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GUYS, GUYS! I just met Tomas Tatar in downtown royal oak. My girlfriend n I were walking and we walked by him and a buddy speaking slovakian to each other. I called out his name n was like o s*** its you, lemme shake your hand. I shook his hand n told him hes been playin great lately and to keep scoring. He smile a huge smile and thanked me and intoduced himself and his buddy. Seemed genuinely appreciative of my compliments. Nice guy. Night made!

I bought a Howard winter classic jersey...

The only reason Emmerton was called up is because his was the cheapest salary and the only one they could fit under the cap. With Z on LTIR (and possibly Howard to follow) and having done nothing of note, there was no reason to keep him up. OTOH, the call up of Glendenning is baffling. Callahan and Sheahan are out of options next season, so why we wouldn't call them up to get a good look at them I don't know.

Mickey has celiac. Different people have different needs. Some just can't eat gluten; others can't eat anything that has been prepared with something that has previously been used to prepare something with gluten (not sure what extreme that goes to). IOW, he has to eat food prepared in a gluten-free kitchen. My cousin's daughter has celiac. She can eat food prepared in their kitchen, but her food has to be kept separately. They also have to clean surfaces very well after they prepare food that has gluten. Both of my sisters have gluten-intolerances. One can't eat it at all; the other can eat some now and then, but has to return to a strict gluten-free diet afterwards. At Mickey's age, I can see why he would rather not travel unless it's the playoffs. Ozzie's getting better. I still miss Murph, but I think once Ozzie loosens up, he'll be fine. I saw a recent picture of Murph. He really needs to go back to the old haircut and ditch the glasses. Aside from the smile, he is not the same Murph I fell in love with all those years ago.

Nice, sounds awesome.Now did you give him his orders to take out Cleary ?

Wednesday night rivalry. Don't miss the action as Carolina takes on the coyotes

2008.

I think its more alarming that we're even GOING to shootouts against teams like Florida. Spend time working on that.

I think adding a confident puck moving defensemen will change the whole dynamic of the Defense. Lets Ericsson and Kronwall relax and play to their strengths. If Babcock used our defensemen to their strengths and stopped trying to change the player they are it would also benefit the team

OMG they finally send emmerton back down but instead of calling up callahan/sheahan/ferraro up to see what they can do (since there out of waiver options next season) they call up glendening and eaves??!! what the hell's up with all this glendening love , hes a reliable 4th line player, but those type of players are a dime a dozen , hes not gonna score and neither is eaves and detroit desperatly needs GOALS 6'2 sheahan could of contributed , speedy ferraro , agitating callahan ... alot of fans been asking for nyquist and tatar here since last season and there finally up and easily 2 of our best forwards ... this just frustrating

nowadays rivalries are whatever team you play on a wednesday according to nbc

So, we get to get some wins over the next couple weeks???

Are they any good in shootouts? In other news... EAVES!!!!!

Dekeyser coming back would likely have no effect on Kindl, as his return would push Lashoff down the ladder.

Smith said that in the minors he was regularly used as one of the first 3 shooters. I was surprised to hear that, he said he would love an opportunity to do so with the Wings.

It's a bad sign that my gut reaction was "that's good". Gus is playing lights-out and deserves more consistent starts. We need to start getting points before we slip any further unfortunately a Gus-Mrazek tandem looks like our best bet. Howard needs to rest and reset mentally.

Another Winter Classic for a Wings back-up?

Since we can't score anyway I'd like to see Babs try Smith, Lashoff and Emmerton. Simply because I think Smith has an actual shot at scoring and the other two attempts would be hilarious.

Me too. I'd love to take him out on our boat next summer and let him fish to his heart's content. I told him about it when we were at camp, and his eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas. When I told him the boat was big enough to sleep on, his eyes got wide and he said, "Really?" I think I peaked his interest.

Howard 6-8-7 2.65GAA . 910S% (. 400 in shootout) Gustavsson 8-1-2 1.93GAA .933S% (.778 in shootout) Pretty glaring.

I have! I smoked for 12 years and this past April I quit cold turkey and haven't had a cigarette since. The person below me is sick of shootouts.

I'm still holding out that something is wrong with Weiss physically/mentally because I just can't believe a player like him putting up 50+ for many seasons just suddenly comes to a screeching halt from a system change. With that said, I'm not afraid to admit that I miss Filppula, but he's gone now. Trade for Lindholm.

A player with no history of anything more than a bruise on the knee all of the sudden tweaks his knee after a series of games where he's been sub-par at best. And its so happens that it's so bad while there is no indication or MRI or anything they are scratching him and calling up a Mrazek over 24 hours before the game. To me this screams 'he needs a couple days to sort out his head before they can try playing him again' move.

I may be in the minority here but I think Helm or Danny K will be the next captain.

I was home to Metro Detroit for the holidays in Dec '02 or possibly '03 and people were calling in to the radio complaining of having no young talent to replace Stevie Y, Shanny, etc. The reason the moment was so memorable is because a female caller actually ragged on young little Pavel Datsyuk and referred to him as "Ducksoup". Point is, I guess, even The Magical Pavel Datsyuk had Detroit fans that were for whatever reason quite unimpressed when he was just starting out with the team. It's hard to tell just how good these guys can be. We do know they are winners.