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If you're Nabokov you gotta be thinking... What should I do? Should I admit the KHL was a mistake? Should I not listen to my family? They're my family. Should I have said the Islanders are a first class organization? What should I do? What should I do? Maybe I should just retire. Should I have told the Islanders to suck my wang? Should I just say, "I am not a role model."? Should I score another power play goal? Should I go back to being "John"? Should I admit I wasn't prepared for Team Canada? Should I be who you want me to be? What should I do?

which is sad since there have been so many dives

We would have done the same thing on here. In fact, we would've whined harder and better.

I'll still take Mule over Hossa.

You should get a +10 from Edi

I guess McCrimmon is trying to institute a floating pylon defensive scheme. For a blueprint just look at a piece of Swiss cheese.

Crayon + napkin = defensive game plan

They pulled their goalie? Didn't think that was his fault....

Yep. It's been bad the last few years. It was just less noticeable last year because Howard was playing like a man possessed. Team defense has been a joke since the coaching change. Maybe he's got nothing to do with this problem at all, but you simply can't ignore the correlation at this point. What's really scary though is that if this defense played half as well as they're capable of, who would be a sure bet to beat us on any given day? Anyone? Bear in mind, we're still one of the top teams in the league, defensive issues and all.

If it's not apparant yet, McCrimmon is a problem. And getting Datsyuk and Stuart will not solve the problem, it's scheme. And our defensive scheme is... awful.

Detroit finally had one go their way. Nice.

And we get away with one after yet more ugly defense. Only a matter a time before this game is tied.

Wings got lucky.

At least it's been longer than 1 min after the Wings goal and the Sens have not scored...D is really playing well..

Bad defense, bad last goal by Jimmy. And...

Race to 8?

I say the difference was Lilja

Fans booing Cloustons decision to pull Lehner. I don't blame them.

I. Can't. Drive. 55!!

Um, the problem is not one coach. McCrimmon coaches the defensemen. That doesn't mean he came up with and enacted the entire defensive game plan. That would be all three coaches. Defense requires all five guys on the ice working together. As it can be seen, the Wings start and end periods flat. I believe that is mostly on the players relaxing too much. They need a full focused 60 minutes.

The collective defense of this team has been awful for most of this season. Nobody on the roster gets a free pass on that point. The defense corps is especially bad, but they've been masking their defensive deficiencies with offensive production. Not a single defenseman on this team, including Lidstrom, is getting it done. And Howard is just not the same goaltender he was last year so the team is not able to keep the puck out of its net.

FFS, FIRE MCCRIMMON RIGHT NOW!!! f***s***, this is annoying. 2-3 OTT.

Extra points if someone snaps and posts a picture!

a game like that will never happen again in the NHL, all of these players would be suspended and the fun ruined for everyone. slowly softening hockey up, sickens me.