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Like clockwork

From butt pats to butt taps.

I think if he breaks into the pros without Larkin, he'll be a bloody mess.

Are you saying that Hyman is a bust?

With the PK slipping as the season has gone on, hopefully Drew Miller will be gone from the team and replaced by a bigger forward who can actually hit and is hard to play against. If we lose both games, we'll be lucky to make the playoffs.

I get it now! The Wings have a great record against the West teams, right? They think that they are still in the West and these East games don't matter as much! Why haven't any of us figured this out earlier! Sheesh!

So, Sheahan and Cole should be back for Ottawa, right? That should help out! Law of Averages?

Maddening how inconsistent this team is.

That sensation you're feeling is the quickening

I've seen more urgency from the kid trying to get his hat back in the Ken and Ozzie commercial

At first glance, I thought that said "coach." Brain hilarity ensued.

All goalie issues aside, I truely believe that this team needs upgrades at D. Ericsson, Smith and Kindl are guys we could trade and not miss. I truely believe Smith is what he is and will not get any better. Maybe Holland will revisit the whole Phaneuf thing. I still don't want to give up Larkin or Mantha....the prospects of Hyman wanting to be a UFA puts us in the mix for him, but still, if we could upgrade to Phanuef, re-sign Zitz, maybe just maybe this teams D can be better. I really believe they over acheived early on and now things just aren't so good. Q hasn't been as bad as I thought, but again, he is just part of the problem. The D needs to get better, the goalies a hell of a lot more consistant. 4 goals should win you games, most nights. Not that this game is over, but I do believe upgrades are needed.

Nothing like a bad game to reveal who everyone's personal whipping boy is. It's Mrazek's fault! Howard's fault! Ericsson's! No Andersson! No Babcock! Where's that Cleary guy?!

What are you doing here anyway? It’s 5-4. You usually don’t swing by until a loss is all but guaranteed.

At least he will be off the ice for 5 minutes.

Put in Hanlon! No put in Stefan! (everyone else is probably too young for this reference)

Regardless of age, when you're hot you're hot.

In other news, how the f*** is Lucy Lawless 47?! More like Lucy *Flawless*, amirite?

Can see the injury report now, hyman banged up and out with groin injury

I don't know, once he breaks his cherry in the NHL I'm sure it won't be as painful.

We shall see. The playoffs are a whole different season. Seriously, how many of you thought that the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings would get swept by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 1st round of the 2003 playoffs, or lose in the 2nd to the Calgary Flames in 2004, and to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round in 2006? In 2006, they steamrolled through the regular season with 58 wins, and then looked flat as day old beer in their 1st round playoff series against Edmonton. With that said, I don't put much stock in the regular season...

Don't lose faith, there's always next year. Keep that dream alive. In response to the OP. IF this team can get healthy and IF the kids get a boost from some playoff adrenaline and IF, say Mrazek plays like Halak did for Montreal in 2010 and IF Babcock starts making better decisions and IF they get some puck luck, then maybe they can squirm their way out of the first round. But obviously that's a lot of IFs.

Have to make it into the playoffs first

Lol. 24 hours into free agency. What a joke.