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Believe me. Getzlaf is a much better player than Franzen. Aside from his scrappy play.

s***ty officiating on display for all the fans and media to witness sure as hell questions the integrity of not only the league but the game itself. I'm sure teams needing points in the standings could care less if a ref isn't given an assignment later on in the playoffs. They want a fair playing field regardless of the score or time left on the clock. esteef

Oooooo, no playoff assignments! There aren't enough playoff games to go around, so that probably doesn't sting a whole lot anyway. If I screw up at my job, I don't not get invited to the Christmas party, I get called out on the carpet. Or if it's really egregious, I get fired. When was the last time anyone's heard of a ref getting fired? And calling out the refs embarrasses the league more than doing a piss-poor job? Sounds to me like they've got their priorities screwed up. I get that they don't want anarchy, but clean house and then worry about fining people for making comments.

Apparently the NHL thinks Lidstrom needs to. Their new poll on who should win the Norris doesn't even include him as an option. Shocking. On a serious note, Brodeur and DiPietro should. I can't beleive DiPietro got hurt again yesterday off-ice? How does any human get hurt that much, especially an athlete? Makes me wonder if he really gets hurt or he just can't play through any kind of discomfort. I hope someone writes a book about how dysfunctional the Islanders are. I can tell you who shouldn't retire: Selanne. The guy just keeps playing at a high level.

This. Isn't accepting the use of the word by one race and not by another considered racist? If people want the word to be off limits then stop ******* letting others use it, "regardless of color". esteef

Unless...? esteef

I'll be at this one. Hitting the road in just a few. Go Wings!

Corey Perry, Sidney Crosby, Logan Couture, Joe Thornton, and Ryan Kesler. I just don't ever want to see their faces ever again. Perry, Crosby, and Couture faces are like splinters in my eyes that just have to go away.

Jonathan Ericcson

His suspension doesn't start until he's deemed healthy. http://espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/story/_/id/7425667/chicago-blackhawks-dan-carcillo-gets-7-games-third-ban-year It's his third suspension of the season. what a dirtbag.

Scott Gomez should retire. He's useless and makes way too much money.

The League has the best officiating of any sport. Just ask Bettman; he'll tell you.

Red Wings eat Avalanche!

Smaller, less sandpaper to his game, often injured, 3m a year on his contact, for the next 2 years after this one... AND isn't very good defensively... Oh yea, and although it isn't Datsyuk, he's had some pretty good line mates... Also, as is OFTEN overlooked, Bert is liked by teammates and chemistry can NOT be discounted... No thanks.

I guess if Hudler isn't sucking, then no one wants to talk about it. Ah well.

Please explain how Jokinen wouldn't be a downgrade from Bert, please

Hudler so far has 11 goals and 14 assists in 38 games. Not bad at all.

Thanks Mike, the GDT looks great! Wings should be energized tonight, they've had two days off. With three more days off following this game they should be able to play hard for 60 minutes. Z is a bum.

Oh, Kokopuffs. Don't suckerpunch, and if you end up in a fight, don't cower. You were once our pugilistic stallion here. Don't embarrass us, please.

Really? This last part is funnier than anything the OP wrote.

No wonder everyone hates you on here.

Yes it's a huge difference, it's all in the delivery. We just pointed out how similar they looked as in explaining ourselves. You edited the comment with no other comment, very late after the fact as well. That came off as rude - very rude.

Its nice to know im not the only person sick of franzen. To me Getz is equally good but likes to play scrappy and fight when he needs to. Prob not gonna happen though.

Many people here seem to ignore the fact that Getzlaf is often lazy and extremely streaky, even when Ducks fans show up to say it themselves. More, Getzlaf is a set-up man. We don't need more of those. Given that Perry is a massive douchebag, only Ryan would really be worth the Wings` time.

If you get flamed, then I am on fire with you! If this team had a chance to score any one f Getzlaf, Perry or Ryan, I would send Franzen packing in a heartbeat. Hey, Franzen may be our third best player right now, but he is in no way better than the fore mentioned Ducks. Perry just came of a Hart trophy for pete's sake! If we could package Franzen, Hudler and some prospects for two of them? Ok, I am gonna stop now because I am just getting carried away! I will bring the fired retardant clothes because trading Franzen for one of these guys would be worth the flaming!