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How would it help the team if Babcock called the players out when he's interviewed? Feeding the drama-hungry fans isn't part of his job.

? He didn't.

Uh oh. Half of the game played and Radulov's -3 with 7:39 of ice time.

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I missed the interview. I'd like to see a video. If McGuire ever came to interview me I'd like to keep a little distance.

Do you really think that Babcock would try to motivate the team through media? We have no idea how the things are and what is said in the locker room. It seems to me that some fans think this game is some sort of a movie where actors/athletes need to show their emotions directly to the camera/fans in order to create proper amount of drama.

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MLive So the line-up is something like this: Filppula - Zetterberg - Hudler Nyquist - Abdelkader - Cleary Franzén - Helm - Miller Mursak - Emmerton - Holmström Kronwall - White Quincey - Stuart Smith - Janik Macdonald Pearce

Howard's still injured...

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Oh boy. Stefan was the Stars player who missed the open net...

4 wins 1.72 GAA 0.934 SV%

Filppula has now scored 50 points for the first time in his career and he did it in 63 games.

Very good. Holland has made some alrightish moves too. Like building the current team. It's not that Sykora though. There are two Petr Sykoras. This one has played 12 NHL games during his career.

Interesting stuff and great read. I noticed that at least Datsyuk's first contract (2001?) and hiring of Todd Mclellan (2005) are missing.

"Personal reasons" means it's none of our business.

I'd like to know if they are supposed to be nice on-the-ice or off-the-ice. Shane Doan as number three? It has to be off-the-ice.

Also: The 23 player roster limit is in effect only before the trade deadline.

What's this deal about Quincey's poor attitude and him being a problem in the locker room? I'd like to get quotes with names and not gossip and rumours.

I would trade Thomas McCollum and/or Landon Ferraro for Kyle Quincey in a heartbeat. I don't think Kindl will be moved as the team can carry eight defencemen because of the injured forwards. I'm quite sure Holland has no problem in re-signing Quincey so this trade is also about getting ready for the departures of Lidström and Stuart. They might return for next season but will probably be gone in few years anyhow. Wings have now five good young defencemen in White, Quincey, Ericsson, Kindl and Smith.

He's still just 26 and he's an upgrade over Ericsson, Kindl and Commodore. I'd say he's worth of a late first rounder.

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