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Preferably in slo-mo.

Lashoff has been a real pleasant surprise this season. There's been almost zero bitching about him, which is quite frankly amazing. OK he's playing the fewest minutes of all our regulars on D, but he may be carving a niche out for himself - at the very least he's a reliable placeholder till one of the kids plays him off the roster. Out of intrest, did Smith get an PP time last night with DD out?

I think Kindl is hanging onto a spot by his fingernails.

FFS, that's less than he spent on his mom's Christmas present in NYC

Yeah, it's like Jagr, I remember some defenceman saying when he goes forehand-backhand, the puck moves laterally 12 feet across the ice

Sproul has made some bone headed defensive mistakes lately by all accounts. Heard a lot of good things about Marchenko though.

Regular season - Datsyuk Playoffs - Zetterberg What I find interesting is that Zetterberg has a Thornton-Cheechoo ability to make his linemates better that Datsyuk doesn't. Whereas when you put better players with Dats, their points and goals go up, but average players don't. Basically to play with Dats I think you need to have the skills and hockey IQ to take advantage of what he does, whereas Z's success comes in large part from his hard work and strength on the puck and you can stick almost anyone with him and make a decent line. Hull, Shanahan, Hossa, Zetterberg have all seen spikes in their goals when playing with Dats. Even Bertuzzi, I think plays so well with Dats because he still has the hands and the hockey IQ that Abdelkader doesn't. Its why I think Pav needs more Aldredsson on his line.

Yes, I wasn't paying attention to "the rules". And poor old Sir Arthur Wellesley must be spinning in his grave at the thought of the use of an uncredited quote on the internet.

And played for the USA. Being born in a stable does not make one a horse

If we can out-shoot the competetion 43-26 every night, I'm pretty sure we will win more than we lose. SO aside, I thought Jimmy looked strong tonight. Reasons we lost 1) Bernier 2) Refs. No misconduct for Lupul, ignored all the Leafs hooking and holding in the first 2 periods when we were outplaying them, bogus call on Kindl 3) Bernier 4) 3 gilt edged chances landing on the stick (or not) of Dan Cleary 5) Bernier

It should, but the refs let the Leafs get away with constant little hooks and holds the first 2 periods

Really though, we gotta be happy with that period, spent a lot of time in the Leafs zone, had some good chances, shame they fell to Miller and Cleary..... But how in the hell is that not 5 and a game misconduct for Lupul?

Some great pics on the Wings facebook page. Spot the odd one out.... Gordie, like a Boss... That's not so much a cup that homer is wearing, as a, uh, "marital aid" that you might find on, er, specialist shops on the internet. Apparantly...

The ever worthy awood40 has the player introduction and game highlights on his youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stvl6FAPYCI&list=UUBAd0jG2C83r8jG_TJ0s4Og Meanwhile, given the famous story about the two, would someone care to caption this pic?

It was Matt Martin (of the Islanders, not the Leafs)

To save me from wading through 25 pages of Howard being tarred and feathered, could someone tell me who was doing the colour commentary with Ken last night? And Pavel with a one-time slapshot! Don't know that I've ever seen that (work) before. See, its not all doom and gloom

Next C will probly be DD. I can see Tatar with an A eventually, he's quite a vocal character with a big time mentality (WJC,Calder Cup).

Say what you like about him, the man is a warrior

Shows how bad our injuries have been when we're without Franzen, Weiss and Ericsson, and it feels like we've got a healthy team.

Yeah, I noticed that too. I was surprised Babs didn't turn around and go "I said LETS GO!" because there was absolutely zero response in the locker room. But overall, the best episode so far, seemed like more focus on the games, especially the one in Toronto, obviously.

To what end? The way to show you care is by outplaying your opponent from the off, not punching them in the face because they're better than you.

Hahaha, the Sabres deserve a bit of luck like that with the season they're having As for Smith, couldn't happen to a more deserving goaltender.

The long term deal isn't as much of an impediment as Edler's NTC.

Honestly, I'm not expecting much out of him when he comes back. Its very hard coming back near the end of the season and trying to find form and fitness post surgery. He needs a good off-season, a good pre-season and see if he can hit the ground running. I've virtually written off the rest of this season for him.