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Was hoping to catch the game at Hockeytown cafe but 'tis closed due to a private party, apparently there's some auto show or something, who'd figured such event could take place in Detroit... might head to Cheli's chili to watch it. Go Wings!!!

Nyquist will help you get your Z's! (With apologies to the Proctor and Gamble corporation)

A ROAD PP goal by NYQUIST? Is this real life? (Counting on general lack of enthusiasm to prevent a Bohemian Rhapsody event here).

NYQUIST!! Finally!!

Ridiculous if you ask me. Going against his old team, played better all season than Sheahan. Yeah, let's bench him. Good decision.

Hope you are having fun, ND!! Wings are in Dull-Ass, and I am not there... working for a living really sucks, at times like this. Go, Wings, go... someone Ott to be fired up tonight, in his former team's barn. Wings take this one 4-3.

Nyquist needs to buy Vanek a steak tonight. Couldn't have been a more perfect feed. Nice pass Goose, good goal!

Ott is playing... Game on

So Ott is playing?

Ansar Khan @AnsarKhanMLive Riley Sheahan a healthy scratch tonight for #RedWings. First time all season. Has no goals, six assists, minus-16 in 40 games. Well it's about DAMN time

never heard of it

Z! Nice!

Finally. I didn't think they would do it!

2 for 61 on the road. Not a typo. TWO FOR SIXTY ONE.

Belle Tire Sour Play, can we please, PLEASE score one?

If it only lasts 9 seconds and the Wings don't send a guy to the box I wont complain

It's a PP! Here's hoping it lasts more than 9 seconds! (Unless, of course, it's a Wings goal that ends it)

It is probably just me, but a shot on goal might nOtt be a bad idea, Wings.

Well shut me up then, i'm good with Ott in Sheahan out finally.

This one is the free game of the week at nhl.com for those of you without cable

It's lame and creepy at the same time.

Couple things: Lidstrom NEVER dominated offensively, he was one of the better offensive dmen during much of his career, but he never dominated. The better argument is consistency and longevity I suppose. He did finish top 2 scoring for dmen for 5 years in a row, but never lead anyone else by that significant of a margin. With Orr, dominate is probably not a strong enough word, Gretzky is the only player that dominated the competition like Orr. Orr lead dmen is scoring for 7 straight years with the following points between him and #2 in those years: 9, 76, 76, 44, 47, 40, 59...that's domination. It's also important to understand that 44 more points isn't Orr scoring 170pts and #2 scoring 126, it's Orr scoring 100 and number 2 scoring 56...he was doubling #2's output a lot of years. Scoring was definitely higher in Orr's day, but not as significant as most would think (during Orr's career, GPG was 6.3, during Lidstrom's it was 5.7). Edit: also, I can only go by what I've heard and read and saw people say, but suggesting Orr was all offensive an no defense is false, he was known as one of, if not the best defensively during his time as well.

This isn't even close. Orr is likely the second best hockey player of all-time and a player who changed the game. One of only a few generational talents in hockey history. One of the most important athletes in sports history. You rank Doug Harvey behind Paul "I'm not a forward" Coffey? All of us here are Wings fans. That's not a good excuse for picking Lidstrom. This isn't a poll asking about who you like more. You could argue that his last Norris trophy and the one in 2003 should have gone to someone else (especially 2003). It all evens out.