derblaueClaus

Damn.

If you can prove you gave butt patts our defense, absolutely.

Yup. In addition to his improved skating he is working as hard as ever out there. Definitely worth his pay right now.

Makes sense as were playing the Devils tonight.

Kronner !

Now I want to see a Flashy GDT photoshopped to the "Revenge of the Sith" cover.

Well that was fast. Way to go Wings !

I think so. It is all Red Wings after the first 10 minutes.

I actually think he's improved in that regard compared to last season. His shots don't get blocked that often any more and it's showing in a positive way. Do you hear that other teams ? Take our Kindls while they're hot !

It was a PP-Goal and he was shooting from the blueline and his shot caught a few lucky bounces. But you gotta give him credit, he shoots the puck well the last few games.

And Smith !!!!

Kindl ?

Just lol.

Those stonehands......

Good shift by Kindl and Lashoff there.

For the record : I blame Euro_Twins for this.

And here we go again......

This should also mean Franzen on the first and Cleary on the third. Should be interesting to watch how Cleary plays with more icetime.

He is, but he's also a learned winger. I don't think playing the center position would do him and the team any good right now, especially considering his age and that he already struggling as winger.

Maybe not even Babs at this point.

That is some good news. Hope he is back in shape soon.

Don't worry, kip and I are pretty calm. We just disagree on certain minor things. The forums would be very boring without arguments like this.

Thank you kip, the bold part is exactly what I'm trying to say the whole time : It makes no sense singling out certain players because the whole team plays sloppy. And we all agree that Smith's play on NYR third goal wasn't exactly what you'd call a strike of genius. But despite this I also don't think that Smith played worse than Kindl over the last few games for the reasons I already stated.

It's an old story. You'd be surprised how many pro-athletes in cycling are or were officially asthmatic. I don't believe a word he says, I've heard similar bulls*** from other athletes way too often.

Of course it is on you. You are the one who has to prove that his statistic Player one ice = his fault is true. You want to show us that Kindl plays better right now than Smith despite the latter one being on the second pair with heavier minutes. I already made my point why your stat is flawed. And I'm not defending Smith at all. I'm just saying both and with them the whole team don't play the best hockey at the moment. There isn't any bias from my side. However you are the one who already had several arguments about why Smith isn't as good as some make him. Yes, kip, but thats not the point. You were saying that Kindl looked as good as Smith therefore Kindl has to play better. Which would be true if Kindl had faced the same kind of opposition Smith and DeKeyser are facing and Kindl simply hadn't. Even better : Kindls positives, the goal and assist, happened on a PP while Smith still waits to get the chance with a man advantage. Talking about more opportunities to succeed. All this proves my point: Kindl is much more sheltered and despite this not looking better than Smith or any other player. What does it tell us about who plays worse hockey at the moment ?