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1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 I'm currently working through the iOS7 updates for the wallpaper since it has a dynamic "shift" to the background. The iPad wallpapers are optimized for iOS7 -- so you're all good there, but I don't currently have a version for the iPhone5/S/C at this stage. I've also discontinued the 4:3 ratio wallpapers. However, if there is significant enough response for certain 4:3 resolutions I will consider bringing them back. Enjoy!

School tomorrow and 3 am puck drop here in Finland, but hey it's the season opener can't miss that! Sooo pumped, Go Wings!

GDT!!!!!11!!!1!1! Wings win 3-1 (Pav, Kronner, and Alfie)

This is the 88th season in Club history (87th played) All-Time Record: Overall and Home Overall This is the 5943rd regular-season game played. The Club’s record in the previous 5942 games: 2735 Wins 2300 Losses 815 Ties 2 Regulation Ties 49 Overtime Losses 41 Shootout Losses Home This is the 2972nd Home regular-season game played. The Club’s record in the previous 2971home games: 1665 Wins 870 Losses 390 Ties 1 Regulation Tie 22 Overtime Losses 23 Shootout Losses. 2013-14 Season This is the first of 82 games this season; 81 Home and 81 Away The season will consist of: 30 games v. Division / Conference clubs 24 games vs. Division / Conference clubs 28 games vs. Non-Division / Non-Conference clubs Calendar Dates this Season 29 calendar weeks, 194 calendar dates, 82 games, 112 off-days Games Played Per Calendar Week 1 game: 1 2 games: 4 3 games: 15 4 games: 7 Games on Days of Week This Season Sunday: 11 Monday: 7 Tuesday: 11 Wednesday: 10 Thursday: 13 Friday: 11 Saturday: 19 Consecutive Home/Away Games This Season Consecutive Games - Overall 1-game: 25 2-games: 9 3-games: 4 4-games: 3 5-games: 3 Consecutive Home/Away Games This Season Consecutive Home Games 1-game: 13 2-games: 3 3-games: 3 4-games: 2 5-games: 1 Season and Home Openers Season Opener This is the 87th Season Opener played, with the Club’s record in the previous 86 games: 37W-35L-14T In their last 10 Season Openers, the Club’s record: 6W-4L This is the 2nd Season Opener v. Buffalo, with the Club's record in the previous game: 1W Home Opener This is the 87th Home Opener played, with the Club’s record in the previous 86 games: 45W-32L-9T In their last 10 Home Openers, the Club’s record: 5W-5L This is the 2nd Home Opener v. Buffalo, with the Club's record in the previous game: 1W Back-to-Back Games (played on consecutive dates) There will be 15 pairs of back-to-back (played on consecutive dates) games this season, with the sequences of these games being H-H: 2 pairs H-A: 3 pairs A-H: 5 pairs A-A: 5 pairs Home-and-Home Games There will be 2 pairs of home-and-home games this season, with the sequence of these games being: H-A: 2 Most / Fewest in October Most - Overall Games: 14 Wins: 11 (two times) Losses: 8 (three times) Points: 22 (three times) Most - Home Games: 8 Wins: 6 Losses: 4 (two times) Points: 12 Most – Away Games: 7 (nine times) Wins: 6 (three times) Losses: 6 Points: 12 (three times) Fewest – Overall Games: 1 (three times) Wins: 1 (seven times) Losses: 0 (five times) Points: 2 (three times) Fewest – Home Games: 1 (three times) Wins: 1 (twelve times) Losses: 0 (ten times) Points: 2 (four times) Fewest – Away Games: 1 (two times) Wins: 0 (eighteen times) Losses: 0 (ten times) Points: 0 (nine times) The Month of October This is the first of 13 games in the month of October; 6 Home and 7 Away The month will consist of: 4 games v. Division / Conference clubs 4 games vs. Division / Conference clubs 5 games vs. Non-Division / Non-Conference clubs Record v. Buffalo All-time Record v. Buffalo All-time, Overall 116G: 50W-52L-13T-0RT-0OTL-1SOL All-time, Home v. Buffalo 59G: 35W-18L-5T-0RT-0OTL-1SOL Season Record v. Buffalo Overall This is the first of four games v. Buffalo this season This is the first of two Home games v. Buffalo this season Current Streaks Historical Season Openers Overall: 1-game losing streak (shutout) Home: 2-game losing streak (1 shutout) All-Time Streaks v. Buffalo Overall: 3-game winning streak (1 shutout, 1 overtime) Home: 1-game winning streak Last 10 Games Historical v. Buffalo Overall: 8W-1L-0OTL-1SOL Home: 9W-0L-0OTL-1SOL Consecutive Home / Away Games This is a single Home game On This Date October 2 This is the 3rd game played on this day, with the Club’s record in the previous 2 games: 1W-1L This is the 3rd Season Opener played on this day, with the Club’s record in the previous 2 games: 1W-1L This is the 3rd Home Opener played on this day, with the Club’s record in the previous 2 games: 1W-1L This is the 2nd game played v. Bufalo on this day, with the Club's record in the previous game: 1W LGW.

For a nano second a Danish player led the league in scoring. Allow me to be excited as that happens once in a billion years.

Some of you may not know it, but Parros is by far one of the smarter goons. Played for Princeton for a reason. Always loved him and his personality/mustache (which he uses to promote his charities). Hope he's ok, that was a weird spill fersure.

Enjoy your boycott Jeff Moss! I will be enjoying hockeyhockeyhockeyhockeyhockey HOCKEY

I'm ok with Cleary and Bert in the lineup. But Sammy...

Holland should get most of the frustration directed at him for putting the main whipping boys on the team. Namely, Samuelsson, Cleary and Bertuzzi. You could throw Quincey in as well because he has been terrible for the price it took to acquire and retain him.

ken and babs

Send Ouellet & Coreau to GR Detroit Red Wings ‏@DetroitRedWings 2m NEWS: Wings recall Petr Mrazek, send Ouellet & Coreau to Grand Rapids

@DaveLozo: Really looking forward to Eddie O's unbiased, objective analysis of this Blackhawks game after he is done emceeing the banner ceremony.

I don't expect it will ever be Cleary vs Tatar. We probably differ in this view but Cleary can still contribute to this team in a way that makes him a viable top 9 option, so when Tatar does crack the lineup, it won't be to replace Cleary. Bertuzzi and Sammuelson on the other hand, haven't played for over a year (excluding the 8 minutes they were healthy last season). They are likely getting a courtesy shot in the first week or so to earn their contracts, but I expect Tatar will end up replacing one of the two of them in the lineup.

Food for thought

Samuelsson won't play enough to become a whipping boy. I'm saying Smith, though I hope he'll improve.

lol yea they missed that Euro Twins but what do you expect? same thing different year eddie o and doc sucking the **** out of blackhawks and well of course Pits but not as much anymore with Towes and Kane the new Crosby and Malkin

Well that's that, Chicago is gonna win the cup right after ovie was blatantly tripped entering the zone and was called off sides Yup, front page covered with the hawks... about how they picked up right where they left off, apparently struggling to win, with a sub-par goaltender who is paid way too much (or will be)

... what kind of scam are they running? Maybe Kenny was worried Babs would give Ouellet a shot

Many of those players were in Detroit before Holland arrived. I'm not saying he never dressed tougher players. I'm saying he's done it less than any other GM I can think of. True, we've had lots of success in the past, but the last few years, this team hasn't been anything special, and no longer has a great 3rd/4th line, where you can't afford to take players off for tougher guys. GM's around the league are drafting guys who can fight and contribute on the scoreboard, but Holland hasn't exactly been developing guys like Lucic, Kassian, Clowe or Clarkson in the system. So no one can argue that we have less tough guys than any team over the years. One also can't ignore that most GM's in the league still believe in having tough guys of some sort on the roster. The league has changed, but that part of the game still exists.

The roster decisions teams make support my argument. Most teams still have at least one enforcer or some type of tough guy (say a Prust type). Sure fighting has gone down since the 80's and 90's, and yes I like those eras better, but that isn't stopping teams from still having these players around. When fights go down to .10 per game, then I might rethink my argument and agree that I'm clamoring for an era that's gone by. As it stands, fighting and toughness is still part of the North American game, and Holland is in the minority with his philosophy on this issue.

Well naturally there will be a correlation between scoring and winning... But if we look at powerplay as arguably being the best enforcer you will find that the stanley cup winner from the last three years are all in the bottom half of the pp% stats by a fair margin, while at the same time being in the top half of PIM/GP. Not for being goons, but rather being teams with a strong physical presence. I guess the world is a pretty whimsy place...

all i got out of that was...."we are scared to death that now we have finally reached the top of the east...the wings are going to knock us down a few notches" "thanks west for sending your best" detroit chicago stanley cup....now no one in the east gets the "token" invite.

I'm about ready to tank LGW for threads like this.