Detroit # 1 Fan

Fantastic start, gotta keep it up.

RAFFFYYYY WOOO!!

All these classy Blues fans are making me uneasy.. With Howies strong games lately, I'll say 5-1 Wings, Bert, Danny, Williams, Lidstrom, Fil

Figured as much, it was strange to see him have 2 points in a game, so I had to ask.

Wow, Malts scored and had an assist, did he play physical? If so, no need to take him out for Eaves.

Didnt see the game, but didnt need to. To have all these Swedes and come back something other then 2-0 makes this Sweden thing a big mistake. Hopefully they win tommorow and get back to Detroit asap and get some things figured out, cant be blowing leads to frickin St Louis.

5-2 Avs, ohhhh myyyy.

Shhh, I dont even want to think about them being good right now

f*** the Canucks, wow Luongo, I guess this isnt that "slow start" you wanted eh?

f*** Calgary, I hope Bouwmeester and Phaneuf look like fools tonight and Vancouver pounds them. God, this city will be GREAT tommorow if Calgary loses.

Wilson and Burke made a mistake by sending guys like Bozak and Hanson to the minors. Stempniak, and guys like him are useless. Toskala makes me sick, with him in net a Leafs loss is guranteed. If they dont start the Monster soon, they'll be in trouble.

Have you seen the Wings 10 ratings? It's a joke, no wonder we finished 8th in the sim.

I ******* love Komisarek. I've only been able to see the 3rd, but great hockey! And great move by Komisarek as well, Leafs have the momentum and now a PP.

Friday Florida vs Chicago St. Louis vs Detroit Philadelphia vs Carolina NY Rangers vs Pittsburgh Saturday Chicago vs Florida Vancouver vs Colorado Detroit vs St. Louis Carolina vs Boston Montreal vs Buffalo Philadelphia vs New Jersey Pittsburgh vs NY Islanders Ottawa vs NY Rangers Toronto vs Washington Tampa Bay vs Atlanta Minnesota vs Columbus Nashville vs Dallas Calgary vs Edmonton San Jose vs Anaheim Phoenix vs Los Angeles

Bert still got hands man, and it was great to hear and see that the 3rd line did good. I think in the playoffs we're gonna need those guys.

With today being pretty much the end of the pre-season, it's prediction time. Eastern Conference 1. Philadelphia Flyers - I think they take the next step and Emery is able to hold up. 2. Boston Bruins - Strong year last year, and didnt lose much. 3. Carolina Hurricanes - Retained the core of last years team and made smart additions. 4. Washington Capitals - Not a huge fan of them, but a strong team. 5. New Jersey Devils - Jacque has em playing boring, sucessful hockey again. 6. Pittsburgh - Cant argue Crosby and Malkin, but teams in the East are better this year. 7. New York Rangers - If Gaborik stays healthy, a good mix of offence up front and a good defensive scheme. 8. Toronto Maple Leafs - Wilson's strategy mixed with good goaltending and strong defence gets them in. 9. Montreal Canadiens - Good talent, but dont think Martins system is good for them, Price cant get it done. 10. Florida Panthers - I like the Cats team, but I dont see them getting in. 11. Ottawa Senators - They could be a darkhorse team, but a very weak defence doesnt interest me very much. 12. Buffalo Sabres - Havent been the same since 07, dont see it getting better. 13. Tampa Bay Lightning - Same as Florida. 14. Atlanta Thrasers - Afinoganov and Antropov are not the kind of players you add to this team, weak goaltending and I believe Kovalchuk will be dealt away. 15. New York Islanders - Love JT, and I think he'll have a good year, but he has to go through the rough transition team-wise that Crosby had. Western Conference 1. San Jose - Heatley and Thornton will be dynamic, there always a strong regular season team. 2. Detroit Red Wings - I dont believe the demise is upon us, stronger defence and tougher team concept, less offence. 3. Vancouver Canuks - Luongo and that defence carrys Vancouver. 4. Chicago Blackhawks - Lots of talent, bad coach, questionable goaltending, we'll see. 5. Calgary Flames - Ohhhh that defence... yeah. 6. Anaheim Duck - Still strong, worse defence, better offence. 7. St Louis Blues - Good young talent, strong team game and good coach, be surprised if they dont make it. 8. Edmonton Oilers - Like the talent mix and the coaching. Goaltending could be a strong point if Khabi holds up. 9. Columbus Blue Jackets - Neck and neck with Edmonton, I just think Quinns magic is gonna carry Edmonton. 10. Los Angeles Kings - Could be the West darkhorse, but I'm not believing the hype just yet. 11. Dallas Stars - I like Crawfords style even if he is a D-bag, good team still. 12. Minnesota - Rookie coach, not alot of talent. 13. Nashville Predators - Too much for the Preds to handle in the west. 14. Phoenix Coyotes - Tippett is a good coach, but until this whole debacle is over I dont know how the Coyotes will react. 15. Colorado Avalanche - The fans deserve everything the team is gonna give them this year... not much. I'm frickin excited, the seasons just around the corner. Share yours, it's LGW afterall so I'd be surprised if I saw any other predictions that looked anything like mine

He'll be the starter by November. Toskala is brutal, weak all pre-season, and all last season, and then goes and gives up 7 goals to frickin Buffalo.

I'm not gonna lie, I was pulling for him.

He looked like garbage in the games I saw, good riddance.

The funny thing when I was reading TSN was it said we're still heavily depending on veterans like Holmstrom, Draper and Maltby I could see Draper for PK and faceoffs, but all of them have decreased roles and are bigtime on the decline.

Plus, he can teach Kindl to be a greasy cheapshotting dirty f***, who fights sometimes and plays physical. That I would like, he's got skill, but we dont need any more wussie defenceman, more guys like Ericsson please

If Brad May was brought in earlier during training camp we would'nt have this problem. But it is good to hear there all healthy. I hope Bertuzzi puts those Swedish princess' through the glass on Wedsneday, Welcome to the NHL bitchhhhhh (and I say that with respect to our Swedes, who battle and dont play in "elite" leagues)

Ken and Mick said it wouldnt be on TV, but who knows, there could be a stream.

Lebda and Meech traded for a 3rd and a 4th. Sign Dandenault at league min, and when Liljas healthy he just replaces Meechs spot. Get er done Kenny!

Excited for Abby, and that 3rd line. Hopefully May does well in the minors, and good luck to all the other kids who got sent down.