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Homer is done. He should retire. Homer should take himself out. Wait.....Notsofast!!

Maybe you should just drop the whole neg thing and let it go. You are the only person who cares about it, like its some kind of currency or something. This is a Wings message board. Maybe you should just talk about hockey instead of your strange obsession with the +/- buttons that serve no function. People might actually stop negging you too, just a thought.

I was there - Here's my ticket. I was 11. I remember saying the words "Dad, is that blood on the boards"

Bad news, buddy.... You're actually asleep right now. Look, I know it FEELS real, but it always does in dreams. You're gonna wake up. You'll be pissed. Not only will this game not be real, you'll have to relive today's ENTIRE work day. I'm sorry dude.

If there is already a thread for this and I am blind please remove. Happy Birthday Jimmy!

97 was such an amazing year. This game, the Cup, and nWo running wild in wrestling.

Bertuzzi sucks!!!! esteef

Yess

Anybody else find it funny that Nyquist gets the FSD interview for his first career goal and all they want to do is ask him about playing with Datsyuk?

Where's LeftWinger telling us this team sucks?

There is no easy path in the West.

I was in second grade so my parents shoved me off to my grandma's house while they went to the game. I remember watching it and seeing fighting but it was kind of blurry. I remember watching the hit on Draper in the previous year and my mom explained the situation to my brother and me and made us say a prayer every night for like a week. And she made sure that we knew about dirty Claude Lemeiux. In our little minds we thought he was a monster or something. And I remember getting really excited it was like McCarty was superman. And then my mom got me a McCarty t-shirt that is so worn out and disgusting by now but I still wear it...and I always wear it on March 26th. It was down to my knees then but it fits me now. I used to try to wear it every day to school, but she kept saying no because it was so long and it looked like I had no pants on!!!

Fingers crossed for Holmstrom to get the hat trick!

Z has been a complete beast this second half.

Holy crap PPG!!!!

*UPDATE* According to my friend (the one who date's Dan's sister) Dan is making a decision on Thursday! Of course this just after Holland decides to send Smith back to GRR in favor of a less talented Kindl. That doesn't show Dan much confidence that Holland seriously wants him in Detroit, but only to play in GRR for 4-5 years first. Holland is going to shoot the pooch on this one with the way he has handled Smith. If Danny signs somewhere else it will be all Holland's fault in the way he handles his players. Say what you want about Holland and his supposed best GM in the world status, but he definitely messed up by sending Smith down and not just sitting Kindl. He better hope that Danny wants to be a Red Wing so bad that he is willing to pass up instant NHL play to sign here and be stuck in GRR until he has no more options to be sent down...but I doubt that will happen. Danny will sign somewhere else, become a star and Holland will still be considered the best? This is what I laugh at. A combo of Smith and Dekeyser would be much more physical and productive that Kindl/Ericsson. I certainly hope Danny wants to be a Red Wing REALLY bad! Also, Dan's mom likes what Burke is saying in Toronto and now Philly and Calgary are involved in wanting to sign him...along with Tampa still. He said Dan told him that he wants to play in Detroit, so I hope that he chooses here. But he could be a millionaire in one of the other cities and be playing NHL NOW, but not so much on a 2-way contract in GRR. I don't get Holland sometimes, Smith has done more in his short time here than Kindl has done his entire career...well, at least this year. All I got to say is Holland best not miss out on this one.... EDIT: Not that I am saying Danny should be in the lineup now with Smith, but there is no way Holland should let Dekeyser go somewhere else and he should ditch Kindl over the summer and have Danny be one of the constant call ups all season long. But the prospect of being buried in GRR for 4-5 years cannot be too attractive...

I was at this game with my dad!

Please win.

Smith is better offensively than both Ericsson and Kindl, but he is most definitely NOT better defensively than either player, or anyone else on that side of the bench. The kid has a lot of talent and he sees the ice phenomenally, but he's also underestimated the speed of oncoming forwards and has been beaten plenty of times in his short stint up. He has a lot to learn and a lot to get accustom to before he is equal defensively to either Kindl or Ericsson. I'm not saying he doesn't have that potential, but if we need to preserve a one goal lead late in the third, I'm sending any defenseman out there before Smith. In two years that will likely change. But not today.

Kindl is better than Curtis Bowen, Maxim Kusnetsov, Jesse Wallin and Yan Golubovsky

honestly i don't see the problem as dressing E as a forward

I've heard the argument that if you don't win your division, finishing 6th in the Conference is the best spot to be in, because you take on the weakest of the division winners. However, I think with all our players coming back from injury, we'll hold on to 4th.

This. I was surprised to see we're only 6 points behind. We could still take #1 if we start getting hot.

Well said. Home ice is extremely important in the playoffs, particularly for the Wings this season.

are you people COMPLETELY INSANE!?!? how many times do I have to say it... ***TODD BERTUZZI CAN NOT PLAY ON THE 3RD LINE!!!*** for the same reasons that holmstrom can't - he can't skate, he can't create scoring opportunities, he's a liability defensively, and he won't hit anyone. if you put him on a line with...cleary and helm/abby, it will be HORRIBLE. Period. Same as it would be with Homer. because we've resigned bertuzzi, either hudler or filppula will be TRAPPED on the third line with two players that have no hands...cleary and helm/abby. Their incredible offensive potential will be WASTED. Filppula-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Franzen-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi Hudler-Helm-Cleary Miller-Abdelkader-Eaves