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I was wondering why the VS broadcast wasn't irritating me tonight

I blamde McCrummy.

I blamde Bettman.

I blame Canada.

The only thing Mickey repeats are little old-time sayings. They just make it feel like you're hanging out with your grandpa watching the game. He doesn't repeat himself with longer phrases every few minutes, every game, that make him sound like he's reading from a script or stuck with a limited vocabulary. I hate Edzo.

Official Game Day Thread - - Tonights's Matchup - - VS. Start time: 7:30 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: Meeting of West's best two clubs - - *Opposition GDT* Forthcoming - - News from around the NHL Top spot in East up for grabs Penguins concur on Cooke suspension "24/7" receives Emmy nominations Western Conference Standings CANUCKS 73 GP, 47-17-9, 103 pts Last Game: Lost to PHX 3-1 RED WINGS 73 GP, 43-21-9, 95 pts Last Game: Lost to PIT 5-4 (SO) Last DET-VAN Meeting: 1/8, DET 2 at VAN 1 (SO) Recap - LGW GDT Highlights Goals VAN Daniel Sedin: 38 DET Johan Franzen: 27 Assists VAN Henrik Sedin: 68 DET Henrik Zetterberg: 52 Plus/Minus VAN Dan Hamhuis: +27 DET Brian Rafalski, Pavel Datsyuk, Justin Abdelkader: +12 ---- VAN Maxim Lapierre: -16 DET Todd Bertuzzi: -7 PIM VAN Maxim Lapierre: 78 DET Jonathan Ericsson: 79 Forthcoming; Jan Mursak recalled Projected VAN Lines Forthcoming Roberto Luongo Record: 33-14-7, 2.23 GAA, .925 SV%, 3 SO ---- versus. ---- Jimmy Howard Record: 34-14-5, 2.79 GAA, .908 SV%, 2 SO CANUCKS Tanner Glass (upper body) questionable, Mikael Samuelsson (lower body) out, Manny Malhotra (eye) out, Lee Sweatt (foot) out, Kevin Bieksa (foot) out, Andrew Alberts (wrist) out, Alexander Edler (back) out, Alexandre Bolduc (shoulder) out, Rick Rypien (personal) out ---- RED WINGS Todd Bertuzzi (back) will not play, Pavel Datsyuk (lower body) will not play, Johan Franzen (groin) will not play, Jiri Hudler (illness) probable, Chris Osgood (groin) out On Deck 3/26, Maple Leafs at Red Wings ; 7:00 EST

Wings didn't do anything we didn't know they could do. The play well when they feel like it, and play poorly when they come out lazy and unmotivated. This time, both those things happened in one game as opposed to being a game to game thing.

My favorite would be, "You're never going to hear me talk ever again."

I did a few refreshes and did not find my least favorite Edzo saying, "subtle interference"

Kick some ass Datsyuk

I could post 3 million different things as I go with this thread. Just more pops into my head, but he is playing to an even bigger contract down the road, 2nd line type minutes, and possibly a future Assistant Captain. His development has been the most fun to watch of any Wing I can remember.

He's playing like he deserves to be on one of the top 2 lines. Yes Helm should be on one of the top 2 lines ladies and gents...

if a hockey team was built solely with guys like helm, they would go far every year. is he a sniper? nope. a deker? nope. 50 goal scorer? nope. hart trophy finalist? nope. then what the f*** does he have? heart and determination. he plays every shift like its his last. you cant teach that. you can teach hockey moves.

Look out everyone!!!

As long as Mursak is on the team next year I'm fine with Modano. Emmerton, Miller and Draper - I do not think it will be devastating to lose one or two of them.

Playoffs don't start until April. Sorry. Last night was just another game.

He's sorry. But, we already knew that.

Not sure why they ended the suspension at first round. With his track history it should've been season and playoffs, period. Most people would like to see him banned from the league but I won't be too hard on them for not going that extreme. But why let him into the playoffs at all?

Howard has been mediocre all year. He has some flashes of brilliance and then offsetting flashes of bad. It all averages out to him being mediocre. Yes the defense hasn't been great. But be honest to yourself here. What separates mediocre goalies from the elite goalies? The elite ones make those saves that they had no chance too. The elite goalies steal multiple games a year by standing on their head and making what should be impossible saves. That's why they get paid the big bucks. Howard gets paid what, a little over 2 mil a year? He shouldn't be expected to be anything other than mediocre when we're getting him so cheaply. The problem comes when one side makes Howard out to be the greatest goalie in the league and the other side makes him out to be the worst goalie in the league. He's neither extreme. He's average. That being said, at this point I'd rather see Macdonald get the majority of the next few games. He's really played well the last few outtings. Howard hasn't earned the starting job.

Sorry, but, no they didn't. As much as I want to believe that the wings have officially "flipped the switch" I just don't believe it. The Wings might have put on a better effort, but the Pens I'm sure also dropped their level of play.

Lets just cut through this shall we? There is no goalie good enough to wear the Wings jersey. You name it, every goalie has good days and bad days. Every goalie gives up rebounds. Every goalie gives up soft goals. The team in front of the goalie makes all the difference. The Wings are 3rd in the NHL because they have a good team. So Howard had a bad game, big deal. Hell, the entire Wings team had a bad game last night. The funny part is when the team in front of him plays like crap, he still gets pushed under the bus. Personally, I am glad that they signed Howard to the 2 year deal. I am also glad that the collective Wings fans are not in charge of the team. Hell, these are the same people that will lambaste their team all season long, and then when they win the cup, will take credit saying it was the best team ever assembled. Look at the Dallas Drake signing a few years ago. People scoffed at that signing, yet he was a valuable depth player. In the end, he wins and cup and everyone takes credit for saying how good of a signing it was. What a load of crap. Here is an idea. To the ones who are critical of the players, get on board with being a fan of the Red Wings. If you want to bandwagon it up, go jump on board the Vancouver bus.

So everyone knows Rod Allen has his own drinking game when he does commentary for Tiger games, but i have yet to find one for Mickey Redmond. I have spent countless hours, (actually just a few minutes) to gather all of Mickey's quotes. So how it goes, is whenever Mickey says one of these quotes, you take a drink, really simple. But, we all know that Mickey has tended to come out of the blue on some really great saying, "He could sell ice cubes to the eskimo's right now." So whenever you deem that one of his quotes deserves a drink, you take a drink. But here are the most common of Mickey's great quotes. "Oh Boy" "Wow" "Bingo Bango!" "Holy Jumpin'" "Put all the hay in the barn and let 'em go at it!" "This is what the fans came for!" "This is no place for a nervous person" "Ginger ales after the game" "Hey Gang!" "That was a tic-tac-toe play" "Like a lumberjack fighting for the last pork chop!" "He likes it when you call him Fill Poola" (Valtteri Filppula) "Keep your sticks on the ice kids, good things happen" "You can head for your parties! This one's over!" "You go to sleep for a second against these guys -- the Red light's on" "Holy Mackeral!" "Well, He's a dandy" "The lumber is flying!" "Here comes Houdini" (his nickname for star center Pavel Datsyuk) "He’ll go in for repairs" "He blew a tire" "They got 'em rockin' at the Joe!" "He got a little lumber on him, and it didn't tickle" "His eyes were as big as saucer plates" "He couldn't get the puck in the ocean, even while standing on the pier" "Now you kids out there, pay attention, you could learn something from the pros" "You've got to watch the puck or you'll be spitting out Chiclets" "That was a bang-bang play" "That type of call just doesn't belong in the game of hockey" "Now that's a chinsey call" "They don't know what a penalty is here in San Jose" "Katie bar the door" "You only get a few kicks at the cat" "If I didn't know better, I'd say the ice was slanted" "He just gave him a BC two-hander" "It's a bench-clearing Donnybrook" "Hold it right there, gang!" "There was no one going to the pop stand!" "Giving a little Chin Music" "Water over the bridge, my boy!" "He's making more turnovers than Betty Crocker!" "Look out!" "It's a shooting gallery down there!" "You could've thrown a blanket over 'em!" "That was like a pinball game!" "Like Johnny on the spot!" "Put that biscuit in the basket" "His head looks like the top of a Makers Mark bottle" "He really left his jock strap hangin' off the clock" "He got beat like a rented mule!" "You be the judge." "It's Five O'Clock on a Saturday" (sung when a goal is scored about 5pm on Saturday game) "He had him out on fort street!" "He gave em the whatfor..." "Ok their going at it, not one person sitting at the Joe " "It's a beautiful thing." "That puck had eyes" "Watch out!" Via: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117703951586952&v=wall&viewas=0

It's impossible to put together line combos, without worrying about who's lazy or soft. We have too many players on this team that are one or the other. Some are both. Too many floaters in the lineup right now, hence every line would have a glaring problem. These players need to step up and actually care every game, because matching lines around isn't going to magically make them care. Has to come from within.

I have. He told me that Bettman makes sure nothing happens to him and that there is a massive conspiracy against the Wings now that he is in the league. Then he ate a kitten and kicked me in the shins. What a jerk.