wings87

He'll provide energy but no offense.

We're struggling to win, but the Canucks franchise is in complete disarray.

That's Smith in a nutshell, lots of good but a few boneheaded plays a game have kept him from breaking out as a player we can count on.

Yeah, lucky for the cab drivers.

I'll take the 2, but boy this team is hard to watch.

All I can say is thank god.

This is just comical.

Smith---Smyth close enough.

Gotta adjust the sights, everything is going high and wide it's as if Sammy is out there.

Where is all the urgency? It's getting late, they better wake up or will spend the playoffs at home.

You could see this coming for 2 periods.

This team looks deader then LGW right now.

We've got plenty when compared to Edmonton.

I liked the hit he gave and the wrap around try but he hasn't played enough for me to have a strong feeling about him yet.

The fact that after two periods the Wings have only 1 goal against a terrible Edmonton team is just pathetic.

Nice hit by Pulks, great play by Lashoff. I have a good feeling.

It's nice to have the lead, but come on we have just 6 shots. That's just unacceptable.

I keep screaming at the TV for Babs to move Alfie to the top line, but he's not listening to me. Arghhhh

Why is Abby on the first and Alfie still stuck on the third line? Did he kick Babcocks do or something? Babs for the love of all that is good and holy get Alfie off the third line.

Exactly, we score a couple early and go into a defensive mode, but with the team defense being what it is its only a matter of time before the opposing team scores. Just a crappy strategy.

I actually think its a decent amount, but we keep blowing the lead.

The Wings D don't have another gear, so when the opposing team is starting to push we have nothing to push back with. I also think that the biggest culprit, aside from poor goal-tending late in games, has been the propensity to over commit on defense as well as offense. The Wings play a relatively structured game for two periods and then, as witnessed the last several games, start getting anxious and run completely out of position. Bad defense has become an epidemic even guys that are usually pretty solid are making boneheaded mistakes.

I'm concerned that in the offseason Holland will use the injuries as an excuse and will ignore the fact that the team struggled early even when they were healthy. Our best players are getting older and our young players are good but are inexperienced, our biggest issue is in that middle group between the stars and the youngsters and that middle group needs a makeover badly.

I would go with the Islanders as our iceberg.

I would say more like the Bad News Bears.