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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.

I hate them as much as the next guy. Even as they underachieved the last couple of seasons, they ALWAYS brought their A+ game when they played the Wings. Crawford always seems to play like Patrick Roy when they play us... But is anyone really that surprised as to how well they are playing right now? In my opinion, they have the deepest forward set in the entire league and I don't think it is really that close. Elite: Toews, Sharp, Hossa, Kane. I think that is the best top 4 in hockey. Secondary: Bolland, Frolik, Stalberg. Frolik is an underachiever, but I think for a secondary spot he is a nice get. I'm pretty sure I would take Bolland over Filppula. Bottom: Bickell, Shaw, Kruger, Saad. Excellent mix of youth and size. Bickell can get you at least 10 and I've liked what I've seen from the other three. They have a top 5 d-man (Keith) a top 15 d-man (Seabrook) and another solid one (Hjalmarsson). And I think that Crawford is a lot better than people want to admit. I was just thinking this as they have put this pretty incredible run together. To me, it is not all that surprising.

Holy hell at least i know how to cook safely now!

Good job by the Red Wings defense. And Kudos to Gustavsson! SJ is forechecking heavily and pressing hard. Overall, good game by the Wings. Time for a goal now (sniper Brunner?). It will require a lot of work and much energy to win this, whilst SJ has the advantage with the 1 day rest. Go for it, guys!

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

All I gotta say is...

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

the most frustrating part is not changing his linemates for even a shift to see if anything else works

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

Pretty inept offense for the 3rd straight period. It's so depressing watching Datsyuk play with those two pylons.

The flames have to once again show why there mgmt sucks so bad

What are you smoking? Pavel has... oh wait... CLEARY AND ABBY? WHAT THE....

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!

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

To the Dark Side I went. Cookies they had.

Thanks Matt! Love having these for my phone.

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?

Yeah, but does Brunner have his own internet meme?

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.