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Awww, that's adorable! Hope truly does spring eternal I guess.

So a two-handed chop to the stick knocking it out of your hands is A-OK as long as the stick doesn't break. Got it.

Petr, I want to babysit your children.

Yeah, and I feel really, really bad about that.

Wow, Mickey said "Red Wings forecheck causing some issues" instead of "nonexistent" or "is an issue!" Toronto never ceased being a rival to me. They are Public Enemy Number 1A along with Chicago.

Damn, Abby couldn't quite pull that one off. Wide open net, could settle the puck.

Hank getting double teamed makes me smile. Yeah, our old guy is dangerous AF still.

Silly question - is Tampa our rival?? I don't feel that way, but I keep hearing it. It's much more believable than having the whole Nashville thing shoved down our throats, but I don't consider them a rival yet.

Jeez, Mraz is killing it tonight!! Worth the price of admission just to see his performance thus far.

And so it begins.....

I think it's safe to say this thread has served its purpose and then some. The conversation is no longer about off season topics. Let's get some threads going regarding this stuff instead of an all-purpose junk drawer of a thread.

First, thanks SO much to 55fan for reminding me! Second, it's our favorite time of year, folks! For those of you who know how this works, pledge early and often. For those of you who don't, those who want to participate figure out some kind of financial pledge having to do with the Wings playoff performance. Some pledge a buck a goal for certain players, some pledge per win, per series, per shutout, or any combination. Get creative! Don't get too complicated though, because it gets hard to keep of. Post your pledge here so we can shamelessly "plus" your post. When it's not possible to add any more to the kitty, everyone Paypals me their total and I make a donation.

Great ideas, guys, but you're limited to 31 characters, which they don't tell you until you get into the order screen. I requested the home opener, which I will be attending, and I will try to get a pic of it. Here's the best I could do: Transaction Date: 10/11/16 Wish Message Thanx Steve MMS Shoen Love, LGW Type of wish Other Date of Game 10/17/2016 Amount: $71.91

A quick heads-up - this thread will be locked in two days due to the start of the season. If you'd like to continue discussing one of the 20 conversations going on here, by all means please start a thread! There's a new mod function titled "Risk of Closure." I have no idea what that does, but I'm going to apply it to this thread to find out.

I have it! This year's contest will be who can best incorporate LGW-specific memes into a GDT. There must be a minimum of 3 LGW-specific memes in each thread or if the thread is dedicated to one meme, it has to be really over the top. Photoshop ability is not required in any way for the creation of GDTs. I'm looking more at creativity. And the older the meme, the better, but it has to be either created on LGW or so well known here that it could have been.

Okay, if you donate to Children's Hospital here, you can put a message on the jumbotron at the Joe. They won't take memorials, but I'm thinking we could word this somehow that it will slip by. Any suggestions? *Edit* This post probably makes no sense because for some reason my earlier post has disappeared. I said something to the effect of I thought people wanted to send our donation in honor of MMS and I was trying to come up with appropriate wording and asked for help. Now I know why there wasn't any help forthcoming; the post has gone *poof*

If anyone still wants to finish this up, PayPal wingsdiva@gmail.com your pledge. We will donate this year in honor of MidMichSteve.

Western Conference: Wild v. Stars Hawks v. Blues Sharks v. Kings Perds v. Ducks Eastern Conference: Islanders v. Panthers Wings v. Lightning Flyers v. Caps Rags v. Pens I'm going to pick according to who I want to win, not necessarily who I think will win. Wild v. Stars Hawks v. Blues Sharks v. Kings Perds v. Ducks Islanders v. Panthers Wings v. Lightning Flyers v. Caps Rags v. Pens

That wasn't directed specifically at you, although I can see how you would think that. The whole point is that topics shouldn't change.

Bishop hasn't had to move. Some great chances for the Wings, but no puck luck. 2 posts, shooting low. Checking of any kind for the Wings seems to have been forbidden by the coach. Tampa doing really well on backchecking. Wings taking too long to shoot.

Can we get a group rate?

Well, we had double the SOG on this PP that Tampa had on their last one.

Truth! But if LGW can see where to shoot, why can't they?

Apparently this bears repeating from the last game: Yes, this game is all sorts of suckage, but so is this thread. I'm not saying we need to be cheerleaders and there's not a lot of positives in this game (give me a minute, I'll think of one), but if all you guys are going to post is "D sucks" "E sucks" "game over", I'm happy to lock this up and go do something else. It's up to you. Describe the game, the errors, what they should be doing while you're venting.