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Ozzie will be the starter next season, and deservedly so. Kenny, make him an offer he can't refuse - as if he would. Ozzie loves Detroit.

Euro-problem, dollar problem, "loonie"-problem. It might boil down to economics, no matter what the currency. ldf250, your link/story made me very sad. But I am not surprised, I guess. Everything is being affected by money crunch (the markets took another huge hit today) and people just can't afford to pay and play anymore like they used to. At least I know that's the case for me. I've had to give up my passion for travel, it's just unaffordable now. I love all our Swedes (even Lilja, hah!) and everyone else on the team. I adored Stevie Y and Shanny and all the Russians, but they are not why I watched the Wings. If anything, people should be turning to the Wings just to see Zata and Datsyuk work their magic.

Were you aware that Hasek plays for the Red Wings? We get that you don't like him, but it's not necessary to jump in and deny him credit for coming back from injury and a tough start.

nor have I.

Three Stars (NHL) 1. Flip 2. Ozzie 3. Ellis (Dan) Both goalies were the best players on the ice, IMO.

ooh, I like House, too. I love your little skating Santa avatar, FRW. Hope the Wings can come back and regain momentum. The Preds ain't gonna go away tonight.

son of a dammit. I HATE last minute goals at the end of the period (unless we're scoring them, of course). Shortie for the smully Preds.

I suggest they rename the Sommet Center after Ozzie. He owns it, and its skating inhabitants, after all.

very recently, I want to say sometime over this summer it became the Sommet Center.

doesn't it seem like Nashville has had more than 14 SOG? Lots of shots blocked, I guess. Dangit, I thought Mule was gonna get one.

Preds picking up steam. Ozzie's the reason there's no score for the Preds right now. They're not giving up easy, though.

Preds announcer says "Detroy-it" Gelinas just missed. And the Preds head to the box.

atta boy, Ozzie... he's after another assist tonight.

Glad he had that helmet on, for sure. He's OK.

Bleah... I forgot how sickening these FSN South announcers are. Ack. Lovely goal by Kopay!!

Sammy... big chance for the Preds on a takeaway. Ozzie got it.

did he forget to pack his hair spray?

Mason is sick, so we have Dan Ellis in goal for Preds. This is basically his first year in the NHL, but he's done OK for himself this season (6-1, 2.25 GAA, .919 %). No SOG for Ozzie yet.

wow, that was just excellent! I love the music and the timing on the clips -- you did a great job. Pavel Datsyuk is the stuff NHL goalies' nightmares are made of. He's amazing. This is highlight reel #1 of thousands which will feature Hasek's move on Gaborik, I predict.

Excellent job, Mickey! Can't wait to watch Ozzie embarrass various Predlies. GO, WINGS!!!!!

I thought so, too, HC. I went over to nhl.com to look earlier today, and my boss interrupted me.

You saw that, too? Sharp eyes, my man. My heart stopped for a beat when I saw that, it was just as they went off on a TV break. He was right back out there when play resumed, so I forgot about it. But I saw the same thing you did. Hopefully, it was just shaking off a little twinge. Like you, I don't want to borrow any trouble. Glad this was a false alarm with Cheli traveling on back to backs. *knocking on wood, tossing salt over my shoulder, whatever it takes to ward off bad juju where Nick is concerned.*

Same line of thought, Hejduk and Kopitar were just doing their jobs, too. Dom's made a vast improvement in the last week, compared to his earlier games when he was injured or whatever was going on with him, so I guess they decided to give him some props.

Cheli can handle it. Does everyone else live in fear of something happening to Lidstrom? I know I do...

I say that all the time, and It could be someone actually took it into consideration for a change. Degree of difficulty is usually not considered by those who are impressed with numbers of shots rather than difficulty/importance of the saves. Good for Dom. link Hasek, returning to the Detroit crease after missing four games with a sore hip, won three consecutive starts and posted a 1.00 goals-against average and .942 save percentage. The 42-year-old Czech also had a shutout, the 77th of his career, to move past Tony Esposito and Ed Belfour into sole possession of eighth place on the all-time list.