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14 acres. Don't shoot me; it's the postseason.

It is at the 2:47-4:52 mark. I think it's a cool pump up song, i was curious if anyone knew its name.

Don't stop attending.

The Red Wings posted this on their Twitter feed yesterday.

So what is your favorite line in your time of watching the Wings? Here are some of mine: 1. Shanahan - Fedorov - Yzerman Awesome line with future Hall of Famers and 3 of my favorite Wings players. It worked a lot better in 2002 than it did in the 2003 playoffs, but it was comforting knowing we had a line with that kind of star power, which could scare the hell out of opposing fans. 2. Maltby - Draper - McCarty I had a hard time not putting the "Grind Line" number one. Kocur played on that line as well, but this version with McCarty is the one people remember best. I hope we see a line again which brings that kind of excitement to fans at the JLA. 3. Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Hull Although Pavel and Hank became better players later in their career, this line with Hull was the most fun to watch. They had countless highlight reel goals and the passing was mesmerizing to watch. Hull was always an underrated passer. 4. Kozlov - Fedorov - Larionov The "Russian Five", as they were known together with Fetisov and Konstantinov, are as good a line as you'll ever see in terms of puck possession and skill. Fedorov and Kozlov were both in their primes in that time. They were eventually split up into other lines which won Cups, but it's hard to forget this particular group. I don't remember who played center on this line, so I could be wrong putting Fedorov there. 5. Ellis - Hussey - Langfeld Not s***ting you here. This line was so bad that they're actually good! They had solid chemistry from playing together in the AHL, but I remember seeing many shifts where they'd have a minute of puck possession cycling in the offensive zone, but were unable to get any shots on goal or even decent scoring chances. Maybe it's funnier in retrospect than it was at the time.

Make sure they power up the second opening set: JUST A CITY BOY! BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH DEEEEETROIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favorite Wings line. Let's see..."Our power play is our enforcer" What, not that kind of line? OK, the Russian 5 is right up there for me.

Don't stop believing...that someone will actually want to buy this team...

"Please, Don't Stop Believing"

04' was one year after he made the NHL, 93' was when he started at U of Vermont. I think the maker was a year off with the 04'. If he meant when he started playing in the NHL, which I assume he did.

Better than the ones the aliens make!

Fedorov - (in Russian) "Go to hell Shanahan, you freak!" Shanahan - "That means Shanahan is a good and great man! I love you too brother!" Oh, you meant hockey lineups.

Eh...we have enough energy grinders. We need top end scoring guys.

XL in St. Paul has been a treat both times I've been there. Nice people. No problem getting down for pre-game pics. Good time. I'll be going there again in October! Can't wait! Have fun with the Nucks!

I wonder what you would think if somebody had said something like that about Stevie Y when he was playing.

Crosby never beat this team, Zetterberg made sure of that. It was a good effort by the rest of the Pens plus ridiculous help from the league and on-ice officials that beat them. esteef

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On a logical level I mourn the loss to hockey if a talent like Crosby is taken out too soon, but just to be honest, and also because I empathize with those who have taken a lot of heat for basically stating "Great! I hope he's out for good!", I'll state that: Career ending injuries happen in hockey - if I was to list the players I would most prefer it to happen to (I really do not wish it upon anyone, but for example - I would 'prefer' Corey Perry suffers a career-ending injury over someone like Datsyuk), Crosby might just sneak into my Top 10. Flame away!

Hudler was tied for 159th in forward scoring, but 233rd in ice time. Defensively, e was equal to or better than most forwards finishing with similar scoring numbers. There are 30 teams, and three forwards per line. Teams generally dress two as scoring lines. So finishing in the top 180 (30 x 6) means the player is a "top-six" forward in the league, 159th being a second line forward. But Hudler's rank of 233rd in ice time would place him as having been a third-line forward. So offensively, he produced above what his ice time suggested he should have. If he had ranked in the same range of scoring as his ice time, he would have scored about 25 points. It's not the year he had in 2008-09, but it's not the terrible performance that LGW haters make it out to be.

He wasn't offered up as "please take him for anything" he was offered for a 1st round pick, in a year where Holland had plenty of cap space and there were many good free agent forwards. That's a huge difference.

I hope Cindy is able to come back.... then take another vicious blow to the head....only to end up sidelined for the rest of his career.