DatsyukianDekes

Who cares? Howard isn't in the lineup either, he makes more.

Exactly. I mean they scratch Fowler as well to play Wiz, they are just that deep.

Nyquist wtf...

Is Howard playing in net for them ?

Imploding because we are making stupid plays.

Helm... get the ******* puck to Datsyuk and Zetterberg. God we need Abby back on that line.

Do we even have a shot yet ?

That changes everything and I highly doubt that will ever happen. Besides there are better ways to increase scoring in the league. Start with the goalies.

Thought Smith was playing for Montreal for a second.

Ironically it's on par with your "Tatar and Nyquist are 3rd line grinders" posts. True story. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can you provide some stats that he gets the most offensive starts? Would be interesting to see if that is true and measure up to every other dman. Again, pointing out he's our lowest scoring dman is pointless. Put him on the PP and he will score, that's his game - offense. Jake Gardiner is the exact same type of player yet he's used incorrectly. Lots of points come from man advantage if you take away nyquist PP points and his numbers are not top 6 worthy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't even remember that at all and I watched most of the Wings games this season. The only PP time he got was when the game was out of reach and he had a couple points on the PP during that time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How do we know when he's not given the chance? When he played with Kronwall he has looked pretty decent, albeit small sample size but to say there is no upside is not true. He's not a defensive minded guy, he's more offense driven. As I said earlier, we are not playing him to his strengths, he should have absolutely been given a chance on the PP this year.

Maybe he can play with Nyquist and Tatar the 4th line grinders...

I am impartial to Smith and don't really care if he's on the team next year or not. However, I don't think he's been given the proper chance to succeed, Babcock is giving him the Weiss treatment and not playing him to his strengths. No point in pointing out his offensive stats when he doesn't get any PP time.

That's no excuse. He should of grown up by now. Sheahan did.

Didn't he work with the GM in Anaheim ?

That's a joke. The GM gives him a horrible roster, they basically tank the entire season on purpose. Then when they finish last, they fire him? wtf???

Not saying that. I think it's ridiculous he made that declaration and then only a month and a half into the season declare this as the best team since 2009. Why not wait until, I don't know.. April ? Pretty bold statement otherwise and people will bring that up as multiple users have already.

Meh, we'll see. Ducks aren't that good imo. They allow way too many goals, and there goalies aren't that great. Similar to the problems they had when Detroit beat them 2 years ago.

Winnipeg is gonna upset the ducks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Presented to you by Belle Tire, the doom and gloom post of the week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Eva and Mindfly in the same thread = mind blown Crymson resides on hf arguing with everyone over there now.

Yep cannot forget them. They have done an awesome job of helping develop the players that come through.

That's what happens when you make the playoffs 24 years straight, you don't always have sure things. Kenny has done an amazing job building and retooling this team. Others might disagree because they are spoiled and don't get the new shiny toy every year like we used to get. Holland and the scouts are the reason this team is still relevant.