russianswede919293

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    Red Wings' Darren McCarty back on the ice

    I think that he is going to rehab in the AHL, and with all the injuries will get to come back once he is healthy. Once we are healthy he will go down until the point where they can call him up for playoffs without cap mattering anymore.
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    Francis Pare

    I'm not sure how many players the Wings already have on their 50 man roster, but I truly hope they sign Francis Pare before somebody else scoops him up. Pare signed an entry level deal with the Grand Rapids Griffins, and he has 4 goals and 3 assists in 7 games. I can't remember where but I read an article saying he missed out on the draft due to work ethic, but that he has improved that and is playing hard every night. Could be a good kid to bring in in the next year or two because starting next year the Wings need to rebuild a bit due to cap constraints.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    I bet Babs was not happy with period 2. He has been upset about not doing the little things to hold a lead all year, and I think that he is telling them to play their asses off in the 3rd.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    Is it just me or did that Leg break really slow Cheli down. He didn't look bad in the pre-season but ever since he got back he seems to be lacking that extra step that keeps him ahead or even with the play. He has been falling a lot more lately, and really for the first time as a Wing in my opinion looked unable to keep up with the play. I love him to pieces, but I think the career is almost over here.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    This is the big point, whenever a goal has been scored lately the screen is behind the defenceman and not even with them.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    This is what has been typical of Wings games all season, they get a lead and they have trouble holding on to it, and that is what worries me come playoff time, because that won't cut it. They need to do a better job of staying focused when it looks like they are going to win.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    IN defense to Wings homerism, I believe we all let the check on Conkers when he was on his way back to the crease go rather quietly.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    Just rewound and rewatched the play, you guys are right. As he moves to his right he is pushed back to his left by the defenseman, I didn't catch that on the initial play.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    I think that is a better defense against that call then the pushed into the net defense. It was a make up call due to poor calling of the first. Something that has been going on all year. The worst was when Hossa got goalie interference for being pushed into the goalie and then right off the faceoff they called a non-existent high stick to make it 4 on 4 hockey. Don't remember what game that was though.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    I really didn't see a big push on that one. He was kind of pushed a wee bit, but it wasn't that hard. I think it was a borderline call, but I can see why it was called.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    They really do call more penalties in order to get the losing team back into a game. I do not disagree with that observation at all.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    Oh he was not pushed, he just cannot skate, he may have been tapped but it was mostly him, he made aa bee-line to the crease. I applaud the effort and he gets an A for effort but a D- for execution. Also as a goalie if that was not called on a player that did that to me I would be bitching to the ref.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    Ah okay, I think that NFM and I thought you were ragging on the Pain Train.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    Kopey to the box for poor skating skills and hitting the goalie due to them.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    The fact that Lilja has been having the best season of his career this year. He has made smart choices with the puck, been using his body well, and is the best shot blocker on this team, and in my opinion the second best d-man on the PK after Lidstrom, maybe even equal to Lids on the PK.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    True, but there really wasn't a Dallas Drake kind of guy out there. Drake was a unique player. He always played balls to the walls heart in his throat and no regard for his own body. I called it kamikazee hockey, and I always loved Drake for it, even as a Blue. He also had a positive attitude and great personality to have in your locker room. He was one of a kind, and I think that is what the Wings have been lacking this season, but is also something almost impossible to find.
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    Hossa to Sign Soon?

    I disagree, I think that Franzen is a presence that the wings cannot afford to lose. Homer has been out with a lot of groin issues lately, and I think with homer gone soon Franzen is somebody the Wings cannot afford to lose. I really would regret losing Filppula and Hudler as well though. This is the first time the cap has been a presence in us having to lose people really. Its a hard off season, and I am not jealous of what Ken Holland has on his plate.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    I love Hossa to pieces but I think Conks was the more important of the two signings.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    okay now they are, they just were not showing the commercials
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    why are they not showing the intermission report on NHL center ice...
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    My roommate is a Sabres fan. I like to remind him that they let Conkers go...
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    I love Conkers. I am trying to figure out how comfortable I am letting Howard go to keep Conkers around...
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    I agree, he is just fun to rip on, regardless of how he produces, I don't know why. He is like Lang, he give you great production, but he's fun to rip on. Kopey used to be a guy I really liked. I thought he would come around, and thought he would come around, and kept giving him chances to prove me right, but he has finally lost that in my eyes, and I see him being no better ever than he is now.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    Sammy will always be my goatm until he is gone, then its kopecky.
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    2/10 GDT: Red Wings 5 at Predators 3

    yupperz. but his league min price tag will keep him around another year. allowing a hossa franzen keeper fest