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Let's see what the Wings are made of. If they come out playing hard, we will know they turned a corner in L.A. and that the great play was not a fluke. They can do this!!

not really. They played well for 10 minutes and then started handing the puck over to the Sharks. Too bad.

thanks for the GDT, Mikey! The sharkie has a broken stick, that is a penalty... let's go, Wings - power play!! I expect the same Wings tonight, and the same stellar goaltending as we saw in the L.A. game. I believe! Our Wings have turned the corner, it's a brand new year... let's go, boys!! We love you!!

First NHL shut out for Coreau!!! Wings win -- and I could not be more proud of them. I just knew this was the game they would turn it all around. Sooo happy!! LGRW!!!

Tonight is Gus Gus' 300th NHL game. He has not scored in the last 299 games (or maybe it just seems that way).

the mule lightsaber is a classic

AA and Vanek must be line-bros forever.

I assume that was the Kings officials' attempt to help them tie it. Too bad. Coreau happens.

yes, they can TOO score!!! Nielsen!!!!

We have to watch. Have to. I will be sorry when the alarm goes off and I've had only a couple of hours of sleep... but it's Friday, and I can sleep a little extra on Saturday. I will never abandon them... the Wings don't want to lose... they just have to figure this out. LGRW!!

Here is hoping (always) that this the game they turn everything around and play Red Wings Hockey. They might! It could happen! I will watch obsessively, as usual, and hope to see them all smiling and confident. LGRW!!!

Ducks have yet to win a game against the Wings where they didn't have at least one illegal goal or idiotic call against us. This is nothing new.

You mean Dom did not pass on his super powers to Petr? I am sure he meant to...

Dominik could still play, I have no doubt at all. But he's really done this time, having too much fun doing other stuff in CZ. I don't see Jimmy as untouchable, he's smart and knows this is just business. Here's an issue I see with trading Jimmy this year, however. I can't see dumping Mrazek, but he strikes me as too inexperienced and emotionally "young." He can't handle the not-so-good team effort in front of him. That is expecting too much, I think. He might share a homeland, but Petr is no Dominik Hasek. He needs a solid number one in front of him to deflect the heat and pressure. Legace played very well, with Dom to hide behind -- often happens with backups, when there is an elite goaltender as the top dog. They don't always fare so well when they are in the hot seat. I am not dissing Mrazek, I love the kid. If you know me at all, the prospect of having another career, crazy CZ-goalie to love is almost more than I can stand. But he isn't there yet. That said, I love Coreau. He's a good, BIG, solid goalie -- and he's the victim of the team in front of him, just as the other 'tenders have been. Jimmy has an unfortunate tendency to get hurt seriously, when he's on a great run, statistically. That aspect of his career will be his legacy (no pun intended), I am sorry to say. Love me some Jimmeh, but it's probably not in the cards that he retires a Wing. Z must retire a Wing, however.

this will never happen in Gary Bettman's league.

It is NBC's fault (not the kid's) but if they keep this up, I could come to hate AUSTIN MATTHEWS the same way I hate Crosby, Mantha and Larkin are as good, but they are Wings... so...

I meant because we would lose even more without Coreau, but yeah

Neither can Coreau....

they're working hard to find a reason to disallow it... because... Wings. edit: it counted. OT time... shocked!

All the cute little kid Wings fans were scared off by JR

Sorry to say, the Wings just quit playing and left Coreau out there to die alone. They seriously should be ashamed and refuse their salaries until they play to win a game.

Feel bad for Coreau... this is not his fault. Just the opposite, if anything. We can only score one per game, it seems.

that's not good....

Poor Austin Matthews... they've said his name 4,000 times so far this NBC broadcast... sidneycrosbysidneycrosbysidneycrosby...

JR is creepy, and of course they won't show any Wings fans there...