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I CAN'T ******* BELIEVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What...what...what?!?!?! Glendening?

Scratch that guy eh Josuff?

That's a pretty chincy call. We got a favor there. Need to capitalize on this.

Kudos for the Pens announcers saying that was a good call.

Don't worry everyone, Franzen's about to go off in the third. Calling it. Season changing period right here, and Franzen's going to be the catalyst.

Yeah you can pretty much blame a handful of stupid penalties for this one. Nothing Howard could do. The Tatar and Ferraro penalties were brutal.

Jesus ******* Christ. Who's fault is it when you blow like 2,000 two goal leads with various different lineups? Does even a little of that come back on the coach?

Smith and Kronwall played literally one shift in the first period together. You're seeing what you want to.

Am I the only one who hates watching games full of penalties? Let them play for f***'s sake.

Does he have to have more than one goal to officially be "loose", or how does that work? I need an official ruling.

Nothing brings folks together more than unyielding hatred. You're a lucky man.

If the shoe fits. Sorry dude, I'm sure you love her and everything, but we've all got to make sacrifices in a season this trying.

This is the first time I've ever seen that name mentioned. Is he rumored to the Wings somehow?

Malykhin?

Not this big of an underdog.

Every time I look at our lineup on paper I want to puke. It's easy enough to ignore it during the game because you don't see all the names in the same place at the same time, but god do I hate seeing it listed. Here's hoping they can ride Nyquist and "subtly interfere" their way to a victory tonight! Why did you marry a Pens fan again? That should be a dealbreaker 10 times out of 10.

Not that it matters much, but I don't think he's wrong in saying that Legwand was the face of their team. He was with them for 15 years, leads their team in games played, goals, assists, points, and who was an alternate captain. Certainly more so than Rhinne, and probably on par with Weber. I sort of see it as being like Dats and Z, neither really being "the face" over the other. But that's just my opinion on the matter.

Their games all improve as well. It's nuts!

Somewhere Eddie Olczyk is nodding his head approvingly. Which should be a meme for whenever the Wings do something poorly

Along with the remainder of our season if Smith doesn't wise up with the puck like...immediately. Here's his chance to shine, and I sure hope he takes advantage of it.

He definitely mentioned him. He spoke briefly about how Nyquist and Tatar were guys that they expected to be on the team, but then he transitioned quickly to talking about Sheahan and Jurco. But you're right, he didn't mention Tatar in the context of the PP. I didn't listen to the Draper interview since I'm ostensibly "at work" and therefore theoretically should "do my job" and "not read about hockey all day". But it's a govt. job...so I would be doing a disservice to everyone if I wasn't being a good for nothing strain on the American taxpayers teet right?

Here's a working link: http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comments/a-pair-of-interesting-late-night-red-wings-listens-from-the-fan-590 I agree about Abby on the top line, and I also agree about Babs being tempted to put him up there. Sort of why I want us to clear up cap space and sign a legit top line FA as a temporary stop gap. Just so that it's clear who our top six will be.

You should listen to the interview with Holland linked here: http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comments/a-pair-of-interesting-late-night-red-wings-listens-from-the-fan-590. In it a few things stick out to me, 1) Kids own the third line going forward, 2) He praises Kronwall, Ericsson, Dekeyser, and Quincey...lumps Smith and Lashoff together without much discussion, 3) No mention at all of Almquist when discussing the young d-men. All good starts, but I still want to see how the futures of Kindl, Andersson, Glendening pan out, and whether we'll finally get Abby and Helm down on the fourth where they belong.

League minimum pro-rated down to a single day would be about 2,000 bucks. Which should just about cover the increases to his insurance premium when you consider he's adding a career in professional hockey to a pre-existing heart condition.