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Would you have rather he turtled? I'm not sure he had much of a chance to decline. Further, he got a whistle with the Sharks pressuring in the Wings' zone, and took a top-6 player off the ice for 5min.

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Look at Clowe's fight card. Abby shouldn't be fighting half the people Clowe has fought. Abby faired better than I would have predicted. As usual, the other team goes after someone under their weight class on the Wings.

Abby stands tall against a LHW in Clowe.

Helm!

High stick?

Miller!

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You can watch online on NBC's website.

Ken's voice a little shot today?

They are playing the Pens start for everyone until the 1240 Wings start time.

It has been great. I didn't know they were starting early, so I've only caught the last ~20min.

Commie out again?

Dats!

Nice to see Stuart clearing the crease.

Mule!

From MLive

I agree with that point. It may be because they want Flip to stay focused offensively. I wouldn't be surprised to see Miller up for a few shifts too.

Because Babcock likely wants that line to have some size. With the exception of the second line recently, he usually has at least one bigger body on each line for corner work, screening the goalie, etc. It also takes time to get acclimated to the NHL- especially defensively. If Cleary and Homer played with the first and second lines well, I don't see why Abby cannot. Having physical, defensively sound players to compliment skilled players on the top lines can be very useful. Tatar will have to earn his ice time, just like all Wings have done. Remember, Flip was a third line player until recently.

Professional hockey teams need a lot more than attendance to be successful. Corporate sponsors, tv contracts, etc. Are needed. See this thread- http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=1027785

I agree with you that there should not be expansion, but do you honestly believe that Saskatoon can support an NHL team? Saskatoon and Regina combined don't have .5 million people (I am taking the city stats). They could likely fill an NHL arena, but the corporate support wouldn't be enough.

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Huds!

Emmerton with a great hit.

He had a few good hits his last shift.