brandon27

True, and I agree. At some point though, you do have to see what you have in Smith. So, im glad to see he's up. At the same time though... we've seen Kindl is lacking.. Erricson isnt that great either, not bad, but not great... the losses of Stuart, Rafalski, and now Lidstrom just havent been filled well enough. It's going to hurt. Personally, I think we just have to many holes to fill. We had an elite team, its getting old. It's time to see what we have in the AHL, and see how that translates to the NHL. Nevermind guys like cleary, samuelsson, bertuzzi at the end of their careers. It's time to see what Nyquist, Tatar, Brunnstrom, Brunner (I know he's up now), have... its time to see what theyve got, its time to..... dare I say it... rebuild. Sad thing is... we dont have the talent at D to go along with this rebuild. We do at forward... but not at D. Sadly though too... we dont have enough young prospects at forward, to trade away to help re-stock the D. Its going to be a long year I think. I dont see a quick and easy fix here.

Great job by Jimmy to at least keep us in the damn game. the defense sucked, the PK sucked, the forecheck sucked, the offense sucked...basically everything by howard sucked out there that period... we're clearly either not ready to play, or not good enough to play good teams. I know its early, and im trying not to over react... but that was beyond pathetic.

Come on ... that wasnt a dive.. that was interference all the god damn way. accept it, this team is getting out played, they know it, that was a play made out of total desperation by our hapless D.

Wow, our defense sucks. Just completely sucks. Another Blues PP.. here comes 3-0.

Back injury if i remember correctly.

Wow... shots on goal.. 17-2... unreal... talk about domination... talk about pathetic effort.

Lol... hold on cleary... This is another guy that needs to go.

Wow... not even an even strength shot on goal tonight yet. That's pathetic.

Jimmy's been hung out to dry tonight twice already... yet the haters will continue to say he doesnt belong in net.. This has been a pathetic effort so far by the Wings. If this is what's in store for the next 47... I want the lockout back.

Told ya's... PK means. goal opposition with this team tonight... Down 2-0. yikes... Can we go back to the lockout?

onto the PK here... pretty sure by the looks of things so far, we're about to be down 2...

Another pathetic powerplay... yikes. Wheres the energy?!?!

id trade him. He's looked pathetic. I know its late, after a lockout... but Im not expecting much from him regardless...

Im about to hang myself having to listen to this ****** darren pang... ugh. Shocking coliacovo would get hurt. Walking injury report there.

Amazing that we actualy traded for Quincey... jeez... Damn Lidstrom for not wanting to come out of retirement.

how the hell is tarasenko all alone... ugh... unreal.

that was quite the pathetic powerplay.

I think franzen has spent more time on the ice, than on his feet in this game already... jeez... we look pretty lazy out there so far.

Nice job by Smith there. Wings to the PP early!

lol so true! As a wings fan, with all we've accomplished... its pretty hilarious to watch them celebrate a few rather meaningless awards. Annoying and frustrating too though, I JUST WANT HOCKEY!!

Im stuck with the blues broadcast... because they won the division last year... GM of th eyear, and Coach of the year... theyre treating this damn thing like they won the stanley cup.. haha jeez...

Go Wings Go!!! Lets get this "season" started with a win!

Then I guess I better get on the phone and get working on the NHL/Wings/Ticketmaster at getting my money back.

I just want my money back. Although, judging by their FAQ, we're going to burn for the service fees etc. At this point, I'm so irritated with the NHL, the players, and the owners that I don't want to contribute another dime to their HRR they are bickering about. Screw them all. If the game does end up going on, I'll probably sell them. Again, at this point, missing this much of the season already, it wont be the same, and in my opinion, none of these guys deserve my cash.

Which sucks, because IMO ticket prices for junior hockey are already pretty expensive for what it is.