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It was those damn glasses.

This kid is the Juck Frking Pott!

For tonight's images, you get to use the most powerful graphics processor available... Your imaginations!!! And go!

This is absurd! Who didn't love Murphy, goofy as he was. This is very sad. As Nev said, you blame ratings for a hockey game on the Pierre McGuire of your local broadcast team? "Damn, Larry is on again, can't watch my Wings tonight"... Gimme a break! LGW should prepare a petition, or at least a thank you/support card. I think he was entertaining. Not exactly the brightest or best, but loveable goof. What more do you want?

Hey, anyone know what time it is tomorrow? Oh, yeah, thats right... ITS CURLY FRY TIME, BlTCHES!!!

God you guys are such homers. None of those fights saw anyone get their ass handed. They were all short, uneventful fights with no dominant winner. LOL. This is what happens when you cheer for a team that rarely fights.

Sitting a 100% energy guy who can hit, fight and is scoring against the Ducks is dumb. esteef

No, that's Frking amazing!

Does one forget how the Big Rig ragged dolled Perry a few years ago?

I've seen a few videos of Lashoff fighting in GR and he usually handled himself pretty well. I'm actually surprised it took him this long to get a fighting major in the NHL. Either way, good for him.

Beauty period. Aside from the goals and Abbys hat trick, my favorite part had to be when the Wings shot it out and the refs had a little meeting and ruled no penalty, and then the camera pans to a close up of Boudreau cursing at the refs, and Redmond says; "and you can see what Mickey Rooney thinks about that!"

Congrats to Abby on the hat trick, and double kudos to dear Pasha...250 career goals, 500 career assists...and the night ain't over yet. That might be a good thing.

Does perry beg for every call?

Man were WE ALL WRONG about Abby lol

Ok, when NHL Network says they're "coming back with the anatomy of Sidney Crosby", that's when I tune out. And go throw up...

Just not a fan of hate speech.

Do we seriously not have anyone better than Abby for the top six, like Sheahan, or Ferraro, or f****** anybody else?!? Christ.

You only think that because you can't comprehend the sheer brilliance of Mike Babcock. Remember, many people (here and elsewhere) think he's a Jack Adams candidate this season...for his tireless work screwing up the timing and chemistry of every line in every game. If you hate Babs, then you clearly hate this team. Why don't you go cheer for the Pens you traitor!

Yes he does, and he's currently tearing it up. His 2013 season has already surpassed anything that Jurco did in the Q, AND he's doing it on a worse team, AND Jurco's stat line was super impressive. I cannot wait until these two are wingers in the NHL. How weird will it be to go from having elite centers and horrible wingers to having elite wingers and average centers...oh wait, we've got Jarnkrok coming along. So pumped.

he already starts almost every game... Plus they are close to signing him to a long term contract, so it's all but set in stone for him to be, he just has to keep on keeping on

Hatty for Abby! Unbelieveable. Kid's worst season (so far) of his career, and in one night he doubles his goal tally, and scores his first career hat trick.

I'm not convinced they practice.

That kid is too good for vowels.

Lidstrom and Yzerman aren't even remotely equivalent players to bring up in this conversation; they each spent their whole career with the same team, weren't being pinched out by the cap, and they each retired earlier than Selanne likely will. Yzerman could barely skate without extreme pain and Lidstrom "lost the hunger" or something before this could become an issue. Obviously, the Wings can still afford to pay Lidstrom whatever he wants (are you reading this, Nick???). How many teams has Selanne played for? Oh yeah, four. We're not even talking Mike Modano or Ray Borque level decisions here, having literally spent their entire career with one team only to switch teams late in their career for one reason or another. But when there's hunger there for a Cup or to keep playing and your longtime team can't afford you or make a place for you or put a team together that can make a run, you find a way to rationalize things, painful as it may be in some ways. And again, those guys hadn't already changed teams four times before, like Teemu has. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it's incredibly likely that he'll play for someone else, nor am I trying to suggest that he doesn't feel a sense of loyalty to the Ducks organization at this point, I'm merely saying that if the guy wants to keep playing but the Ducks can't come up with the money to make it work, push comes to shove, I think it's entirely possible that Selanne might change his mind and play for someone else. Granted, I don't think he would do so 2-3 years from now at 45, but after this season or next, if the Ducks can't make it work financially, I absolutely believe that he would entertain other options if he still had the hunger to play. Yzerman and Lidstrom? Seriously? It just wouldn't be nearly as hard for him as it would be for someone like Yzerman or Lidstrom, because after all, it wouldn't be the first time he went to a new team, it'd be the fifth time. I'm not trying to take anything away from Teemu as I think he's a great, great hockey player and he seems like a great person off the ice. I don't think anyone wouldn't absolutely love to have the guy on their favorite team; he's one of the greats and a pure class act. But no matter what he may say now (and what else would you expect him to be saying now?), if he wants to keep playing and it's not looking like it's going to work out in Anaheim, if there are other intriguing options out there, I don't think it'd be outlandish at all to think that Teemu Selanne might switch teams for the fifth time. None the less, I think you've got to be dreaming if you think he'd come to Detroit at this stage in the game. I mean, sure, it's possible and there are reasons to believe it'd be on the shortlist, and it may still be, but I kinda doubt that we'll be signing Flip to an extension and that would be a large part of the draw to get him here. Furthermore, he's not going to want to join a rebuilding team at 42, and I think it's getting harder and harder to suggest that we're not in a sort of rebuilding stage right now. It's too bad though. He'd look great in red and white and he might be able to help Flip be better than he knows how to be on his own. Dreams... Edit: I think it's also worth bringing Chris Chelios up as equivalent players who made dramatic shifts. First of all, just him coming to Detroit at all was no small feat, and he was no spring chicken when that deal went down. And at a much later age when he had absolutely nothing whatsoever to prove to anyone, no need for money, and really only shame to gain, he left Detroit to try and make something else work. Guys who want to play well into their 40s are hungrier to play than just about anyone, and despite their best intentions, they're not going to be tied down by a feeling of loyalty. If Selanne wants to play and believes he still can, he will find a place to play, Anaheim or not.