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Then stop posting.

A Detroit goal here would be great.

It comes down to a simple equation. Which of the goalies has been playing better this past month? Ozzie, by a mile. Let's spare ourselves the endless debate over who should is better overall. Howard has gotten into bad habits and needs a break to get rid of them. I'm tired of seeing him so low on the ice every single time. It seems like he's always getting scored on high or because he immediately goes to the ground and can't get up and over for the rebound. Ozzie gives the team a chance to win. At the very least do a 60-40 rotation, if not a 50-50 for now. No predictions for the future, but for right now, we need Ozzie. The team didn't play to their full potential but they played well enough to win. Considering that Howard was clearly the weak link, especially after Ozzie immediately made huge saves coming in. EDIT: On the bright side, the Wings should dominate January with a good schedule. Frankly I don't care if Vancouver takes 1st for now, there's still half a season left and in the end 1st place doesn't really matter anyway. But I'm tired of seeing mindfly talk like this means we're suddenly out of the playoffs because a team TIED us for 1st.

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.

What is he Crosby now ? One player can't win the tournament by himself, not to mention he makes a ton of mistakes because it seems to be all about him most of the time.

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.

It would, wouldnt it!?

A Detroit goal here would be great.

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

I hate the ******* trapezoid

And now the Wings are playing better in front of Ozzie. Wings just needed that spark to get them going.

And start working for these:

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?

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

If basketball is Canadian, then hockey is British. In fact, if we're going based on place of origin, hockey would still be British.

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.