haroldsnepsts

Yup. Took a hard hit and got caught with an elbow to the head. Not really dirty, he had his head low making a play when he got hit.

What was the penalty?

Penalty Buffalo?

Tatar!!! Finally!! Great pass by DK.

Nice hit by Abby. He's having a good game and done a lot of good work around the net and in the corners.

Weiss got caught with an elbow on that hit. Didn't look like anything malicious. Weiss had his head down.

Crap. Weiss down.

please hockey gods, let the Wings win this in regulation. We offer you Kindl as a holy sacrifice.

Holy crap, they're not gonna waive that off?? Isn't O'Halloran the ref tonight?

Hopefully Tatar gets one. The guy's earned it tonight.

Seeing the replay of Kindl's blocked shot that led to the breakaway, it's even worse than I originally thought. He's the lone man back, skates that deep into the zone to take a shot and blasts one right into the defender? And looked completely gassed in trying to chase down the breakaway. What awful, awful decision making.

Franzen goalless streak 14 games and counting...

how did that not go in??? Tatar can't buy a goal tonight.

DK!! Good things happen when you don't shoot into someone's shin pads.

Kindl just pulled a Lebda. skate up ice with puck with speed, as soon as anyone even looks like they're gonna challenge, DROP PASS!!!

Kronwall to the locker room. Hopefully it's an equipment issue or something. They're already playing a man down with Kindl.

Yeah but Babs keeps rotating him in the lineup. I guess he figures the PP potential is worth the defensive lapses? Though after this game that may have changed. But why keep putting a guy in the lineup who inevitably is going to screw up and you're going to glue to the bench??

It's like the whole team caught Sammyitis. I've never seen so many shots go off shin pads.

Holy crap, the Wings hit someone. Keep it up boys!

Wow. If they're calling that a trip on Datsyuk, that's ridiculous. What a dive.

Pretty much what you said. Terrible decision on his part. Followed up by stopping skating at the end so Stewart was wide open for the goal. Someone remind me why he's still on the team, let alone in the lineup?

What makes Scott even more of a joke is that he isn't even a particularly good fighter. He just has a massive size advantage over everyone. He doesn't have very good balance or technique so he can't put that much into his punch. He can usually just reign down blows on the smaller guy. But occasionally someone will catch him with a good one. Even a heavyweight like Orr still gives up 5 inches and 40 lbs to Scott.

He got a 7 games suspension for the headshot to Eriksson. 2 games for leaving the bench to start a fight on a line change. Interestingly, he was leaving the bench to fight Tim Jackman. The guy he just butt ended. I guess he didn't get anything for jumping Kessel in that pre-season game, which was a chump move.

Agreed. I don't know if this is to ease Weiss back into the lineup given he's only played 11 games this season, or give him less responsibility as a winger to get him going or what. It seemed crazy he started at wing for his return to the lineup, but Weiss managed to produce in that role. I'd just like him to work his way back to the 2nd line center he was supposed to be.

A guy like Westgarth isn't too far off from Scott, but Scott takes the lack of ability to an all time low. Obviously guys like Parros and Orr aren't there to score goals, but don't completely stick out on the fourth line. They can skate, make a decent pass, check people and provide some energy. They just can't hang at an NHL level with those abilities so rely on punching people in the face to keep a spot in the lineup. But they can play hockey. Scott seriously looks like they got a huge guy off the street, gave him a pair of skates and told him to go hurt someone. Take that lack of ability, throw in some of his cheap shots, and he takes it to a new low. I know people say it jokingly, but I can seriously play hockey better than John Scott, and I'm not good. I'm also not 6'8" and 260 lbs, which is apparently the only thing holding me back from cracking an NHL roster.