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Larkin is twice the player Eichel is. Kid blows comparatively to both McDavid and Larkin.

Brad Richards finally does something of worth

Eichel sucks lol. Such an overhyped second pick.

Zemgus scored? Guy is going to the all star game for sure.

There is 2 guys I can think of. They just don't do it.

Missed the goal so re-winded the DVR just to see it AAAAAAAAAAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHH ahahhahaahah aha ahahahahaha Nice shot by Drew Miller.

Didn't Z throw a few glove punches and flip him with one hand?

Richards doesn't speak Datsyukian. Only Z does. And to an extent Tatar. Richards does look better with Datsyuk tho. But he has missed a lot of no look passes that guys like Z or Tats or Franzen would have picked off. He just needs to keep playing with him and he will learn to read him better and better. Takes time to get used to Datsyuks style of centering.

Isn't it ironic how Richards was brought in to take centering duties from Z so that Z can play Pav's wing. Except the reverse happened. I do agree that Richards is getting a good amount of chances. I think he's starting to pick up the Datsyukian style of play making. Got to expect a no-look pass on your way.

Today I noticed for the first time just how slow Pasha has become. Even his stickhandling is 70% of what it used to be. (still enough to burn players though) Zetterberg already slow getting even slower. Although Larkin seems to be complimenting him really well. The PP is terrible. Maybe it's time to have Z an D on same PP unit and have Richards center the other unit. I still think our top 3 lines are solid overall. Possibly the best combo Blashill put together.

Hah good response when you've gotten proved wrong. Whole world? Prove it. I'd like to see some sources. Even so to use the "whole world" as your argument is a simpleton approach to a debate at best. You've got nothing to back up your claims as you never do with Drew Miller etc.

Nope. Once again you're wrong. And I'll break this down for you. http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=878027&catid=35 At approximately 3 seconds Kindl is pushing up to back off the Washington defense. He's heading towards the bench and Kronwall is coming in as he is closest to our goalie. At this point Niskenen has the puck. At approximately 4 seconds #92 (Kuznetsov) on Washington who is the eventual goal scorer is DATSYUK'S man. Kusnetsov overskates Datsyuk and goes around him. At this point Niskenen passes the puck to a speeding Kuznetsov who just got rid of his coverage behind him (Datsyuk). Zetterberg's original coverage is #27 but as #27 steps off ice, Zetterberg has to cover the speeding Kusnetsov thru the lane. Kuznetsov jukes Zetterberg. All this while both Datsyuk (whose original man to cover was Kuznetsov to begin with) Kronwall are trying to catch up at the same time but can't. At this point Kuznetsov scores. That was a complete breakdown by the eurotwins. Mostly Zetterberg's fault. There's 3 Red Wings around Kuznetsov when he scored. That was a soft play by all of them.

You asked who our worst D-man was and you got your answer through your own statistics you decided to throw in. Comparatively he did better than the rest. Yet you've got nothing to say about the other 5 guys. Advanced metrics show Kindl is the superior one. Not sure if you know what that is. Still waiting on this flip flop justification. You do realize you're losing credibility here. Just like with your Miller situation. Right and what did the other D-men have? Refer to my earlier post I've neatly laid it out for you. Comparatively Kindl was better. Maybe he was invisible to you because he wasn't giving up the puck like others were. You know who never is invisible? Smith. You know why? Cause he's always making VISIBLE boneheaded plays

http://war-on-ice.com/playertable.html Advanced metrics show that he's leading the Red Wings defensemen in Corsi For. Smith at the bottom.

Can't really use stats to look at "visibility" on ice. Makes zero sense. But since you asked for it I guess I can be illogical too for a second here. Green - 1 giveaway, Zero blocks Marchenko - 1 giveaway 3 blocks WITH 5 minutes on PK time (which increases your block rate) Kronwall - minus 1 zero on blocks, takeaways and giveaways across the board. Dekeyser - 1 giveaway. 4 PIM. Ericsson - 1 giveaway Kindl - 1 block (without any PK time) Zero giveaways. Contradicting yourself there eh? So much for "just illustrating a point"

Ericsson and DK have played worse than him as of late. Kindl's passing hasn't been the cause of much issue in terms of goals scored against us as of late.

Indeed I do. And I've been around for only 2.5 years (sporadically). I guess I have no life... The person below me loves mangos.

Yeah right. Right now all you're showing is how hypocritical you're being. You're the only one complaining about Kindl at the moment. You're talking about double standards and acting like Smith is ragged on but look at what you're doing with Kindl. If you were so mighty and graceful about how players are targeted then how come you're targeting Kindl at this very moment? Despite having a great game, you're blaming a LINE CHANGE that he made (which BTW is warranted on a long shift on 3 on 3 and when the puck has cleared the center). Kindl WAS our best D-man tonight and either you didn't watch the game except for overtime or you're trying to bait since you know your homeboy Smith is in LGW and Blashill's doghouse.

Yeah right. Sat for who? Smith. Smith makes 10 times the bone headed plays Kindl makes.

Enough. Kindl had a great game and him replacing Smith was the PERFECT decision Jeff Blashill made.

That Datsyuk trip screwed us over.. Why are guys falling all night?

Datsyuk and Zetterberg together on 3 on 3

Ovie is being a real whiner right now. Wants a penalty shot on that?

Looks like Zetterberg almost killed Ovechkin. Nice. League better check that dive out. BULLs***

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