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That's a pretty soft call on Ericsson too. Refs apparently think so too so they're getting involved. Every penalty this game has been pretty weak.

I know i'm new to this board, but i'm a longtime lurker, and it seems whenever another team makes a half decent trade, people here start either complaining we should have tried to get that player, or complain that Kenny has no balls and won't make any trades. The team is doing fine. We did'nt need Perron. Petry would be nice though...

I've kept in touch with Matt on and off for years (for a short time he wrote about the Red Wings' prospects on this site before the turn of the century and branching out to Rivals.com and eventually RWC). We worked a bit on CapGeek together and this is truly sad news. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. I know the decision made tonight was an extremely difficult one for him....

Being a southerner and no Atlanta team to pull for the Preds are a sub team to cheer for. Also my brother and I met Peter Laviolette at the All Star game when it was in Atlanta he was really nice and accomodating let us take pics with him. My bro is a flyers fan so he liked pete from the flyer days. Good for nash and pete and southern hockey.

Only on LGWs would we ***** about Holland not trading for a guy the that the team has no use for.

Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Franzen, Tatar, and Nyquist are better than Perron. Weiss may be once he gets a scoring role again, and Sheahan is turning into a better player as the season progresses. Abdelkader and Helm both play specific roles, and Jurco needs to stay on a scoring line. There is no room for Perron, or a winger of similar ability. They need a winger with size who uses it and can score, or an upgrade in the top 4 D. Anything else is just trading to make a trade, which is usually counter productive.

No Alumni game for this year's classic because Peter Bondra couldn't play every position on the ice for the Caps and Dale Hunter is still not welcome in most NHL cities...including Washington. Without those two they're short on quality alumni in the Nation's Capital.

Good job Bettman, the NHL had something great going on and yet in a span of not even 7 years they've managed to absolutely destroy it by: 1. watering it down with the Stadium Series 2. rehashing the same teams again and again 3. matching up two teams that don't have any rivalry nor hatred going on If the NHL is serious about this thing, they better have a Bruins - Habs matchup at Fenwaypark - have the Dropkick Murphys as the opening act - next year. This also just proves what I've always thought the event itself is nothing, if the participating teams don't have a large enough following, rivalry and the conditions aren't there. Wings - Leafs had a record breaking 2,9 Teams that deserve one Wild, Avs (hate to say it but yeah...), Bolts, Habs... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-winter-classic-earns-lowest-rating-in-game-s-history-160140036.html

Nice work by Mule coming out of the box to stop Kassian from getting the shot off.

Yep. Z was right there. May have cost us a goal. Bulls***.

It'd be nice if the ref called the dive too, but ain't gonna happen. Are they playing this game at a library or something? I think I just heard the guy in section 103 Row 4 seat 3 try so squeak out a fart.

Babs is sucking the life out of these games trying to win 2-1 every night. The best stretch of hockey the Wings played this season was when they scored goals in bunches and played more wide open. The forwards are the strength of the team. I get trying to gut out wins a year ago, but it isn't necessary nor advantageous with the personnel anymore.

It may have been called anyway but that was definitely embellishment by Tatar on the interference. There's been a few dives I've seen recently by the Wings. Not liking this trend.

Having Ericsson on the ice at the same time as Datsyuk and Zetterberg hurts our offense. Just saying.

Nobody ever wanted him 5 minutes before he was traded. Do we really want to be like the pens. Throwing away all our picks and prospects at the deadline every year for rentals and mortgaging the future

Jeez, how many divers can you fit on one team?

I've seen you mention this before. Personally I've never seen that side of David Perron. Sure he's not your typical soft finesse player, he's a good two-way winger who finishes his checks, but plays with an edge? agitates? dirty areas? pain in the ass? I wouldn't use any of those phrases to describe him. I think you have David Perron mistaken for David Backes. Acquiring Perron doesn't address a need for us. It would be a move for the sake of making a move. And that's why it'd be dumb.

"Mathfreaks?" Is this a thing now? Cuz, if so, we should start calling Babcock Mr. Mathfreak, since he luvs teh mathz. Also, we should stop using numbers altogether. Goals, assists, PP%, PK%, faceoff %, shots on goal, shots against, scoring chances, blocked shots, turnovers, takeaways, wins-losses-OT, save percentage, GAA, hits... WHAT MATTERS IS FIGHTS. YOU CAN'T MEASURE TOUGHNESS WITH A CALCULATOR. BUT MATHFREAKS DON'T GET THAT. CUZ THEY DON'T ACTUALLY WATCH THE GAMES.

It's ok, a lot of people are frightened by things they don't understand.

I respect Mirtle, Yost and all their other mathfreaks but as soon as I see their name ---> skip article. If I wanted to read math stuff I'd look somewhere else and not at a sports site...with a horrible design

The league needs to let the Ave's host it at Mile High Stadium against the Wings. Bring back one of the greatest rivalries in Hockey! Imagine the Alumni Game they could have if they bring back the Alumni Game (Not sure why there wasn't one for Caps/Hawks), has an Alumni Game ever had a line brawl break out before?

I will be attending. It is my first game live. I just got my first Hockey Jersey. Got a Zetterberg away colors. I can't wait. I hope they just kill them, oh god please. I hate the Canucks. Everyone, tell me they've got this.

The streak!!!

I don't think the masses are going to give the Preds respect of truly being a force until they make some real noise in the playoffs. Maybe this is the year.

the preds had their largest attendance in franchise history against the blues last night,17,401