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Wasn't Jimmy born and raised New York? Wonder if Buffalo is an option.

Kevin Allen is a voting member AND the president of the PHWA btw aka the guys who vote for Rookie of the Year (among other things). Great to see Larkin on his list (for now). "Larkin has been the best all-around rookie. He has been Detroit’s best forward." ^ Agreed!

If Roberto Luongo and his contract can get traded, anyone's can.

I don't think he hated him but I don't think he was a big fan either. He's called him out before. http://thehockeywriters.com/babcock-to-jimmy-howard-give-us-good-goaltending/

Wow Quincey played over 24 minutes tonight. Pretty impressive. DK just under 24. I like them as our top pair lol.

hey man, Larkin is fast and has good hands too.

We kinda suck at faceoffs tonight tho

Absolute bullet. But why was he whining after he scored lol

Just dam good chemistry.

Would rather have Richards on 4Th than Pulk. Richards has been pretty useless to us

I'm not too shocked. The Colorado-wings rivalry means more to Stevie than the Leafs-Wings rivalry. Showing up for that, I figured he would come to this too.

I don't get why there's a need to split up Datsyuk and Tatar. Datsyuk put up like 18 points in 19 games with that line didn't he? Now he's back with Richards?

Read my original post. I'm not a Jimmy supporter. But I'm certainly not a hater. To assess his play without watching the game makes your argument weak and shows bias. You won't convince anyone about Jimmy if you can't hold a legitimate argument against him. Mrazek is just better at the moment. Let's leave it at that instead of stirring up narratives that simply aren't true. The true narrative is Jimmy played well in Anaheim and the defense didn't and that's that.

At the Anaheim/Detroit game, when I was there.. One of the Anaheim fans was sitting behind me and mentioned to his wife (or lady friend) "oh I guess they have their backup playing tonight". It was a bit eye opening. I'm assuming he was visiting from Cali and had no idea about our goalie situation. But to hear that made me realize how quickly things can change. I think for Jimmy's sake and for our own teams benefit, if they're going to trade him, it's got to be done this summer. Anything after might really hurt his value.

Nyquist sucks with Z now. I really don't want him near him. Larkin and Z work much better than Datsyuk and Larkin do. Tatar is the guy for Datsyuk in my opinion. They just always seem to work together. Larkin and Z have awesome chemistry. But Tatar, Sheahan and Jurco is working so not sure what Datsyuk can get. Maybe Pulkkinen.

Paul Woods says "Jimmy wish he had that back" and somehow you conclude that Jimmy is done? Conclude that Jimmy played a bad game? Boy Woods must speak in some code language that only you understand. Sounds like you're not only misinterpreting Woods and turning it into a dramatic conclusion but when I gave you examples of 4 professional assessments who thought Howard played well, you seem to ignore it. Regardless you didn't even watch the game so whatever you say just spews out your bias on Howard. Typical.

I love Chappelle. One the best natural stand up comedians of all time.

Here's some words from professionals for you. http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2016/01/jeff_blashill_jimmy_howard_hun.html http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2016/01/24/detroit-red-wings-jimmy-howard/79257674/ Shall I keep going? Here. http://video.redwings.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=937085&catid=885 Oh wait. Maybe by professionals you mean the LGW posters Lmao I'm not even a Jimmy fan but at least I can keep it real. He played good. The defense choked and the refs screwed us (whether or not the calls were fair is another discussion).

Ford > GM

Lmao you should probably watch it then. Howard was alright.

30-40 minutes. I just stand there and let the nice warm water run. the person below me is a person above me.

Pretty sure Datsyuk's had cockier celebrations (on rare occasions) than that lol.

I'm not sure what exactly you're arguing. This is a discussion of ROY. Regardless lets take your whole "not better defensively quote". Currently Larkin leads all 4 top rookies (Domi, Panarin, Eichel) in takeaways and has the least amount of giveaways. Now extending it to our own roster - He has less giveaways per game than Datsyuk AND Zetterberg. Kills penalties (while the other two don't and probably can't at this point in their careers) has a higher takeaway rate than Zetterberg and only below Datsyuk by .05 in terms of takeaways per game. Has higher rate of defensive zone starts than Datsyuk but less than Zetterberg. Datsyuk and Z might have been great players at one time but they have significantly declined (although Datsyuk has been really good the last few games). They're still great players but not the elite players they once were. As far as Larkin is concerned, he's obviously not an elite player yet but his impact on the team has been higher than Datsyuk and Zetterbergs. He is their best player on ice in all situations even if his peak potential isn't what Datsyuk or Zetterberg's is (yet). Z and D had an extremely high potential but they can't play at that potential they once did.

Better historically/inherently maybe but not better for the team currently. Larkin is their best player atm. Similar to how Crosby is better than Malkin yet Malkin has been Pittsburg's best player this season (and as a side note was picked for AS game over Crosby). It's a quite simply analogy really. Regardless, with the way Larkin's resume for the year is piling up he's making a good run for the Calder. Which is the main point anyway.

. Sure, maybe a 2008 version of Z/D would have been picked, but in 2015/16 Larkin is tied for team points and leader in goals. Not to mention pre-all star selection Datsyuk was playing pretty bad, while Zetterberg was going through his usual slump, all the while Larkin was closing the gap in team points.