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The semi-official "You can't say that online. It doesn't matter, nobody's watching anyway" game day thread!

Welcome to Detroit Sam

Im in for the 3rd gotta see a lil timashov...

I'm liking Tymashov so far.

The Wings are really trying their very best here tonight. I think the devastating loss to MN made an impression. Who wants to feel that terrible again? Keep it going, Wings...

Gagner scores! PPG. Tie game!

they lose focus so easily. they had momentum and focus, and poof ... now they don't.

Gagner baby

Remember that lead we had? Now Ottawa has it. 3rd periods, eh?

that is because I am using my special force field against the Sens.... I yell no no no no no every time they try to shoot at Bernie.

At the 2nd intermission the Wings continue to lead 2-1.

It's like they say in hockey: "Let's do that hockey!"

no complaints about the 1st... they competed, good forechecking, good shooting... now... don't forget how to hockey during intermission.. LGRW

me too, hope they get his VISA stuff cleared up so he can come home with us next week

Happy Leaping Year Day to all... boing-boing... I say we score four goals tonight, to honor the extra day of February....

nice resilience by erne

Wut? I thought you LOVED soft one-dimensional wingers?

Fair enough. He did say in his TLDW trade deadline press conference that one of the best ways to accelerate a rebuild is to not make too many mistakes. It's easy to see his conservative patient approach as being slothful and drag-outy but maybe it'll actually get us there quicker.

Fake news. Zamboni drivers are undefeated.

Is wrestling just murican anime?

Hopefully he takes Larkin and the rest of the trash with him. Ammirite boys!!!!???

Members of that Russian forum believe that the info source is not very credible. Maybe Y can trade him during the draft and get it over with.

Can't wait... Larkin is playing better defensively this season, with less talent around him. That's not excuses or nonsense. It's legitimate reasons as to why his numbers are down. Last season, he was in on 32% of his team's goals. This season, he has been in on 35% of his team's goals. The team is f***ing awful. Don't put that on the shoulders of one (of their best) player(s)... Never said or implied that he would be... Nah, you already have that covered with your boi Rasmussen...

VERY different situation. Yzerman played on bad teams but he also won some games, played with talented players, made the playoffs. Lidstrom and Zetterberg never knew bad teams or faced the kind of adversity Larkin is facing right now. Larkin is on an island and the players that can help him are either injured, in the minors or not yet drafted.

Larkin has talent and the potential to be better. I'd be more optimistic about our chances of turning things around quickly in this rebuild if we saw more players like him. He, obviously, hasn't been great this year, but he is the player other teams focus on and doesn't really have a lot of talent around him to push through. You also have to consider if his spirit is breaking a little bit. Since his rookie year the team has been dreadful. I can recall many times over the past few years, seeing him flying around while everyone else on his line looks like pylons and he made positive things happen all by himself. Now today, this team could be the worst in the history of the franchise. I mean, he's human, its tough to go out there and bust your ass only to have things be worse than they were before. Its tough to keep up that enthusiasm. Having said that, once we start acquiring talent, build some wins, he'll be back to the way he was, probably even better. Trading Larkin should only be considered if 5 years down the line, we're still collecting lottery picks.