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20 hours ago, kliq said:I am very nervous of this as I have my routine down.
I drive from Windsor to Detroit via the tunnel, I park at the parking garage one block away from Cobo for $10 which is NEVER packed unless the autoshow is going on. When I leave I am back to Windsor in about 20 min!
I feel that its going to be a nightmare parking/driving to LCA.
You could still park in that garage then take the People Mover to Grand Circus Park, walk a few blocks north and you're there.
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Before the WCoH started in the off-season, I was dying to watch some hockey. I saw that the KHL started already, so I watched a couple games to see how Datsyuk was doing. On his off-days I still wanted to watch hockey, so I picked a game at random to see how it was. That led me to throw on a game pretty much daily in the background while I work. It's much more entertaining than I thought it'd be, and fun to find out which former NHLers and Wings prospects play on what teams.
NerveDamage reacted to this -
I was 0/3 last year (though props to kipwinger for nailing his). Let's try this again:
1. The Wings blow everyone here away and make the playoffs easily (2nd in division)
2. We have 2 30-goal scorers at the end of the season - Nyquist and Larkin. Tatar barely misses the mark.
3. Vegas finally reveals their name and it doesn't suck.
kickazz reacted to this -
The Canadiens named their arena in honor of Jean Beliveau. Wish Detroit would do the same but not gonna happen.
I see what ya did there.
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Saw him play against Flint early in the season, he looked like a threat most of the time he was on the ice. Excited to see him possibly suit up for the Griffs.
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Holland better trade that damn contract then
Didn't he already say he wouldn't try and trade it, out of respect?
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Guys, if the trophies weren't a dead giveaway, pic #66 is. He loves the Joe so much that he installed his own pissing trough.
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...then our Griffins would have to go through some sort of reality show crap to make it to the big team.
You joke, but if done right I would watch the s*** out of that show.
FireCaptain and Vladinator16 reacted to this -
I don't hate the name, but I don't love it either. When you have a classic non-corporate arena name for all these years, anything would sound weird though. It'll get shortened by the fans though. The official name is the Little Caesars Arena, but everyone will just call it Caesars, which doesn't sound so bad.
Yeah...there's a problem with that...this is right across the river:
We're gonna have to call it the LCA or give it some other nickname.
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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2015/11/04/report-cost-new-red-wings-arena-rises/75146516/
Seems The I's have added $177M in upgrades to Cadillac Centre© in order to make it the most fan friendly and event friendly Arena in the NHL and the country. I really love the practice/amateur Hockey facility concept. Sure that means the kids won't be playing on the NHL ice (like they do at the Joe) but I am sure it will still be just as exciting to play there! (and yes, I am sticking with my name until otherwise named something else!
)People sure are going to be confused when they ride the people mover:
http://www.thepeoplemover.com/station-guide/cadillac-center/
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The 3-on-3 OT last night in Tampa got me thinking about who we would/should put in our OT lineup. I came up with this...
Current Roster w/injuries
Goose-Zetterberg Tatar-Richards Larkin-Abby?
Kronwall Green Smith
I'd be kind of worried about having Smith out there on the third pairing but he has the speed to push the pace. Larkin and Abby are both good defenders so they can help cover up some of his mistakes.
Healthy Roster
Zetterberg-Pasha Larkin-Tatar Franzen-Goose
Kronwall Green Dekeyser
There are so many different combinations we could use. I would love to get Pulks out there with his shot but he worries me on the defensive end. If Jurco can have a resurgence under Blashill he would be a good option out there as well. If Jensen had made the team I would've put him out there in a heartbeat.
No way in hell I'd put Franzen out there in 3-on-3 OT, he's a pylon and would be blown past in a heartbeat and boom, game is over. Get someone fast like Ferraro out there instead.
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1. Larkin gets sent down when Dats/Helm return, but the next time he gets called up he stays up for good
2. Green returns to prominence and makes the ASG
3. Boston gets a top-3 draft pick from the lotto -
number9, I don't get what their age has to do with it, if anything that argument should go in Jensen's favor. He's been with the organization for 2 years longer than Ouellet and still hasn't gotten a single game in the NHL, despite consistently outplaying him. Jensen looked much better in camp a year ago, was the last defense prospect to get sent down, and out-produced Ouellet in the AHL, but yet Xavier gets rewarded with 21 games in the NHL. He again looked better in camp this year, and he gets sent down and once again Xavier gets rewarded. Because he's a couple years younger? Since when is that a good thing for the Red Wings?...
Jensen is a far superior skater, with and without the puck, his transition game is by far the best of all our prospects in my opinion. He can skate the puck out of danger, or he can make a quick tape to tape outlet pass under pressure. Last season Ouellet had 16 points (1 goal, 15 assists, 0.308 P/G) and an even +/- rating in 52 games with the Griffins and 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist) and a +4 in 21 games with the Wings. Jensen had 27 points (6 goals, 21 assists, 0.360 P/G) and was a league leading +30 in 75 games with the Griffins and I'd be willing to bet that if given the opportunity he would produce well more than 3 points in 21 games with the Red Wings...
I think the key factor is consistency. Watching both XO and Jensen on the Griffins last year, you can tell when Jensen is having a good game and definitely when he is having a bad game, but XO always looks solid and never like a liability. This in my opinion is why XO was up in Detroit during half of the Griffins games I attended last year, and why he got the nod this year.
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Saarijarvi had two assists in a 3-2 win.
I was at that game, so far he looks pretty decent. Good skater, definitely not afraid to take shots (only hesitated once in Overtime), broke up a few of Saginaw's offensive chances, played the point on the PP, and went 2nd in the shootout. Obviously one game isn't enough to figure out where he'll be going in the future, but he's definitely noticeable when he's on the ice, in a good way.
krsmith17 reacted to this -
The Larkin situation reminds me of the Mantha talk from last season. Id be shocked if Larkin plays with the big club next year. I voted for less then 5 only because an injury might give him a shot. Other then DD who was the last prospect Holland rushed? Wings just don't do it.
Agreed. Even then, DD wasn't a prospect in the traditional sense. We happened to win the sweeps for signing him, plus he had 3 years of college hockey already.
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Agreed. He played one year for U of M and made the jump to GR in the playoffs, not a lot of experience under his belt yet. That combined with the logjam of forwards wanting to make the jump/vying for a roster spot, I don't expect to see him for more than a couple games at the end of the season and only if we're locked in our spot already. Aside from that, we would either need to get decimated by injuries in order to see him, or he'd need to seriously impress in GR this year. Essentially he's fighting Bertuzzi, Mantha, Pulks, Ferraro, Callahan, and AA for call-up time with the Wings.
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Was Crosby fired?
Oh no, it's just that Cooper holds that position in Tampa's organization
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...I think you're missing two cups for the Wings.
Quick one from me, considering the above ^^
McAwesome reacted to this -
Give me ideas!!
I usually have problems with that, but this round they're coming easy. Just look around, you'll get some.
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Did you see the PS in this? His undershirt is red, hinting that he has a jersey on under it.
I think.
Bingo. It was a very subtle shop, but you know it's true - Yzerman is still a Wing at heart.
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I don't think one's reaction to the result of a game necessarily has to do with being a fan or not. I think it relies more on if you like a team or not, and why. If you like a team because their name sounds cool or they recently won a Cup, you're probably at best a bandwagon fan until you educate yourself a little more and get invested to the point where you don't ditch them as soon as they start losing. On the other hand, if you truly care about how well they're doing and stick with them even when they're not adequately performing, then I would say you're a true fan. Reactions to games are just that, reactions, and nothing more. Different kinds of fans react differently. There's the overly pessimistic, the realist, the optimistic, the "homers", the ride the high's and berate the lows, etc. It takes all kinds to have a fanbase, otherwise we'd all have the exact same opinions and feelings and it would become very boring very quickly.
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Can We Please Stop Putting Teams In Unsustainable Cities?
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There is no way GR would get an NHL team.
- The market is too small
- They don't have an NHL-sized arena and wouldn't build a new one any time soon
- Most importantly - the main reason why they have such a great turn-out and a high quality product on-ice is because of the RED WINGS. If they had their own separate team, they wouldn't have nearly as many fans, as most would stay loyal to the Wings (and to a much lesser extent, the Blackhawks). The city simply isn't big enough or isolated enough to grow a brand new fan base when the potential fans grew up following a team with 80+ years of tradition just a couple hours away.
I would agree that MLS would be a possibility though, especially since Detroit's never really did anything with the potential expansion interest.