GMRwings1983

I disagree. We're not all that talented. Yeah, we have some european players who can make fancy dekes, but that by itself isn't everything. The responsibility starts at the top. We have an owner and a family that is apathetic and more focused on their stupid baseball crap. The GM has immunity at his job and has lost his touch. The coaches are the next party to blame on the totem pole. Even so, the coaches can only coach with what they're given. You think Blashill wants to coach a team that has Abdelkader on its top line? You think he likes having Ericsson playing on the top defensive pair? You think he's happy about having a bunch of small, soft forwards on the team? When most of the pieces suck, you can rearrange them all you want, but the final product will still have many holes. Every line combo you see on LGW has a hole on just about every line. Why do you think that is?

I feel like there are differences from 2002 to now. I can't see a Gillies type making it now. Today's inductees from the 80's are guys that put up inflated stats, like Housley and soon to be, Andreychuk. Gillies isn't the type to make it in 2016. Big numbers are more valued now, especially from the 80's. That brings me to Makarov. Makarov was a pretty good player as soon as he came to America. He was in his early 30's and had to adjust to a new league/country. At that time, players in their early 30's weren't as well conditioned as they are nowadays. He handled it very well. He dominated the Russian league and was great in international competitions. Like I said, he made an impact in the NHL. Unfortunately, a few years into his career he was already in his mid 30's. It's not the NHL Hall of Fame, but the Hockey Hall of Fame. His overall career needs to be more respected by the voters. He's easily the best retired player not in the Hall right now. Instead, they give it to Phil Housley this past year.

Lindros will get in for sure. Neely getting in before him was kind of a shock considering that Lindros had a better career that also ended early. I'm guessing his attitude and the expectations everyone had before his career even started hurt him. His attitude doesn't have a great reputation. Gillies made it in a different era and played on the top line on 4 straight Cup winners. In retrospect, he wouldn't get in nowadays, but they don't remove people from the HOF (only the WWE does that). Here's another one. Will Sergei Makarov (likely the best winger of the 1980's) ever get into the HHOF?

Green's one-timer reminded me of my hockey days. I can't believe we paid for this bum.

Because of him, I've started to miss Tomas Kopecky.

What's the last time we beat the Flyers in Philly? Game 2 of the 1997 Finals?

It's good that we're putting pucks on net, but the bad angle shots aren't likely to go in.

Can these soft Euro trashes dump the puck in instead of trying to get it past the trap?

This might be a night where we tie the mods up and hide them in the closet. So that we can fight!

Yep. We always let the goalie and shot blockers get set and then we shoot. Our point men are clueless about how to run a powerplay. At least I'm not the only one this weekend.

There's a reason the Leafs have struggled this season. And it's not because they're a great team in the clutch. We can still make them blow this game.

Someone should ask Bernie or Hillary at the town hall debate how they'd fix the Wings powerplay. Cause nobody on our coaching staff seems to know.

Having a point man that can get pucks through is huge. A big shot from the point is also huge. We have neither.

Just skip to the Hart/Austin match. Maybe the Wings can watch these videos for inspiration.

Flair vs. Steamboat?

The commentator is right. Need to crash the net more and play for deflections and screens.

You mean on the golf course? That's where this team will be in 3 weeks.

From whom? We don't have Joe Kocur as assistant coach anymore.

Embarrassing. You have to be more aware of who's on the ice and who's behind you.

We need the 2 points tonight. We're unlikely to win in Philly (we never win there and it'll be the 3rd game in 4 nights).

I was wondering why Komarov tried to injure the Russian captain. Then I remembered that Komarov isn't a real Russian.

Cyberpunk does sound like a great game. I've always wanted an open world game set in the future. Blade Runner type stuff.

I like all these lob passes. Feels like I'm watching a soccer game.

Elvis? Gable?