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Malkin. Ovechkin. Russians. Dots? Connected.

For a little incentive this year I will toss in for the winner a poster sized one of my photoshops (as in below or any other of mine)

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attacking forwards at full speed off the wing at the Joe. I watched pucks fly though the air in the United Center. All these Norrises will be remembered for all time... like those championships I also won... Time to win.

Good for them! Includes selling bracelets and auctioning off game worn, autographed jerseys.

Organised by Lidstrom's and Draper's wives. http://loveforlokomotiv.com/

If it makes you feel any better, the wings are wearing a patch in honor of the three lost ex-Red Wings.

Apparently Martin had agreed to donate his brain to research like Probert had. They found brain damage similar to the other former nhl players brains they've studied. His only known concussion was in 1977 when his head hit the ice while not wearing a helmet. I don't want to turn this thread into a concussion debate. I just thought this was relevant to the thread and surprising. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7065080/ex-buffalo-sabres-great-rick-martin-had-damage-consistent-cte

One of the dumbest posts I've read...honestly.

Picking the winner of a series (when given who the two teams are) is a 50/50 proposition. Picking who wins the Stanley Cup (2010), President's Trophy winner, or the finalists of a SCF is a total different statistical exercise. If you don't know the difference, you are the primate or Neanderthal.

A producer for Sportsbrand Media Group is filming a segment dedicated to fans of the Detroit Red Wings for its show titled "More than a Game" this weekend ahead of the Red Wings' season opener this Friday at the Joe. Are you interested in taking part in an interview? If you're a passionate Red Wings fan that'll be heading to the Joe on Friday please send me a PM through the forum here (or via Facebook Message or Twitter DM) with your contact information and I'll try to get you in touch with one of the show's producers!

I have an unhealthy obsession with Nick-Lidstrom-as-cybernetic-organism.

First post on here for me. I will be there this Friday. I plan on heading to Hockeytown for lunch before hand as well. I have gone to opening night the last three years (since 2009 Stockholm Premiere and Home opener). Can't wait.

I wonder how the simulation would have turned out without Crosby paying at all.

Abdelkader Leads the team in hits and has around 10 fighting majors. Bertuzzi Gets around 20-30 goals and 50-60 points. He's way too big and skilled to have such average numbers despite playing so many games for us in recent seasons. Has to cut down on his stupid offensive penalties. Brunnstrom Becomes a top 6 forward and the steal of the offseason. Reaches his potential which he never could before. Cleary Doesn't get hurt and finally learns how to stop falling down all the time. Honestly, I'd settle for 20 goals from him and hope he's still active on the forecheck and plays hard on every shift. Datsyuk Stays healthy and gets around 90 points. Eaves Starts scoring some more goals and gets PP time. 20 goals would be pretty good in my opinion. Emmerton Don't really know or expect much from him. Hopefully he can crack the lineup regularly by being a good contributor on the bottom lines. If he doesn't, it won't be the end of the world. Filppula Scores 20-30 goals and notches around 50-60 points. Stops missing the net all the time with his shots. I really hope he's worked on his shot in the offseason. Franzen Doesn't get a concussion or any other injury for that matter. Scores 40 goals. Doesn't have nights off or disappears for a long stretch of time when in the lineup. At this point, I don't expect him to use his body more as a hitter, which I would have listed several years ago. Helm Scores around 15-20 goals and continues playing his ass off on every shift. Holmstrom Scores 20-30 goals, stays healthy and plays well enough not to be a liability on the first line. Hudler Notches 25-30 goals, 50-60 points, and shows off his UFC training at least once. Miller Continues playing hard and doesn't lose his spot as a regular 4th liner. Don't really expect anything else from him. Mursak Comes back with no ill effects, and continues developing his game for the NHL, as I think he'll be more important in the near future than he is now. Zetterberg Goes back to being a great goal scorer. I want to see 40-50 goals from him again, since he still takes a boat load of shots. Commodore Becomes a big hitter and a force on the blue line. Starts being a nasty guy to play against, like he used to be. Improves the Wings lack of shot blocking. Ericcson Starts hitting people more and using his size better to clear the crease. Gets into around 5-10 fights. Greatly diminishes his turnovers. Learns how to utilize his big shot and passing skills better, hence becoming a regular powerplay contributor. Kindl Becomes better on both sides of the ice and earns a regular spot in the lineup. Basically, I want to see him continue to grow his game at a fast pace. Kronwall Goes from being good to being great. Puts up Norris like numbers and becomes our best defenseman. Starts hitting with more frequency again and laying people out in open ice. Lidstrom Stays healthy and gets another nomination for the Norris. Has such a great time that he decides to return for another season. Stuart Continues being physical and consistent. White Puts up 40-50 points playing with Lidstrom and becomes a good powerplay replacement for Rafalski. Conklin Plays so well that he creates a goalie controversy if Howard is to struggle again. Howard Finishes top 10 in the NHL in GAA and save %.

my hopes are to see big E and commie busting melons

So they are admitting the stats they use to base the game off of are flawed?

EA responded about Helm's lack of speed rating and said that a player of his caliber (not quite the elite goal scorer) would be able to be exploited online by user players to be more of a weapon than he actually is. Speed is one of the more lethal skill attributes in the game so for someone who isn't know quite yet for goal scoring, he needed to be handicapped in the speed department to make the overall player more realistic. Just reporting.

Hockeytown Arena? No? Well, the good thing is it hopefully won't be a shared arena with the Pistons.

Gordie Howe Arena... Please.

No arena in the NHL has better sight lines than the Joe. Just ask the Sharks fans - there is an actual rule that you can't lean forward because you'll block others sight. A new arena will not be as good because of the suites. Cheap seats will suffer. Bank on it. So the Joe is not as sparkly as other arenas - I go there to watch a game, not shop or "dine" or be seen, and the Joe is the best place for that. Americans have no respect for history. Tiger Stadium, the oldest open-air park in the world, was left to molder and eventually be torn down. I think that's just pitiful. What if Italians just tore down the Coliseum or the Sistine Chapel because they were too old? No one back then thought they'd be standing thousands of years later. Not that I think the Joe is on par with these treasures, but it really is a monument to great planning. I'll take the run-down Joe with it's gray columns and outhouses in the smoking area over a brand-new, sparkly testament to bigger, better, faster any day.

So at minimum our goalies are going to play 87 games?

I GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I GET UP AGAIN! YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN!

Stuart and White will be the only players to play every game this season. Zata will be hurt a lot and Franzen will start hot and tail off. Hudler will play with Datsyuk for one shift and score and Eva will proclaim that Hudler cans core 22 goals a game by playing on Datsyuk's wing. Lidstrom wins another Norris, Helm will be in top five for Selke voting. Filppula will convert to Canadism and everyone on here will exclaim he is a good Canadian boy and everyone should just leave him alone. Mursak and Emmerton won't put up as many points as Miller combined. Kronwall gets suspended once this season for being too good of a hitter. Bertuzzi eats a small child on the ice in Colorado, and by eats a small child I mean gets one hattrick this season. At some point in the season the phrase "hmmm i didn't know Kindl could play this well" will be uttered and all of the believers of Kindl from the beginning will slowly pass on to the afterlife after being overcome with joy. Bonus prediction: After every one of Ritola's 5 or so goals, Aussie will complain on how we let 'the next one" get away.

If what I think is happening than I'm disgusted to see this. The Benefit is Fantastic and that's not what I'm upset about; but WHY is it the Pens and Caps doing this. Something tells me that Bettman set this up to make these two teams look this classy. It just so happens that it's Crosby's and Ovechkin's Teams that are doing this. How many players on the plane actually played on the Pens or Caps team?? 3 Former Red Wings died on the plane and yes the Wings went to the Funeral but why aren't they doing something like that. That's more of a thing that I would imagine that Mr. Illitch would set up with the Wings since I truly believe that he is a classy guy. I hope I'm wrong and if I am I'll eat Crow but it just makes me believe that it wasn't truly the idea of these two teams to do this and that there is a mastermind behind it. I know the plane crash did have an effect on Ovechkin at least that's what I heard but it just smells a little fishy to me to make Crosby and Ovechkin and their teams out to be the good guys. If something is going to be done it should envolve the entire NHL. If I'm out of line I apologize.