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Best part of the night: Our appearing Griffins are clearly NHL ready and competitive.

Well, he wasn't in the net for one so Jimmy didn't really give up five anyways. Kronwall and White were responsible for all four. Jimmy was fine tonight. His defense turned the puck over and left two players wide open at point blank range.

What a s***ty end to a game that was competitive until the third...maybe it's the booze but wow I'm pissed about this one. Lots of guys wearing their asses as hats tonight folks.

Probably got hurt stopping that Russian meteor... Datsyuk is strong, but he's not Superman. Get well soon, Pavs. We need you!

Can we just steal uninjured parts from all of the injured players and make a Frankenstein?

I suspect there may have been more to it than that, namely not starting out in such a hostile and unforgiving market.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/22084/assistant-gms-ready-to-take-next-step Obviously it's only Lebrun's opinion but the part about his contract is what makes it sound like there's a legitimate chance Jim Nill could be moving on. He's been a big and often overlooked part of the Red Wings success. With Nil also being a big part of prospect development for the Wings, I have to wonder if Holland's "overly ripe" philosophy was frustrating.

Mickey said it best. You can't be that terrible defensively with so much missing at forward. A couple leads given up quickly and poor turnovers with a chance to win in the third. No margin for error and there were too many errors. Holland has to get a top pairing guy before the season ends or this summer for sure. The Ducks are for real, though. Impressive looking team. Nice game for the Red Wings bottom-six. Like the way Tatar and Andersson competed tonight. Same with Miller and Emmerton.

Kronner needs to play the same kind of game he played when Lids was playing..right now he's trying to be Lids and make all these tight, cute passes and it's not his strong point. He's been bad. End of story. Tatar deserves to stay up when everyone is healthy. I don't know what we are going to do with the bottom 6...there are going to be alot of guys fighting for 6 spots. Nyquist can go back to GR..shown nothing..does he really want to be up here? We need to keep our heads above water until we get semi healthy.

It's about time for Brunner to score one with 30 seconds left when it's pointless isn't it?

Well....same bunch of crappy players..... ....Quincey blows, Cleary sucks, Kindl inept, not impressed with Nyquist what-so-ever, Howard playing WELL below average... Just don't understand why babcock has M-Raz riding the pine. If you aint gonna play him, send him back to GR, he needs to play. I think babs is riding Howards crank or something because he just won't sit him...M-raz is way better than Howard IMO. Once again Bobby Ryan showing that he is the player we need on this team! Make the Filppula package deal tonight! Hell, make a blockbuster and acquire both Perry & Ryan... Did Kenny say that Helm was nowhere near returning? Jeezus! He has become too fragile for the NHL... On a positive note, I am still being impressed with Tatar...what an insult to compare him to Hudler the Pile of Bile. Andersson had a nice one, he needs to keep it up to keep me on his bandwagon. Time to sit the crap...Cleary, Q, Kindl and yes, sit Howard for a couple, let him know the job is on the line because the M-Raz train is coming and it's an express...

Turnovers. Kronwall and White beyond sloppy all season. Those two have to be way better with the minutes they log.

Not to be overlooked is the way Tootoo has played all season....not his fights but his energy and effort!

Wonder if its anything to do with that hit he took from Doughty.

samuelsson should take his time to recover

Everyone was begging for more youth.. Not the way we wanted it but we got it. Go Detroit griffins!!

Ducks are a fluke.

Just drove 6 1/2 hours to go to this game. Hopefully a good one.

Happy National Half-priced Chocolate Day, everyone! All the sexy men (except goalies) score once. Wings 19 (Babs glares the puck into the net from the bench) Ducks 1

Axe you also continued to rail this team saying we were pretty much doomed to fail this season and Holland would get what's coming to him at the end of the year because of our miserable performance... As we sit in a playoff spot. Now that it appears you are wrong about that so far, it's time to start stabbing elsewhere, in this case, Howard. And of course it's followed by another new thread by you self assuring yourself that you have to get some point across to drag this team down further. I'm really starting to question whether or not you are a Wings fan or a fan of another team incognito. Howard is fine, more importantly, WE HAVE A WINNING RECORD. Only Yankees and Flyers fans should have room to complain considering the season that's been put forth so far, but we aren't those kinds of fans. Is it that hard to sit back, appreciate the fact that we have hockey back and we are playing a hell of a lot better than most people anticipated?

If he Babcock isn't the right guy going forward, you need to come up with a serious, realistic option of a better coach who is available. We're 5th in the west with no 3rd or 4th lines, a bunch of 6/7 guys on defence and a bucketload of injuries. What more do you want?

i hate him sooooooooooooooooooooo much. id rather kick him in the nuts once than kick crosby in the nuts twice

He seems like a really nice guy. I hope he finds a good home where he's happy, and I wish him the best- except against us. I still remember that Islanders game.

The sentence was way too light. Hats off to Fleury. Even if this creep didn't get what he deserved, Fleury is a role model for abused children telling them to take action.