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God damn it. Cleary go away, Quincey go away, Franzen go away, Emerton go away, Sammy go away.

Zing! You totally got me on supersonic airplane trivia. Awesome dude! Feel free to insert the name of whatever really really fast jet is in service, and then reread my post and the mysterious point I was trying to make will reveal itself.

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="number9" data-cid="2344166" data-time="1358830374"><p> Watch: Lashoff comes in, immediately becomes the new Stuart. Almqvist comes in, immediately becomes the new Lidstrom. D-fixed.</p></blockquote> Hell, I'd settle for the new Lilja and Rafalski right now.

Well, at least we shut down Rick Nash in that period. I didn't hear his name mentioned once.

He punches people in the face and Holland, Nill and Devellano all hate those type of guys. Those type of players are "outside their comfort zone" as Holland said when they reluctantly brought in Toots. esteef

Yeah, I modified my post when I realized that he was still in Europe. The quotes/tweets are all saying "for tonight's game", so that probably means Kubina is out. If we're going to take on another former-Wing-as-a-reclamation-project, PLEASE let it be Lilja over Lebda...

He has a body made for a career as a broadcaster.

This is scary-real.

Thanks for this! One of my all-time favorite Wings! I love the one dollar Canadian comment! Skip to the 1:37 mark! esteef

Happy with the win, at least we can see now that this team can play well. Cleary was brutal tonight, just doesn't seem to have the legs in shape, he's not as fast, or strong as he needs to be for his role on this team. He seemed to have a good shift in overtime though, so hopefully he can find his legs. Smith and Quincey can't play together, they are not good enough defensively and take too many chances. They need to be split up and paired up with White, and Ericsson so they can get some freedom to create. Howard was overall solid, he bailed us out a couple times when we broke down, would really like to see him stop a breakaway though when the team needs it. Lots of goalies are having issues early in the season as well, so nothing to worry about here. Franzen looked fine, he was making plays, nice screen on the first goal, good pass on the second. And I actually saw him backchecking a few times. Datsyuk/Zetterberg/Brunner are going to be good, Brunner is getting the chances, he's hesitated a few times, but he's getting the chances. Datsyuk looked better tonight, still doesn't seem to be all there all the time, although that might just be revisionist memory from me. Zetterberg played well, could protect the puck better, but nothing too serious. Filppula is playing like I'd expect him to, hard worker, just not the offensive instincts that we'd all hope. Sammy doesn't have his legs yet much like Cleary, they need get better. Not enough Tootoo! I though he created a lot of havoc on the forecheck, would like to see him play more than 8 minutes, then again all the penalties had something to do with that.

I hate shootouts but I'm glad we got the extra point. Very needed. Should have managed to win the game in regulation however, we had enough chances. BJ's aren't a bad, they've been underestimated, but they are a team we need to be better than if we're gonna make the playoffs. Overall a MUCH better game than against the Blues, still too many defensive breakdowns, and too many penalties and bad PK. But there was a lot of progress made. Bottom 6 looked great imo. Cleary is the only questionmark there. Filppula was good, but needs more help. Franzen was okay but Samuelsson was the worst player on the ice. Top line showed moments of brilliance. Brunner had great hustle all game, got himself in a bunch of scoring opportunities and showed his amazing talent in the shootout. I think he'll very soon start putting the puck into the net during regulation as well. Both Datsyuk and Z have a lot more in them though. Z tried to do too much a lot of the time, maybe something he needs to shake after playing against lesser opposition all season. Great work on the Datsyuk goal though. On D, it was a mixed bag. Lashoff will be difficult to remove from the lineup. The fact he got so much time on the PK and in key moments of the game obviously shows Babcock immediately recognized the kid was playing more solid than most of our other guys. Quincey needs to go back to basics, Smith has some serious defensive issues to work on, and Kronwall has to simplify his game. White and Colo both were passable imo. Howard was solid enough, he seems to be finding his game.

Lashoff has earned a spot over Kindl in my (e)book.... Sorry, had to! If Cola is out and Kindl isn't ready to be the #7, I would love to see Ouellet with a chance, or Sproul the Bruiser...

It was almost Datsyukian, but more Brunntacular.

well he didn't try to pass

Hey we got a point now!

Why does it sound like a puck hitting the pipes every few seconds? It's driving me nuts. I'm watching FSD in HD through WOW Cable.

Sammy is garbage. Really wish we hadn't brought him back.

This team looks worse than Tyler Kennedy's face.

Cleary, Sammy and Quincey seriously bring nothing. And I'm sad to say it but Zetterberg and Datsyuk need to step up soon. They've both been playing in europe but look out of it. Brunner I actually like.

Lol at another Sammy fail leading to a goal.

Lashof!!!!!!With an assist from Sammy's incompetence.

If Holland had re-signed Hasek, it would have convinced Suter and Parise to play in Detroit. Ken Holland clearly didn't do everything possible. Fire him NOW!