The Mule

From an offensive standpoint, Maltby is absolutely terrible.

The goal has been changed to Holmstrom, but I find it a bit odd that TSN didn't even speculate about it being deflected.

Babcock had better wake them up before the second period.

Please let Rafalski be alright.

Samuelsson makes some terrible, terrible plays with the puck.

Well, that tie game didn't last long.

Wait, did Homer deflect that puck? TSN hasn't said anything about it.

GOOAAAALLL!! Datsyuk scores.

Good shift. Time for the power play.

Bad bounce. Canucks take the lead. The Wings need to wake up.

The Wings look a bit sloppy so far.

The Canucks keep going offside, but they have come out flying.

Nice to the Wings are honoring DelVecchio tonight.

It's just about time for the puck drop.

Wrong. If you are implying the Red Wings aren't training properly, you are horribly misguided.

For real. Horrible post.

Try being optimistic for a change. You'll find it's quite nice.

Less than three hours until game time.

It's a shame we have to play without Z this early in the season, but I still predict a Wings victory tonight. 3-0 Detroit. Goals from Hossa, Datsyuk, and Filppula. Ozzie with the shutout. Also, glad to see this game is on TSN. It's my favorite sports network by a longshot.

None of those look even remotely appealing. If the Red Wings are going to use a third jersey, it better be the white ones with the red stripes that just say Detroit on them. Third jerseys are a bit pointless, unless you're using a retro design, in which case they're quite nice.

He said he's doing better, not that he'll have a better season than any of those players. I've got to hand it to him. Brunnstrom had a hell of a debut tonight.

Don't get me wrong, Osgood is a very good goaltender, but there's much better out there. Ozzie has always played behind a great Detroit team, except for when he was in New York and St. Louis, at which point his stats were average at best.

Please don't let Hank miss any time. We need him to gel with his linemates.

Three categories is the easiest way to evenly divide the 30 goaltenders, which is why I chose that route. Remember, I said the goalies I listed in each tier were in no particular order, meaning the top two goaltenders in the first tier (Brodeur and Luongo) are not equivalent to the 9th and 10th goalies. If you'd like, I could go back and number the three tiers to make it clear who I feel is stronger than who. But as for your opinion, we will have to agree to disagree. If you ask me, Turco and Backstrom are much, much better goalies than either Leclaire or Bryzgalov. The latter are good, sure, but Turco and Backstrom have shown that they can be great.

I love the new site. It looks much cleaner than the old page, which was far too cluttered. As for the video player, it works fine for me. I don't experience any of those problems.