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Monster made the Bruins. Glad to see he'll still be in the NHL. http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781592

I have nothing witty to say I just wanted to immortalize this autocorrect fail lol Parking, disney.com the future's bright guys

I know Larkin has played great, but send him to GR and let him play 18 mins a night. We are still talking a very young player with only a handful of pro games. The standard to be called up should be the same for everyone in GR: When you are dominating, you come up. Keep it simple and stright forward. ATM if Larkin stays in detroit he is going to be playing wing, not C. He is a natural Cman and needs to be developed as such. With Z, Richards, Sheahan, and Glendening already on the team, he isn't needed as a C. Let's get him 76 games in the AHL so that he is ready to play next year when Richards is gone.

I can already anticipate the meltdown if Cleary stays and Larkin goes down. Just to prepare people, if that happens, it is NOT because Cleary "took" Larkin's roster spot. It's because they didn't think Larkin was ready for a top 3 line role and didn't want him playing 10 minutes on the fourth line and/or being the 13/14 forward. Cleary, on the other hand, is perfectly-suited to that role. The two of them are not in competition for the same roster spot.

How I've read these two players (and I could very well be wrong cuz I haven't seen as many GR games as you) is that Jensen is more offensively capable and likes to join the rush and make things happen. Oulette is more safe and steady and defensively responsible. This may be a case of the team valuing defensive play for that final spot over offensive play. If we didn't land green in the offseason maybe it would be Jensen who stays up? And again, I'm only basing this off their games in the NHL that I've seen.

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 47m47 minutes ago Larkin made the roster Blashill said Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 42m42 minutes ago Blashill said Larkin will start on line with Zetterberg and Abdelkader in all likelihood. Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 6m6 minutes ago Whoever starts in goal Fri. vs. Toronto (I'm guessing it will be Howard), the other guy will start the next night in Carolina, Blashill said ...or they want to get him more NHL games to showcase him for a trade.

Here's my predictions, all Red Wings related because... F*** other teams... 1. Pulkkinen leads the Red Wings in both power-play goals and total goals on the year. 2. Howard gets nominated and plays in the All-Star game and is in the Vezina conversation at the end of the season. 3. Zetterberg plays in 80 games and puts up 70+ points, which is good for second in team scoring.

Never liked the guy and hopefully this suspension is enough to force him out of the league next season.

I think the best thing that could have ever happened to Mantha was to get passed on the prospect list. Almost like the heat's off, with most of the focus on Larkin and with AA and Bertuzzi sharing the secondary spotlight. He seems to have found his game. That goal last night was a sniper's goal.

Andersson, quick? Seriously? Cleary with two bummed knees would skate circles around Joakim f***ing Andersson... By far the worst skater on the team, probably in the league...

I'm also pretty disappointed that Jensen got sent down before Ouellet. I think Jensen was the much better player of the two, lead the entire team with a +8 rating and lead all defenseman with 4 points (0 goals, 4 assist) and 7 shots on goal in 6 games. And he's also that highly coveted right handed shot going for him. I honestly think he's a better all around player than Ouellet, but then again, I'm one of the very few that aren't all that high on Xavier. Sure, he's a good player, and does a lot of good things, but in my opinion, he does everything average, nothing really stands out to me, other than him being smart and safe. And I guess that's good for a third pairing guy, but in my opinion Jensen brings that, plus a lot more. He's an unbelievable skater, very good passer, and for the very few mistakes he makes, he has very good recover ability. Very disappointed to see him still behind Ouellet and likely Marchenko as well. He should be ahead of both by a mile in my opinion.

e_prime, the point wasn't that I want Cleary in over Andersson, or vice versa, the point is, I don't want Larkin in the lineup on opening night. I said the same thing with Jurco last season, and I think he should play a full season in Grand Rapids. If he absolutely dominates the American League, and we get hit with injuries at Center, then we can call up either Larkin or Athanasiou. Why should Larkin get the nod before Athanasiou at this point? AA put up better numbers in pre-season and was just as noticeable out there on any given night. Larkin should and most likely will play the season (or at least a good portion of it) down in GR. I look forward to watching him, along with the rest of the boys tear it up down there.

I think that post was more of the "That was an average save" sarcastic type than disparaging the prowess of The Beard. At least that's what I choose to believe.

Yup! Larkin makes us a better team without a doubt and with Pavs out he deserves to be in the lineup. Surprising to see the Wings have the balls to put him in

His predictions are hardly "bold" as he claims. His predictions seem like the kinds of things someone with only a passing knowledge of the NHL would guess. "Kessel will score 50 goals"? That's not bold. Bold is suggesting that his point totals won't drastically INCREASE. Everybody thinks he'll score more. "Buffalo will be better, but fall just short of the playoffs". Really? How could they not be better than last year if they added a better coach, plus O'Reilly, Franson, Eichel, and Reinhart to the everyday roster. "Chicago will be fighting for a playoff spot". How bold. You think maybe that's because he lost Oduya, Sharp, Bickell, Saad, and Richards in one offseason? None of that stuff is bold. It's obvious and entirely lacks a nuanced understanding of the game.

I think the difference is Ouellet and Jensen are already at similar skill levels and XO is 22 and Jensen is 25. Logic says XO has a much higher ceiling than Jensen. I like that Xavier is getting this experience early/now.

He took a few strides but I thought it looked shoulder to shoulder, at least didn't look like he was targeting the head on purpose to me. Maybe I'm blind.

And that's a good thing!

He can't lose his waiver exemption, 160 games for that. But if he plays 11 or more, his exemptions would lower from 5 years to 3. Though I think if he's good enough for 11+ games this year, the odds of him spending more than 3 years in GR is pretty slim. The slide rule would be more likely to keep Larkin under 11 games, but I don't know that the Wings would be too concerned about that either.

You stop it right now. Ken Holland is the devil and he hates youth.

So am I the only one that thought Cleary didn't look THAT bad in the few games he played? In my opinion he looked much better than Andersson. Not saying much I know, and I'm not saying we should necessarily keep him, but I'm okay with him sticking around as the 14th forward until we're fully healthy (if we ever are)... Larkin has looked great but I still think he needs time in Grand Rapids. We just have way too many forwards right now. I know I'm in the minority here, much like I was this time last year with Jurco, but I'm hoping he gets sent down tomorrow... Ferraro is not waiver exempt. He won't be sent down.

Clearly needs to be be buried in the AHL

f*** off cleary.

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