LeftWinger

Ironic that a defense which dominated this game are the ones at fault (Ericsson, then Kronwall) to help Chicago extend the streak... Lets hope for the 2 points....

I hate the hockey gods right now...

Oh s***.....poop.

It's nice to read all this Fraznine bashing....but please, guys, don't do it on my behalf!

...and Franzine's lack of hustle caused that one too...

...and Franzines floating and lack of hard play blows a 3 on 2.....

ya, because you know the NHL is going to give the Hawks a PP at the end to try to tie it.....

Cleary with ANOTHER bonehead play....

Nah, Tatar doesn't deserve to be in the top 6...just keep Cleary there....

The sad thing about out offense is, it won't get any better when healthy....Filppula yes, but Sammy and Bert wouldn't be the difference maker here... I like how the D is shaping up and gelling together. I am not sold on Q and Kindl yet, but the more they play, the more I notice better things out of them...too bad Franzine & Cleary are still digressing....I am not so sure that D is our number one priority to fix right anymore...if we could fine a REAL player to play with Datsyuk and a better player to flank Z and Brunner, we may be in nice shape....who though? Why not just give Tatar the try with Datsyuk? Huh? It isn't going to hurt...Cleary isn't a bad 3rd/4th liner, but he is horrid anywhere else....

WTF was that Cleary?

So, so far pretty entertaining despite the shot discrepancy... A few things that have annoyed me: Crowd at the Joe acting like uninformed jackasses? Yes...Boo Hossa? Uh, he wanted to stay here, he said he'd take a discount, your GM chose Franzen over him...no need to boo, but go ahead, entertain yourelf while looking like baffoons... Uh, Jimmy is making some nice stops but he STILL CANNOT CONTROL A REBOUND! It's gonna bite him soon! If I were Dastyuk, I would leave now. I like Abby, but he doesn't belong on that line. Cleary doesn't belong period. Datsyuk has nobody to help him on that line....Do something about it Babcock. Only thing I have to say about Franzine is he needs to bury that shot from the Brunner pass. He needs to be aggressive on the puck and he wasn't. He seems to be playing in his lazy mode today... We are lucky we aren't losing yet....let's hope for a bit of puck luck soon!

I seriously hope they win tonight.... on another hand, I really wish I would log in here one of these days and see a thread "Red Wings Deal..........To...........for........" I am ready....

Brandon Pettigrew? Nah, he would just drop the puck off his stick....

Ok, lets go with some hypothetic situation here. With the rumblings of Ian White on the block (which is just that rumblings) let's say Holland has a package of: Filppula White Kindl ...what type of player would you expect to see in return for something like that...even spice it up by throwing a prospect in there if you have to. All pending FA's, so you may not get a great player in return, but realistically, what could you see coming back?

Everytime Nyquist is here, Babcock plays him in the bottom 6....much like he is doing with Tatar...I think he should have his shot in the top6 like Brunner has been given, if he still has the same results as he has had in the past, then maybe it's time to move forward without him...but I think given top 6 minutes consistently, he will shine....as would Tatar if Babcock would put him there... Filppula - Datsyuk - Tatar Nyquist - Zetterberg - Brunner Role with it and lets see what plays out!

I am gonna miss most of the game tonight....0430 comes early! I hope they keep the train rolling! concerning White, maybe it's just a message to him, you don't play well, you are gonna pay somehow......TWEET! Again!....TWEET! Again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q9MvaSHjeQ Edzo, you should defend yourself, do you know how many people you could've hurt by falling down and not fighting Probie? Probert fighting Olczyk is about the equivalent of Carcillo charging at Yakapov...Edzo the idiot. edit: Don't know why the video doesn't show in the post, I used the link button...sorry...

The only thing I can figure is, IF there is a White trade in the works it's because when Q comes back, they don't want to demote Lashoff to make room...as much as I dislike Kindl, I have to agree that keeping him here instead of a pending UFA makes more sense...of course there is always the Dekeyser angle as well, but I will just stick to guys we have presently... Kronwall - Ericsson Quincey - Smith Lashoff - Kindl Huskins

Nah, Yzerman was 28 when Bowman took over coaching, so I guess it's just between the ages of 26 and 27 when you cannot learn anything new...

He has one more year left after this @ $3M....

Gleason is on IR right now too with a lower body injury since February 12th....

Brunner is working out well....I appreciate that we were chosen over another organization this time (unlike 2 or 3 guys last July) and it is nice that it is working out. I know it's gonna cost some bucks to re-sign him, but if he gets a 3-4 year deal and continues on this pace, that is around 40 goals a year, so he would be worth it. It's the contract AFTER he scores 40 a year for 4 years that I am worried about! YIKES! Parise who?

I know, but isn't that Holland's type of player? I would trade Ian White for Jeremy Welsh, but don't think Carolina would do that...

What Ed should have said was: "Carcillo should be more careful when throwing a body check, he needs to pick his spots and pick them well because he has to know if someone sees him coming, they are going to try to get out of the way, which could result in Carcillo flying over Nail's shoulder and smacking his head or hurting his neck. And that's what could have happened here...." The straw that broke it for me is when he said that Yakapov should get a penalty for ducking out of the way....what an idiot.