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The OP doesn't understand roles in hockey apparently.... he's been told by Babs to play a grinding 3rd line role, he's out there to finish checks and wear down defense, he's not trying to score goals but will certainly accept them as they come. First priority is to play your role, and right now Cleary's role is not to be a scoring forward. So stop hating on him.

I'll see what I can do for you.

My vote goes to the NHL's PIMs leader at the goalie spot

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Cleary has the kinda heart you need in the playoffs, could care less what he does in the regular season.

The mascot shot that guy directly in the eye. His reaction was perfectly understandable. If I were in his shoes, my vision may just have gotten blurry in that eye, but not so blurry that I can't read the word "attorney" in the Yellow Pages.

Puck Daddy Will the NHL follow suit as they did to Lidstrom and Datsyuk?

My thoughts are Toews shouldnt have to go and not get suspended do to the rule book. Ovie should go and if he doesnt then get suspended, does it say somewhere a suspended player gets a choice to take part or not to? Ive just seen that a suspended player is eligible to take part. Plus the amount he says "I'm suspended" in this article is f*cked... ...My fav quote: "My heart is not there. I am suspended, so why I have to go there? I love the game. It is a great event. I love to be there. I am suspended. I don't want to be a target. I feel like I'm not deserving to be there right now because I am suspended." -Alexander the gr8t

Am I the only one concerned about the expiration of the CBA? The winter classic and 24/7 I am geeked about as well, but this whole CBA deal is just making me a little nervous.

A friend of mine, who is a Wild fan, classifies Cleary as the type of role player every team wants. He can put up 20 goals and 20 assists per season; he can play on the power play; he can play on the PK; he's physical and hardworking, and he's responsible defensively. He's worth the price.

come on...moen? we need to fill the "hull" or "drake" quota gimmie ruutu or parise. someone who lives to bury the puck or someone with big brass balls and passion.

From what I remember of the Lidstrom/Datsyuk controversy, the rule at the time stated that a player had to miss either the game before or the game after the All-Star game if the player decides to not play in the All-Star game. As far as I knew, Lidstrom and Datsyuk (and Holland) were willing to sit out the game after the All-Star events. Then, Crosby announced that he was going to miss the All-Star activities due to an injury. The league then proceeded to change the rule so that you only had to attend the All-Star festivities to avoid a suspension by the league, a change that allowed Crosby to still attend the pomp and circumstances of the All-Star events, but not play in the actual game, so he escaped suspension. However, by the time the "reinterpretation" of the rule was announced, Datsyuk and Lidstrom were already out of the country and, thus, would not be able to attend the festivities. To recap: 1) rule originally was "had to play in the ASG or skip game before/after or get suspended", 2) Datsyuk and Lidstrom announced they were skipping the ASG and will miss the game after, 3) Crosby announced he would skip the ASG, 4) rule suddenly reinterpreted as "had to attend AS festivities or skip game before/after or get suspended", 5) rule reinterpretation came too late for Datsyuk and Lidstrom, who were out of the country and unavailable, 6) Crosby was able to attend the festivities and avoid suspension/missing the next game, 7) Datsyuk and Lidstrom were forced to sit the game after the ASG, thus the s*** fit on LGW. As far as I know, the rule is still "attend festivities or sit a game", unless they changed the rule again. However, as Toews will be missing the game before the ASG, he would not be suspended under any of the two interpretation of the rule.

WOOOOOOOOO! I can't believe this is fricking real. How bad does Mike Ilitch want to win? This was such a dismal off-season and then DD signs Prince Fielder out of nowhere. I've had my fair share of complaints about Dombrowski before, but he killed it today. He plays everything so close to the vest -- I think everyone fantasized about Fielder coming to the Tigers, but no one truly expected it to happen. How sick is the nucleus of this team now? Verlander, Cabrera, Fielder, V-Mart in a year again, and Fister. I want April here tomorrow.

I agree on all points, except your opinion of Don't Stop Believing. I wasn't big on it myself, but after singing along live at the end of game 7 versus the Ducks a few years ago, I wouldn't want to hear any other song played just before a win.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing "Don't Stop Believin'" at the Joe. I've always associated the song with the Wings, everyone else is just ripping us off. Also, who cares about the whole "South Detroit" thing? He put it in because it sounds good in the song. Detroit has a south... it's the riverwalk, Ren Cen, etc... just deal with it and enjoy The Shanahan Jig will forever be one of my favorite player-specific tunes.

Would I mind seeing Cleary get traded? Not at all, given the right circumstances i.e. a serious upgrade. Say maybe in a package deal to NJ for Parise. For a gritty, older "Dallas Drake" style player capable of upping their physical game in the playoffs? We have one of those right now & his name is Dan Cleary. Regardless, if the Wings traded him, who would answer the phones at the Red Wings residence?

He's going to score 15-20 goals playing on the 3rd line essentially the whole year and he's worthless? The contract may be a little inflated but what do you expect for production out of a 3rd line guy? Add the fact that he's dependable and a good teammate and I'm pretty sure that he's not getting traded.

JIMMMMMMAY!

lol I just read some posts from letsgoblues. Wow, they are delusional... pulling out the 'Dead Wings/Things' name. Really? We've been to the playoffs 21 straight years I believe? Won 4 cups during that span and made the finals 5 times. What the f*** have they done? I'll tell you what they did do, they watched Pronger miss a hit on Stevie Y and separate his shoulder in the process. They watched Stevie Y score in double ot of game 7. Blues fans, f*** off. Your team is little brother, we're big brother. s*** isn't going to change, and when Franzen, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg are gone we'll have more core players to own you for the 3rd decade in a row. /Endrant

You're not even a little ashamed that Howard gets pushed around every game, and he's the only Wing doing anything about it? Other teams goalies (besides Buffalo) have other players to handle that role. Howard sounded pretty upset when he made that statement a few weeks ago about "being tired of being run" or something like that. Not much has changed since then. Howard deserves more than this.

I say he tried to hurt him. When Parros is here, that's how he must think.

hes been playing like a ***** this season imo.

Not defending the attack on the mascot but...Silly string is NOT something you want sprayed in your eye. The evaproating propelant can cause frostbite and the solvent is flamable as it come out of the can. In addition, the stuff is a skin irritant, and people can have allergic reactions to it. What the mascot did could be considered battery.

Well, he did keep asking Corey Potter if he was related to Harry Potter. And in turn, he ends up with the HP scar. In all seriousness, hope he does okay and it heals well for him.

Z and Mule need to show the same effort and hustle as Valterri and Pavel