Heroes of Hockeytown

Unreal.

It just hasn't been the same since the Boyd left. Not even Bert can live up to his legacy.

Well... for all this (rightfully perceived) consternation... They're still one dumb, lucky bounce away from being able to salvage a point from this mess -- and don't look now, but C-bus appears to be crusing to a win tonight -- so they really, really ought to.

That's about as bad and disheartening a period of hockey can be without getting scored on.

No Wings team has struggled so mightily to score like this in decades.

Oh man, they've got to take advantage of this.

Oh my...

Good lord Ericsson...

Murph knows what's up. Ah well.

"Active stick," ugh, don't say that Ken.

Nice start fellas.

By now I'm pretty sure that's the way they drew it up. Maybe they know something we don't know?

The Detroit Man Advantage Comedy Hour.

I'm sure they do occasionally but most of the time I doubt it. Alligator with a nice rush. Liking this experiment so far.

He and Nick have missed more shots than they've gotten on goal this year, which probably explains their on-pace-for-career-worst point totals thus far.

Surprised they got Conks for that one, Homer never gets those calls, likely because he falls down in the face of a stiff breeze.

Gettin' scored on in the first two minutes of a game is what we like to do.

How odd. Very bright and vibrant though. Wouldn't have minded. Aaaand Conklin begins his all-star evening.

Well gee, all they have to do is rattle off a seven game winning streak? No problem.

Three games in four nights incoming; getting off to a good start would be a wise idea. If they can get six points out of this stretch it'll be a Christmas miracle.

Do you remember the incident clearly? Bert has a HUGE sidearm windup he completely hammers Moore with. There's no way anyone is left standing after taking a shot like that unawares. He was either aiming to bash his skull in or just incredibly stupid for not realizing the only possible consequence of that action.

Do you suppose Bert delivered a shot like that to Moore's head with no ill-intent? It was identical to what McSorley did to Brashear minus the stick. A blindside shot to the back of the head.

Throwing a haymaker into the back of someone's head who's totally unaware of the incoming blow is as dangerous as anything else you mentioned. Moore was KO'd instantly by the shot (you can see he made no effort to protect himself as he falls to the ice because he's unconscious), and any other person would have suffered equally.

No one can say for certain when that happened in particular, I don't think, but to me it's a non-issue anyways. Bertuzzi created the situation where Moore was endangered like that entirely on his own and deserves 100% of the blame.

We're on the same page, that's what I meant to say to when I said "well-within striking distance of the rest of the conference." I'm sure no one's saying that. Injuries aren't fair but that's just the role luck plays in a long and grinding NHL season. They aren't anywhere close to missing the playoffs right now, though. You won't get much argument from me. I think Pavel is not only being hurt by the loss of linemates but the team's depth is obviously not what it once was, and the players he's working with now are not even close. As much as getting Franzen back will help, it will help just as much to get Bert or Leino off the top line. Lidstrom, though, is playing with the same guys he's always had on the power play, where he makes most of his hay offensively, so he's got no excuse for not producing -- other than suddenly becoming an old man, which is a whole different problem for the Wings then. We're a third of the way through the season and he's not shown much, but there isn't anything else to do other than have patience (except panic, anyways ).