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Then stop posting.

A Detroit goal here would be great.

GO USA, even though they beat us last year i still want them to win over canada.

I am glad to see Ozzie in for one reason, must mean that Babs has faith in him again. It's only a good thing going forward. Having two very capable goalies is better than one.

If you are proud of watching a sport in which a majority of the players have been convicted of a felony, then keep watching the NBA.

I wondered what all those damn butterflies were doing flying around the arena.

I'd be very surprised if Osgood didn't start against the Oilers.

yeah the last time they did that was way back on December 26th understandable to forget things that happened so long ago with how old they are

Too bad Ozzie didn't score a goal to tie it. I thought maybe that's why Babs put him in. heh!

Abysmal performance yet again

Canada is not the favs, everyone up here already knows USA are the favs, and still are imo. Canada's game got exposed big time by the Swedes.

He's learning from the best, unfortunately.

It would, wouldnt it!?

The lack of people talking up the Canadians on this board is telling.

Leino with the equalizer penalty. This fool never does anything useful for us anymore. Oh, wait...

I hate the ******* trapezoid

Agreed. Babcock NEVER pulls Howard in favor of Ozzie. It's a paradigm shift, that's for sure.

You're right, it's not. But making a change in goaltending is an easy way to send a message to a team playing badly. And it just might have made a difference now too...

I cant decide whether to appease the polizei or enflame them. Maybe I'll half ass it as usual and see what happens over the course of the next couple beers.

Good for you. Do you have something constructive to add to the discussion, or are you just here to underhandedly attack other members?

Good for you. Have any of us at all given you any indication that we care?

Speak for yourself. You are the most insufferable poster on here with your constant bashing of the Wings.

Coming from you, who only really shows up to post your vitriol about Bertuzzi? While that's not "pot-calling-the-kettle-black" territory, I'd say it's fairly close.

Actually, our problem isn't Jimmy (or Ozzie) right now. It's not being able to find the back of the net.

In the modern era, the Red Wings have never had a goalie that has been known for carrying teams or "stealing" games. The one exception was Hasek, but all he had to do was stop the puck when he needed to, and hey what do you know, they won a Stanley Cup. He didn't have to play like he did in Buffalo, though. He actually complained about not seeing enough shots in some games as a Red Wing. In 2003, they signed Curtis Joseph who was known for stealing games and carrying teams. And look how that turned out. He was average and cost $8 million. The Red Wings style of play - puck possession and controlling the play - is horrible for evaluating their own goaltender. They see little shots and are expected to come up big after seeing no action for a long period of time. I mean, Howard has played over 100 games in the NHL and we still don't even know what kind of goalie he is. Is he actually good? Well, he made some big saves here and there. So I guess? The Wings' style of play means they can win with average goaltending, which means management will never overpay for an elite goaltender ever. They'd rather place their money into defense and forward depth. This is why players like Chris Osgood and Kris Draper keep hanging around. They're cheap and serviceable. Heck, the Red Wings even tried to win with Manny ******* Legace in net as a starter. What I'm saying is until management decides it's time to acquire a goalie like Ryan Miller, Henrik Lundqvist, or Robert Luongo, whether through trades or the draft, fans should expect games like the Islanders to occur.