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We do appreciate the extra help on the GDTs this season, with Flashy MIA and myself being entirely useless so far this season with it, it's awesome of you to step in and toss up some quality ones prior to game time and help out Mikey with the workload.

Defense falls apart, Mrazek gets punished for it.

OK Errorson, your job, YOUR ONLY JOB, is to prevent that pass.

Oh! Memphis again: "Without disappointment you can't appreciate victory." Spot on man. Spot On! I'm more drunk than I intended to be...

Well the faithful are gluttons for punishment. We like going down with the ship.

WTF is going on? On the plus side: I'm drunk and made pizza rolls

Hey guys, that dude out there Laine? He's really good. Might wanna keep an eye on him and not give him odd man chances.

Its crazy to see people are automatically dismissing Cholowski based solely on the Datsyuk salary dumping trade. People want to see the kid fail just so they can say they were right about not drafting Chych.

I'm extremely jealous of Winnipeg when it comes to this Laine kid. He's the one of the new crop I'm most excited to watch.

It's only way to watch these games, trust me.

The NHL wants more scoring? Just have every team play us every night, problem solved.

Have for a couple years now, but this is really bad now. ******* joke.

we definitely need a trade for a D

I was really pulling for a Jurco Sheahan Ott top line tonight to keep on pace with the stupidest line combinations in the history of the sport. Maybe we can try Larkin at D if things don't pan out for the kid on the 4th line and make Green a healthy scratch. I predict a rough night tonight, I can't back these lines and don't see how it helps us win games. Hoping for the best, planning on the worst.

Am I reading things right? Did someone really want this guy in over the likes of Ott? Are you kidding me? This isnt the 70's and 80's anymore. Every player on your roster needs to be able to play hockey. Not just be big and fight. Watch the kids game instead of just looking at his height and weight. He hasnt been good as a college player and would be a long shot to even make out an AHL career. I know a lot of people got excited when the Wings finally drafted a big guy but lets be sane here this is not the kid thats ever going to make the NHL. He was a late round pick that they hoped would develop into something but he hasnt. Kids getting a free education so good on him but how he comes up so much on these boards is beyond me.

Lines may be subject to change LGRW!

I'm watching with my eyes closed.

why the stutter?

That was so good that I actually thought for a minute that was Blashill's quote.

As awesome as that line has been, I wouldn't mind seeing what it would look like with Nyquist in place of Tatar. Put Tatar on a line with Vanek or Jurco centered by Larkin or Nielsen.

Well, he could be still on the Islanders who are at the bottom of the conference so he has that for perspective...but, yeah, that should be his linemates Those lines are irksome. Even just switching Larkin and Sheahan they look a lot better. Did something happen to Sproul? Why did he get the hook? Even he's not available, I would've expected Jensen rather than Lashoff.

The whole "Franzen is a goal scorer" crap was unfortunately started by Mickey Redmond and fans. Franzen was never a 50 goal scorer, or a 40 goal scorer. Really only broke 30 goals like once. So it's pretty unfair to label him as one and then keep pressuring him to score that way. That's probably the reason why whenever the press asked him abut his scoring he would come out and say "I'm not really a goal scorer" or whatever his comments were. Honestly Franzen wasn't even projected to be a top 6 player but he still became one and produced like one. Especially in the playoffs. So at the end of the day, he exceeded expectations. But I don't think he would have ever been a high point producer like Dats or Z were, probably a notch below them. Somewhere above average in terms of overall point scoring and definitely above average in goal scoring. He had a wicked wrist shot.

"Nielsen's game is finally coming around after signing. We cant have that so lets put him with two guys who wouldnt make the roster on 80% of the teams in the league." - Jeff Blashill

Our injury list is an entire team!! Sheesh.... and your avatar is killing me, Nerve... LOL~ Let's go, Red Wings, skewer those Weiner-Pigs!!!!