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Like Dabura said, DeKeyser made a helluva play to knock the puck off Stamkos's stick on the 2 on 1. For missing two of our top 6 forwards, and one of our top pair D (Ericsson), to only be down 1 to the conference leader is not too bad. They've had their chances, and the passing has been bad, but give TB some credit, they are a good team. The game is far from over. Let's Go Wings!

If anyone needs me, I'll be over on capgeek fantasizing about next year's team.

Another PP???? What's wrong with the refs??

Kyle Quincey kills me.

So. I don't have any huge issue with Filpulla going to Tampa. But it annoys me to no end that he seemed to shoot the puck and drive the net more in that first period then he typically did in any 2-3 game stretch last year.

Quincey's absolute failure is amplified now that Smith can't absorb some of the blame.

Jesus Babcock, I said the exact same thing last game. Keep Quincey the f*** off the ice when Datsyuk and Zetterberg are on.

http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comments/addressing-speculation-regarding-johan-franzens-ailment If this is indeed the case, I hope that it isn't treated any differently than a physical ailment.

It would be very nice to see Cleary waived. He's done.

So do I

Will it be Mule Franzen or Ass Franzen? In all seriousness, I hope he is able to come back healthy and having worked through any issues like had been speculated in other threads. Mule Franzen would be huge.

What is a PP ?

I would like to defend this team from this post but...I can't and you're absolutely right on all counts.

This. Tampa's not playing amazing by any means but we're giving them the puck over and over. Even Datsyuk has been mishandling pucks in the 1st period. And we're losing a lot of faceoffs so that doesn't help. 2nd line looks pretty good. Lashoff messed up on the goal. Quincey sucks.

he made the initial stop. malone shouldn't have had that much time to reload

Or just keep him off the ice altogether. I agree though -- Kronwall and DeKeyser need to be out there against Stamkos. Quincey coughed up the puck in the neutral zone and allowed the Lightning to come right back in. He's noticeably bad almost every shift lately.

3 freaking turnovers by Quincey on one damn shift.

Or maybe he hasn't wiped that grin off of his face yet, and Babs wants him to keep that grin on his face and dream of coming back and doing it again.

Datsyuk is a human-alien hybrid. esteef

No kidding. This was a truly shameful display. It looks even worse from the opposite angle:

You know, this is the kind of thing that we appreciate about him being here...to watch him quietly rise up the charts of all-time scorers. He's in the top 10 on the Wings as well, not far behind the greats - Howe, Delvecchio, Lidstrom, Yzerman, etc. He goes about it in his own quiet way, and we can only thank the powers that be that we have had the chance to watch it over the years. Wherever he winds up on the charts, it won't matter...numbers don't capture the joy of watching him.

After the trade deadline, does the roster limit not take a hike?

until he scores a goal in the playoffs and babcock forgets about the other 82 games

I'm kind of surprised it was Tootoo. Sammy next in line for this please. What could it hurt? No one takes him and we are back where we are at. Tootoo has more use than he does at this point.