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Why can't we see anybody's "likes" anymore? esteef

Divine intervention. Too good too soon, crash and burn come playoff time. But right now, they have what it takes.

"Let's go Shaaaa-aaarks!" What a bunch of mouth breathers. Worst chant in sports.

Dallas feels like trading away their good players, lets go with Loui Eriksson. Get the WC line of Eriksson-Z-Mule back together and give Dats Brunner and Tatar and I poop myself from extreme happiness.

Emmerton's here because his defense is very good, he doesn't make stupid mistakes and he doesn't take dumb penalties. He'll never be some offensive superstar but it's more our fault for wanting that out of a 4th line grunt. He doesn't really have an identity and he doesn't make huge offensive players or hits. And if we can't label or identify a guy, we turn on him. We need players to be easily identifiable. Every player has their rep, Emmerton's more of a blank slate and without an obvious reason to look at him, we turn into ****** bags and hate him. He's quietly got a really good set of hands and can get a shot off quickly, too. He's also a good PKer. I'm fine with him as a 4th liner. He also was rarely a minus player last season and hasn't been a minus in any game thus far. Sometimes it's just good to have a reliable vanilla player who doesn't screw up. Yup, they're always dense and you've always got the right answer that an entire hockey organization doesn't have.

Yup. Tootoo is 5 foot 8 as well. He's the other smallest guy on the ice. And now the announcers are crying for SJ again. There's many of us that share that sentiment.

Id rather see tootoo and tartar with pavel

Looks like another 2 minutes for hitting for Tootoo. How many is that this year?

Clowe is a dirty piece of s***. no call on that one...give me a break.

He loses it every time he tries to enter the zone, bad turnovers.

Ericsson quietly becomes a great shut down d man all while being hated on here intensely

Can't you switch to the Detroit feed? When I'm on GCL I can choose which feed to watch...

Can't wait to see Cleary and Abdelkader bumping into each other and skating right next to Pavel as he tries to create instead of getting open. Please, oh please let them play 21 minutes each!

Just don't have a good feeling about this one after last night. Unbelievable that Datsyuk is stuck with 4th liners. Abby and Cleary are so insanely ineffective in scoring roles it's maddening to watch. I can't believe Babs won't even put AT LEAST Franzen or Tatar somewhere on that line. Pavel is amazing, and can do almost everything by himself, but it makes it a lottttt easier to have someone halfway competent on a line with him, and at this point I would rather ANY two forwards on the team (hell most Dmen too) be on Datsyuk's line over 8 and 11. Big win needed, get it done boys.

I think having Cleary on the top line is fine and give him Tatar but Abdelkader has no place up there

would like to see Datsyuk with Tatar and Tootoo but not all dreams come true first prediction of the season Wings win their first shootout 3-2

I like it, but i think 12-2 for the wings Zetterberg - 2 goals Brunner - 2 goals Datsyuk - 4 goals Tootoo - 1 goal Smith - 1 goal Franzen - 1 goal Babcock - 1 goal Stuart - 1 goal Pickles - 1 goal Dives by PAVELSKI, Marleau, Clowe, and Couture, courtesy of AmWay

You really had to watch this game to appreciate the officiating. I was laughing hysterically by the end of the game.

Why don't we just cut to the chase and start the game with cleary and abs on the bench...or you could just send them straight to the box and get our 5-3 out of the way.

Thanks Matt! Love having these for my phone.

Steroids/No Steroids. So obvious.

And I finally got my wish. Ian White should go to Carolina and give us a 3rd or 4th round pick so we can load up on prospects. I'd rather Huskins come back than White. How are you -2 in an 8-3 win?

I for one never minded milbury too much. In this instance he's spot on.

Take out Flip's 3 points from the 4th game of the year & he's put up a whopping 5 points in the past 12 games. His so called "breakout season" of 66 points last year is looking more & more like an aberration. If he really is in the Wings' long term plans, you would think Kenny's talking to his agent already about an extension. If the ceiling of his prime years is going to be as a complimentary 2nd line winger/sometime center that can't put up more than 40 points a season but plays a defensively responsible game, he shouldn't look for too much of a raise. If he is & you know you're going to cut him loose at the end of the season, flip him to a contender for at least a little compensation if you're already out of the playoff run. A little return is better than none after all.

I get to maybe 3 or 4 games a year at the Joe. Rule #1 - NEVER park in the JLA lot (or Cobo roof for that matter). Rule #2 - Don't go in the main entrance attached to the JLA lot. Before they roped it all off for the remodel I would park around the old Cobo Arena garage or on Yzerman Drive. Now I park in the surface lot behind Cobo Joes bar - easy access and quick exit from any of these locations. you could also go over to greek town area and take one of the many party shuttles the bars send back and forth - that's always a party. No matter where you park, walk through or around Cobo to get to the river, then enter JLA from the river side - not only do you get a cool view of the river, the bridge and the birth-country of hockey, but you walk right into JLA -- virtually no line. I love the current location. Walking the river front before and after the game is as much a part of the experience as the game itself. Won't be the same going to see the Wings in some new venue surrounded by parking lots.