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C'mon boys, let's have one of those power 2nd periods.

Just watched the replay on the no goal at the end of 2nd period. What do you think Sedin and Lidstrom were yacking about while waiting for the official call ... where's a good place for Swedish meatballs in Detroit other than IKEA?

That was awesome ... I HATE Lapierre

Great job ... Jimmy 1st star with shutout to match Conk!

C'mon, let's seal this one with an EN.

There it is.

Watch out, there will be some equilizer penalties coming up against us.

Thanks ref for giving our PP another chance to score.

Oh ya :!:

Abby's got history on Schneid's - Mich vs. Boston College

Great 1st period by Howie ... can't let Conk show him up . Hope they bring out the best in each other.

Actually, I was hoping belly-flopping Luongo (GAA 3.89) would be in net which would mean at least 4 goals for us but too bad it is Schneider.

They were scarily right last year ... all the way correct through playoffs until Boston beat Vancouver. http://www.ea.com/nhl/blog/nhl-12-season-simulation In short ... Pittsburgh over Chicago for the SCF but interesting placement in playoff predictions. Thanks EA, way to ruin the suspense and drama of a multi-billion dollar season

Picking the winner of a series (when given who the two teams are) is a 50/50 proposition. Picking who wins the Stanley Cup (2010), President's Trophy winner, or the finalists of a SCF is a total different statistical exercise. If you don't know the difference, you are the primate or Neanderthal.

Of course this is all fun and I'm sure you can pick apart any specific player rating for this or that. BUT does anyone else still not find it amazing that they are so accurate? If you check ESPN's or TSN's so called experts/commentators during the playoffs last year, they might have got 3/4 right and they'd be considered pretty damn good. EA outperforms any human commentator. Don't forget, many of those so called 'experts' get to pick at the beginning of the playoffs ie. knowing which 16 teams are in and after watching them play all season and knowing the latest injuries. I'm sure the geeks at EA plug in every conceivable factor into their computer simulation and run this umpteen times to get these avg or weighted results. I for one am impressed. Here is their track record (listed at the beginning of the EA prediction page): * Chicago Blackhawks would be the 2010 Stanley Cup Champions as they took home the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1961 * Vancouver Canucks would win the Presidents’ Trophy in the 2010-2011 NHL season * Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins would meet in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals * 2011 NHL Playoffs would be a year of tight series, correctly selecting 13 of the 15 playoff series and those that it selected incorrectly both came down to Game 7s.

Now I'm glad we didn't go after the Wiz. He's a bit of a loose canon and liability.

Uh oh ... Howie is not doing so well in both of his preseason outing.

With those guys looking out for your back ... literally, you'll have a great year Howie. Classy gesture.

Sad sad day for the Wings family, NHL, and KHL. Reminds you that life is fragile and that everyday is a gift.

Why a full fledge press conference for some (Rafalski, Draper) and only a telephone conference for others (Ozzie)? Was it Ozzie's wish?

Maybe Ozzie realized that his injury was more difficult to come back from than he originally thought. I was nervous about him coming back if it was going to be the same story as the previous 2 years, namely, inconsistent #2. If he retires and takes on a role with new goalies, that's the best and classiest move for all.

I'd be really ecstatic if we had a Russian duo of Datsyuk and Semin ... we'd be pretty unstoppable on offense. Go for it Kenny.

Not sure if I want to relive this saga again. Don't get me wrong, I love Ozzie and think the world of him but I think his time is up. I remember it being very painful when our 1-2-3 was Howie, Ozzie, MacDonald . Babcock had absolutely no confidence in Ozzie cuz he would be scored on in the first 3 minutes and the team would play tentative and play catch up hockey. So Babcock overplayed Howard and tired him out. We need a backup that can get us about 20 starts and about 12-15 wins ...

Um ... have you been on a remote island for the past 2 weeks? Old news pal.

Between Ozzie and Conklin, they are about the same statistically so why not just take Ozzie for the sentimenal factor? Back him up with J Mac just like last year. As long as we get a good Dman, we'll be fine.