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We contend for the same thing lately...

Also, Dekeyser was so far out of position, it caused Miller to have to swing down to cover the front of the net and he ended up leaving his point man wide open. Then Dekeyser screened the goalie. #Dekeyser

I really love seeing all the "We need the kids to play. We need to be faster." Oh yeah? Who do you think has played the last two years? How'd that work out for us? "Youth and enthusiasm will only take you so far." - Brett Hull (Hockeytown 3) We need to teach these guys to play. Why is Datsyuk so much better? Oh, I don't know. Scotty. Shanahan. Yzerman. Federov. They were at the tail end of their careers... No one probably remembers this but in 2002 Datsyuk missed an assignment against Colorado. They scored. He never saw the ice the rest of the game. Now I know a lot of you are just begging to see the Detroit Griffins, but newsflash, the NHL isn't the AHL. How'd Pulk look when he came up? And is Mantha just lights out right now in the minors? Give me a break. Think about what you're saying. Someone else wrote on here, "No free agent is guaranteed." That logic applies to prospects, too. i.e. Everyone who was drafted before Datsyuk who is probably not as good. We need to try and win a Cup every single year. That's the goal. If you're not about that, then move to Nashville. They make the playoffs a lot. Whoop-dy Freaking Doo.

We are plenty young! We need reliable NHL talent.

I'd like to see the Wings use these "great" prospects that they supposedly have to get some real men that know the NHL and are guaranteed to play well for us.

Then let's stop losing in the first round.

22? Do you even know how many teams make the playoffs and are in the NHL?

Should we go after Soderberg?

Completely agree on Todd McLellan. Bring Blashill up as an assistant. Continue to groom him. I guess I think of Holland as the main person to bring in talent. When he isn't. I blame him. That's how black and white I look at it though. This is probably one of his biggest off seasons. He needs to better prepare for Pasha and Z's departures. He really didn't with Lids or Rafalski. Years prior to their retirements, he could've been planning. Granted Kronwall and E never materialized into absolute greats, but again, isn't it his job to foresee some of that stuff? I don't know, maybe I just don't understand his role. The same way I blame the Lions for years of not getting the right players, I blame other teams. If he goes out and gets value for Howard, that would be a step in the right direction. I don't think you can have 6 million tied up in two #1 starting goalies.

Well one Pittsburgh made the playoffs. And two, be honest with yourself. Who is closer to winning the next Cup? LA, BOS or DET? I think they will both win again before us. Also, they've been better than us since '08. We've lost in the first round 3 of the last 4 years. Who do you blame for that then? No one? Do you not care? Are you okay with the results of this team? I don't think you can count 1997, 1998, or 2002. There was no salary cap. Let's be objective about this. Since the Cap he has one Cup. And a lot of early playoff exits. That's the truth. And most of the early exits are the most recent ones. We aren't heading in the right direction as far as I can tell. And also, why is making the playoffs the gold standard in Hockeytown now? When did that happen? Who is our Parise?

Hmm I'd like to look that up but you might be right. I think we have failed miserably at free agency though, too. So it's not just low picks. Though I see your point.

3 out of the last 4 seasons have ended in the first round. Holland is the person who puts these teams together. Does he deserve no blame? Or does he only get recognition when things go well?

Todd M. Blashill. Granato.

But at least we made the playoffs with those kids right? I love first round exits!!!

Just need to stick to a tight game plan. Don't have to win by a lot, just by one. Stay smart in our own zone and capitalize when we are giving chances. We will prevail. With Kronwall and Zidlicky out, I'm still confident. They will do it for them. DET 4 TB 2 Goal scorers for TB - Tyler Johnson and Hedman Goal scorers for DET - Pavel Datsyuk (2), Henrick Zetterberg and Jakub Kindl (ENG)

Any word on who is dressing?

Let's get it on paper. What do you really think is going to happen. Personally, I flew down for Game 5 and didn't find the arena to be too intimidating. Plus I like trends. Sticking with every other. Wings 5 Lightning 1

Yeah I saw that haha. I'm towards the bottom. Lots of back and forth. MattyBenj is my account there.

Going at it with him hahahaha

I'm going off on Twitter. I have 4 followers. It's all happening.

How do I embed that into a tweet? I want to tweet to the NHL. Help! Or tweet and I'll retweet. Help!

This might be the most interesting post so far. Good take, man. I don't know if it's true because of obvious speculation, but man, would that be nice to have those two.

I share us in winning, though I think the heat is on us. Since we had the series lead. Why do you have it the other way?

Oh come on Rick. You talk about hockey - you know the game - give us some real thoughts, please.