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I should have specified that only the first line of my post was responding to your post. It was more at others earlier that suggested trading him or just getting rid of him. And I don't think you're response is aimed at my post either since it's not close to what I said. He's lost the #1 spot rightfully for the time being. I don't even think he should have been declare #1 so early on in his career when he struggled for that long last year and Jimmy is still a very good goalie. I'm saying he's a young goalie who I do feel will get there. Jimmy's getting older and we're a team building for the future - why would you get rid of the only goalie in your system that will reasonably be expected to be a starter in 5 years? (Luongo's 37 so maybe Howie could do it, but that would be the end of career and I think it'd be a stretch). Finally, there's many other reasons people are high on him that you didn't mention. A big one is the Calder cup that he won in his rookie year in the AHL. And his stellar play in the AHL in general.

If we win tonight, I will be firmly convinced that it was because of the presence of Coreau's granny. Therefore, we will need at least one player's granny present at all games for the remainder of the season. I don't think that's too much to ask....

Coreau looking very sharp

We need a win tonight so I'm invoking the power on JimmyEmeryHunter's gas stop nachos. LGRW!

I really wanna see Ott and Neil go toe to toe

What a sweetheart. Would never guess she's 92.

Good morning Luke! What a crushing hit..

Oh come on. If it's asinine to hand the reins to Mrazek, how is it any less so to keep Howard, who has shown the exact same unreliability over the course of 7 years? If anything, you should think keeping both is the absolute worst thing we could do. Getting rid of one would at least create the opportunity for someone more reliable, plus ease our cap situation. And if we're getting rid of one, Howard makes the most sense. There is no future commitment. Mrazek may or may not be the long-term answer, but it should be pretty obvious by now that Howard for sure is not. What baffles me is that people can mock the hype for Mrazek while simultaneously jerking themselves raw over a 17 game stretch from Howard.

He's only been on the full time roster this year and last year. Edit: plus half the year before - i forgot - so about 2 full years. I think keeping the 32 year old goalie and getting rid of the promising 24 year old would be a horrific decision for our future. Sure, Howard's playing better now and could be better next year or 2, but we're not winning in these years. And we have no one else in the system projected to be a starter. I'm kind of amazed the extent to which people have turned on Mrazek. He's lost 11 games this year - I'm not sure how many people would consider bad games for him, but to me it's less than that number. Some may call this unfair, but I found it interesting: Even with Mrazek's current horrible stats (which make up a larger portion of his career) he and Howard have almost identical career stats: Mrazek: GAA: 2.44, SV%: .916 Howard: GAA: 2.43, SV%: .915 That suggests that overall, Mrazek's been on par with Howards play over the years. I'll go with the goalie that showed to have the higher ceiling and in the developing years. Or if we have both for the next couple years, I'm good with that too and we'll have insurance rather than betting on one horse.

Sandstrom is still feeling guilty about scoring 0 goals and 4 points during that playoff run, despite playing on the top line with Yzerman. Hodson contributed as much to the Wings in 1997 as I contributed to writing the Beatles "Sgt. Peppers". He'd have to be some kind of ahole to actually show up. I mean did Mike Knuble or Mark Major show up? Will Sean Avery show up when they honor the 2002 team?

kickazz, NerveDamage, MabusIncarnate and LeftWinger. Horrible bunch they are

that would be a class act by the Wings. anyone knows if they're gonna have the Mom road trip like last season?

or because that's the one thing you always forget at home, perhaps

Tats!!!!! What a pass Zetterberg!

I don't think anyone has an issue with the idea that Mrazek might not become anything special. Some here have suggested giving up on Mrazek (though I kind of think #9 is just trolling with all that), and I'd think quite a few would take issue with that, but not with reasonable skepticism. Beyond that though, if you acknowledge that both goalies have reliability questions, what difference does it make if we get rid of one? If we don't have a long-term solution now with both, how it worse if we also don't have a long-term solution with just Mrazek? We'd need a solid backup, and that's it. Hopefully, Coreau can show at least that much while Howard is out, and we won't need to even worry about that. Then we can start worrying about whether we need to upgrade.

yay, we score first! Vanek!!

Like I already mentioned, if you want to trade away Howard, I have no problem with that. That's not what I'm arguing. But if you're gung-ho about getting rid of Howard, you best trade for an established number 1 NHL calibre goalie because Mrazek has demonstrated he is currently too unreliable for the role, and Coreau has 2 games total NHL experience. I'm not arguing from the stance that Howard is necessarily the answer to the Wings problems going into subsequent seasons. I'm arguing that Mrazek isn't necessarily that answer either, which is something that for reasons beyond me just doesn't sit well with LGW.

his Dad was so emotional. good thing Alfie made them laugh as well

Great tribute to his mom and dad.

Canadian Tire Centre cheering Alfie! Alfie!

Chug when a commentator mentions Maltby's 50 goal season in juniors.

looking forward to seeing what Coreau can do again. Hopefully Nyquist and Larkin can finally get in a groove. LETS GO WINGS!

lol, such an honour to be mentioned in that selected bunch Can we get a badge please?

Just and FYI, if you go to Kenny Holland on wiki and scroll to the bottom it lists the GM before Kenny Holland and that GM is Jimmy D and Scotty Bowman. Now it has been 20 years but seems to ring true in my memory. Scotty made the roster decisions and Jimmy added/subtracted the guys Scotty wanted to bring in or have moved. Scotty couldn't have threatened Stevie with trading him if he didn't play defense if he didn't have the juice. Scotty was the one that drove Coffey out of town. Scotty was publicly wanting Shanahan for weeks before he was brought in. Ramsey, Rouse, and Murphy were all brought here because Scotty wanted them. None of that is new. All has been beaten to death over the years. The part that changed is who builds the roster. Scotty used to make the decisions and the GM's would go get his players. Now Holland makes those decisions and forces (not meant as a negative) the players on the coach.

Found this: There once was a team called the Wings We played great and won lots of things But now we’ve got grit Our powerplay is s*** We look more like the old Dead Things lol