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You could always do like the pro sports do: Offer up naming rights to the highest bidder.

Stevie is always a winner. That's what I named my truck. Nick would be a good choice as well. Igor would be original, if you want to go old school. (Get it? School... professor... eh, well.) For modern times, Hank and Pavel are the best ones to name a dog after. You might want to get the dog first and see what he/she looks like. My current hamster is Jordin Damien Gustav James, so as you can see, naming on a whim can be a problem. Dogs live a lot longer than hamsters so you want to make sure that the player will be around for quite a while or at least will always be associated with the Wings.

The Lions play on US Thanksgiving every year. The game starts at 11:30 my time. As a Lions fan who has been legal to drink for over half of my life (won't get into how long I've been actually drinking), I assure you that if there is a kickoff, puck drop, first pitch, starting gun, or any other noise or movement; and this happens on a holiday, weekend, weekday, or other scheduled or non-scheduled event day; then it is perfectly ok to drink whatever beverage you choose, as long as there is an event attached to it. It is now 4:30 a.m. and I have started the dishwasher. Time to drink.

Why do hockey and tea not sound like they go together?

Every time I hear "Ogletree" I want to call him Ogie Ogiltree.

Megatron out! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Good thing you do these, Matt. I put the dates on my calendar in my phone at the beginning of the season and I missed two of them. Thanks! Love the Octo!

Really on a roll, eh?

We should get Rafalski to come back for a day and sit with Lashoff in the press box. Then all the dyslexic zombies would be up there and our players would have the ice to themselves. Wings win 14-3!

I have the Shine effect tonight. My stream (the viewing kind) died, so I went to activate the other kind (the necessary one) and, lo and behold- Weiss scores and we win.

When the going gets tough, the tough get floating...

Sitting in Grand Rapids holding a pincushion and trying to choose a voodoo doll.

Z being Z. That's our captain!

Egomaniacs Spewing Puerile Nonsense.

The Wings had Dats, Hank, and Kronner under Lidstrom. Before Kronner it was Drapes that rotated in. That was done to get Hank an A so he could get used to it before he got the C. Then when Drapes left, they wanted Kronner to get used to the A for when Hank had the C. Now (unless they've added someone and didn't tell me) they just have Hank with the C and Pavel and Kronner with the A.

Technically, it would be "Cue the ... gif." However, I think many of the ladies here would definitely queue up to be aroused by Kronner. And with that, I return this discussion to hockey... So how do they figure that we'll both benefit most and be hurt most by moving East? Benefit is obvious with the time zone and less travel. Do they figure that we'll be out-matched by the tougher Eastern teams?

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/9764686/nhl-players-speak-anonymously-realignment-peds-goalie-pads-espn-magazine Try that one.

Kronner is such a bad, bad boy. I'm mildly surprised to find that they consider King Henrik over-rated. Maybe they just think that because he is the darling of the media second only to Sidney.

I'm amazed he kept playing. Those things hurt, especially when you breathe.

No Way! My mom's cousin married a Skinner. (No relation to Jeff.) Hopefully Jimmy doesn't allow him- or any other Cane- to score tonight.

People who don't experience pain need to STFU about the use of painkillers.

I was wondering the same thing. From what I understand, he was saying that sterner penalties would reduce the "unnecessary" fighting. (My expression in the quotes, not his.) Basically, what I got out of it was that he just thought there was too much fighting that didn't need to be there. Kind of like the people who like the fighting, but don't like the enforcers or staged fights. If anyone has anything more where he's saying that all fighting is bad, please let me know.

Nope. Never been off of the continent. (Does that make me in-continent?) The person below me has had a model railroad.

Every team should have an enforcer or two... just in case.

I love how things look after one game: Goals leaders: Pavel and Sammy Assists leaders: Kronner and Emmy PIM leader: Zetterberg Look quickly, folks. This is a short-term situation. The only thing that might stay around for any length of time is Pavel being a goals leader. So for tonight's goals, I think we'll see Sammy, Cleary, Emmy, and Mule. Quincey's will be called back because his shirt tucked itself in... ...to the cleavage of the woman seated behind the bench. BTW, Mikey- fabulous GDT. Go Wings!