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Exactly what I was thinking. And there are a lot of people who Detroit has drafted who would have played for other teams for 200+ games before they were given up on. Detroit's roster has been so solid that we've not had to test these guys out and were able to let them develop. I don't agree. I think that development and scouting are equally as good. I think that the fact that we are able to draft quality players later is a testament to our scouting. I think that says we are looking where others aren't. If nobody knows about this great Zetterberg guy why draft him early. If you are confident he will be around later then use your early picks to take chances on guys who might have been noticed by other teams. Our "luck" at drafting late can alternatively be explained as other teams poor scouting ability. If you are looking where others aren't or are seeing talent where others aren't, then you don't have to draft early.I think they very well may have been able to say, "Hey, this Zetterberg guy is the next great player and the best part is, NOBODY knows about him so we don't have to use/waste an early pick on him."

"Next Up, Ken Holland fined $10,000 for disagreeing with league decision makers. " I can't believe it happen like this either. But all we can do now is hope we win game 1 and 2 anyway. When we do that, the team will have even more bragging rights. I'd absolutely love it if we won the first two home games and then at least won one of the first two away games. Wouldn't that put bettman's panties in a wad.

I wouldn't be surprised if the NHL decided to suspend Hossa and Datsyuk instead. I just wouldn't be surprised.

NHL.COM It doesn't say much about it but are they trying to say that the Wings won't be growing beards for the playoffs or are they saying that they are starting fresh tonight? It sounds like they are trying to say that they will not be doing it. But I take it as starting fresh.

I doubt there are any tickets left but Sunrise is Near Miami/Fort Lauderdale. I'd say about 4 hours south east of Tampa. The quickest way to go, I'd say, would be to take I-75 down and over.

Loyal fans are loyal fans. You can't say that fans from a crappy team are more loyal than fans from a winning team. Because both have loyal fans. Just because buffalo's remaining x thousand fans are loyal doesn't mean that Detroit doesn't have x thousand + loyal fans. The reason buffalo's fans are loyal is because the rest of them jumped ship at the first sign of bad weather. The more successful a team is, the more fair weather fans it will have. But I guarantee Detroit has more LOYAL fans than 90% of the NHL. It just so happens that the Wings also have millions of non loyal fans. Bottom line, loyalty is only visible after years of drought.

Great, I'm definitely interested. I've sent a PM.

What TIME is the game Matt? I'm on board if it's a 7 or 7:30 game. I'll have a 3 hour drive.

Perfect Timing! I'm moving to Florida in about a month.

He said something like My English is shorter now. I guess meaning that speech was even shorter.

You either have to play in however many games 40 or 41 (whatever) OR Have played in 1 playoff game.

We need to go in there Saturday and treat them like we treated the avs in game 4. I know that we were only able to spank the avs that much because of their injuries, but we need to remind turco who we are.

I'm going to ignore those comments about there being tobacco in his pocket. I'd rather think that there are two signed pucks that he's going to give to some lucky fan. And is that an iPhone in his other pocket?

7-0 was more impressive. The shut-out really seals the deal

Mad Props to avs for not gooning it up. They looked a little frustrated at first but they soon accepted that injuring us would only result in fines.

Once again I get the unique opportunity to show how much of a dork I am. I have no idea what QFT means. I googled it and found two polar meanings. Quoted For Truth -or- Quit F***ing Talking I'd like to think my post didn't necessitate the latter. would someone like to exploit this opportunity? Please.

you are very right. But we have to take care of something real quick. !!!ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Please! Nobody post a poll offering LGW members to panic if we are down in a series. !!!ANNOUNCEMENT!!! I hope this works.

you can really see that he is hungry for the Cup. That is something we've lacked the past couple of years. Its strange. Back in 02, it just felt like we were going to take it all. After beating nashville, that feeling came back. This is the first time I've felt that way since 02. We look and play like a team that is hungry for the Cup.

if my memory serves me there are a ton of people on these boards that give up at far less than a 2 game deficit. I've seen people on these boards give up after a two goal deficit.

When you boil an octopus there will be no matter. The octopus gets rubbery. It is very easy to pick up off the ice. However, a raw octopus will have slime that might fling off when you swing it around in the air. Raw octopi are very difficult to get off the ice. You probably wouldn't want to touch it either because you'll never get the smell off your hand. That is where the shovel and scraper come in. If Al swings a raw octopus over his head, slime will probably fling off and onto the ice. BUT!!!! before you crucify me; If it wasn't a problem for 55 years, why is it a problem now? Octopus "matter" doesn't hurt anything. Al shouldn't be fined for it.

Everybody knows growing a beard can get kind of uncomfortable/scratchy at times. I don't want my goalies doing anything that might throw them off their game!!

Why is Versus not allowed to show the Wings game in my local broadcasting area (Central KY)? I'm not in either Detroit or Nashville's broadcasting areas. How else am I supposed to watch the game? I'm trying to watch it on some website but the lag is horrible. Why?

I just called versus and apparently if you live 200 miles away from Nashville, you are still in their blackout zone. They told me I should watch it on FSN South but I don't have south. This is ridiculous.

Nope. It's not on any other channels. FSN has a baseball game. And all the other channels have their regular stuff on.