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Per Darren Dreger's Twitter: "In an hour or so, the Detroit Red Wings will announce veteran asst coach Brad McCrimmon won't be back for a 4th year on the Wings bench."

He didn't do his job and needed to be replaced. simple as that. His sole responsibilities were PK and D - our PK and GA have taken drastic downturns during his tenure. Our prospects development (Ericsson, Meech, Kindl) all hit walls when they got to him and he hardly helped move them forward in their games and let them become stagnant. To blame 100% if our playoff exit on him is indeed shortsighted and naive, but to write off the vitriol towards him as strictly being treated as a scapegoat, is way over-simplifying the facts. We are a better team with him out of the equation. EDIT - I was a big proponent of bringing back the minuses, but whoever gave you a minus for an opinion is kind of ridiculous, I am going to give you a plus for an opinion I disagree with, just to even it out...

GRAMMAR POLICE, GRAMMAR POLICE, GRAMMAR POLICE :siren: Sorry, but of all the grammar snafu's, the "Your/you're, there/ their/they're" one is at the top of my list

One down, a couple more to go...

Yeah... so how do we get rid of Bettman and get you appointed?

understandable, it is such a joyous day, that one's excitement can get the best of them!

Beat me to it! We might need coherent sober coaches on the bench but, I do like his insight and think he would even be an upgrade.

THIS is the Ericsson the Leafs wanna sign.

There are no words to express my joy over this. At least not in a PG fashion. So I'll just give you an image.

I support...

(in the McCrimmon thread too, but here for posteriors)

Egads! Upon whom shall we now lay blame for our flaws?

Ericsson sucks.

Tell that to Team USA Ryan Miller.

Ah yes, the "I don't like fighting so I'll use my broad brush to paint all fighters as useless non-skating apes who are complete detriments to their teams" argument. Carry on... esteef

That's pretty f***ed up.

This. The homerism and leg humping of him almost literally makes my ears ring now. It is beyond numbing and aggravating.

Not changing crap every year could probably help too.

As a jersey collector, I have really got myself an education of whats fake and whats not. I have bought quite a few jersies from these dealers that sell these so called 'authentic' jersies at much lower prices. I know that they are not authentic, and you really get what you pay for! If I am really having my heart set on a true authentic jersey, I get it from shopnhl.com. I know there are other distributors of authentic jersies that are reputable. But the fitment, quality, return policy can't compare to nhl.com. But you will pay for it. I bought my WC jersey, full on customized with Lidstrom on the back. I paid top dollar for it. But I can tell you, it is by far the best fitting, feeling, sharpest jersey I have ever worn!