Never_Retire_Steve

I think this raises the question of how prominent steroids are in hockey.

The US did not look good at all...... Meanwhile Sweden looked a little better against Latvia. I hate these prelim games, no competition until the medal rounds.

Can't wait for the Winter Classic

I see you are from Moose Jaw, are you going to the WJC next year in Saskatoon or Regina?

US and Germany on right now

Why can't that team be a dynasty in a few years? Yes it is very wishful thinking from a team that hasn't made the playoffs forever, but man do they have a very well rounded team stacked with young talent.

This kid is the real deal, next year's rookie of the year easy.

We like to give these teams leads and then try and come back in the third. It's really starting to piss me off how many times we are entering the third period down a couple lately.

Wednesday will be the big game

Great post Tane, I agree 100% with your sentiment. One of the main reasons I watch the tournament is to see guys like Tavares and maybe some guy from Latvia or Germany who sometimes wow you (remember the goalie from Belarus in the olympics?).

Well, hopefully it isn't serious, he's a pretty important part of our team

I agree the Olympics is a far better tournament but it is very exciting to see the talent that will some day be the cream of the crop in the NHL as well. As for the Olympics in 2010 I think that it will be between the Russians and the Canadians. Obviously the Canadians will have a huge advantage with it being in Vancouver but the Russians have some very sick talent up front with Malkin, Ovechkin, and Semin being lights out this year (not to mention our boy Datsyuk). I think that Sweden will have a very hard time repeating with a lot of their core team aging by that time (think Sundin, Naslund, Lidstrom).

Well this is sad news, I remember her all the time at the games knitting, I guess everyone has their time though

Was this a Christmas present? Awesome stuff man

Man, with these prices I am almost tempted to fly to Detroit to watch a game

Wow, I disagree completely. They are scoring 8 goals a game it seems and Thomas is making ridiculous saves. You also have guys like Lucic running around hitting people and fighting. What is boring about their team?

I think that the Hawks are a great team this year, but I can't see them do much of anything in the playoffs.

If you have watched many Boston games you would have to be impressed with their play. They seem to score at will right now and Thomas is playing unreal in goal. They are leading the league in scoring and GAA I think. How can you argue with those numbers. The real question is can they keep up their play. I for one don't think they can as most of their players are big time overachieving.

Those are sweet.... Also, I am really looking forward to this game, I used to hate watching the Wings hammer on the Hawks but now they are actually good and fun to watch. I hope that Toews doesn't score a goal like he did last game though.

Good partner to have

I used to be on the we need an enforcer bandwagon when we were getting eliminated in the first and second rounds for quite a few years there (also, because guys like Datsyuk would completely disappear in the playoffs). However, I think that a lot of our guys have gotten a lot grittier than they were 3-5 years ago. I don't ever remember Datsyuk hitting and now I see him mixing it up a lot, so in that respect I am happy. I would like to add from an entertainment standpoint I would love to see DMac in the lineup every night.

It's tough to say because Conklin hasn't been much better and we don't have a viable trade option so it's a really sticky situation. The best thing is that it is December.... so it's not a huge worry yet.

No way Lidstrom should've won for 2000s, hopefully Yzerman will take this. Man they should've done final four style instead. I mean the 90s were stacked.

Barry Melrose is an idiot but what did those two clowns expect by bringing in a guy who hasn't coached in over ten years.

OK, I give up..... these threads are stupid. Nothing is ever going to get accomplished because we all have biases to Red Wings players because we are Red Wings fans. What we need to do is ask people who cheer for other teams and ask them what they think after watching Red Wings games. P.S. For those of you that are using Conklin as an excuse to deflect criticism on Osgood should note that Osgood is far from a #1 goalie. He had a good stretch with Pittsburgh, but he was horrible before that especially with Edmonton.