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I personally think he'll take the Buffalo job. He doesn't want to be the coach that ends the Wings' playoff streak, and that could conceivably happen soon if the last couple of seasons are any indication. Also, Buffalo has a metric ton of young talent... How fun would it be to inherit that, mold them while they're young and malleable, and then sit back and watch your creation play great hockey for years to come? I don't have any direct links, but I recall reading numerous times Babock saying that sometimes a coach's voice becomes like Charlie Brown's teacher after a while, and that the players stop listening. I think he thinks he's at that point, and maybe has been for a while.

If this does go down, can you imagine two egos like Evander Kane and Mike Babcock coming together? That is worth the price of admission alone.

No, I really wanted to see it. Thanks for the post. I don't think he learns. I think next time he'll not only grab the puck, he'll run away with it giggling.

Anywhere I can see the Smith penalty? I looked in ICD-9 Under "Unspecified intellectual disabilities" but I couldn't find it.

I don't remember that at all.

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 2m2 minutes ago Tomas Jurco trades #26 to Erik Cole for #62 and a conditional 3rd round pick

Don't see why not. Can't remember ever seeing that number on a Wings jersey.

Well, hits aren't going to scare people away from doing that.

This excites me.

Hope he sounds more excited when we interview him http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050/tsn-1050-erik-cole-joins-game-night-1.219609

He was playing next to Spezza on Dallas' top line.

See that's the way I feel, too. It's especially noticeable to me when I listen to the entire 7 min stretch, which is an eternity in hockey announcing.

I might have to jump ship if Ozzie becomes our new color guy D:

Agreed, I love them both.

I thought of that, too. But when I listened back to that stretch it seemed like Kenny was giving Mickey a lot of opportunities to jump in and he wasn't biting.

I remember watching him do color commentary, he was clearly concussed.

Lots of red in that picture!

I like fighting. I miss the days when if we were losing 5-1 somebody would give the fans something to cheer for. But Prust himself admits that he's out to run people. The only difference between he and a rat is that he'll fight. His job essentially is protecting his team from people like himself.

They then went out and promptly lost their 3rd straight.

What a terrible end that would be.

He got hit hard earlier in the period and was slow to get up.

Boy Kindl just decided to stop skating there.