Russian Houdini

It was great seeing the boys practice. Woke up at 12 PM and just saw on these boards that there was a practice... Went immediately haha. It seems like Maltby and Howard like to kid around.. they were constantly smiling and kidding around. One other moment was when Datsyuk was constantly stickling Abdelkader when the kid was practicing redirects late on. That was hilarious. Cheers to everyone who went... it was sweet to see the "Crvena Krila" in action.

Totally agreed. It seems to me that most of the older generation go back to the KHL. I am curious if they like living here better or in Europe, because if money is not an issue then what else is there? For me it would be the weather, cause I am from Serbia, but that is just me.

Just wanted to weigh in on the game last night. This is my first post on the board.. Been a fan since 1996 when I came to the United States. I live in California and went to both the Anaheim and LA matchups. I as most of you agree with what has been said. I didn't know how to feel after the game. We didn't play that well, but we got two points that was important. I was sitting in section 216 with my brother surrounded by Kings fans. The first period was pretty bad. We couldn't get the puck out of the zone and were merely dumping to change. There wasn't even any forecheck, let alone puck possession. Yet somehow someway we got a goal through Cleary. Man am I glad to see him get back. It was a nice fore check by Helm and Abdelkader. And it was a good fight by Filppula for the rebound to assist Cleary. And all that with 1 second left. The second period was mixed. We had our chances they had theirs. Yes they had 27 shots, but we had 3 1v1 of which one should have been buried. We started off well, but finished poorly. The third period was an utter nightmare. We defended the entire first 15 minutes of it. Howard was on top of his s***, and the defense was doing its share. Puck possession once again was non-existant. And then came the goal, and we were hoping for overtime because I did not see us winning unless we went to a shootout. And then all of a sudden when LA had the momentum Detroit came out of its shell and actually created a couple of chances. Filppula should have done better on the 1v1. And then HELM, like a man possessed came out of nowhere and just took off for the puck. Almost beat Quick to it. And all of a sudden the puck was in the goal and we went insane. We were singing our lungs off. It has to be one of the better nights of my life.. and then we went back home and watched the game again. Howard's performance was something else. I hope this is the turning point of the season. I can only hope this will give us some desire for the Sharks, because at some point I just wanted the win for Jimmy who was performing out of his skin. AJMO WINGSI!!!!!!!