GMRwings1983

Ummmm.......where was I criticizing anything Howard did?

Fixed.

Pretty much. His job is to stop shots, not to fight back after he gets run. Other guys should handle that s***.

You're not even a little ashamed that Howard gets pushed around every game, and he's the only Wing doing anything about it? Other teams goalies (besides Buffalo) have other players to handle that role. Howard sounded pretty upset when he made that statement a few weeks ago about "being tired of being run" or something like that. Not much has changed since then. Howard deserves more than this.

Why were Hudler, Lidstrom and Filppula on the ice? Didn't stop the Blues players from starting a scrum.

Babcock and Holland need to sit their asses down and do something about this s***. Howard gets run like this every game, and our genius coach puts our softest players on the ice right before an obvious scrum is about to happen.

Babcock you ******* moron!!!!!! He put Hudler, Flip and Z on the ice.

I hope there will be some fireworks here. Put Ericsson, Commodore, Bertuzzi and Abby on the ice.

I say he tried to hurt him. When Parros is here, that's how he must think.

Didn't Jimmy Howard complain a month ago that he's tired of being run? Glad Kenny Holland listened.

Tell that to Brad Stuart's face. Better hope it's not broken.

In all fairness, Malkin could do it too.

Abdelkader needs to randomly grab Oshie and just start pounding away. f*** this Blues team.

Guys, my sources tell me that Kenny Holland has just been seen sending texts to George Parros.

I have written countless books on the psychology of hockey enforcers.

Read my post above. Oh and Zetterberg should run Backes into the boards.

Except Stewart wouldn't run Stuart if we had a Downey on our team. Knowing he'd have to deal with an enforcer later, or that the enforcer would go after someone like Oshie or Pietrangelo in return. He wouldn't have done that s***.

Get a ******* enforcer Kenny!!!

We need to get a real fighter on this team.

Everyone is tougher when they have backup. I'm just saying I'm disappointed with his play and think he's easily replaceable. Of course you can say the same about our other 4th liners. The OP started a thread complaining about his lack of icetime, and I don't think it's a big enough deal.

I'm still upset they didn't make the Finals. That would have been classic and a total clash of styles.

Filppula, maybe Stuart (since he won't re-sign), Tatar, Nyquist, and picks. Not all those assets, but those are some of the ones we can throw around. Flip has more trade value than Hudler. I know Flip is having a great year, but if we can move him in a package that includes a sniper coming our way, Holland should seriously consider it. Although this is a pipe dream. I don't expect us to get Perry. The guy is one season away from winning the Hart. Is Anaheim really serious about moving him or Ryan? We'll see.

I want to add to what I wrote yesterday. When Abby was first called up, he hit everything that moved and was effective on every shift. He really wanted to make the team. Now that he has his roster spot, that same hunger and aggression isn't there anymore. He still hits people, but not to the same extent and frequency. I want to see more passion out of him again. Our leading fighter? LOL. That's not saying much. And he's our second leading hitter because we don't have too many hitters. My whole point is that we should look for a bigger, harder hitting 4th liner, who actually fights and can contribute what Abby contributes offensively. Such players are not that hard to find.

Franzen - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi Hudler - Zetterberg - Perry Holmstrom - Helm - Cleary Miller - Abdelkader - Parros