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WE'RE COMING FOR YOU COLORADO ALL YOUR LAST PLACE IS BELONG TO US

You should still go if you can.

^there, fixed it

what the hell? the same happened to Coreau when Boston was at the Joe last january, he got pulled, Mrazek let 2 in and we won it in shootouts. Believe me, I know... I was there :D. Come on boyz. Back our goalies up!

Pro Tip: Don't protect DeKeyser in the expansion draft.

I'd like to see some of these opposing forwards think twice before crashing the net or trying to screen the goalie. None of our current D even attempt to clear the front of the net and if they did I'm almost positive they would fail. Kronwall - Old. Broken. Soft DK - Soft Green - Mobile. Good offensively. Soft Jensen - Playing above expectations. Soft Ericsson - Giant. Pylon. Soft XO - Soft I would love to hang out in front of the Red Wings goal. Free points. No consequences

LW C RW Gustav Nyquist Henrik Zetterberg Tomas Tatar Andreas Athanasiou Frans Nielsen Anthony Mantha Justin Abdelkader Darren Helm Dylan Larkin Drew Miller Riley Sheahan Luke Glendening Defensive Pairings Dan DeKeyser Mike Green Niklas Kronwall Nick Jensen Xavier Ouellet Robbie Russo Mrazek Unconfirmed as the starter per DailyFaceoff.com

Still should go.

I have a bottle of Lagavulin 16. Don't want to waste it on this game.

I believe this is what is referred to as "damning with faint praise"

He's playing better D than DD!

Isn't this how the last game against Boston started?

Can we send Drew Miller back to the AHL? This season is a write off, why not get a real look at Callahan?

You do realize (And Ive seriously pointed this out twice now) that Nyquist gets less 5 on 5 time and is 3rd in team points with lesser games played and spent 3 months on the third line? Yes Nyquist is underperforming but he's performing better than the following players. Nielsen Abdelkader Sheahan Larkin Tatar Helm The players I just named are all former/current top 6. None of then are producing better than Nyquist has, so if they're worse who takes the top 6 position if not Nyquist? An empty slot? No, it's not "it is what it is". You're factually wrong in your judgement in regards to production/contract and especially your argument becomes weak when you look at icetime, compare other players to Nyquist on the roster etc. We would all love for Nyquist to score 60 points. But the ENTIRE team is underpeforming (except Z and Mantha). But when comparing all the rest, Nyquist has the better production. Factually. Compared to Nielsens $5 million, compared to Abby's $4+ million etc. In fact I'd say Nyquist is the closest "living up to his contract" between Abby, Nielsen and himself. Speaking of which are you hating Abby and Nielsen as well? Because since you claim it's not "blind hate", you should objectively "hating" them too.

If other teams aren't going to respect us for our skill, they will learn to respect us for our fists. Powerplay isn't the enforcer anymore, clearly.

New Dylan actually uses his size and is infinitely cheaper with room to grow. New Dylan all day.

McIlrath. Ericsson is the worlds largest teddy bear

The Detroit Red Wings crash is officially here. There’s no easy or quick fix. So, settle down and in for a rough time. For the 2017-18 season, the Wings have 17 players signed with a $67.7m cap hit against a projected $73m ceiling. And, for the 2018-19, the Wings have 10 players signed with a $51.7m cap hit against a projected $73m ceiling. Regardless if it counts against the cap number, Johan Franzen hasn’t played a truly meaningful number of games since the 2011-12 season, but still draws almost $4m a year. Meanwhile, GM Ken Holland’s albatross Stephen Weiss, who last played NHL hockey in the 2014-15 season and was bought out in 2015, will draw an average $1.6m for the next FOUR years. Yes, every team has hiccups and busts, but savvy hockey operations offset those mistakes with corrections in other areas of the ledger to prevent falling off the cliff. We hear repeatedly around the trade deadline, draft day and off season that hockey is a business. However, the DRW front office – Holland, Assist. to GM Kris Draper, Player Evaluation Jiri Fischer and Sr. V.P. Jim Devellano – is seemingly incapable of biting the bullet for fear of burning bridges or pissing someone off. As a result of the “we are family” approach, the Wings, in part, have slipped into the playoffs in recent years and today are 25-27-11 and -29. The 28th best team in the league. There would be no point or value in assessing the current roster. These are OUR Red Wings … for now. Rather, I would like to see is a fundamental shift in how hockey operations and the coaching staff assemble and build the team. Trusting fans have told to be patient as the precious assets (young guns) are slowly worked onto the big club, learning and maturing with superstars and wily veterans. It was supposed to secure a successful future. So, where is the line on the ice, where difficult hockey (business) decisions are made to determine if a manager or player is truly an asset or an albatross? This is where tough decisions need to be made for the club’s betterment. I grow weary of excuses like “salary cap,” “long-term contracts,” “a different NHL.” Blah, blah, blah. Yes, I am spoiled. I follow one of the most successful hockey teams in NHL history. There was a dogged reason/strategy/purpose on the bench, behind the bench and in the owner’s box that is now missing. I’m not asking for change for the sake of change. I’m asking for tectonic shift to reset/restore what it means to operate and represent the Detroit Red Wings.

There's no reason either Ken Holland or Jeff Blashill should have a job after this game. I wish Putin was the owner of this team.

he's not AA. the only one to get benched... smh

Sorry, we are going to win... but I know what you mean.

Again, I never suggested that it was. But there absolutely are limitations to how they can be used. You wouldn't say someone with a high corsi for is a good goal scorer if he only has 2 goals on the season. And you wouldn't say someone that is terrible with giveaways/takeaways, but takes a lot of low percentage shots from the perimeter whenever they get the puck (thus inflating their corsi) is a solid possession driver for their team (in fact I would argue that taking s***ty shots with virtually no chance of going in is essentially a turnover, thus worsening the possession of the team, yet corsi would say the opposite). There is a context that needs to be realized with all statistics, and therein lies the limitations of their use.

This wouldn't have happened to New Dylan had he been called, in fact quite the opposite would have happened.

It sucks for us, but its smart. Revealing the lists will just lead to a % of every fan base going nuts. Not to mention, players are essentially being ranked, probably best they dont see as well.