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Id rather compare it to 08 when Ozzie took over for Hasek.

Heres hoping its the Red Wings turn to have one of those goalies that emerges in the playoffs and steals the show like so many oposing goalies that got red hot when we had to play them over the years. I think this kid can be that red hot kinda guy.

Pretty crappy way to treat fans of the game. I would guess all winter long the seats in Tampa get a boost in ticket sales from out of state visitors and now they want to repay the favour by making it difficult for those fans to go see a game. Any business that says your money Is not good enough because you are not this gender race from this state wear these clothes cheer for this team or any other pretty much form of discrimination really shouldn't be in business period. If you don't want my business in April because I live in Toronto or Detroit or the last town in the state of Georgia on i75 before you hit the state line. Then next winter when I want to see a game in February when you have empty seats on a Tuesday night. I WILL NOT buy your tickets. I will not stay in your hotels or dine in your restaurants Tampa I'll wait till Wednesday and go to Miami / Lauderdale and pump my money into their town instead. Isn't the salary cap a direct reflection of the revenue the league as a whole brings in? If Tampa has empty seats in their building because of restricted seat sales every team in the league should be banging on Gary's door asking how is this good for the game our fans our growth.

This team has leafitis right now

If we have another first round disaster as you called it maybe a change wouldn't be such a bad idea. I like Mike a lot but as he has said before sometimes the message gets old and change is needed. He is a smart guy if he thinks he can still deliver the message and the Illich group are going to pay him Im sure everything will fall into place. Remember what it was like when Bowman left? Some people didn't even know who Mike Babcock was. The wings will find another likeable winning guy dont worry.

Guy comes to play in the playoffs. Like the trade or hate it you will be cheering when he puts the puck in the net come playoffs, I bet my shoes on it.

Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained, I like it. At least he is trying to do something... a power play goal here a lucky bounce there then your down by 1 with 2 minutes to go, if they were playing Detroit you know Howard would let one in with 40 seconds to go then your off to OT

When someone gets a tribute night or ahem jersey retired they will be able to put on a pretty cool show with that. Im surprised they didn't flip some images though you know for the people on the other side who watched it all upside down.

Back to the design... I like the gold, in there, I bet the cage would have looked good in gold too maybe a bit distracting though I dont know been a long long time since I put a mask on.

He was actually pretty slick in shootouts. 13, 11 (if he plays), and... 90 (if he dosnt fall apart again)

The Vegas Papageorgios

Marty and Probert on the same team? Wow! Then again my favourite Probert fights were with McSorley.

Lets count the guys we lost... 1 Bowman to Chicago 2 Todd McLellan to San Jose 3 Paul Maclean to Ottawa 4 /5 Steve Yzerman to Tampa Bay and then he took Pat Verbeek with him from GR? 6 Jim Nill to Dallas 7 Bill Peters to Carolina Hurricanes * Nill or Yzerman can't recall who tried to take Ryan Martin with them when they left too if I recall correctly. Anyone I forgot?

What happens if Tom Renny gets hired as the head coach of Florida? Is Jeff Blashill on his way back?... or Does Babcock stand by what he said last year where he is looking for a guy with lots of NHL experience? http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2014/05/report_detroit_red_wings_assis.html

I could see more offence a bit of a sales pitch to the fans. Im sure they have gotten better down there but in a place like Nashville big goals and big hits help sell the game.

bout time

What does he have left on his contract? He could get a new job right away but if he is being paid to stay home he might enjoy the time off and use it to regroup/study the game a little. Older guys tend to do that more than younger guys and hes pretty young for a coach. He would probably get multiple offers if he was let go though.

if he resigns yes if not no

Because we need another forward?

Jimmy D but I really doubt that happens for many reasons which I won't go into now, Im sure there will be a thread to do that in soon.

Better team Won Bottom Line, thought the wings would have won 2 of these games. Very tough year for this team and us fans.

Drama sells I wouldn't be surprised

almost 4 minutes left to do something crazy here that was a real nice corner pick

before all those nonsense penalties were called things were looking up there