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Wouldn't mind having this guy on our team someday. And no, I'm not kidding.

I think everyone is just to scared to just say it: We are gonna f*** some s*** up this playoffs and win the cup

Not seeing Franzen in the line-up, but now that I think about it I haven't seen him in about 17 games or so...

If I had to put into words the way I feel about the Wings chances this season, I'd say I feel half caution and half excitement with fairly high expectations. Everybody may feel differently from one person to the next. I got to reflecting on how I felt about years past as far as I could remember in my years as a competently enough fan of the game. Feel free to share any memories you guys have from past regular seasons going into the playoffs. 93: More or less, "I'm going to watch one game at a time and just see how this goes." 94: I actually had really high hopes this year because of the 1st seed and everything. So sad. 95: Very much a feeling of, "This seems to be going really, really well... Hmm..." and then the Wings landed in hell. 96: Definitely thought they would win it all. Had very little, if any, doubts. And then it happened. 97: 20% cautious, 80% not expecting much. And then they won it all. 98: The same as 97, actually. Even though they were defending champs and the theme of that year was, "Believe." 99: I really felt they would three-peat. The 99 post season definitely pissed me off more than any other run for any of my sports teams. I got greedy big time. 00: Had a decent level of excitement but not much. Nothing exceptional. God I hate Colorado. 01: A little less excitement than what I had for '00. Ugh... Late night first round against the Kings definitely ruined some grades. 02: Haha. I actually felt like, "They better ******* win it all, dammit... Or else... (shakes fist)." So very sad after Game 5 against the Avs. But it all ended very well. 03: Wasn't excited at all for this playoff run. I remember how they didn't get the 1st seed and thinking something just didn't seem right. I was more excited about the birth of the Euro Twins. From what I remember, Fedorov was on fire that year and then he ran into Steve Rucchin. 04: I actually felt really good about this year. I really liked the team from that year on paper. But it wasn't to be. 05: Lockout. 06: I was fairly excited but also a tad cautious because I started to see how the Wings would get one of the highers seeds and then lose. 07: Cautious with low expectations. I was very impressed after this playoff run. The foundation of the team was starting to really emerge. 08: A very slow building feeling of shocking amazement as they year went on. "Wow... They could really do this and I can't think of a better team in the league," is how I felt. 09: Definitely believed they would win it all. 10: Very much a "One game at a time, let's see where this goes" kind of feeling.

Watching wingspan and caught the planes number so I checked out its flight. Just thought it was cool so ill share it http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N682RW

Official Game Day Thread - - Tonight's Matchup - - VS. Start time: 10:30 EST HP Pavilion - San Jose, CA Available On: Tonight's Stream http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.php/user/15741-drumnj/ (Directions in profile) Official Game Preview: Red Wings look for revenge against Sharks - - - *Opposition GDT* From HF Boards - - - News from around the NHL Grabner named "Rookie of the Month" Flames' Morrison suffers injury Sabres desperate for points Western Conference Standings RED WINGS 64 GP, 39-18-7, 85 pts Last Game: Lost to ANA 2-1 (OT) SHARKS 64 GP, 37-21-6, 80 pts Last Game: Defeated COL 3-2 Last DET-SJ Meeting: 2/22, SJ 4 at DET 3 Recap - LGW GDT Highlights Goals DET Johan Franzen: 26 SJ Logan Couture: 25 Assists DET Henrik Zetterberg: 51 SJ Joe Thornton: 37 Plus/Minus DET Pavel Datsyuk, Brian Rafalski: +14 SJ Logan Couture: +17 ---- DET Mike Modano, Todd Bertuzzi: -3 SJ Patrick Marleau: -12 PIM DET Jonathan Ericsson: 73 SJ Jamal Mayers: 107 Hudler-Datsyuk-Cleary Draper-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi Filppula-Modano-Holmstrom Abdelkader-Helm-Miller Lidstrom-Stuart Ericsson-Kronwall Kindl-Salei Projected SJ Lines Clowe-Marleau-Heatley Couture-Thornton-Setoguchi Eagar-Pavelski-Wellwood Nichol-Mayers-Mitchell White-Wallin Murray-Boyle Vlasic-Demers Joey MacDonald Record: 3-3-1, 2.39 GAA, .914 SV%, 2 SO ---- versus. ---- Antti Niemi Record: 24-15-3, 2.40 GAA, .919V%, 5 SO RED WINGS Patrick Eaves (knee) out, Brian Rafalski (back spasms) probable, Chris Osgood (groin) out ---- SHARKS Ben Eagar (upper body) questionable, Dan Boyle (upper body) doubtful, Antero Nittymaki (groin) out, Kent Huskins (upper body) out, Scott Nichol (wrist) out On Deck 3/5, Red Wings at Coyotes ; 8:00 EST

Go Wings.

Hello again Wings fans, it's good to be back on LGW. I absolutely don't get the stomp predictions. That last game was CLOSE, nearly tied toward the end, and could easily have gone either way. Boyle, Huskins and Nichols are out for San Jose, and we desperately need good D against Detroit, so no prediction here. Also, JMac knows he has something to prove, and I think he will do fine. Plus, the last regular season game between us, and the visiting team has won each so far. Both teams are looking very strong as everyone vies for berths going into the home stretch. The Sharks are 5 points behind the Wings as of now, so tonight's game is big both ways, and that makes for some great hockey! A regulation win for the Wings would stretch their lead to 7, making it that much harder for us to catch up. I actually don't care that much one way or the other. As long as nobody catches the Sharks from behind, and we're one of the top three, I'm more than happy. I have to say that I do love the Sharks/Wings rivalry (HATE the Sharks/Stars rivalry), but the idea that we wouldn't have to face the Wings in the first round pleases me to no end! Sharks are on a str**k (not allowed to say the word while we're on one), but all str**ks come to an end. I hope it's not tonight, but dem's da breaks if it does. GAME ON IN A HALF HOUR, GO SHARKS!

I honestly don't see us getting out of the 2nd round...and even that depends on who we draw in the 1st round. Everyone else is going to tighten up their D, but we'll still be giving up at least 3 goals a game. Just a feeling.

If repeat offender even plays into it at all, Matt Cooke's minimum suspension should've started at 20 games years ago. He is the definition of a repeat offender with way more infractions (called or not) than Gillies yet he gets puny suspensions. But hey, he chips in pucks every now and then so he's all good. Das Boooools***. esteef

I hope not. I think fighting is exciting and one of the things that makes hockey at the pro level so unique. These guys get paid tons of money to put their bodies at risk and are by no means forced to fight. It's a dangerous profession - just like the military or being a fire fighter or police officer, except hockey players probably have a lot more fun and get paid 100 times more. Fighting actually reached it's height in the 80s, saw it's low immediately after the lockout and has actually been steadily increasing since then.

Most concussions happen from hits not punches. Let's get hitting out of hockey. esteef

1966-present: Wings will win the Cup! Lions will win the Superbowl! Seriously, 2008 was the only time that I felt that it was destiny. Something about Mac coming back felt Kharmic.

just like last year when the wings GA/G went up from 2.50 to 2.75, right? ...oh wait.

Lets go Red Wings!!! It's time to end the losing streak against the sharks, or should i say, guppies!

I want to vomit looking at that 3rd line of Filppula-Modano-Holmstrom. Poor Flip.

Ozzie comes back the 9th, plays decently well, Babcock decides to go with him in the playoffs, we win the Cup, Ozzie gets the Conn Smythe. Millions of Ozzie haters everywhere cry as Ozzie becomes a lock for the HHOF. That's how this is going in my head.

Hudler is actually starting to grow on me I must be ill.

That's a big negative ghost rider. So you're telling me Emmerton could go over to Finaland and win Player of the year? False.

I don't think you can blame the owners or gm, blame the agents for demanding so much money . Or blame the players union for jacking up salaries. Though I really don't think its anybody's fault other than the damn CBA, get rid of the salary cap now, what a shame to see quality players wasted like this

That's the most retarded thing I've read in a while. Crosby and Ovechkin represent the exception, not the norm. Of the first 30 guys selected each year maybe 2 or 3 will never play a game in the AHL, CHL or another minor league*. Add in all the other rounds and you can safely say more than 95% of the players drafted will play in the minors (both pro and amateur). It's not uncommon to see top 5 picks play in the AHL for a time... it all depends on what their team's status is (garbage or loaded with talent) and how physically ready they are for the NHL. So in summary-- the AHL is hardly a holder pen for fringe prospects. Most of the young NHL players who enter the league cut their teeth in the AHL. Edit: *Condsider that some guys who start on their team's NHL roster at 18 end up playing in the AHL for a time at some point (see: Edmonton this season)

Okay dude.

Yet somehow they're not. Weird how it defeats an argument for reducing to the ridiculous when you look at what I've actually done. Ah, superlatives and hyperbole, how strong they remain when used so often... Janik got a minus rating for the fight exactly because it was ill-timed. There was no good reason for it, and it broke up an odd-man rush at a time the Wings had an opportunity to build momentum when they were only down 0-1. There's no way to say that it would have made any difference in the way that game turned out, but lots of players got minuses on that game. The pass was worth -2.5. Turning the puck over across the middle while your team is trying to transition up ice is a cardinal sin. Even worse, it was an unforced error. It makes a lot more sense to give Janik extra minuses on the play than it does to allow both Helm and Miller to have kept their minuses when they did absolutely nothing wrong. I mean, as long as we're talking about ridiculous things... Funny you should mention that because Salei DID get an extra minus for failing to cover Carter in front of the net, leading to a goal. http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2010/10/24/1770212/cssi-analysis-red-wings-5-ducks-4 2nd period - 6:34 Salei got an extra minus. Cleary and Hudler both did their jobs on that play and did not receive any minuses. So you're either a big fan of Janik or just love taking the contrarian approach. Have fun with that. Janik has consistently been outplayed by both Kindl and Salei. As far as Babcock commending Janik, but not Salei or Kindl, I would let the fact that both of them averaged more ice time than Janik speak for itself. The guy's an AHLer; I appreciate that he's a serviceable NHL defenseman when he's up with the big club, but when it comes to organizational depth, he's the #8 guy. I'm sure he appreciates having a white knight out there, but if you're looking at the official stats to tell you that Janik has not been the worst defenseman the Red Wings have dressed in more than five games this season, you're wrong. I don't know what more I can tell you.