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I think polls like that are terrible. It's one thing to sit here and discuss it amongst ourselves, but to have a public poll asking if someone else should be forced out is insensitive. I realize he's a hockey player and he takes as much abuse as anyone in the rink, and then some, but the subject of outliving your usefulness is a touchy one. It is a call that should be decided between him, his team, his family, and the management, and then brought to the fans. Let him go out publicly with the honour and dignity he has earned, not with faceless people slamming the door behind him from their keyboards. I realize a lot of people who took part in that poll are too young to have faced the point in their life when they have to face up to the fact that they are no longer capable of carrying their weight, but trust me on this one, it is a huge blow to one's pride.

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Remove the automatic seeding of division winners. Period. Stupid rule. You can have your division winner banner all you want, but being the best team in the worst division shouldn't automatically give you home ice over a better team, no matter what the logic is.

Yes, of course bring him back ... and put him into the front office for a cushy job like Ozzie and Draper.

We (puckloo39, Chelischick and me) will be at the game, row 14 behind the bench. We're meeting up with Kira and her husband and Jenny and Casey at Hockeytown Cafe after the game...stop by and find us if you want. I really hope we play like we want this because Friday to me was a must win to secure a good spot and they played flat. Go Wings!!!

Cup or GTFO! esteef

Luke Schenn will definitely be on the trade market this offseason, and with Stuart leaving does anyone think he cuold be a good trade target? Hes still really young, one of the most physical blueliners in the league and could develop into an Adam Foote type player. He looks brutal in Toronto so his value might be lower than one would expect. I think he could turn out well in Detroit with their strong development of defenseman. He wouldnt step in right away and replace Stuart but could eat some of his minutes with Smith potentially. Ericcson or Kindl plus something could get it done.

Hi, I'm new, first time poster. My screen name is a slam on Forsberg and I loathe Coloradical. Been posting on other forums for about eighteen years as Poison Ivy and Smilin Spleener along with this one. I've been looking for U P Guy who used to post on the Detroit News WingNut Forum. Anybody seen him? Anywho, Babsie is "tinkering" with lines...hah! Hows about putting the best line in the entire League back together - Z D and H. And folks wonder why their production is down. Homer is the hardest working man in the buiz with the hand-eye coordination of a wizard. That trio had chemistry like no other. I honestly feel that without these three on the ice together, Detroit doesn't have much, if even a prayer of seeing the second round. It's not too late, Babsie, give it a go! These last five games could get 'em tuned right up.

The Month of April There are 4 regular-season games in the month of April in the 2011-12 season; 3 home and 1 away, with 3 days off. The games are broken down as: 2 v. Division / Conference 0 v. Non-Division / Conference 2 v. Non-Division / Non-Conference Club Records, Most / Least in April Most - Overall Games: 16 Wins: 10 Losses: 4 Points: 22 Most - Home Games: 6 Wins: 4 (two times) Losses: 6 Points: 8 (three times) Most – Away Games: 10 Wins: 7 Losses: 3 (four times) Points: 14 Fewest – Overall Games: 1 (eight times) Wins: 0 (fifteen times) Losses: 0 (seven times) Points: 0 (eight times) Fewest – Home Games: 1 (thirteen times) Wins: 0 (thirteen times) Losses: 0 (eighteen times) Points: 1 (two times) Fewest – Away Games: 1 (seventeen times) Wins: 0 (twenty-three times) Losses: 0 (eight times) Points: 0 (seventeen times) Current Streaks Regular-Season Streaks Overall: 2-game losing streak Home: 1-game losing streak Historical Regular-Season Streaks v. Florida Overall: 1-game winning streak (1 overtime) Home: 1-game losing streak (overtime) Last Ten Games – Current Regular-Season Overall: 2W-6L-2OTL Home: 5W-4L-0OTL-1SOL Last Ten Games – Current Regular-Season v. Florida Overall: 6W-0L-2T-2OTL Home: 5W-1L-3T-1OTL Home / Away Games This is the finale game of two consecutive home games Record on this Day April 1 This is the 21st regular-season played on this day. The Club's record in the previous 20 games: 11W-4L-4T-0RT-1OTL This is the 1st regular-season game played on this day v. Florida Days of the Week This is the final game of nine regular-season games played on Sunday this season. The Club’s record in the previous 8 games: 6W-1L-1OTL LGW.

I can see the reasoning behind all of the options, but in the grand scheme of things, making the playoffs is what you have to do. Beyond that, it's a bounce here or there that can kill you or save you. Anything can happen in the playoffs, but it takes a full season to make the playoffs. It means even more now that our division is actually competitive. I consider making the playoffs to be a successful season. And then the real work starts. After that, everything else is gravy. I'm not going to be happy with anything but a Cup, but I'm not going to get mad about not winning it every year either. Unless we win the Cup, I will be disappointed, but I will still consider this to be a highly successful team. Maybe I've spent too many decades as a Lions fan.

Oh, I don't know. Maybe because they are hockey fans, want to go to some games, their team left, they want to go on a road trip and have some fun? Quit being such a whiny baby and welcome them to the Joe. Careful, or you'll end up sounding like Adrian Dater - http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2012/03/04/postgame-avs-penguins-playoffs-slipping-away/9933/

Don't worry kid's it's all strategy, just remember that we have a playoff switch!

Win and we're back on track to get 4th spot. Lose and we're on our way to 6th spot. Pretty pivotal game.

I a heartbeat. Schenn has massive upside and is a young, mobile, physical force. He has been stuck in the land of misfit toys for his career thusfar - but this is a player than can excel in a better market/team. Hes a functional player thats willing to stand up for his teammates - which is more than can be said for this entire roster 95% of the time. If a move makes sense Id be very happy to see this kid in Detroit.

I agree. There always are people rude enough to vote on this kind of things but I think it was a stupid idea by MLive to put it up in the first place.

For the love of God just win! GO WINGS!!!

It's weird seeing Ruslan in the highlights of the last game against Florida. Almost forgot about that....sad stuff.

Not tripping over their dicks, which they've done too much recently. 60 minutes of solid play, consistent effort, and high energy. If we manage to do that, I'm happy. How far doing that gets us this year is entirely dependent on how much they want to prove to the fans they're not a bunch of lazy, spoiled, entitled dopes. On one hand, I want us to win the Cup every year, however it's entirely unrealistic for that to happen, so I try to remember that as long as they play with heart, I'll be satisfied with our lot. If we lose in 7 games, at least we went down swinging. I can take comfort in the fact they didn't give up, while simultaneously being upset they didn't win.

The system is poorly managed though. I pay extra for Center Ice and have two markets blacked out on it (LA and Anaheim) even though I only see LA's games on my local channel. I watch Kings vs Wings games on the local FSN but ALWAYS have to seek out a stream online to see Ducks vs Wings games. Paying extra and still not seeing your team is uber-frustrating. esteef

I thought the Wings played well tonight. They hit two posts, Zetterberg was robbed, and Nashville's first two goals (I didn't see the 3rd) came on flukey plays. The Wings could have easily won 3-1 or 4-1.

I wish I shared your confidence, baseless as it is Word. Really the only reason would be to go home (Parise) or, you know, huge bank.

Sheahan with a goal and a assist tonight

I'm glad some of you are optimistic about the playoffs, because I'm sure as hell not. I don't think we'll get swept, but playing like we are right now, I don't foresee us lasting very long. I just don't think we have what it takes this season to win the Cup. I want to be wrong, and I hope I am wrong, but too many players are lackadaisical on the ice, too many players are making boneheaded mistakes that players of their caliber/tenure should not be making, and while I don't think firing Babs and/or Holland is going to fix this, I don't see any urgency in them to do something to pull the team out of its funk. The fish rots from the head down, but that's also assuming the rest of the fish isn't already a festering mess.

I agree that a team needs to have a deep run and not win to be truly hungry enough to go all the way. The one thing I will say is there are no absolute road blocks in the entire league this year. The trick will be to be able to beat 4 tough teams over a long grueling month and a half. BTW we have some experience added in the past 12 months with Langenbrunner and Arnott. Thanks for the responses.

Forget his comments after the game, his coaching decisions at practise today are leaving me less then impressed. Nyquist is getting moved up, but Floatey McGutless is getting to ride shotgun with Datsyuk still and Bertuzzi is being demoted. And it seems that White is going to be a healthy scratch to keep Kindl in the line-up.. Kindl has 2-3 bad giveaways last night and provided nothing. I do not agree with rotating the defenceman right now. Why? 4 games before the playoffs and your making guys fight for jobs they've had all year and done well in? That's not gonna breed sucess, not this late. If he had done this earlier in the season I'd be all for it, but your supposed to be growing as a team and getting ready to mesh in the 1st round, instead guys are gonna be more worried about getting playing time then developing chemistry. To me, just seems stupid