Dabura

Canucks score. 2-0. Can we maybe get away from this Bertuzzi-Glendening-Abdelkader thing?

PP time

I mean, let's be honest, the Wings don't deserve to be tied right now. That would've been our eighth shot on goal. Larkin back on the ice. Hopefully it's just a bruised pooper. Never really know how serious in-game injuries are until after the game. "Turns out he shattered his spine. Amazing that he was able to get back on the ice."

Yeah, definitely offside. Damn.

Frk goal...but it's probably offside.

Little things like that bad DeKeyser pass just now...those are the things that legit tick me off.

The Professor = Plan B. Larkin back on the bench. Good sign! Jimmy's having himself a game. Get that man some goal support!

2nd period is on. LGRW! Igor Larionov is in the house. Next GM plz?

Very blah. Sad!

Bert, why the hell would you try to force that pass? I mean c'mon now. End of 1st. Wings trail 0-1. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Clean it up! Hopefully Larkin's ok.

Oh God, Larkin hurting. Landed on his tailbone.

Frk hits the post.

Canucks score. Guess who. 0-1.

My God, Megan is a living save-of-the-year generator.

Iffy start. Not generating any o-zone pressure. PK

This isn't even his final form!

cum back @FlashyG we miss u I guess I could throw in some custom photoshop stuff every once in a while. I have the technology.

*demon king

HYPE! LGRW!

yo momma

Cholowski had a pretty rough night against the Oilers, so it might not be a bad idea to pull him back a bit. Pretty easy to forget he's a 20-year-old with essentially zero pro experience. I haven't seen anything about Megan being sent down. I'm assuming Ehn takes his spot tonight, but I guess it's also possible we go back to a 12-6 lineup.

Just laying the groundwork for Hughes and/or Lafreniere. All part of the plan... Stop hoping for things! weird flex but ok

To add to this, I think Larkin is a nice illustrative example of the stuff I'm talking about. Year 1: Great. Looks like a big-time goal-scorer. Year 2: Bad. Teams realize his game is pretty simple and predictable and they shut him down. Year 3: Great. Takes a big step forward on multiple fronts, displays high-level playmaking ability that no one thought he had. Year 4: So far, so good. Picking up where he left off in Year 3 and is now doing good things in a very tough role. I think Blashill had a lot to do with Larkin growing his game after his disappointing sophomore season. I think Blashill pushed him to be less of a rush guy and more of a cycle guy, more of a playmaker. This is, I think, a good example of a good coach helping a good player along. It's the intersection of talent and instruction. I think if we had more Larkins, we'd be seeing more of this and we'd be winning more games. Point being, talent alone isn't enough and coaching isn't the be-all and end-all. You need both and they need to be in harmony. Do we have that kind of harmony? In my opinion, no, we don't. Whatever you think about Blashill, it's a lack of high-end talent that's doing us in, IMO. Blashill is doing good work with what he has, but what he has is less than what all the other NHL head coaches have.