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Mantha's done a pretty good job of staying out of Bertuzzi 's way Seriously though. Bertuzzi is a ******* gamer man. Melting Paquette down one minute, creating great chances the next.

And beverages with lots of alcohol. You need to drink some good old fashion Apple Pie! that would make my night!

The Assassination of JFK But It's Helm Shooting

I feel like Witkowski on defense has been the missing link. All of a sudden, the opposing team has only scored 2 and we are in the game in the 3rd. Top pairing potential for years to come imo. Mickey is drunk and rambling about college. Game is boring him to tears.

Mantha looks real sharp out there tonight, nice trim haircut and some great positioning. Phenomenal effort so far, he's bound to score a couple tonight. GO MANTHA!

Hey @Dabura Did you know Cooper and Blashill are friends?

I would have never pegged Hockeymom to be a shiner

Whooo hooo we made it through the first period only being down by 1

It's like Russian roulette. Except the gun is pointed at you the whole time.

did someone say line shuffling?

Ken doesn't wanna admit his major Feminist dance theory major confirmed Witkowski - Mcilrath is the secret to our woes

That stuff can mess you up

I just wanna see Witkowski punch someone

RW PP: Russian roulette but Helm is shooting

The puck movement on TB's PP is terrifying. Line blender activated.

Well, here we go again.. Tonight's game is brought to you by... Prozac

They'll be blended after 15 minutes.

@krsmith17 @Dabura

Chicken s***. I served 12 tours of junk food yesterday since weed became legal here

Chris seems to be alright, but the rest of his siblings seem like spoiled trash Get em' Luker

"Just let the kids play, it can't be any worse than Ericsson or Quincey or blah blah blah" Yes, yes it can

The aged veteran defense of the last few seasons never started off this badly or gave up this many goals. As much as everyone seems to "hate" DD, Daley, E, and Kronwall, they're still better than the trainwreck we've seen recently. You're looking at the overall payroll and not paying attention to the individual deals. The "overpayments" on this roster add up to maybe 5 mil in cap dollars? This team has a high payroll because they still have a large number of veteran contracts on the roster, and vets cost more. This is being remedied by bringing in younger, cheaper players on ELC's and bridge deals to systematically replace those veteran contracts. They call that a rebuild, and every team that goes thru one, goes thru the same process. You can't just make vets go away. A team trending down from years of success will have many veteran contracts to deal with. It's the price to pay for being successful in a competitive league that's designed for parity. It's inevitable. The situation is not unique to Holland and the Wings at all. You replace the vet contracts over time with younger, cheaper players. Eventually the team salary drops as the team gets younger, only to rise again when the younger players become older, better, and more expensive, and other costly players are brought in to increase the competitiveness of the team. That's how it works folks.