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Hey Tampa Bay, kindly get rekt twice on the same day in the city of Detroit!

Great job Lions! Wings ... your turn.

Hence the reason I work from home....

We are currently playing really really well and beating good teams. If we keep doing so I'll be thrilled, even if we do it with Debrincat and Kane contributing less than we'd otherwise have imagined. Right now the best wingers on the team are Raymond, Sprong, and Rasmussen. Honorable mention to Perron and Fischer. I'd like to see us pursue a physical wingers with some scoring punch to play with Larkin and Raymond. Someone who plays stylistically like Jake Debrusk but would be available at the deadline (Ridley Greig or Shane Pinto from Ottawa?). Otherwise I think our forwards are looking really really strong. And can we please extend Sprong and Fischer. These guys (plus Kostin) are forward versions of Jake Walman and are part of the solution around here. Give them a home.

Who knew you aren't allowed to take your dick out wherever you feel like it at work? I'm flabbergasted.

Why does this team insist on going into an ineffective shell when they're up in the 3rd... play with pressure like in the 2nd for christ sakes.

Dekeyser puts Howard out of business by not being fat

We were all over them for 10 minutes before that goal.

Elmer's game has been picking up a lot lately too. He's making things happen on the ice and piling up assists to show for it. His goal scoring hasn't come around as much tho. IMO he has three main issues that hamper his scoring right now. First, Watson gave all his AHL veterans a really long rope to start the season and all the younger guys were pushed into down lineup roles with little special teams minutes. Over time (and with a lot of disappointing performances from the vets) he has reversed course on that and integrated the younger guys into bigger roles and the team has flourished. Second, the pace of play really messes with Elmer's game. It's not that he's slow per se. He can move when he gets up to speed (think Mantha and Franzen). But he doesn't play quickly and struggles with the tempo of both the North American game AND the Red Wings' system. Third, his special teams role is currently occupied by other (better) players and so he's forced to play at the net front. In the SHL he did a lot of damage off the wall because he's got a really good shot. But with guys like L'Esperance, Hanas, Kasper, Lombardi on the half wall he's just not going to get looks there. As a result he doesn't get to use his best offensive weapon on the powerplay and that hurts his goal totals. Think of him like Klim Kostin (without the fighting). Klim was drafted in the first round and has obvious offensive skill. But because he's not good enough to grab a spot on the powerplay he's left to score at even strength, in a down lineup role, and that kills his totals. I think he's still going to play for an NHL team and contribute, but he's going to need more runway than the average player to get there. He's also going to need to really dedicate himself to improving his quickness, both in terms of his speed but also how quickly he plays the game. Rasmussen had the same issues and worked through it so maybe Detroit already has a plan for Elmer.

Lyon seems to be pretty consistent with his positioning and ability to track the puck. If this team doesn't make the playoffs no doubt it'll be because of the inferior blue line. Lou is just desperate honestly that team needs to rebuild they have no chance at winning a cup.

He earned some time before I whine about him when he mixed it up with Josi. Come to think of that was that the last time he showed up on the score sheet also? .....sigh.

WE WANT STANLEY CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP

The only win against Tampa Bay that matters tonight

Since the 7th game of the season, Debrincat hasn't even been scoring at a 20 goal pace

An Athletic mock trade submission suggested Edvinsson for Zegras... if that's the price; no thanks.

I HATE the way Zegras has developed but I'd still take a good long look at him if I were SY. I think some of the things I don't like about his game are the result of a lack of solid veterans in the locker room during his first few NHL years. He needed guys telling him to cut the cute sh*t, quit complaining to the refs, and play hard. He's an undeniably talented player but he reminds me of young Jack Eichel in the sense that he needs to mature his game a whole lot. Maybe a team of established NHLers that play the game correctly would help with that. Edit: For what it's worth, he trains with Larkin and a few other guys in the offseason so there's a Red Wings connection already in place.

they don't need Bert's help with that

Maybe Bert is a double agent sent to destroy the Leafs from the inside.

He's a bust, total POS.

Doubtful. The Free Press article said Al's staff was entirely male. And the team is entirely male. Seems pretty clear that he's a perverted homosexual who just can't control himself. Good riddance.

The more I think about it the more I think Al was jerking off and got caught. We've only heard the "I can't walk 60 feet to pee" story from his lawyer's wrongful termination suit. If I got caught spanking it at work (I wouldn't because I'm not a gross old pervert) I'd definitely claim I was peeing too. What do you have to lose?

Rumor has it the "drain" was Blashill's mouth. Al wouldn't stand for the piss poor state of this team any longer!

So Sobotka is suing the Wings for wrongful termination because he has a medical condition (being drunk). But in his defense he peed in a drain... that's pretty much the responsible place to pee if you can't make it the water closet. The lawsuit alleges the bathroom was 60 ft away... that's also pretty close Al. Rumor has it he's done this b4 and the Wings set up a camera to catch him. I fall back on this is pretty much expected of 70 year old Polish men. Too proud to wear a diaper. Too drunk to make it to the toilet. Has anyone seen hamtramck lately? It pretty much is a giant toilet. Let Al drunk drive the zamboni, who cares.

For decades, at the end of the night they filled the urinals at the Joe with ice. Everyone loved drilling holes in that ice. Don't fire the dude if he feel nostalgic every time he sees a pile of ice. The urge to drill those holes can be overwhelming.

Cossa was always gonna be a riskier pick than Wallstedt, but I think it was the right pick. Cossa has the higher ceiling, and that's what Yzerman clearly went for. Wallstedt will hit the NHL first and find success at that level first. I never thought otherwise. But assuming Cossa hits his ceiling, he'll be the better tendy. We will see a period where Wings fans moan and groan about the pick because of it, but then they will disappear off of the face of the earth once Cossa rounds into form at the NHL level. Thankfully we have the 'fire Blash' movement distracting them all right now. Wallstedt is really good, but I don't think he'll really get much better. He just 'got gud' really young.