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Great GDT Mabus!

OP updated! Larkin is a gametime decision, if that's the case, Pulks will be taking his spot on that line as it was during morning skate. Lets win big, and start a better trend this week of success. 5-2 Wings, 3 point night out of Abdelkader. LGW!!

He's Canadian, ya know? (not sure if you were playing into a joke or not Lefty)

thanks for your work on the GDT! I can't wait to see it! Love my Wings, they will get down to business tonight and make us loud and proud. LGRW!! Lines in here: http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2016/2/20/11076200/morning-skate-red-wings-at-senators-skate-to-throat

Having a bad game or two means nothing. Patrick Roy is one of the greatest of all times, but as Wings fans we can easily remember one of the worst game 7 performance in history, as well as the epic games that led to his exit from the Habs. Not that Mrazek is Roy, but the point is that everyone has bad games and bed stretches. Agree with kickazz, Mrazek is our #1.

I don't think anyone's doubting Mrazek. He's still our number 1 as far as I'm concerned.

I've always thought Yandle was a little overrated around here, and Quincey took way too much flack up until recently. However, I'd definitely take Yandle over Quincey if we're just looking at the players, but once you factor in contracts, I'd take Quincey at $4.5M over Yandle at $6M. In saying that, I'd also rather have Ouellet or Jensen at under $1M than Quincey at $4.5M... I don't think we should bring Quincey back next season, unless we're able to get rid of both Ericsson (highly doubtful) and Kindl (somewhat probable). And if we know now that we plan on letting Quincey walk in the offseason, we should try to get a return on him at the deadline, and same goes for Richards. I think we could get a decent return on both players from a contender at the deadline, and I don't think either would be the key to our playoff success this season... Trade both, and replace Quincey with Ouellet and Richards with Pulkkinen or Mantha. I don't think it makes us any worse right now, and gives us a couple more picks to work with going forward...

Yes, was poking fun at the idea that I like to trade players based their nationality. Especially Swedish players.

C'mon ... we kind of need these 2 pts to keep up. Work the weakest link ... #2 Phaneuf of course. Easy to skate circles around him and make him fall on his arse.

to be fair i don't think anyone actually is having this discussion. At least in this thread, everyone seems to be in agreement that Mrazek had a couple bad games, and those two games shouldn't represent his status to the team or his overall ability to be a goalie.

DeKeyser is absolutely a top pairing defenseman, a very solid number two. I like Fowler a lot, and he would be an upgrade for sure, but I'm not sure if he's what we should be trading for. I see him as another very solid number two, in the same mold as DeKeyser, slightly better. In a perfect world, we trade for a more offensive minded, clear cut number one that shoots right handed. I'm just not sure if that player will be made available though. In saying that, if he could be had relatively cheap (he can't) I'd do it... I would have loved Bieksa a few years ago, but he has gone down hill quite a bit since then, and is not at all the type of player we need right now. I have no interest whatsoever in Vatanen. He's a good puck moving defenseman, but he's very undersized. I don't see him as anything close to a number one.

b-day for me...red wings win for us! 5-1 green jurco dats helm quincey ryan

Nice to see Mrazek starting again after his crappy game. This show's he IS, if anyone had any doubs left around the NHL, that he is the #1 on this team. Let's hope the D can step it up and protect Mrazek from getting pelted again...plus Pit was pretty aggressive near the crease, bumping Petr on multiple occasions, we need to knock some heads and protect him.

must victor this game

The fact that this is even a discussion is downright insane. Are there people who really think that the greats never had a bad two game stretch in their careers?

A player has a bad game, people dont notice. A goalie has a bad game "he lost you the game". Hardest position to play in hockey.

Maybe if he hadn't won their team 2 stanley cups of which he was also the MVP as Conn Smythe winner.. One can definitely forgive a goalie like Roy for a bad playoff game 7 with his previous track record.

Came across this on Facebook, anyone see this? http://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/breaking-head-coach-ejected-from-game-after-chewing-out-nhl-referee/?ref=jo

Big move for the Pistons today acquiring Tobias Harris from Orlando. Would argue now that the Pistons' starting five can run with anyone in the East. Bench is questionable at best, but healthy, perhaps the playoff drought is over. All in all, gotta be happy with the job that SVG has done, especially with what was inherited.

You are way oversimplifying this team's play this season. Its funny how you pick and choose certain players to try to get your point across. Last time I checked our team didn't consist of 6 players. To take what you did, and do it accurately, please see below: Abby: Top 6 forward. 1.8 or 4.25 million, both are not overpaying him. He is signed for too long but not overpaid at the moment. We are talking today right? Not 2021? E - Definitely unappreciated here, he's not the 7th or 8th d-man some make him out to be. With that being said, he is a bit overpaid. Kindl - Sure, overpaid Howard - Fair contract at time it was signed, but with Mrazek we dont need him. Mrazek - Great player, Great caphit. Pulks/Jurco: Extremely small cap hits for two guys 23/24 respectively. Please show me a team with guys who dont get scratched. Datsyuk/Zetterberg - Top 3 forwards, good caphits Larkin - Top 3 forwards, amazing caphit Tatar/Nyquist - Top 6 forwards, good caphits Richards - Top 9 forward, not a great caphit but only a 1 year deal. Helm - Top 9 forward, great caphit AA - Too soon to really assess either way Glendenning/Sheahan/Miller - Great 4th liners, great caphits Green - Top 4 D-man, a bit overpaid. We need his offense to step up a bit. Kronwall - Hard to say 100%. dont know if he has regressed or was just hurt the beginning of the year. Assuming he was just hurt, definitely a #2 dman with a great caphit. Qunicey - Top 4 D-man with a good caphit DD - Top 4 D-man with an amazing caphit. Smith - Good third pairing guy with a decent caphit Marchenko/Oueltte - Typical Kids getting their shot in the third pairing with very small caphits. So based on this, we have 4 Top 4 D-man but we are definitely lacking a legit #1 guy (an OEL, Weber, etc.). We have 3 top 3 forwards, 6 legit top 6 forwards, and a ton of good bottom 6 guys. I admit we could use another gritty top 6 guy, but overall I believe our top 6 (D, Z, Larkin, Tatar, Nyquist, Abby) are quite talented. Our team is much better then some people make it out to be. Due to a few bad contracts (E, Howard, Kindl) that ALL teams have, some people make us sound like we are riddled with bad contracts.

to be double fair, I've tried to keep updated the link in the op but they keep taking them down, apparently