SFwingsfan

I don't care how many times I see this it never fails to crack me up.

Thank you. I think we can once and for all put this discussion to rest. The guy has earned a permanent roster spot, period.

it honestly seems like yesterday...Sergei Fedorov hockey camp! i was 9-10yrs old and i remember Sergei trying to help me refine my slapshot and he could barely speak a word of english. anyways, we're gonna miss you! one of the most talented guys to ever lace up skates. and the people who used to boo you at the joe can go f*** themselves.

Just terrible english on my part. Let's try this again. Thank goodness it's Dave Strader doing the play by play for VS instead of one of their usual douchebag announcers.

Thank you Dave Strader, now at least I don't have to be annoyed by the national announcers....

Hey sorry if this has already been posted but NHL Network is showing "Pioneers: Gordie Howe" and "Pioneers: Ted Lindsay" in the hour leading up to the game starting at 4pm ET. I'll admit when this network was announced I never expected all this archival game footage and documentaries. This channel is a must for hockey fans.

This has been confirmed by mlive as well as the Free Press. Abdelkader is in the lineup Sunday.

Hey I had Comcast in San Francisco and NHL Network was part of the regular base digital package (that was this time last year though), here in Chicago I have to pay Comcast $7.99/mo for the sports ent package to get NHL Network so I liked it better in SF!

hmmm ok so the NHL Network is showing the TSN feed in HD, I think I can tolerate that although i'd prefer Ken & Mickey, sucks to not have FSN Detroit...

Eddie O just said on the Hawks broadcast that he believes the Wings have had "below average goaltending this season and with above average they would easily have had 60 wins"

The Atlanta announcers are giving us the biggest reacharound in history, they love us!

I was just wondering if anyone has seen the Ozzie bandwagon around? It's time for me to ride it in to the playoffs.

good news: HD feed bad news: Atlanta announcers

someone needs to murder the SJ Sharkie mascot immediately

Ok i've officially drank the Leino kool-aid. Forget it, i'm wasted off of the Leino kool-aid!!

radio stream........ http://www.971theticket.com/ click on "listen live"

I have decided this is the best season Andreas Lilja has ever played.

reporter "Mike talk about the 4th line" Babcock "well I thought Helm was real good" when isn't he?

haha they just asked Zetterberg about The Turtle and he goes "well I wasn't here then but i've seen some clips on youtube"

I am normally against boooing in all situations, I used to ***** about everyone booing Federov, etc but I absolutely despise Chris Pronger. I would say he and Tootoo are my two least favorite players in the league. Chris Pronger is a dirty pile of dogs*** and I would be very inclined to boo my head off tonight if I were in attendance at the Joe. I could care less if he has played 1,000 games. Frankly, I wouldn't shed a tear if he had a career ending injury right now.

Wow this is a bold move that I did not expect. I'm sorry this post adds nothing I just had to express my surprise at this turn of events.

Wooohooo, tonight's game is in HD via the FSN Detroit feed!!! (sorry for those of us with non satellite CI this is a big deal)

Ok I don't think Chelios looked that bad, yeah he messed up on that one Columbus goal but overall I can't use the word "terrible" to describe his play. More like marginal.....

If you're watching the Columbus feed they have apparently just won the Stanley Cup......

I have lived out of the state for the last 4 seasons. I buy NHL CenterIce and watch about 90% of all the regular season games. I'm a fan of the Red Wings first, then individual players. Personally I want the best team on the ice. That means I want the team that gives us the best chance to win the Stanley Cup, period. That being said, I certainly understand the point being made here. If i'm really honest with myself I try to recognize why I was cheering so hard for Darren Helm. Most of it is the fact that I love the way he plays, but I think part of it is the fact that he walks and talks like me and would blend right in to my social circle. That's a hard thing for me to admit but it has to be partly true. I have friends and co-workers from pretty much all races and ethnic groups, but I can't say that I interact with recent European immigrants on a daily basis. The bottom line is that the number of North Americans on the roster isn't going to make any difference in the amount that I personally devote myself to the Wings. However, i'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't favor replacing some of our European stars with North American stars assuming their skills and quality of play is identical.