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It's my birthday and I have things to do and places to be so I did not wait for the morning skate to see if Datsyuk and Kronwall are in but let's hope for good things!

Because if there's anything Jimmy has proven, it's an ability to beat the Sharks in big games..........................oh wait that's not true.

Cool shoutout to the Knitting Lady.

Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star, 25/03/2015.

I'm not the hero you want. I'm the hero you deserve.

I heard "Don't Stop Believing" on my drive to work. I'll interpret that as a good omen

I haven't gotten to watch a lot of games the second half of the season, but I just can't imagine what Weiss did so badly to justify being permanently benched. Not every player can be 100% defensively sound at all times. We're close to becoming (if we haven't already become) the Minnesota Wild of the '00s, defense-first, score only when the other goalie screws up. Babcock really irritates me in this regard. Weiss had the reputation of a hard-working, reliable guy. Whatever his problems were, Babcock has hardly used him in the top six role that he's actually capable of playing. At the very list put him on an offensive third line. There is no reason Weiss should be sitting while Andersson plays. Datsyuk coming back will be huge, and missing Kronwall and Cole is going to hurt. I'd say call up Marchenko instead of using Kindl.

Sooo Cole to miss 5-6 games then

Prospect watch for the Red Wings: OHL Guelph (Tyler Bertuzzi GM 5 - G 4 - A 1 - P 5) vs Owen sound (Zach Nastasiuk GM 4 - G 1 - A 0 - P 1) Guelph wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 - Fri Mar 27 7:30 PM Owen Sound 6, GUELPH 1 Game 2 - Sun Mar 29 6:30 PM GUELPH 5, Owen Sound 4 OT Game 3 - Tue Mar 31 7:00 PM Guelph 2, OWEN SOUND 1 Game 4 - Wed Apr 1 7:00 PM Guelph 3, OWEN SOUND 2 OT Game 5 - Sat Apr 4 7:00 PM GUELPH 2, Owen Sound 1 London vs Kitchener (Jake Patterson Gm 6 - GA 28 - GAA 5.18 - SV .854) London wins series 4 - 2 Game 1 - Fri Mar 27 7:30 PM LONDON 3, Kitchener 1 Game 2 - Sun Mar 29 4:00 PM LONDON 6, Kitchener 2 Game 3 - Tue Mar 31 7:00 PM London 10, KITCHENER 6 Game 4 - Thu Apr 2 7:00 PM KITCHENER 5, London 4 Game 5 - Fri Apr 3 7:30 PM Kitchener 6, LONDON 3 Game 6 - Sun Apr 5 7:00 PM London 5, KITCHENER 0 WHL Victoria (Joe Hicketts GM 5 - G 0 - A 3 - P 3 - +5) vs Prince George Victoria wins series 4 - 1 Game 1 - Fri Mar 27 7:05 PM VICTORIA 5, Prince George 3 Game 2 - Sat Mar 28 7:05 PM VICTORIA 5, Prince George 4 Game 3 - Wed Apr 1 7:00 PM PRINCE GEORGE 4, Victoria 2 Game 4 - Thu Apr 2 7:00 PM Victoria 3, PRINCE GEORGE 0 Game 5 - Sat Apr 4 7:05 PM VICTORIA 5, Prince George 4 OT Portland (Dominic Turgeon GM 6 - G 4 - A 0 - P 3) vs Seattle Portland wins series 4 - 2 Game 1 - Sat Mar 28 6:00 PM Seattle 4, PORTLAND 3 Game 2 - Sun Mar 29 5:00 PM PORTLAND 3, Seattle 0 Game 3 - Tue Mar 31 7:05 PM SEATTLE 5, Portland 2 Game 4 - Thu Apr 2 7:05 PM Portland 8, SEATTLE 5 Game 5 - Sat Apr 4 6:00 PM PORTLAND 5, Seattle 3 Game 6 - Tue Apr 7 7:05 PM Portland 5, SEATTLE 4 OT Kelona (Mitch Wheaton has not played since October) Vs Tri-City Kelowna wins series 4 - 0 Game 1 - Fri Mar 27 7:05 PM KELOWNA 6, Tri-City 0 Game 2 - Sat Mar 28 7:05 PM KELOWNA 3, Tri-City 0 Game 3 - Tue Mar 31 7:05 PM Kelowna 5, TRI-CITY 3 Game 4 - Wed Apr 1 7:05 PM Kelowna 5, TRI-CITY 4 OT Marc McNulty's team did not qualify for the playoffs. I could not find any QJMHL prospects. Edit: updated

Happy birthday and awesome gdt! Go Wings! Please play hard and try to keep the shots on whomever our goalie is to as minimal as possible. Oh and once Andersson wins the faceoff keep the puck away from him...2 points please, guys. Edit: Does anyone happen to remember when Bob Errey scored a goal with his ass for us in the 95 Playoffs?

excellent job on the GDT!! LOVE the throwback Thursday Sharks lines! Great work! Wings will respond with the same level of zeal, and filet the Guppies. Sorry, Todd McC, you shoulda never left us. I dreamed that Tater got a hattie. Make it so, hockey gods! LGRW!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JERSEY WING!!

Datsyuk should be playing with Pulkkinen, not with two other centers, neither of whom is good offensively. And Pulkkinen is better off in GR than playing with Andersson. Andersson will only hinder his development. Not sure why he's centering our two best snipers. I hope these are not Babcock's actual lines.

It's actually based on a book "The Hockey Sweater" by Roch Carrier. Famous book. I received it as a gift when I was about 5. Had it all my life.

I have a friend who is. The person below me had unusual ideas of what birth looked like before they knew what really happens. (When I was five, I thought babies emerged from the mother's mouth).

Yeah, you definitely appreciate that meme then, you're deep in cow and wine country.

Not sure how many people know this, but the dot in the "I" in the Islanders logo is supposed to be where Nassau Coliseum is. I'm guessing they'll have to change that placement as well.

Fingerlakes resident here. You're my new best friend. Old friends from Michigan: "Oh I didn't know you moved to NY, how's the big apple?" Me: "......."

SimonSin would have been a better choice

True that. If like to see more year in the NCAA and at least 1 in the minors before being called up. Plenty of older guys deserving of chances before him.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/03/25/tampa-bay-lightning-reunite-soldier-fiancee

"There's always concern, but when I look at our last little bit of games here I like how hard we played," coach Mike Babcock said...We came out, we were organized, we came after them, Babcock said. They scored. We didn't score as (much). I thought (Coyotes goalie Mike) Smith made some real good saves for them." Genius.

To be fair it does if you want to make the playoffs

Goalie's being able to use a broken stick makes "some sense", but it is still dangerous, so I'm not sure why they are allowed until stoppage in play. I guess the rationale is as follows: They aren't allowed to go to the bench to get a new stick like other players (this doesn't address the safety concern though + why not let them go to the bench....if they want to take the risk and leave their net....their problem) There is much less risk with the goalie using a broken stick than other players, this is clearly true, but still, there is a risk so why not have the same rule for everyone?

Ok, so, where were all you ******* trolls *during* the game? The schtick is old, man. Don't you folks have anything better to do with your time?