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For a guy who skates like Homer, it's no surprise he's not contributing playing with Abdelkader and Miller. Once Fil and Modano are back and we can roll 3 scoring lines, I expect Homer will be better. Honestly, i've liked his game lately. He's made smart passes, played good defence. I think he'll be fine. Franzen is more of a piss off for me, he's playing with talent and scoring no goals.

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Ericsson lol Another game, another fail. This guy's hockey IQ is absolutely horrible.

The Wings really took it to the Sharks. Detroit just matches up really well with them. But hey, you gotta score on your chances. The Wings were missing open nets and hitting posts. The Sharks got a couple scoring chances and capitalized. There are no points for controlling the play. You gotta finish. The team looked a hair off on everything tonight. The coaching staff, too. No excuse for Kronwall on that late first period PK. With 10 seconds left in the period, Lidstrom needs to be on the ice.

the thing i noticed is goalies bail out other teams when playing detroit. but how many times has jimmy bailed out detroit this season? once? how many games have he been to blame? a bunch? hes not a game stealer which sucks cause i dont see him going anywhere

Great job on the last two goals by Howard..... Really thought he was turning the corner, then goal in the last minute of period 1 (not his fault), goal in the last two minutes of period 2 (not his fault, kill Ericsson), a bad rebound for goal number three (his fault) and a TERRIBLE miss on the GWG... Frustrating night to be certain, they started so well.

where is the Mule? guy is invisible!

pretty cool to see an interview w/ an on ice official. good job, FSD

From The pens blog:

Maybe they can start showing up to games against teams i hate... sharks, hawks and pens I dont care about beating minnesota

Sharks capitalized, Detroit didn't. Niemi made the save he had to on Mule with a handful left.

Howard keeping it a game

Can we just play Pav's line the remainder of the game?

I don't understand this team and late goals.

Franzen, Zetter and Bert line is terrible right now.

Yambags.

Last minute goals suck.

Fantastic job on the PK. A PP goal here would completely deflate the Sharks.

Jimmy standing tall here. He's looking good so far.

Couture has a point. Should be another 4.

Setoguchi will have more dives than: a) Greg Louganis during an Olympic year b) The German U-boat command 1939-1945 c) The IJN Air Corps 1941-1945 d) All of the above

a lot of people did insinuate that it was stupid - as they do with all my line proposals, without really even taking them into consideration. and i was just making a joke man, i didn't think you'd take it so harshly. in these line threads most people have a creative little twist in their heads that they'd like to see tried out on the ice. your lines were just, the exact same lines we started the season with. obviously babcock liked them at some point too, so i'm not saying that their bad. just poking a little fun at your lack of creativity. take it easy though. i'm not looking to start an internet fight or anything. i just posted a babcock video that everyone seems to like, i make a lot of off-season threads, and some random-non-lines threads here and there as well. idk where that puts me on the LGW totem pole (nor do i care), i'd imagine pretty low, but for a beer-leaguer who just started playing hockey after college and who has loved the red wings since birth, i think i'm doing okay.

Or stuck at the kiddie table with Hudler next Thanksgiving.

Trust me, we wear RED not some *** ass color called "scarlet"

Ok, i'll step into your trap. Lidstrom is of course the best influence of the four. He's always been the best player, the most experienced and the best leader. But Ericsson and Kindl are big, mobile defensemen who have good puck skills. Neither uses their body nearly enough. They need to add more grit, more growl, and more physical presence to their game. They need to utilize that size and strength. Lidstrom doesn't play a physical game, and I had removed Stuart from the roster so in the Meszaros trade. A physical post-Lidstrom defensive corps featuring Kronwall, Pitkanen, Meszaros, and a highly physical Kindl and Ericsson? You enforcer boys would cream your onesies.