Esquire

Stop playing like s***heads Red Wings.

Gonna be one of those nights where the grinders win it for us eh? Atta boy Helmer!

Awesome

By the great beard of Zetterberg it's....GAME DAY!!! Wings - 4 (Pav/Hank/Huds/Kronner) BJs - 1 (some jabronie) GO WINGS GO!!!

Sloptacular

Outstanding job on the GDT! I'll be in my/Bertuzzi's hometown of Sudbury watching this one tonight so I'm going as follows: Wings - 4 (Bert, Mule, Pav, Kronner) Sens - 1 (pffft) WELCOME BACK BOYS!!! GO WINGS GO!!!!

It's actually up to the president of the AHL if Smith can serve his time at the AHL level.

Ilitch on the Wings: 'We're gonna have a new arena' Neat-o!

Welcome to the NFL. Anybody wanna guess if Lombardi deducted the apparent $25,000-a-day off that increase? Unreal.

The Seabrook hit happened March 18th, 2010 which would put his 18 month term ending around September 18th, 2011 (?). That would clear him of that, no? Do non-physical suspensions (ie. his "gesture" to Avery on Oct 11th, 2010) open that window once again?

The bolded part is what should be noted. Sure, Smith could get out from under the 18 month window for "repeat offender" but in no way does this case get ruled out of future decisions. As per Shanny: Wisniewski may not have been under that 18 month window, but that hit still cost him a half a million dollars and 8 regular season games. It may seem insignificant at this point, but from now on, every incident involving Smith is going to be watched. And for a kid so young in his career who is touted as being a physical player, it's going to be a tough road. Also, I'm not 100% sure that the NHL would count time played in the AHL towards their own 18 month window. As I posted earlier, it's up to a review by the AHL president if he wants to uphold any discipline handed to players while at the NHL level.

Link A few years old, but I still think it holds true.

It shouldn't, but then again, I'm not Kenny or Babs. However, here's what Babs had to say: Link

Mark Scheifele stats: 3GP - 3 Goals, 3 Assists

I see Kronner being the Kris Letang of the 2012 season. It took Gonchar leavings Pittsburgh for Letang to shine, and I think a reduction in Lidstrom's ice time will do wonders for Kronner. He looks filthy taking passes in the slot on the fly and going top cheese. Oh, and it's a contract year too.

Where did the team from the first go?

Redemption. Kronner loves those.

Wow. Wake up there Jimmy.

Yup. And I only know that because he's stood out so far, which is great. Also, I don't know if it's just been that I haven't seen hockey in so long, but DAMN we are a pretty quick team.

Do I have to listen to this on Pens radio?

GDT's are BACK! Stay healthy and stay hungry. GO WINGS GO!!!

Here's my tip list: - Bring some good music/good company for the trip. ESPECIALLY the stretch after Woodstock to Windsor. - Stay in Windsor and take the public transit from downtown Windsor to Detroit. I stay at the Days Inn which is pretty cheap and they have transit schedules at the desk. Lots of American kids tend to stay there too, so heads up for that. It's also steps away from the tunnel and bus stop. - Leave at least 1.5hrs early to the game if you stay in Windsor. Buses get packed and the border gets backed up. - Cab/walk up to Hockeytown Cafe. Have the pizza. - Free shuttle from Hockeytown Cafe to JLA.

Is it too much to assume that someone at this thing addressed the plane crash?

Perhaps related, perhaps not. Via Detroit Red Wings on Twitter:

What in the hell does a league do when it loses an entire TEAM!? Unreal.