FireCaptain

The Magician pulling a rabbit out of his giant Russian hat!

I think that means Cleary's a vegetarian.

2/28/09 Nashville set a franchise record by beating the Red Wings 8-0. (Can you tell I'm stuck with the Nashville feed tonight?)

Tootoo/Eaves/Emmerton line is clutch!

EAVES!

Did we pick up this 'Johan Franzen' guy at the deadline? I don't seem to remember hearing his name before April?!

NICE!! TIE GAME!

Thank you, Trotzy!

Admiral VALbar.

Yeah, but he's never met THE LOGO HUNTERS© (as a Pred)!

Guess who REALLY wants $5Mil/year?

Do you think the start for Mason was a respect move by Trotz? LGW!!!

What worries me is that we didn't score a single goal last night at even strength. 3 PPs and a Shorty (EN, you are technically shorthanded). It's great that the Power Play rocked the house, but if the refs put the whistles in their pockets, then what?

DK Khaled - All I Do is Win

How does 2 recent Cup winners playing each other mean "absolutely nothing"? Sometimes the blind hate for Sid C and the Penguins gets in the way of good hockey around here.

Our goalie does have some problems with math.. "It's an exciting time for myself and my family and we're excited to be here for four more years," Howard said before boarding the Red Wings plane for Wednesday night's game in Calgary. Or he knows something we don't.

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Datsyuk is taking questions Saturday on his OFFICIAL facebook page. Why don't you just ask him? https://www.facebook.com/Datsyuk13hockey Official Page of Russian Born NHL Center for the Detroit Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk Follow me on Twitter at @datsyuk13 Dear Friends on April 13, 2013 from 13:00 -13:59 (military time) I will take questions from you through my Facebook instant messenger. I will reply to most questions during the day on April 13th. Please be original and ask interesting questions. ;-). With love, Pasha!

What's that? Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game. Another game. Jim Mora, FTW.

No, silly. 57.6 is much too high of a percentage for that. http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/Western/Central/Detroit.html

That almost came true tonight ya jinx!

I'm not saying he should leave, however, I remember one quote he said in an interview because it stuck with me.. The gist of it was that after 10 years, you should change things. You shouldn't do anything for more than 10 years because you get stale, your talk falls on dead ears, you should be constantly learning and doing new things, etc. I wonder if he's suffering from some of that? I can't find a link to the interview, but I know it happened about 3 to 4 years ago. It was right around the time I hit 10 years at work and it actually made me stop and reassess what I was doing. **BTW, he was in his 6th year as coach when he signed a 4 year extension through 2014/15. Ten years.. call the Illuminati.

Am I among the minority in this thinking - this 'slump' lowers his cost of services. We have the chance of getting him re-signed at a reduced cost because other than the hot start, he hasn't done much. "Sorry kid, we can't pay that much for potential in this league. We pay for results. Unless it's the trade deadline, then most GMs overpay for everything."

For those that are arguing that signing this Dekeyser kid (who I know nothing of) are proof that this theory is wrong.. consider this. He signed an entry level contract - money was going to be the same no matter where he went. So, the next two consideration to make are family and hometown. Just getting out of college with a chance to live near home and family while starting your NHL career with the team that you grew up watching? No brainer. However, that doesn't mean that the shine is back on the diamond. 1.) He's too green. Truthfully, no one knows what he'll do in the NHL. He's not a proven free agent looking for a new town. 2.) The contracts were equal - who's to say if this were an actual free agent signing that Nashville (or any other team) wouldn't have thrown the kitchen sink at him and signed him?

Don't..... for..get the awk....ward.... pauses.