DatsyukToZetterberg

Both Cleary and Samuelsson on the PP...

This team has been an absolute disaster offensively lately.

Let me guess...2-1 Tampa Bay before the clock hits 15:00 in the third?

A late-period goal against. Surprise, surprise.

You know who's due? Alfie.

I know this is irrelevant to the game and isn't going to happen, but... Could you guys imagine Datsyuk playing with Ovechkin?

Don't mention it. One would think getting Pav back would, at the very least, prevent those things from happening on the PP.

Didn't start particularly well, but Quincey's goal seemed to get things going again. Other than that, can't say that anyone's been spectacular.

And the Lightning's numbers and letters have that black piping on them.

I think the Leafs' blue is slightly lighter.

The good news about this penalty? Ericsson is healthy.

Alfie off the post!

Kyle Quincey???

Jonathan, please go and jump on the pile with everyone else.

For God's sake, guys, get out of the zone, will ya' please?

I imagine Tatar as one of those guys who just can't sit still. Ever.

Didn't realize Hedman and Malone were hurt, too.

If Feaster were the GM, we could probably get Monahan for Tootoo and Samuelsson.

Alright, maybe that was overboard, but the point remains.

True to the point that if Weiss died tomorrow...honestly...I doubt anyone around here would care.

I haven't heard anything about him playing. Probably a screw-up.

Good to see we're all behind Weiss and wishing him a speedy recovery.

Per Bleacher Report, although I'm not sure of their reputation around the hockey world. Must be somewhere between ESPN and decent. That's two natural centers, an elite winger who plays very well at center, and one of our best all-around players, let alone defenseman, on the shelf. All I can say is...with how it's gone lately...crap. Next piece of bad news, please.

I'll ignore the fact that you COMPLETELY misused the last part of my post, as that's hardly the worst of it.Abdelkader is an offensive anchor. Very useful in a certain role, but has never been and will never be an offensive threat. Not a guy that makes me look at Weiss and think "Boy, how could he not be producing with a winger like that?" Alfie, for all his greatness, is not a pure goal-scoring winger. Offensively, he is solid in pretty much all areas, but he is not a counted-upon goal-scorer. I don't expect him to pot goals consistently. Points? Yes. Goals? Not so much. Also, because Weiss hasn't centered Cleary and Samuelsson exclusively, that makes my point entirely irrelevant? He's played quite a few games buried with them. And, with that fact being a major contributing factor, he recorded no points in those games. You're trying to make it sound as though I'm complacent with Weiss. Quite the contrary, I am irked by his lack of production. But, not in a George Carlin-esque "psychotic f***in' hatred" type of way, as most around here have adopted. I'm disappointed, as a big fan of both his and the Wings, that he hasn't been able to contribute. I do, however, believe that he will right the ship and get his game back. If we can find new hope for Smith, grow to love Ericsson and come to respect Bertuzzi, then surely Weiss deserves some of that, too.

I take Zetterberg going on LTIR as far more grim news than Howard having a boo-boo.