Drake_Marcus

Meh. He's pretty far down the Red Wings food chain-- he can make slips of the tongue all he wants. I'd be more impressed if Kenny Holland said it.

All I care about is that we get farther in the playoffs than the s***hawks. They can take the central division championship banner and beat off all they want. I want to stare at a Cup banner.

Howard's 3rd overall in GAA on a team that's in the bottom half of the league in goals scored. That's significant because it means that Jimmy's won a lot of close games. He's also had only 2 shutouts. Shut outs basically allow goalies to have an equal number of s*** games. Let's say you have four shut-outs. You want a GAA of 2.00. That means you can now afford to have 4 games where you let in 4 goals and the shut-outs will even it out. This is why a terrible peice of s*** goalie like Huet can get away with being raped 8-3 by teams. He gets blown out but his defense saves his ass more often than not by severely limiting shots while his offense scores enough goals to completely break the backs of his opponents. The result? A good GAA but mediocre Sv%. That's why it's usually so important to have an elite GAA and an elite Sv% if you want to be called an elite goalie. Look at the list of shut-outs: http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20102ALLGAGAll&sort=shutOuts&viewName=savePercentageLeaders Notice how many goalies there have lots of shut-outs and mediocre GAA? Anderson and Rinne both have 7 shut outs but they've got GAA greater than 2.50. That means they've been blown out far more often than a guy like Jimmy Howard. Anyone remember the link someone put up on here that had Howard listed as the most statistically consistent goalie in the NHL? That's one reason why. He's got a lame number of SO but a brilliant Sv% and GAA. If I had more info on how many 1 goal and 2 goal games he has I'd be able to break it down in a graph. If anyone knows where I can find that I can throw a quick spreadsheet together. In conclusion I'd like to say this-- Jimmy Howard is the s***.

I just thought I'd point out a feature on NHL.com called "Three Star Standings". The three stars being referred to are the ones the NHL assigns once a day based on individual performances in every game that occurred on that day. This is not related to the three stars you see on individual boxed scores (the ones announced at the rinks). For any given day of the season there can only be one 1st, 2nd and 3rd star. These are the three stars you see on the NHL homepage. Here are the total standings so far this year. Note that Jimmy Howard is 9th overall in total three star points (where 1st star is worth 30pts, 2nd star 20pts and 3rd star 10pts). Also note that he's been selected as the 1st star by the NHL three times this year. The leader in that respect has 5 stars. The next closest rookie to Jimmy in those standings is Niemi(who's 15th). None of Howard's Calder competitors are listed in the top 30. Interesting. Howard will likely end the season with 62 starts so it's not unthinkable. Also note that Thomas won the Vez even though he only played 54 games last season.

Honestly the 2nd PP won't click until either Kronwall returns to his pre-injury form or Babcock puts someone competent on the point beside Kroner.

Miller sits for Abdelkader? Not a chance. Look at who's made more impact this year. Abs went back down to GR and the Wings haven't missed a beat. Miller was the catalyst that completely turned our PK around.

Ericsson had another strong game tonight. He was so strong around the net and completely manhandled Tootoo during his scoring chance. Aside from playing well defensively he was also dangerous in the offensive zone and managed to get a slapper off from the point more than once. If he can keep taking those bomb shots from the point he'll continue to generate offense. And Ericsson's nothing if not driven by his offensive play. When he's playing well offensively he's confident and plays the puck well in his own zone.

Great game by the Wings. Howie was brilliant! I still can't get over how clutch that toe save was. Ericsson was good again. All the lines played well. This was a really playoff feeling game. Does anyone else think Burtuzzi's wrist or shoulder is injured? He refuses to shoot the puck... it's starting to get infuriating again. Someone should slap that man and tell him he's not Pavel Dat-*******-syuk. Edit: Actually that's not fair to Pavel-- his hockey sense is excellent and he's willing to shoot when it's the right decision.

That show is hilarious.

You hear this Carman? CARMAN? Where are you man?

Thanks for writing this review. I've never ordered autographed stuff directly from an athlete before but based on your glowing reviews I'm going to save up and buy something from Gordie's site as a treat for my birthday. If I wasn't a broke grad student I'd be able to afford something really nice. Edit: And thanks for that link to Mr. Lindsay's website as well. I've just finished reading through it and enjoyed it. Now I just need to make enough money to afford some of those amazing prints!

Who wants to pony up the doe so we can buy this shirt for Carman?

Agreed. Holmstrom's injuries/struggles last season hurt in the playoffs. Having him back at his best will be a huge asset.

If he can edge his GAA and Sv% up from 5th/4th to 3rd I don't see how Myers can touch him. It'd be a top 30 d-man vs a top 3 goalie.

lol even better. Take that Clooney

I think we still need a scoring upgrade up front. I'd switch Bertuzzi for a higher end forward. If Hudler comes back it really throws a wrench in the works... I don't think I'd want to choose between Miller and Eaves.

Did your Batsuit have nipples on it? Careful- the answer to this question determines whether I instantly hate you or not.

Civil Engineer?

Can I get an Ericsson-Lilja 300 image? You might as well throw the mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force in there too ('cause that's what I'm watching right now).

Two things: 1. How do you get such awesome seats!?! 2. Your avatar is lies! Pure lies! I was lead to believe that you briefly played Batman.

He got his first 30 wins this season at age 25. Seriously, though, Howie is a goalie and it's expected that they come into the league at an older age so I don't think it's that much of a strike against him.

He'll do it millions of times. Literally millions.

Hey people-- Howard needs your vote in this article. Go vote down the tool bags who are ill informed and think Howard doesn't deserve this award!

Yep. And the whole time Osgood was charting face-offs in the corner of the room.

I am Loo! I assumed you'd have one opened with his lip marks still on it.