Wings_Rule_1010

On 19 shootout attempts, Jimmy has surrendered a whopping... two... goals. Nothing much else to say, the man has had an impressive season.

Yesss!!! Wings win Good morning/night redwings fans. See ya saturday. take care.

Should be a 5 point lead over Canucks as they gave the Canucks a point in regulation but I'll take the win.

Suck on that Leonard!

Yes but they just let the Canucks gain a point on them by giving this game away. They could have been up 5 points tonight but are now only 2 points up after this loss.

Well they just gave away a point to the Canucks and most likely another 1 to the Canucks. In the playoffs when you do this you don't just give up the points you lose the game e.g. Sharks in 2011!

Same old same old Wings! Can't keep 1 goal leads in the 3rd period as its the San Jose series all over again. An illustration of what will happen if they meet the Canucks in the playoffs! Pure Choke job by the Wings!

Edmonton leading Chicago 6-4

i get more excited when i see the bottom 6 come over the boards than i do the top 6...

I wish there would have been a picture of all seven of them getting fired up.

One more thing. WE THOUGHT during the 2008 & 2009 Cup Finals that Malkin was the better Pen. And right now Malkin is showing that he IS ALSO the best player in the league (sorry, Pav) so far this season.

A friend of mine, who is a Wild fan, classifies Cleary as the type of role player every team wants. He can put up 20 goals and 20 assists per season; he can play on the power play; he can play on the PK; he's physical and hardworking, and he's responsible defensively.
He's worth the price.

The OP doesn't understand roles in hockey apparently.... he's been told by Babs to play a grinding 3rd line role, he's out there to finish checks and wear down defense, he's not trying to score goals but will certainly accept them as they come. First priority is to play your role, and right now Cleary's role is not to be a scoring forward. So stop hating on him.

Come the playoffs Cleary is tough and always competes hard for his team, you can't take grittiness away from that guy , he is one of our ditch diggers.

For someone coming off a 26 goal campaign in 68 games (which equates to 31 goals if he played 82 games)...this criticism seems awfully harsh.
He might be past his prime and what he's able to bring to the table will start to decline, but demonizing him like this is a massive slap in the face to what he's provided this team over the years. He's coming off his best season ever!
He's not a top tier talent nor is he expected to be, he's a hard working player who battles and shows up for key games. Not only that, but he's very versatile and can play on any line, doesn't gripe when he gets demoted, plays the same hard working game. What's not to like?

Would I mind seeing Cleary get traded? Not at all, given the right circumstances i.e. a serious upgrade. Say maybe in a package deal to NJ for Parise. For a gritty, older "Dallas Drake" style player capable of upping their physical game in the playoffs? We have one of those right now & his name is Dan Cleary. Regardless, if the Wings traded him, who would answer the phones at the Red Wings residence?

He's going to score 15-20 goals playing on the 3rd line essentially the whole year and he's worthless? The contract may be a little inflated but what do you expect for production out of a 3rd line guy? Add the fact that he's dependable and a good teammate and I'm pretty sure that he's not getting traded.

Cleary has been solid this year for us and always has been since we picked him up. I like him, has a good head on his shoulders. Plays a good 2 way game. Haters gonna hate I suppose...

You can't even spell my name correctly. That's not surprising; given that you've ignored every single point I've ever made in argument with you, it's hardly surprising that you'd fail to process the name behind them.
And, as usual, your arguments about Cleary are asinine. Why are you so fixated upon him? What happened between you two? Did he refuse to give you an autograph? Did he look at you the wrong way once? Perhaps he told you that you couldn't cut it in the NHL? Yeesh.

Cleary doesn't hurt you. He's responsibly defensively and difficult to play against which is ideal for playoff hockey.
Despite his scoring slump, Cleary is still on pace for 36 points, which will most likely be 7th best amongst our forwards. I'll take 40 point guys that play two way hockey on my third line all day.

Cleary has the kinda heart you need in the playoffs, could care less what he does in the regular season.

I know my hate for Dan Cleary seems to get under a lot of Cleary lover's skin here. To me he is worthless I've been saying it for a while. So at 49 games on the books, lets see what he has done.
10 goals
11 assists
On a world class team. He's a horrible skater, injured often, and is completely worthless especially for how much he is making this year (2.8 million) Keep in mind Zetterberg's cap hit is 6 million.
So I pose this question again, without Crimson trolling me. How many of you would like to see Cleary gone at the trade deadline this year? At this point I'd trade him for a washing machine just to get him off and Mursak on.

Lot of bitching about a lack of response to the Howard scuffle at the end there. Overall I think this game was a perfect example of why the Wings DON'T need another tough guy. They matched the Blues toughness PERFECTLY - the only difference was the Blues took stupid penalties and the Wings didn't. The final scuffle was fine by me. I don't mind seeing Howard stand up for himself - everyone else was tied up anyways.
Anyways, it was a really fun game to watch. I was impressed with the effort tonight.

lol I just read some posts from letsgoblues. Wow, they are delusional... pulling out the 'Dead Wings/Things' name. Really? We've been to the playoffs 21 straight years I believe? Won 4 cups during that span and made the finals 5 times. What the f*** have they done? I'll tell you what they did do, they watched Pronger miss a hit on Stevie Y and separate his shoulder in the process. They watched Stevie Y score in double ot of game 7.
Blues fans, f*** off. Your team is little brother, we're big brother. s*** isn't going to change, and when Franzen, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg are gone we'll have more core players to own you for the 3rd decade in a row.
/Endrant

They don't need x-rays, all they really need to do is google it.
Rocket Richard
Art Ross
Pearson
Hart
Gold Medal
Stanley Cup
He annoys the s*** out of me, but that's a HOF-worthy resume he's racked up at the age of 24.
If he never returns to the NHL, I have to wonder what he would've accomplished in the next 10 to 15 years of his career. .