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Pistons fans seem very annoyed with Carlos Arroyo. One description of the situation is, “Put Acker on the roster for Arroyo. I'm tired of watching this wuss hold the ball and do nothing with it for 20 seconds.� Is he playing that bad, because his statistics aren’t too bad.

I jumped the gun! That is great though, he is now averaging over a point a game, and for a 18 year old defenseman that is fantastic

Kindl recorded a goal and two assists today. He now has 22 points in as many games. Good signs!

Detroit 16, Dallas 40 at the end of the first. What The Heck????

"Saunders gave the starters a break during practice Wednesday, as most carried a heavy load against the Celtics. The Pistons don't play again until Friday, and Saunders thought it best to stick with light shooting and weight-room work. The focus was instead on the reserves. Three-on-three was the game of the day, replete with physical contact and Rasheed Wallace commentary. "I think it's good for us to have to compete like that, makes us tougher," Pistons rookie Jason Maxiell said. "They're not backing down, and we're not backing down. And I'm ignoring everything I heard Rasheed say. I can still hear his voice in my head, but I'm not paying him any attention." Wallace let no play or move go without comment. "I'm just Flavor Flav. I keep it hype all the time," Rasheed said, cracking up Pistons president Joe Dumars." LOL! Rasheed certainly is a character!

How about the Billups-Hamilton combo, 50 points! Also good to see Sheed have an impact on the game.

Jakub Kindl had assists on both Kitchener goals. He now has 17 points in 19 games.

They will update it, he will soon be much higher.

The Knicks are pathetic. They are going to trade Marbury, they recorded the lowest home attendance in their history the other day, and they are now 0-5. What a mess, I hope you are satisfied Larry Brown. The Pistons are in a completely opposite situation.

What is happening tonight? Midway through the 3rd quarter and Detroit are getting out rebounded 32-15. Ben Wallace only 2 boards? As of yet, no one has really stamped their authority on the game.

Where the heck has the Kitchener Rangers offence gone? They are still winning, but they can no longer pour pucks in the net.

"Goaltender Stefan Liv (HV-71, Swedish Elite League) has the best goals-against average (1.29) and save percentage (.948) in Sweden and has been sharp in the early going ..." Looking through his career statistics it appars that he has been very solid. Judging by the stats that he is producing this season, do you feel that he will ever be a goaltender for the Wings? Will we release him, or trade him? Any thoughts?

Maurice Evans is really struggling today, they should play Delfino more, he is going to be a terrific player. Pistons down by 7 points late in the 3rd. Edit: Detroit 111 Phoenix 104. Pistons tear it up late in the third, with a 17-4 run, including the last 9. Detroit clearly has the best starting five in the league, every member played awesome tonight. Rasheed hit two huge three's in the last, Hamilton had a dozen, and Ben with 8. Pistons are the only undefeated team in the NBA! Great start guys!

I am very interested in getting a copy of those games, but I have no idea how to help!

"The Wings are undecided on whether to bring Grigorenko, a right wing, to North America next season." You're joking right? Surely they will bring him over, he'll be 30 by the time they finally decide he belongs in Detroit.

I just cannot understand why they would do it? What does it achieve? I know we won yesterday, but next time we play them (if there is a next time this season), we are going to be one fired up ball club.

Box Score Recap "When the Detroit Pistons were introduced before Tuesday night's game, the Arco Arena scoreboard flashed images of abandoned buildings, burned-out cars -- nearly every outdated, offensive stereotype of their hometown." Link

Its an interesting proposition, that the Wings could have Howard and Liv in goal next season.

Interesting times ahead for Liv: Link

Kindl scored the game winning goal, and had an assist. He was awarded the first star. That is now 15 points in 16 games, one more point that last year in 46 less games. I think we have en excellent prospect.

I watched the Spurs-Cavs game yesterday and I must admit I am worried. The Spurs are going to be even better this season; the main reason is Tony Parker. He has really developed into a quality guard, the way he can weave through traffic is incredible. In saying that, the Cavs are pretty poor and extremely overrated, at least until their recruits learn to adapt. As far as the Pistons, tonight was a great game. Prince totally dominated, Hamilton was great and Ben Wallace just destroyed the Raptors on the boards. Prince played 34 minutes, the most of any Piston, which is good to see. Evans and Arroyo look like the are going to have solid seasons. Box Score Recap 3-0!

Just saw the highlights and Rip you the man! Why did Boston not have someone on Prince as he was in-bounding the ball? Terrible decision. Box Score Recap As I mentioned earlier, the lack of faith in the bench is a worry, not even McDyess saw much action tonight. We need to get them involved in the game.

The Wings must be desperate for Tomas Kopecky to eventually turn into the player they desire. As it says on Hockey’s Future, “He is the only prospect who could translate into a future scoring power forward as the Wings lack these type of players in their system�. He is listed at 6'3 & 203 lbs. This season has made it clear that Kopecky can obviously score. Reports are that he has leadership qualities and a strong two-way game, which is great to hear. All he needs to do is to continue his improvement on offense and he could find himself on the Wings roster in 2006/07.

Tomas Kopecky scored 2 goals tonight, takes his season total to 5 goals, 1 assist in 10 games. Maybe he's starting to turn the corner? Despite the fact the stat is basically useless, he has a rating of +5. Jiri Hudler continues his streak as he had 2 assists. He has now registered a point in 10 straight games. Valtteri Filppula got an assists tonight, and has 6 points for the season.

2 assists to Kindl tonight, including a helper on the OT winner. McGrath also had 2 assists.