shocky2002

I can't imagine them finishing below Calgary, Colorado, Buffalo, Carolina, Arizona and Vancouver.

If you're gonna lose, then you shouldn't get a compensation point. The Red Wings aren't good enough to win games, and yet they're not bad enough to be top 5 draft pick material. Nice league you got there, Gary.

You know this league is trash when the last place team is like 2 games out of a WC spot.

Corsi in this game is really ugly. Really ugly. Would be a pretty typical 2016 Red Wings victory if they pull it out tonght.

"Lazy" is a lazy excuse in itself.

Nice optimism there for a 7th place team (that can't possess the puck, give up tons of shots and don't have elite goaltending)

Even if it hadn't been deflected, pretty stupid of you to conclude that Petr isn't our #1 based on a 1 goal sample size. I'd maybe say that if his mediocre play extends to ~30 games.

Why on earth would you be happy about another team taking a free fall, when the Wings are in a position where they are very unlikely to make the playoffs and ideally would want to finish as low as possible for a better draft pick? You and probably about 20 other guys here and another 100,000 Red Wings fans.

LOL at people thinking focusing on analytics is the problem. What a great position the Red Wings, Canucks, Islanders, Bruins, Avalanche (the anti-analytics teams) are in right now. Especially compared to the pro-analytics Kings, Penguins(on the tracks to a dynasty) , Blackhawks (legit dynasty) and Sharks.

Friendly reminder that the Blackhawks dominated possession in that series. It was a wonder that the Wings went up 3-1 in the first place (mainly just because of Jimmy).

The Leafs are the better team.

This team needs to tank. The sooner the better.

Not when the goalie we're talking about has a pretty large sample size of being mediocre (at least since 2013). He's going to come crashing down to earth. Go back to your safe space if you can't handle it.

Too bad his 950 5v5 sv% is unsustainable.

It's a near-guarantee IMO. I have no idea how the NHL agreed to the last CBA. That was an NHLPA blowout.

It might not be obvious right now, but the more this team loses the better it is for the future.

Wow, 13 people would rather not win a cup. Damn. One of the most clueless posts in this thread. Embarrassing.

The team stinks. They rank dead last in puck possession. Get over it.

Favorites: Tatar (far and away the best possession player on the roster), AA, Nyquist, Zetterberg on most nights, BSmith. Mantha Despise Kronwall, Ericsson, Dekeyser, Miller, Glendening, Ott. And I love this team. There isn't a single player on the 08 Red Wings roster that I hate... can't say the same today

Pitt deserved that oscar. And yes, Corsi matters and the Red Wings are not a very good team and will regress.

Outlier through 16gp = advanced stats are useless? Nice knowledge there

30th in the league in 5v5 corsi for, 28th with the score and venue adjusted. Yet still above .500. Just lol

Lol the Wings are such an annoying team

http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/teamstats.php?disp=1&db=201617&sit=5v5&sort=CFPCT&sortdir=DESC History has been made. For the first time in years, the Wings are actually ranked last in the league under Corsi For % (Wings' shots on goal for, blocked shots for, missed shots for, in comparison to the opponent). Yeah, it's only 11 games, but I can barely imagine the last time the Wings ranked this badly, in pretty much any positive statistic except for Fights, through a month of the season. Gotta be pre-Yzerman captaincy I guess. A decent % of the fanbase wasn't even born!!!

This was a game that the Flyers dominated, and they won the game. Nothing more to that. Imagine if Howard actually played like an above average goaltender at any point since 2013-14.