimmy Howard (starting) 0-0-0 DET Kris Draper (groin) out, Johan Franzen (charlie horse) out, Jiri Hudler (bruised foot) out CHI Nick Boynton (suspension) out Next Game 9/25, Red Wings at Blackhawks; 8:00 PM

OMFG!! NO DOWNEY?!!! WHAT A BUNCH OF WASTED ROSTER SPOTS!!!!!%$$#^&* esteef

I wish I could have seen it, and I wish that there was video from last nights tilt, but the report on TSN and other things I've read, state that Bert took exception to the kneeing on Franzen from Orpik and got a 5 for fighting and a 10 minute misconduct for instantly jumping on him... If this is the Bert we will see this year, I am ECSTATIC - I don't want him dropping the gloves just to fight, I just want him to play with that snarl that he is capable of when he chooses to, finishing checks, standing up for teammates and just being physical on the opposition... if that ends up being the Bert we see this year, his re-signing will be HUGE

22 + 13 = 23 lebDUH math.

The "Howe Approach": Remember numbers and be patient.

Bert speaks the truth.

We should end Crosby's season in response and start a proper rivalry. No I'm not kidding.

wings over bruins in 6 in SCF. write that down haters!

bert and mule = BFF

It's said to be in a similar style to HBOs "Hard Knocks" Series. I'm sure some of you will be annoyed with the teams involved (or atleast one of them) but I'm really looking forward to it . Would be awesome if they made this a yearly thing featuring different teams. Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10266/1089756-61.stm http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/HBO-tabs-Capitals-Penguins-Classic-for-Hard-Kno?urn=nhl-271741

Why does the NHL not make a serious effort to market anyone but Crosby and Ovechkin? This HBO thing is just more proof of that. I know they're the two best players in the league and are the only household names in hockey amongst the general public. However, in other sports, it's more than just 2 players who are household names, and it's because those leagues try to make a real effort towards marketing those players. The NHL refuses to do so and I don't understand why. Isn't it better for the league if more players are marketed to the general public, instead of just showing Crosby and Ovechkin commercials all the time? I remember last year after the Caps and Pens were eliminated, I heard many sportswriters complaining that they stopped caring about the playoffs because the two best players were gone, and I was infuriated by their stupidity and lack of knowledge about hockey. At the same time, I realized the league was responsible for this indifference, because it wasn't trying hard enough to market any other players. I'm not saying the league should lay off these two superstars, but they need to acknowledge that there's other great stars in the game. That's what all the other sports leagues are doing and I think it will be better for hockey in the long run.

Psh... They can say whatever they want. They have Matt Cooke on their team. That guy is an embarrassment not just to the game but to humanity as well. And again, we're talking about a city that showed overwhelming support for a friggin rapist.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=334712 Since it's from almighty Bob I thought it was a good idea to post it here.

I don't see what the big deal is. Chris Benoit used to do throat jestures all the time when he was wrestling.

HAH!!!! So this guy gets a suspension within one day for this little act but nothing has been mentioned from the NHL about Orpik's knee-to-knee hit. Nice priorities NHL.

+1 for having the stones to mention NAMBLA.

Bert doesn't have to worry about another Moore incident here. None of the other Wings will jump on whomever Bert fights after the guy is down. Good for Bert standing up for Mule. Hopefully that sense of "brotherhood" is contagious.

Excited to see how Smith and Mursak do!

Crosby not the second best? Do you watch hockey at all? I'd love to see these people defend that stance. I agree the NHL needs to start marketing Toews, Miller, Datsyuk, Stamkos etc. But fact is the average person will look at the stats and see Crosby and Ovechkin leading the league for the past 5 years. Until their are players consistently up there with the numbers, people will want to see the best players in the game, and learn more about them. It's just the way it is.

I really want to see a replay before I call for the head of Orpik. But I say just put the play in the back of your head, and get the revenge down the road if it deserves it that is.

I've never been more happy NOT to have HBO than I am right now.

they are gonna ban the blackhawks piece of s*** "Dut da da Dut da da Dut da da da da da da Dut" stupid ******* goal song.

Bert needs to show that kind of toughness this year.

Real fans don't hang players on their team out to dry. These are your Red Wings, take em or leave em. Mistakes happen in the game. Players have bad seasons and a bad stretch of luck. Its hockey. This is why its a team sport. Win as a team. Lose as a team.