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Kings are perfect in game 7 so they are going to finish the job in Chicago tomorrow. Sucks but can't change it now.

Cue Justin Williams

I thought Babcock was going to walk across the ice during the first Red Wings/Peguins game next season and just start coaching them. Or was that Toronto. Whichever one TSN wants to tell me any given week. Personally, I never liked a minor league coach graduating to the big club along with the same players from both levels. Like when you become an NCO, it is best to move units. Fresh leadership start.

End this tonight Kings! A NY/LA final would be fantastic. And it's two teams I have no problem with the Cup. If it was Montreal/Chicago I would go live with monks in Bulgaria cursing the world.

McKee will be lucky if he sniffs the NHL in 5 years

No thanks to Stralman and more undersized guys, the Wings need size, grit and toughness. McKee will soon be ready but someone to fill this role for the next season going forward is still needed. The best option to fix the defense would be Niskanen, which will for sure require a bit of overpayment, as for scoring maybe Matt Moulson if he doesn't sign with the Wild. as for Vanek - for 4 - 5 mill sure which won't happen so no thanks, the guy is a floater.

I hate to say it but if Chicago wins the cup again which after tonight I think they will, they're going to make people forget what the Wings have done in the past two decades. They'll be the first to repeat since the Wings and their 3rd cup in 5 years. I'm really ******* pissed LA couldn't finish them off.

From the bottom of my heart, I truly would love to see Chicago hoist the cup of tears tonight, having said that LETS GO KINGS!!!

Go Kings Go. Hate your Hollywood bandwagon fans!

So I was thinking. Dustin Tokarski. John Gibson. Frederik Andersen. Jake Allen. Martin Jones. Chad Johnson. Ben Bishop. Robin Lehner. Semyon Varlamov. Jonathan Bernier. Alex Stalock. Darcy Kuemper. Petr Mrazek. Et al. They're all quite good and all quite cap-friendly. And there were a few nice veteran surprises, like Ilya Bryzgalov. And then we have Jimmy Howard. Above average, but coming off a very disappointing, injury-riddled season. 30 years old, a cap hit of a little more than $5M for the next four or five years, has never gone especially deep in the playoffs. And the understanding - drilled into our heads through repetition - is that he is our guy, no matter what, hardcore, forevz. Was the big-money extension a mistake? Could we maybe see one of those younger fellows doing for us what Jimmy Howard has done for us and only costing a fraction of Jimmy Howard's cap hit? Would a, say, Mrazek-Hiller tandem be so terrible? Is there a reason why we're so loyal to Jimmy Howard? Certainly we can't say, "It's almost impossible to acquire a Realgud goalie in this day and age." Unlike the borderline mythical Top-Four Defenseman, the Realgud Goalie doesn't seem all that hard to come by. Indeed, we have at least one in the pipeline who's ready for a legitimate job in the big league.

Dare to elaborate please ? I just don't understand the point of this thread sorry

Did you even read those articles? They are about his "boyhood" social anxiety, not last year. In fact the first makes it sound like coming to Detroit helped him grow out of his childhood shyness. Malik also clearly states that he cannot confirm Franzens current mental state or if he missed time due to it, only that he had social anxiety as a kid. Did you think we didn't or wouldn't read those links? They don't prove your point whatsoever. Your stats were an absolute joke too, but we'll ignore that won't we DG... LeftWinger, list 6 guys better than Franzen on each team.

*Having six outdoor games is stupid * If the highways are already overcrowded or a country is already overpopulated stop building massive apartments and stop letting everyone and their mother in the country * Don't tell me I have to have an opinion on - insert whatever news is hot right now - if I care enough, chances are I might have read it already if not I don't care at all. Even if everybody and their grandchildren are talking about it * Don't tell me I have to get rid off my physical handykeyboard because smartphones are "in" guess what? I like to type fast and structured SMS something I *personally* can't do equally with touch screens * If soccer would be interesting, fast and filled with great tough athletes and played on ice it would be called hockey :-) * I'd rather spend 1.000 §on a good surround system instead of wasting it on a great TV, when I'll barely watch it nowadays * Rogers sucks * dressing up in expensive cloths doesn't mean I have to be impressed with you * new =/= always better i.e handy

I hate pointless small talk (crap like "did you hear about [current event that's all over the news that you'd have to be living under a rock to not hear about?]" "supposed to get some rain tomorrow..." "saw a good show on TV the other day..." etc, etc.) No. Stop. I don't care. If you don't have anything interesting to say then just don't talk to me.