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Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LQisCzyGhU esteef

Crymson is not an effective enforcer or a deterrent to anything.

Official Game Day Thread - - Tonights's Matchup - - VS. Start time: 5:00 EST Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI

Thank you. I get real tired of all the bashing of Ericssson. This kid never even played defense until he was 17 years old. And he is now PLAYING IN THE NHL, that to me is just freakin amazing. And it Kindl's FIRST YEAR IN THE NHL. These young guys are going to make mistakes. I remember all this same s*** being said about Jiri Fischer the first 3 or 4 years he was with the Wings.

Correlation doesn't equal causation. Also using Bert's scuffles as an argument that fighting helped win the game for the Wings probably isn't a good way to go considering it was Nashville who scored consecutive times after the two fights to eventually take a 3-0 lead.

Ericsson plus 2 today cmon numbers don't lie... Franzen had a couple of chances Bert played PHYSICAL finally reminding me of his Vancouver days

Huge +1 for Bert. He should do that more often!

Babcock and Cleary both said the fights ignited the team in their post-game interviews. Is that enough proof for you?

I personally think they should do away with East and West all together and go back to Campbell and Wales and have every team travel equally... you want real parity, that's how you do it... as for the moves, give Winnipeg their Jets back, move ATL to Quebec and call it a day... we can revisit what to do with that abortion of an idea of putting a hockey team on South Beach another day...

Ryan Scores! 1-0 Ducks 3:30 in. Stream: http://enjellybeans.blogspot.com/2011/04/channel-1.html

You might have me confused with someone else because I have never wanted the wings to sign a straight up goon enforcer. I've wanted them to fill out the bottom lines with guys like Abby instead of Miller and guys who will fight occasionally but have never once said I want the wings to sign a guy who is a straight up enforcer. I do however know that enforcers have a role in the game, but lets not turn this into an enforcer argument. I'm talking about fights, regardless of who has them, enforcer or not.. They can shift momentum in games and aren't as useless as some posters here seem to think for some reason

It was a good show and I was happy to see it. However, I don't think the fight and the comeback are particularly causally related. The Wings were carrying the play before the refs bent them over and the bad times started. After they got out of Penalty City, USA, they pretty much got back to what they were doing beforehand.

That boarding call on the hit on Erat was bulls*** by the way. Just a good , huge hit

One of the best games I have ever seen from Howard, save for the third goal. Abby is in playoff mode and Franzen showed hustle the first time all season. Stay out of the box and we will be fine when we meet them in a couple weeks.

Great cherry picking out of the thread from two hours ago! What an awesome talent. Take a screenshot and send it to your parents...they'll be proud. Now...how many times this year have we come back from a 3 goal deficit and won, and how many have we lost. Bet the statistics are on my side.

We as a collective should stop being bothered by refs ******* up calls. It happens all the time, we should be used to it by now. It's like complaining about the fact it snows in winter. Well, duh.

The entire Southeast Division (minus Washington) should move elsewhere.

I make half the musical intros for HNIC. I definitely don't think there is a bias towards Canadian teams. It's just that a majority of teams playing on any given Hockey Night In Canada are Canadian and we generally try to include clips featuring the competing teams. My producer (MacLean) does all the narrative.

Full disclosure: There is no Kayleigh Lynn Anderson. Her family members are fictional, as are her coach, school, and the dude that sells tickets for the Sens and his nephew. Happy April Fool's Day everyone. Thanks to those who played along (Call to Arms specifically) and, to the rest of you, GOTCHA!

Less skilled then Kopecky? He already skates better, is meaner, has better balance and i woulda say much better hands. Some people are saying hes a grinder already because he hasnt produced huge in his first full NHL season. He is showing more offensive promise then what Helm was in his first full season. Also dont forget Abby is probably the next big body getting PP time infront of the net, he'll produce more there

I can't wait for the advertising campaign when he gets back...

I'm not asking for people to agree with me I'm just saying how I feel on it.

The ice yes, and all the interviews that have been crammed our way and all that s*** too. I'm ready for him to be gone.

Yeah right. This is just junk for the media. Not gonna get my hopes up.

If he is forced to retire by his family that would be great, I hate that f*****.