MotorCityMadness

Not to burst your bubble, but Cleary is no longer an effective player. He's too slow, too weak on his skates, can't keep up with the play and can't win a battle to save his life. At some point the team needs to move on and put the best team out there to compete and have a chance to win on a nightly basis. This is something that Holland and Babcock need to realize and change before it becomes a problem. If it means sending the dead weight to Grand Rapids so be it because I want a team that is going to have the best chance to win every night and not a team whose playing veterans because they contributed something 5 years ago and there trying to sugarcoat it so that they don't embarrass them because a young player has clearly moved ahead of them.

He will play at some point...Sooner would be better given the uselessness of Cleary, Sammy and to a certain extent Franzen, but since Babcock needs to coddle the dead weight and make sure they have there milk and cookie snack it's going to be a while

Of course that happens

They need to really revisit the criteria for goaltender interference

Pasha!!! What a goal!!!

Abby's gotta one time that puck...extra stick handle costs him a goal

Almquist!!! Congrats kid!!!

Bert!!!

Soft call

Sadly I didn't think they could count that high in Winnipeg

Piss poor effort tonight...

Keep leaving Jimmy out to dry guys

DeKeyser!!! Congrats kid!

Bert!!! EDIT: Zata!!!

Only positive thing is that's probably Winnipeg's big push and only being down a goal certainly is not the worst case scenario

Ok good win even if it was a little hairy at the end!

Tatar Tots!!!

Alfie!!!

Should have had matching minors there...

It's amazing that we have defenseman that still make pee wee mistakes

The Cubs have a similar policy at Wrigley Field...All thanks to John McDonough who was the Cubs president for 20+ yrs and has been in the same position with the hockey team since 2007.

Alfie!!!

Miller Time!!!

Several things: 1) Our passing ability has really gone down the tube since 2009 2) The inability to quickly turn a neutral zone turnover into an odd man rush the other way 3) Way to many shots from the perimeter 4) When in a good shooting position, the tendency is to make an extra pass or having to make an extra stick handle instead of releasing a good, hard and quick shot 5) Way to many players who do not put their shoulder down and go hard nose to the net and at worse can draw a penalty against a player who has been beaten 6) Way to much line juggling and several players who seemingly make it a 5 on 4 on the ice when they are out there 7) The lack of someone who is selfish and will shoot every chance they get (you could argue a pure goal scorer here) 8) The power play has become very stagnant and not enough moving parts...need to simplify it and just have someone bombing away from the middle on the back end 9) Way to many times do we give the puck away to easily in the D zone causing more energy to be spent trying to retrieve the puck 10) Lack of a killer instinct when the opponent has had most of its life taken out of them...one example was the game against Chicago last season when they had the lead and then took a boneheaded penalty with 2 mins to go and lost in a shootout 2-1 Rant over

Never been happier for a game to end