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Only game we had no one sign up for this month, and i'm headed to work but I wanted to get the thread going here at least. Please feel free to update with lines, Mrazek confirmed in net tonight against Holtby. Maybe the home ice will give us a tad of a push, but this is a monster of a team and a big hill to climb for the win. LETS GO WINGS!!

Our lines after Christmas... Nyquist - Zetterberg - Mantha Tatar - Larkin - Athanasiou Svechnikov - Nielsen - Frk Bertuzzi - Helm - Abdelkader ... Just don't look at the defense...

I can't speak for anyone else, but I have visited this site as a guest for years before I actually signed up. Started coming here when the Wings forum at Detroit news online went away. I remember seeing BlueAdams, The Axe, Number9, Banned for Life, Frankgrimes and many others (Crymson too) that pop up from time to time when CRL resurrects old threads. Always assumed they were still here using other aliases. I always loved FlashyG's work here. The one with Holland, Babcock and I think Quincey and Cleary? in the car is pure genious. Some I still see listed as being signed in, but they don't post anymore, which is sad cuz this site is so much better the more variety of members there is. If any of you are reading this, please come back.

This is actually really good for us. He'll probably slide down the draft rankings because of this giving us a better shot at drafting him.

I'd much rather AA to the Jets for Trouba. But that won't happen

Larkin has taken a HUGE step forward this season

I'm thinking the same thing, except switch around AA and Svechnikov. Nyquist Zetterberg Mantha Tatar Larkin Svechnikov Athanasiou Nielsen Frk Abdelkader Helm Glendening DeKeyser Daley Ericsson Green Ouellet Jensen I thought Svechnikov showed some good chemistry with Larkin in that Ottawa game last season. I love that he loves crashing the net and stomping around in goalies' kitchens and just generally mucking it up in all those dirty places in the o-zone where the Wings tend to lose a lot of battles for pucks and positioning. He's like a bigger Tatar in that sense. I think we need more of that in the top six. Tatar-Larkin-Svechnikov could be really effective on the forecheck and the cycle. Athanasiou-Nielsen-Frk would, in theory, be like Athanasiou-Nielsen-Vanek. The problem with the Athanasiou-Nielsen-Vanek line was that Vanek and Athanasiou had to be sheltered...and yet at the same time we needed that line to be a solid, formidable second line. Now that Nielsen's been bumped down to 3C and Larkin is playing big minutes, the sheltering thing isn't as much of a concern. I left Bertuzzi out because one of Booth/Witkowski, Sheahan, Glendening will always be in the lineup. And, to be honest, I was really disappointed with Bertuzzi's preseason performance, so I don't feel too bad about leaving him out.

he certainly has matured

Hopefully the challenge of a high powered offense fuels Mrazek and he stands on his head. Would really like to not lose three in a row.. can we also get a fast start, please? Skate 60 minutes maybe? LGW!

It's Downtown Detroit, not Downtown LA to smell like piss

We will post nothing but silly memes and you will like it

I can just imagine the confused drunks pissing on the sidewalks... But, something tells me that might be a health code violation.

This kid has been known to have arrogance/attitude problems since his time in London. This isn't some isolated incident. His unwillingness to commit to Blashill's defensive scheme kept him out of the Top6 last season. His unwillingness to accept fair compensation has kept him completely out of the lineup this season. I think you're being more than a bit naive if you really think it's as cut and dry as you suggest. This isn't all just numbers on paper, it's people with personalities. AA's personality has shown that it's not exactly in tune with the rest of the organizations so far in his short career.

It will be hilarious to me if he has a sophomore slump like Larkin did, and gets shut down this season after all this drama. If I'm Ken Holland, and I'm looking at the pieces I can trade that have value... Athanasiou is at the top of the list with his name highlighted and underlined. He needs to be hella productive this year, any good graces he had are long gone.

Penguins in 7 games have given up 29 goals

And his wife hates him lol

Ya know how people salvaged the seats from the Joe as souvenirs? Somewhere out there, there's a man with the troughs from the Joe in his home bathroom, and it's awesome

I really like those lines. You have 3 lines that can score. You have size and speed spread throughout all 4 lines. Who are you keeping as 13/14th forwards? Wit and Sheahan and send down Booth since he's on a 2 way? (assuming you can fit 14 under the cap) I am always concerned with seeing Helm at center. I know he was a really good 3C earlier in his career, but he was always having injuries back then. Always wondered if it was because of greater wear and tear playing center. It seems like he became much more durable when he was moved to wing. Maybe switch Glendening and Helm? Not that it changes much, but is Kronwall your 7th D or are you figuring an injury? As long as he can skate, I think he's a better option with Green than Ericsson.

Replace two of Booth/Witkowski, Sheahan, Glendening with Svechbro Sr. and Alcoholics Anonymous and we might actually have a playoff-worthy forward group.

Larkin now has 7 assists in 7 games. Last season it took him 51 games to get his 7th assist. I think Larkin was holding on to the puck for way too long last season and trying to do everything himself. Looks like that part of his game is gone, and is paying off. The extra ice time helps too

Red Wings assign Svechnikov to Griffins. He'll make his season debut tomorrow night against the IceHogs. Bertuzzi is still a week or two away.

Guy cares more about "the process" than he does about results and thinks that it's better to sit back, let the other team outshoot you while trying to limit quality chances and try ti win 2-1 than actually take chances and play to win. It's losing hockey, and the focus on "process" over results is more suited for youth hockey.

the face you make when you try to pick your nose with your tongue

No no. FerrisBueller