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Babcock just verbally bitchslapped Pierre.

Great article from Bleacherreport.com talking about the joke that Paul Steigerwald is.

Or how about the Pens and Flyers, who are good at winning games and fights?

Head like a f***in' orange.

Official Game Day Thread - - Game 56 of 82 - - VS. Start time: 12:30 EST Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI Available On: Tonight's Stream http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.php/user/15741-drumnj/ (Directions in profile) Official Game Preview: Bruins, Red Wings conclude series in Detroit - - *Opposition GDT* From HF Boards - - Western Conference Standings Forthcoming BRUINS 55 GP, 31-17-7, 69 pts Last Game: Lost to DET 6-1 RED WINGS 55 GP, 33-16-6, 72 pts Last Game: Defeated BOS 6-1 Last DET-BOS Meeting: 2/11, DET 6 at BOS 1 Recap - LGW GDT An available highlight Goals BOS Milan Lucic: 23 DET Johan Franzen: 26 Assists BOS David Krejic: 31 DET Henrik Zetterberg: 43 Plus/Minus BOS Brad Marchand: +22 DET Brian Rafalski: +12 ---- BOS Marc Savard: -7 DET Jiri Hudler: -5 PIM BOS Shawn Thornton: 103 DET Jonathan Ericsson: 56 Franzen-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi Hudler-Datsyuk-Cleary Draper-Helm-Eaves Miller-Abdelkader-Holmstrom Lidstrom-Kronwall Ericsson-Rafalski Kindl-Salei Projected BOS Lines Lucic-Krejci-Horton Marchand-Bergeron-Recchi Wheeler-Hamill-Ryder Caron-Campbell-Thornton Chara-Kampfer Seidenberg-Boychuk Ference-McQuaid Tim Thomas Record: 26-6-6, 1.93 GAA, .941 SV%, 7 SO ---- versus. ---- Jimmy Howard Record: 27-10-3, 2.85 GAA, .906 SV%, 2 SO BRUINS Daniel Paille (suspension) out, Marc Savard (concussion) out ---- RED WINGS Valtteri Filppula (MCL sprain) out, Brad Stuart (broken jaw) out, Chris Osgood (groin) out, Mike Modano (severed tendon) out On Deck 2/17, Red Wings at Lightning ; 7:00 EST

Err... how many goalies can swallow the rebound on a shot from one foot away? Some of you guys are ridiculous about Howard.

Wings 3-1. Homer loads up on Boston Baked Beans. Thomas is unable to find the puck in the fog.

Good lord.

Or how about the Panthers, who are bad at both? Oh snap you just got told son. (I hope that it's unnecessary to explain my sarcasm)

gotta be intentional. the mong.

That experience and you don't realize that fights don't win games? I don't know about you, but I'd rather win games than win fights. Who would you rather be? Detroit- 2nd fewest penalty minutes, 4th in overall points. St. Louis- 4th most penalty minutes, 23rd in overall points.

I feel sorry for you. Toughness shouldn't revolve around fighting, or else you would be calling many great players "*******". I'm all for fighting, but the reasons and the way these fights happened I disagree with. I mean Gillies charged Tangradi, delivered a headshot, Tangradi was out, then he starts punching him, then he stays right by the boards and continues chirping at a guy that had a damn concussion for NO reason. That's sickening. I've played in the USHL, I've seen some gong shows first hand, I'd never thought I'd see a play like that in the NHL. The Martin-Talbot thing I can get, it was a borderline hit on Blake and the Islanders wanted Talbot and Talbot should of stood up in the first period and that should be it. But after every whistle taking a swing at the guy? really? Goddard broke a very important rule, and deserves whatever suspension he gets, tough to find video on what exactly Bylsma was doing, but take into account this was the same play that Tangradi was on the ice due to a cheapshot in every sense of the word, so that already puts the balance of players off. Not making excuses, but just something Goddard might have thought was important enough to justify it. The Avs/Wings thing has some parallels, but to me the rivalry was built over a while, not just a week. The battles were faught by the heart and soul of each team, not just AHL callups.

I'm glad others have said it. People saying this was disgraceful made me refer to one of the most epic games in Wings history, Avs vs Wings March 26, 1997. How would that not be the same embarrassment? What would be the difference? McCarty and the rest of the team avenged the draper hit. AND, McCarty sucker punched Lemieux but yet nobody called him a gutless turd... I think these games like this, seeing bad blood boil over, are absolutely awesome to see. I am sick of all sports teams being buddy buddy with each other, like NBA teams giving love to each other after games, NFL the same thing. I don't want my team to like the opponent at all! I dunno. I don't think this game was an embarrassment. I think hockey needs this stuff once in a while.

Some people are incredible. He had a very, very solid stretch of about 15 games where his play seemingly got better every night, has struggled a bit over the past week, and this thread appears with stupid poll options. Unbelievable.

Nice analyzing by Murph. That was just a routine shift by Pav.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6_kQfqYJy8

Man, that shot from Abdelkader was nice. Thomas must have s***ty rebound control. Did you see that juicy rebound? /sarcasm

ROFL. So because he has some rebound control issues, EVERY rebound he gives up is automatically one he absolutely should have had? Wow. Just wow.

I love videos like this. Lmao for Hudler at 0:50.

Except when he fired that shot in Game 3 against the Sharks that missed the net and went right to Thorton, who then scored in OT to give the Sharks a series lead 3-0.

Funny. I feel the exact same way about Flip.

Okay, just wondering because my roommate doesn't play hockey, never has, and he loves fights. I was naively making a comparison because he plays the EA NHL games and usually fights the other team 4+ times a game. He's a Penguins fan (he's from Pittsburgh) and he says he doesn't like the Red Wings because they don't fight. I personally think that teams with skill are much more interesting to watch than teams who just goon it up. The Red Wings might not fight as much anymore, but they usually make an attempt to "not take s*** from anyone" by beating teams on the scoreboard. Wins are much more satisfying than watching fights, IMO. Plus, some of that grit usually comes out in our "*******" in the playoffs...Zetterberg vs. Malkin ring a bell?

Yep. Little known fact: All fat, bald, white guys are related.

Pretty sad how so many people here are crying about this. Go watch some basketball if you can't stomach this kind of thing. They actually allow fighting in hockey, meaning things like this can happen. Used to happen all the time too, especially in Detroit.

Don't even try to rationalize with anything Penguin* related. It's just not worth the frustration. *Does not include Matt Cooke, guy deserves whatever anyone ever says about him.