kipwinger

Yep, that was a gutsy win. I love that this team is figuring out ways to get points. We are rolling right now.

Well hopefully the site will get a little busier now that we are good again. That was a huge win for the boys.

As of right now the Detroit Red Wings are in a playoff position. Unreal.

I don’t know, but I do know the Wings are running on fumes right now.

Yes, he did…allegedly.

Pretty pumped to test ourselves against a top team on the road tonight. We've had big wins against Florida, Washington, and Tampa this year, but also recently got worked by Dallas and Tampa. Tonight is a true test, especially with a banged up roster. It would be easy to get overwhelmed by the Oilers early and phone it in the rest of the game. A win here would be HUGE for the Wings.

What a game!

Where’s Kane when we need him?!?

Wow, what a fun game!

Wings outshooting Edmonton 9-1 in the 3rd We look dangerous right now.

Johansson just defended McDavid one on one and stopped him. Unreal.

Damn, this is going to be a barn burner in the third.

Marco’s assist on the Larkin goal was pretty slick.

Ras!!!!

Wow, bad penalty for Seider to take there. Huge PK without our top killing defenseman.

Two flukey bounces lead to goals against. Big kill right there though. We are getting our chances too. We look decent at even strength. Man, if we don’t lose our cool we can get back into this one.

I think we win 4-3 in OT

Obviously you have to win the games, and that’s never easy, but I think if we go .600-.750 against teams in our division from here on out we will make the playoffs. We will occasionally drop games to Florida, Tampa, Toronto but if we win most of our remaining games against Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, Buffalo were probably good.

Yeah, I don’t really see any downside with Todd. I realize that he’s never won a Cup, but I actually kinda prefer that. Right before we hired him I was talking to a buddy about the Wings and said I wanted a coach that was still hungry to win…just like I want players that are hungry to win and not just riding out the ends of their careers. Todd still has something to prove and I like that. Edit: Plus we now play faster and more exciting hockey. I remember one of the dumb dumbs around here said Todd played “boring trap” hockey. Couldn’t be further from the truth…thank god. It’s fun to see the boys score goals finally.

Tampa, Montreal, Boston and NYR all lost tonight. Good night for the Wings’ playoff chances.

I agree that those are needs, but I'm kinda okay with the way the young guys have been taking over this team organically. Like, why rush Danielson, ASP, Cossa, etc.? I'm not suggesting leaving them in the AHL too long. I'm just saying the developmental strategy that's worked for guys like Berg, Ed, Aljo, and Kasper seems to be working so why not stick with that? Treat Danielson, for example, just like Marco. Make him earn it with his play.

We wake up this morning two points out of the Wild Card, three points out of the final divisional seed, and three VERY beatable divisional rivals just ahead of us in the standings. The postseason is still very attainable. What an unbelievable turnaround we've seen. There's no doubt in my mind that the team we just watched spank LA last night (with a third line of Motte-Veleno-Shine?!?!?) can go better than .500 against Ottawa, Montreal, Boston, and Tampa for the remainder of the season. If we can be the best (or even 2nd best) team in that group we should make the playoffs...assuming we keep it up. It's a good day to be a Red Wings fan.

Damn, Marco is pretty damn good. Who could have seen that coming?

Started a little shaky but Marco and Raymond with two great plays leading to goals. Rolling now. Johansson is emerging. That dude looks real solid tonight again.

Did he get signed for a second year?