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I love him being around for two reasons: 1) He is one of the reasons, why when young grinders make it into the Detroit Red Wing's line-up, they are very good at face-offs and are excellent back checkers. I know that the Red Wing mantra has been to always be defensively responsible, but I undoubtedly believe Draper has a huge hand in a lot of the on-ice preparation of this defensive mentality for these young forwards in the Red Wing roster. 2) Every team needs someone who looks like Chuck Norris. So.... bullet points: 1) Mentorship and leadership 2) Chuck Norris

Detroit was terrible heading into the playoffs two years ago when they won the cup.

Jamie Langenbrunner: This is the only person I can see beating out Lidstrom. Langenbrunner was the captain of team USA and is the captain for a good Devil's team and has been very well this season for the Devils. Niklas Lidstrom: Not much to say for this man. Captain of the Red Wings and still putting up great numbers and demonstrates leadership in everything he does. Ryan Miller: As much as I love Miller time, I don't think this award should go to a goalie, mainly due to the fact that don't have a lot of leadership abilities on the ice during game play because of the rules. OV: Ummmm, no. Great player, but no. Mike Richards: Great leaders don't get drawn into a verbal shouting match with the media for the duration of a season because they hurt his feelings. Great player, but not a better leader than JL or NL.

MAtt, i love your morbid sense of humor

Exactly, i use to print the schedule out and just cross off the days when we got done playing, then the day of games I circled the date. Now, around noon or so, I click the RSS feed and see if there is a GDT, that's how I know if there is a game

Good on them for doing this sort of stuff

Hahaha, niceee.

I just realized how cruel it would have been to say the game would be on FSN+, I would not even have thought twice about it!

At least someone understands the equations Lebda>Yzerman

Or put that Datsyuk was questionable Dan Cleary is out again, Meechums will take his spot in the line-up. Darren Helm and Jason Williams sat out of practice but will still play. Cleary's still feeling the effects of the groin issue and the fact that he will look like Old Man Marley in 30 years. Link

I think the Wings should take down Yzerman's rafter banner and replace it with Lebda's banner.

There is a better Badger that should have been in the top 3

I want Yotes', Ducks, and Wild. HT, come on buddy, you gotta root for the Ducks on this one. If you're rooting for PHX, then you have to root for ANA on this one for the same reasons PS, I feel dirty saying go Ducks....

I wouldn't do it.

And on top of that if you have CHL rights and are junior eligible you can't technically be on the team (unless you are foreign), so an ATO allows them to practice with the team and possibly get a game or few in since they aren't actually signed to the team.

I'm guessing they are ATO, just so they can practice with the team. They go back after their ATO is done right?

I had two reasons for him being a ******.

If you say so, I just don't remember Sammy talking to the media about anything when he was with the Wings.

Fixed

Seems like after he left the Wings he turned into a ******. First team Sweden, then the team that actually made him relevant.

If the Kings lose, we'll be 1 point up with the same number of games played! GO PANTHERS AND GO WILD!!!!!!!! They ARE both at home so they both DO have a shot...right?

Miller and Filppula are a dynamic duo on the PK so i don't see Miller sitting. How did I know when I saw the word "Lines", it was going to be a BA thread

I don't care about the bickering, i just want to see the youtube.