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As long as he keeps putting up the points though Babcock and some fans will think he's super. He's brutal every second game.

Rafalski= rubbish.

Rafalski is awesome, yeah Babs! Not. Horrible.

Yeah Babs, not to mention that he constantly turned the puck over and was beaten wide in every game for the first half of the season... He's improved a bit lately but defensively he's still pretty dodgy. He obviously has no troubles racking up the points but I think Babcock is going a bit far with this assessment. And those lines we used in practice aren't great. Here's the lines they skated with in practice: Franzen-Datsyuk-Samuelsson Kopecky-Zetterberg-Cleary Hudler-Filppula-Maltby Meech-Draper-Downey Splitting up Dats and Hank? I guess they haven't been that hot lately. I like Hudler with Filppula, but Maltby on the 3rd line? Heck no. 4th line looks awful. Hopefully these really are just practice lines and they'll change when the game starts.

On track to get 1/5, awesome. I'm on a roll.

Who then? Helm is a lock to centre the 4th line so it comes down to Hudler or Kopecky. Hudler sees regular PP time and was great in our Cup run whilst Kopecky is hitting career best form and is seeing time on the PK. You can't scratch either of these guys for Maltby.

Close, but... Dats - Hank - Homer Franzen - Fil - Hossa Cleary - Drapes - Sammy Hudler - Helm - Kopecky (Leino/Maltby)

I love this video. Love it. 1:10.

McColllum stopped 21 of 23 shots today in a 5-2 win. Must have been some impressive stops amongst the 21 as he was awarded the 1st star. This kid is one heck of a prospect, every single game in a high scoring league he dominates. First in the league for GAA (2.07) and 2nd in S% (.929). Gun!

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You do know this is a pipe dream don't you? As long as you do, carry on.

You are a legend! Fantastic pics mate! Kindl looks real solid, physically mature now. Love that last pic of Helm.

Rockford IceHogs (32-24-0-5) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (35-15-6-6) @ The Rockford IceHogs currently sit in 2nd place in the West Division with 69 points. The Griffins meanwhile are 2nd in the North Division with 82 points, 5 behind Manitoba but with a game in hand. Rockford have earnt a point from their past 3 games (2-0-0-1) while the Griffins point streak stands at 2 (1-0-0-1). Captain Darren Haydar is now 4th in the AHL scoring race with 63 points. After a slow start to the season Haydar has scored 24 points from the past 14 games, and 13 from the past 6. Justin Abdelkader is currently 3rd in rookie scoring. Garrett Stafford has moved up to 5th in defenceman scoring and has 11 points from the past 8 games. Darren Helm and Ville Leino are expected to be in the line-up tonight which will significantly strengthen the forward lines. Possible line-up: Oulahen - Abdelkader - Haydar Leino - Helm - Emmerton Ritola - Pare - McGrath Mursak - Gagnon - Tardif Kolosov - Stafford Kindl - Jozsa Peterson - Pyett Larsson Howard Team Leaders: Goals: Haydar (24), Abdelkader (20) Assists: Haydar (39), Stafford (27) Points: Haydar (63) Abdelkader (44) Penalty Minutes: Downey (103), Abdelkader (78) Plus/Minus: Pare (14), Ericsson (12) Notes: • Evan McGrath is on a 3 game point streak. • Jakub Kindl is without a point in the past 4 games and has only 1 point from the past 9. TV/Radio: Internet stream: Pay-per-view AHL Live Radio: Grand Rapids Broadcast: Radio feed Box Score

Great win tonight, 3-1. Larsson a very good performance in net with 30 saves on 31 shots. Just 4 points behind Manitoba now having played 63 games apiece.

I sure hope so! Awesome player and would be exactly what we need. I've only seen pics of Billups being introduced to the crowd but it's touching. He was my favourite player and I still miss him. And yes, Pistons back to their best without AI. As expected, we're better off without him.

Strange, strange happenings tonight. Certainly not complaining.

FILPPULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FILPPULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FILPPULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kopecky shorthanded goal, unbelievable.

Well done Downey. Stupid post.

I hate Samuelsson. There, I said it.

Guys calm down with the injury forecasts, no one has any idea yet.

Get Downey out there NOW.

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Sorry mate, never got around to posting them for this week, been real busy. But this is a mini leaderboard after this week, hopefully it's better than nothing. 1. timothy1997 243 2. North Guy 238 3. mindfly 235 3. FinRedWing 235 5. Aussie_Wing 230 6. Dano33 228 7. Dominator 2005 226 7. wingsfanatic4alltime 226 9. TRD604 225 9. Elshupacabra 225

That's real bad news about Galvin, he's been having a pretty decent season and will be missed. Who is Kindl's defensive partner now that he's out?