One Last Pre-Season Game: Leafs @ Red Wings

[MacK_Attack 108]

Detroit lines:

Tomas Holmstrom - Pavel Datsyuk - Johan Franzen

Jiri Hudler - Daniel Cleary - Mikael Samuelsson

Igor Grigorenko - Matt Ellis - Mark Hartigan

Kirk Maltby - Tomas Kopecky - Mattias Ritola

Nicklas Lidstrom - Brian Rafalski

Nicklas Kronwall - Andreas Lilja

Johnathan Ericsson - Brett Lebda

Dominik Hasek

Jimmy Howard

Toronto lines (The 4th line-look)

Jiri Tlusty - Nik Antropov - Jason Blake

Alexei Ponikarvosky - Matt Stajan - Alex Steen

Bates Battaglia - Chad Kilger - Kris Newbury

Ben Ondrus - John Pohl - Boyd Devereaux

Ian White - Anton Stralman

Staffan Kronwall - Andy Wozniewski

Jay Harrison - Bryan Muir

Starting: Vesa Toskala

Backup: Andrew Raycroft

[zata40 3]

I cant wait. thsi is ging to be a good game. Wings 3-2

[MacK_Attack 108]

I cant wait. thsi is ging to be a good game. Wings 3-2

Detroit should win by a lot more than that. The Leafs are going with a no-name crew.

[Kp-Wings 3]

Always exiting to have a Toronto game.

Wings win 4-2. Cleary scores 2 goals, Rafalski and Lidstrom score the others. Hopefully Hasek is playing tonight, and does better then what Howard did last night.

Go Wings! (and hopefully, Holland signs Aaron Downey sometime soon )

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Cleary's back?

Also, the game's on FSN at 11 pm

[Kp-Wings 3]

Cleary's back?

Also, the game's on FSN at 11 pm

Why is it on so late? The game starts at 7:30.

[WhiteLightning91 105]

Why is it on so late? The game starts at 7:30.

FSN Plus is carrying the game live. FSN Detroit will be showing the game as a replay at 11.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Because the Tigers are playing tonight also. I say forget the Tigers, they're done. Its hockey season!! It's just the replay of the game.

[StaticWithABeat 0]

Leafs have lots of cuts to make after tonight, hence the lack of regulars...Wings are sans Zetterberg/Draper/Chelios but it should be Red Wings victory with Lidstrom and Rafalski back in the lineup...Mack how have Tlusty and Stralman looked so far? I'm interested to see them in action, especially Stralman.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Wings win 7-1. That defence is brutal and Toskala hasent been great.

Danny plays so great that he gets bumped up to Z's line for the start of the season.

[Lidstromrules16 7]

Hopefully Grigs gets a goal or two

[isbister 0]

Wings 462

Leafs 0

A real close game that gets out of hand.

Getter goin boys!!!

[SweWings 45]

Where's my boy Rhyno? Oh and I'm hoping for a better defensive game...

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Where's my boy Rhyno? Oh and I'm hoping for a better defensive game...

Assigned to GR last night.

[SweWings 45]

Assigned to GR last night.

Not unexpected - hopefully he'll develop into the kinda badass we need...

[Guest DetroitIan]

Thank God this is the last pre-season game. But Im sure as hell glad it's televised. Me and a few of my boys are gonna go to the bar and watch it on a 60 inch plasma. Also, im glad Dom is in there tonight. Let's finish the pre-season off on a good note, and get the "W". Thank you FSN+.

[Lidstromrules16 7]

we dont look too good out there........Lidstrom made a minor error

[norrisnick 1]

Not unexpected - hopefully he'll develop into the kinda badass we need...

Ryno needs to go on Colby Armstrong's diet. Apparently when he was trying to crack the Pens' lineup their nutrionist told him to eat anything and everything he could (fast food, snacks, anything) to get his calorie intake up so he could put on weight rather than maintain or lose weight during the course of a hockey season. Ryno needs to pack on 20+ pounds and work on lower body strength to get his balance up.

[Heaton 1]

Ryno needs to go on Colby Armstrong's diet. Apparently when he was trying to crack the Pens' lineup their nutrionist told him to eat anything and everything he could (fast food, snacks, anything) to get his calorie intake up so he could put on weight rather than maintain or lose weight during the course of a hockey season. Ryno needs to pack on 20+ pounds and work on lower body strength to get his balance up.

I don't think that'll be a problem, with Datsyuk and Zetterberg both adding 15lbs of muscle last season I could see the Wings training staff getting Ryno up around 20 lbs.

[norrisnick 1]

I don't think that'll be a problem, with Datsyuk and Zetterberg both adding 15lbs of muscle last season I could see the Wings training staff getting Ryno up around 20 lbs.

True, and I hope they gave him a plan to start slowly working on that during the course of this season. That way he won't have nearly as much of an adjustment period as those two did early last season. And if he can keep from losing weight during the season it'll be easier to put more on during the offseason. I believe he's not quite 200lbs and at 6'5" that's awful thin.

[Lou_Siffer 1]

Screw this game...Flyers/Rangers is where the fun is at! I wish they'd extend the preseason till January!

[naranja 1]

Has anybody got a link where I can watch or listen to the game?

[Born In Hockeytown 0]

Has anybody got a link where I can watch or listen to the game?

I'm listening to Maple Leafs Radio http://www.640toronto.com.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Stein mofos!!!

[wingnut40 176]

Hey, thanks for the link. This one actually works!!!

Thank God too, Datsyuk just scored!