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Let's hope it continues tomorrow as well considering I'll be at the game. Looking for a dominate Wings win tomorrow night.

Its definitely not boring, but I still hate it. Its completely arbitrary. We would all be signing a different tune if Abby had missed on his breakaway and they had score on the 3 on 1. Which just as easily could have happened. That's why I hate it. There's no team skill involved. Its just another gimmick. We traded a controlled shootout, in which the other team always has a chance to answer, for a two on one competition which is over after the first goal. Sure its exciting, but its still bogus hockey.

Eminem, Big Sean, and Royce. All three from Detroit.

What? So the league doesn't have a Red Wings bias? This is huge!

So I take it the refs don't have it out for us when calls go our way eh?

Weiss had 9 goals and 25 points last season on the third and fourth line last year. I'd be thrilled with that kind of production out of Jurco right now.

Pulk, Helm, and Datsyuk out chanced Buffalo 10-0 after they were put together last game. That's why Richards is starting on the fourth line. Expect big things from the datsuk like tonight.

We lost a stinker to Boston early and then blew a third period lead the other night. They hardly outplayed us in the most recent game. I'm not worried about the tough teams, especially if our offense keeps improving.

We play bad against rough teams? Like St. Louis and Los Angeles rough? Or rougher?

Our defense is good, for all those not paying attention. The only way I change it is if I'm getting a legit top four guy to pair with Dekeyser. And only if that guys name is Dustin Byfuglien

Imagine your response if you were being kind of a prick at work and instead of reporting you to human resourses one of your coworkers just threw some of your personal effects into the toilet or something. Now imagine that same scenario if your coworker looked like Dustin Byfuglien. How do your reactions differ? Dude is such a boss.

We are not a perfect team, but we are a better team than people give us credit for and we are trending in the right direction. We are getting more goals, shots, greater possession, etc. Our power play seems unsustainably bad and should contribute regularly before long. We need more offense from Datsuks line, and more scoring from the defense. We also need to figure out player usage because it seems that part of our difficulty holding leads stems from over reliance on shutdown guys who aren't cutting it. If I were blash I might go to our better possession lines late in games rather than the fourth line. Maybe use the current lines for two periods and then go to some new, possession oriented lines later in the game if we have a lead. Maybe Pav, helm Tatar, and zetterberg , Larkin, Abby.

I also thought the game was more lopsided than the score indicated. The only thing that really annoyed me was Blashill changing the lines after we dominated them for two periods. Hank had a dumb giveaway on the first goal, 99 times out of 100 he doesn't do that. We gave up 2 power play goals, which we almost never do, on a series of dumb penalties. The only goal I didn't like was the fourth, which involved our 4th line getting hemmed into the d-zone. I'll consider any game in which we get 4 goals, 40+ shots, and 2 points a success.

We had 3 goals and 30 shots through two periods. Coming around offensively. Which is nice to see.

Aha, thanks for the correction. I don't know why I though he was a little guy.

You're going down Jimbo, count on it.

Internet streaming takes away revenue, not adds to it. Hence why its illegal. You don't really believe that revenue increases are the result of internet piracy do you?

Who are the Red Wings? A team that's sitting comfortably in playoff position and one who is now consistently playing well, and often beating, some of the better teams in the league. Yep, that's us. Seems like there's considerable effort being made to make this team out like its worse than it really is. Look around guys and gals. We are a good team. And the best part? We aren't even as good as we are going to be in a month or two.

Remember that time he blocked a shot with his face though? That was badass. Remember that time he blocked a shot with his face though? That was badass.

Are you trying to explain cognitive dissonance to Frank? Lol.

Look on the bright side, at least we've still got Pierre Turgeons kid. We are still covered if we decide we need an undersized, tweener, center who is living of his last name's legacy.

Am I the only one that's pretty much fine with how we develop, and bring along, talent?

Are there GMs out there who don't put players on waivers?

Gets blamed for "all that's wrong with the team"? Lol. No he doesn't.