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I like that one dude in the crowd screaming let's go red wings. Hes the real MVP.

Me Gustav !

And if you ask me Mike Green can remain goalless as long as he continues to make outlet passes like the one leading to Nyquists goal.

Where did this team come from?! Can we keep it?

Yeah according to Khan, Howard will be starting. Let's hope he's "stopping" as well.

No no, I won a free 30 day "vacation"

I think Tampa probably thought this team was sort of relevant going into game 7 last year. But I get it. The Wings aren't one of 3-4 teams dominating the NHL anymore. Your mentality is infuriating though because the only way this team will ever get better is to really be bad for a while. Like Dallas or Chicago or Washington or everyone. But when they are bad you lose your s***? It's a ******* petulant joke. Cherish this because it's most likely the only time I bother to explain myself to you with any effort.

I did not take it for me dont worry.Was just pointing out that our D's havent carried much while our forwards couldnt score. Envoyé de mon GT-I8190N en utilisant Tapatalk

Not sure how I feel about that penalty, though I didn't get a great look at it. Looked like mutual interference. Edit: after seeing the replay I'm pretty okay with the call lol

Goose! Who are these guys and what did they do to the real Red Wings?

It's better than Crosby's ever was, lol. Great start. Keep the pedal to the metal, boys!

I agree. Should just get rid of those harmful Euro players.

You said you thought you did, I was merely confirming it.

Put Miller back on the fourth and move either Helm or Sheahan to his place and I'd love these lines. Go Wings!!

Yeah. I think the genral sentiment pre-season wasn't Blashill > Babcock as much as it was Fresh Voice > Old Stale Voice but some of us, or at least myself, seriously under-estimated the growing pains of a rookie NHL coach.

I'm definitely not happy with the way the Red Wings are playing and I actually agree with you that coaching is likely part of the reason. However, I feel as though you are wrong in a lot of your assumptions. First off, Blashill got the job because he was very successful in the AHL (which he coached many of the current Red Wings) and it's not like coaches who are better than Babcock are just waiting around anxious to coach the Red Wings. Good coaches generally aren't available for a reason. Who do you think would do a better job than Blashill? If your argument is that we need to fire the coach, you need to have a plan in place once he's gone. So far I haven't seen that from you, I've seen a lot of anger from you but you seem to be lacking in presenting a solution to the problem you've identified. It's kind of hilarious to hear people say that it's unacceptable for Detroit hockey to be so poor and I think it's why I know a lot of people who say things like, "Detroit has the worst fans in the league" because of statements like that when Detroit has made the playoffs for longer than some of my friends have been alive and for some franchises that have been in existence. Can you imagine the reaction you would get from an Oilers, Sharks, Sabres, Avalanche, Wild, (the list goes on) to hear a Wings fan saying it's unacceptable for their team to be so bad when they currently hold the longest active playoff streak in North American pro sports. We're spoiled as Red Wings fans sometimes.

# Great job with the GDT This should be a win, Ottawa has an average at best defense and it seems like Turris will be out for tonight.

I think we already have. After our first few games we looked REALLY bad against Carolina, Ottawa, and on our Western Canada road trip. We looked absolutely abysmal against bad teams. Since then I felt we played better, even when the win/loss column didn't reflect it. We played some pretty good teams recently, and I thought we looked good. We beat Tampa, beat Toronto (not a good team), lost to Dallas in a closer game than the score indicated, beat Washington in a strong performance, lost a good game to San Jose, and lost a stinker to Boston. Lately it seems (with the exception of the Boston game) that we're playing good for periods of time, against pretty good teams. Earlier in the season we never played good, even against bad teams. We're coming along. It's going to continue to take time. However, if we can hang around the standings (thankfully we're doing fine so far), I'd expect to see a dramatically better team after the new year.

To tell you the truth, I think I'd rather this team struggle to begin the season and finish strong down the stretch. Last year the Capitals struggled badly during the first part of the season after Trotz came on board. Everybody expected immediate improvement considering Trotz is one of the better coaches in the league but presumably learning a new coach's systems and adjusting to massive personnel turnover took some time. However, once everything clicked they finished strong and were one of the hottest teams heading into the playoffs. We'll find our stride.

Got my Larkin home jersey a few days ago. Here's a pic from today's skating session. Same as my avatar now but this is more high resolution.

You've been thinking Blashill's the problem since like four games in, dude. There's a hell of a lot more wrong with this team than the coaching. Stop being so short-sighted. Scotty Bowman could come in with all the strategies and line combos in the world, but if the bodies on the ice aren't able to/are unwilling to put it into practice then it doesn't matter.

You know what Ken Holland was doing during the fabled class of 1989 draft? Scouting and drafting them. He was the Director of Amateur Scouting. You know what those other guys where doing for the Wings organization in 1989? Nothing. They didn't work here yet. If you're going to attribute his success to that class, fine. Give him credit for scouting and drafting them since, ya know, he did that. He's literally the only person you mentioned who had anything at all to do with getting those guys into Red Wings sweaters.

it is absolutely the coaching in my opinion. Nelson is a moron. Trying to turn an extremely skilled team into a bunch of goons. In saying that, it is only a matter of time before they start netting a few goals. The whole team have been snake bitten. Mantha in particular has played really well in every game I've seen, he just can't buy a goal right now. I still think this is a playoff team and once they get in, even if it is as a lower seed, they'll be a dangerous team.

And ovi is one if the best scorers in the history of the NHL, he's the most lethal one in this era. Im a red wings fan first, but you can bet your beehive I'm a hockey fan and I like to see greatness rewarded. (I call buttcheeks beehives)