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Huge last few days so I'm gonna sleep on it and hopefully wake up tomorrow to a good result from the game. Go Wings!!!!

Confirmed Ozzie in net tonight

No. If he's not good enough for Vancouver, then why Detroit?

You would know more, is it Hiller or Jiggy for the Ducks tonight?

VS Preview- Red Wings at Stars Recap- Red Wings 4, Stars 5 (OT) Detroit: 29-7-5, 13-4-3 Road Record, 63 pts; 1st in Central Division, 2nd Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Defeated BUF 3-1 Recap Dallas: 17-17-6, 9-6-3 Home Record, 40 pts; 4th in Pacific Division, 13th Overall In Western Conference Last Game: Lost to PHX 1-0 (SO) Recap Last DET-DAL meeting: 1/8, DAL 1 at DET 6 Recap Goals DET Marian Hossa: 20 DAL Loui Eriksson: 21 Assists DET Pavel Datsyuk: 29 DAL Mike Ribeiro: 26 Plus/Minus DET Marian Hossa, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom: +16 DAL Stephane Robidas: +9 ---- DET Kris Draper: -10 DAL Niklas Grossman: -12 PIM DET Andreas Lilja: 34 DAL Krys Barch: 80 Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Hudler-Zetterberg-Hossa Cleary-Filppula-Samuelsson Kopecky-Draper-Maltby Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Stuart Lilja-Lebda Chelios, Meech scratched DET Chris Osgood 14-2-4, 3.02 GAA, .883 SV %, 0 SO DAL Marty Turco 16-15-6, 3.13 GAA, .884 SV %, 1 SO DET Darren McCarty (groin) out DAL Brendan Morrow (torn acl) out, Sergei Zubov (hip) out, Fabian Brunnstrom (lower body) out, Landon Wilson (ribs) out

Maybe we'll wear out Giguere before the 3rd again

Completely forgot about that.

Hey, come on. Kansas City BBQ would more than easily take care of that Also to mindfly's question, Habs fans seem to have this idea that every French-Canadian born player wants to and should play for Montreal, that the Habs should only draft French-Canadian players, and that any time a French Canadian free agent rejects a contract offer to play for the Habs, he's booed the next time his team plays at Bell Centre. Now, thats not to say that alot of French Canadians want to play for the Habs, but to say that every single one does and should? Delusional. Ryan Miller is from here but never really wanted to play for the Wings. Danny Briere is from Montreal but chose to sign with Philly instead of the hometown Habs, to name a few. I'm pretty sure I remember a certain Canadian who had some unkind things to say about French Canadian players not too long ago. But then again, I'm not sure if Avery counts.

Well I'm glad I missed that s***fest of a game Great to hear that Ozzie was solid in net, it sounded on the radio that he didn't have much chance on most of the goals.

If Vinny leaves, then St. Louis would be soon to follow and the Lightning will cease to exist.

Per MLive DETROIT -- Some of the Detroit Red Wings' worst fears were realized the first half of the season. Team defense hasn't been as tight as usual, goaltender Chris Osgood has struggled too often, penalty killing has been substandard and, on many nights, they have battled the blahs that have plagued recent Stanley Cup champions. And yet, none of this is apparent from their record. The Red Wings, 29-7-5, are on pace for 126 points, which would be 11 more than last season. They have the same number of points (63) after 41 games as they did a year ago. "I'm thrilled with our record,'' general manager Ken Holland said. "Real happy with the health of our team, our ability to score goals, our power play, our ability to come back.'' But no club has higher standards than the Red Wings, who believe there is much room for improvement. "At the same time, we all feel that we can play better,'' defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. "We're happy about the standings, but we haven't been satisfied with our overall game.'' Said captain Nicklas Lidstrom: "It's the group of five plus the goalie that needs to play a little better defensively, whether it's sticking to our system more and coming back harder or keeping teams on the outside. As a team, we can still do a better job defensively.'' They are headed in the right direction. A few weeks ago, the Red Wings ranked 25th in the NHL in goals-against average, unfathomable for a club that allowed the fewest goals in the league last season. But they have allowed only eight goals during their current six-game winning streak, and Osgood has been strong in two starts since returning from a strained groin, allowing only three goals. Ty Conklin has solidified the backup position. "You're not going to go too far in the playoffs without good goaltending,'' Holland said. "We're not looking for our goalie to be the first star every night, but you need those timely saves. We're slowly working our way up (in goals-against average). Our goal is to finish in the top 10 in goals-against.'' Offense is the least of the Red Wings' concerns. The addition of star right wing Marian Hossa has enabled them to split up Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, at even strength and on the power play, giving them two potent scoring lines. They have plenty of secondary scoring options with Johan Franzen, Jiri Hudler and Tomas Holmstrom, among others. "It's a little bit different league. I don't know if it's the rules (limiting obstruction) or the younger players, but there's a little more scoring now,'' Holland said. "When we get behind we have the ability to score. Our team seems to have a comfort level, we raise our game and put pressure on the other team.'' They have elevated their play in recent big games against Chicago and San Jose. "Early in the year, we lacked emotion, now we're getting emotion,'' Holland said.

Any hit Pronger gives out should be given second looks due to his his history. That hit however, didn't look all that bad.

Is that before or after he tries to pull a Chris Simon on Kronner?

VS Preview- Sabres at Red Wings Recap- Sabres 1 at Red Wings 3 Buffalo: 21-15-5, 9-6-3 Road Record, 47 pts; 3rd in Northeast Division, 7th Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Defeated NYR 2-1 (SO) Recap Detroit: 28-7-5, 15-3-2 Home Record, 61 pts; 1st in Central Division, 2nd Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Defeated DAL 6-1 Recap Goals BUF Tomas Vanek: 27 DET Marian Hossa: 19 Assists BUF Derek Roy: 24 DET Pavel Datsyuk: 29 Plus/Minus BUF Drew Stafford and Chris Butler: +5 DET Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk: +16 ---- BUF Maxim Afinogenov: -14 DET Kris Draper: -10 PIM BUF Adam Mair and Andrew Peters: 76 DET Andreas Lilja: 34 Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Cleary-Zetterberg-Hossa Hudler-Filppula-Samuelsson Kopecky-Draper-Maltby Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Stuart Lilja-Lebda Chelios, Meech scratched BUF Ryan Miller 19-10-4, 2.54 GAA, .914 SV %, 3 SO DET Ty Conklin 14-5-1, 2.38 GAA, .918 SV %, 4 SO BUF Maxim Afineganov (groin) out, Patrick Kaleta (head) out DET Darren McCarty (groin) out

Just got back, listened to the whole game at work/coming home. Great to hear the boys got the win!

VS Preview- Stars at Red Wings Recap- Stars 1, Red Wings 6 Dallas: 17-16-5, 8-10-2 Road Record, 38 pts; 4th in Pacific Division, 12th Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Defeated VAN 3-2 (SO) Recap Detroit: 27-7-5, 14-3-2 Home Record, 59 pts; 1st in Central Division, 2nd Overall in Western Conference Last Game: Defeated CBJ 3-0 Recap Last DAL-DET meeting: 12/12, DET 1 at DAL 3 Recap Goals DAL Loui Eriksson: 20 DET Johan Franzen and Marian Hossa: 18 Assists DAL Mike Ribeiro: 26 DET Pavel Datsyuk: 28 Plus/Minus DAL Stephane Robidas: +8 DET Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk: +18 ---- DAL Niklas Grossman: -11 DET Kris Draper: -11 PIM DAL Krys Barch: 80 DET Andreas Lilja: 34 Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Hudler-Zetterberg-Hossa Cleary-Filppula-Samuelsson Kopecky-Draper-Maltby Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Stuart Lilja-Lebda Chelios, Meech scratched DAL Marty Turco 16-14-5, 3.17 GAA, .882 SV %, 0 SO DET Chris Osgood 13-2-4, 3.12 GAA, .880 SV %, 0 SO DAL Brendan Morrow (torn acl) out, Sergei Zubov (hip) out, Joel Lundqvist (shoulder) questionable, Landon Wilson (upper body) questionable, Fabian Brunnstrom (lower body) out DET Darren McCarty (groin) out

Well good. Maybe the Wings winning ways will bring out your happy side

Is that a question or a prediction?

All I know is that Mason had better be heading to Montreal for the young stars game

Ouch, 1 for 5

Was just about to say that. This one's gonna be recorded!

Same D pairings according to MLive

Didn't Leclaire have like 5 shutouts or something crazy in the first 10 games last year?