Aznknight

Thanks. Now Kenny's gonna see this and add it to his list of players he won't take

Red Wings Ken Holland asked to summarize all the quotes he provided for the last couple of days: 'We like our team'

I'll believe it when I see it. Kenny is all talk right now

Boston has a Vezina nominee (probably winner) goalie. A Hart, Selke nominee (probably winner) two way forward in Bergeron. A stacked team. We have an injured goalie, captain, young team and a Franzen. We were not going to win this series.

How unlucky of us to get an injury at this time of the year

The team is just not good enough. Alfie not in Big E not in Weiss could have been atleast a small factor is not in They played really well but will not last a series against a team like Boston. The wings is still built for the West. Thet may have been up in the series if they were in the West. Franzen needs to go. I get sooooooo frustrated watching him. It's like he's playing a preseason game. He has no backcheck and he gives the puck away too much.

Lidstrom. He quit when he could have played for 50 more years.

We need tootoo in. Helm-Glendenning-Tootoo Will be the new Grindline

Boston is a stacked team. The wings are full of kids. Last year our youth and inexperience showed in 7 games. Boston is not taking any chances with us and it showed. Plain and simple we lose this series barring a sudden drop on Boston's enthusiasm in winning a cup and Franzen suddenly waking up.

Terrible team. Zetterberg coming back couldn't come faster

I wish I could say it's Boston outplaying us but it's us being cute and just not playing properly. This team needs a power forward to trade for franzen. He's big and fkin useless

We stole home ice. Good enough. It's either 1-1 or 2-0 after tonight. We lost but really it's tied. We're underdogs and any goal and game for this Griffins team is already a win. Today was a wash so I hope the kids learn from it and stick to their plan. i'll say it again. Wings will stand a chance in winning the series if all three are met: -howard stands on his head -datsyuk plays like datsyuk -the team sticks to babcock's plan...which is designed for 1-1 skill games, not 4-1 face wash, after the whistle action fest

The Bruins are pretty good today against the Griffins.

I say bruins score the first 2 goals. Wings then tie it and ot is up for grabs.

If Datsyuk plays like Datsyuk and the supporting cast sticks to the plan and Jimmy stands on his head then the wings will stand a chance. If even one of those variables is not met then the wings lose plain and simple. Sweep or 7, it don't matter.

Gus suddenly not scoring after his scorching hot streak looks bad on paper, but is actually a great thing. The Wings have always played a team first system. Bowman implemented this in the 90's and we haven't looked back. Remember the grind line? They scored TIMELY goals not hattricks. This is why when you track other players' who have been traded away by the wings they only go one of two ways; the players either become the team's best player or are never heard from again. When they become that very rare occurrence of being productive and flying under the radar, Holland trades for them back. Going back to Gus' situation, he's a goal scorer/game changer but he's in a team/defense first mentality. When Dats returned, he and his linemates were given a different role. Their line was to cycle the puck and push through the defense so Dats and his line could score. Yes Gus should be on that line to score. However, the post season is upon them and they need to start playing as a unit on a system designed to win 2-1 games. Gus has not lost his touch and his line will be a game breaker come playoff time. How if nobody there is scoring? By attracting enough attention to the point of the team shuffling their lines before every game to match up. This creates chemistry problems. In a game where every inch on the ice matters, this is very significant. In short, Gus is not scoring because he was given a different role and is matched to play against scoring lines.

Hart Memorial Trophy definition: Player judged most valuable to his team. I think he should be in the ballot by that definition.

Gudas makes me miss Vlad....damn we need a player like him.

Gudas makes me miss Vlad....damn we need a player like him.

Who is this Darren Helm and why isn't he receing speeding tickets

It's funny cuz the BJ's won't even make the playoffs

Who is Franzen and why is earning $5 million a year

Who's Gustav Nyquist and why is he scoring all our goals

We were never in it. Atleast we got a point and everyone else lost. I'll take what we can get with what we have.

Im so proud of this group. They pull through no matter what.