11/14 GDT: Red Wings 3, Florida Panthers 2

[seeinred 1,488]

OJ hasn't done anything illegal in his life and our D is just fine.

BTW, I cheated earlier, I had to look up how to say 14

[Guest mindfly]

Rafalski is so OFF.. WAKE UP.

[Aussie_Wing 354]

Nathan Horton is da bomb ladies and gets. Wings, now!

[dat's sick 1,002]

Love Hossa, absolutely love him. He really is the one player in the team right now that really looks like he is giving it his all. Shame about the penalty but atleast he shows he's not happy about how Florida is taking over.

Lilja is having a really, really bad period. Datsyuk have been a shadow of himself this game, Zetterberg and Franzen are trying but not getting anywhere..

And the entire team seems in disarray in the defensive zone.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Vokoun hasn't been tested AT ALL.

And personally, I'm thinking Brad Mcrimmon is a ****** bag. Who mixes up the defensive pairings and decides to go with Rafalski and Lebda as a pair - the two Dmen who have been struggling the most defensively. Should we just compound their mental mistakes into one futile shift after shift?

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Quincey still is looking really solid in LA. I still don't get how he couldn't crack this lineup. I guess he doesn't shot block or PK like Lilja?

I guess tons of ice time and powerplay/penalty kill time was all Kyle needed to blossom. 2 PP goals and 2 PP assists, go figure.

[The Mule 0]

Is this stream way behind, or what's the deal? None of what any of you are posting seems relative to what I'm seeing.

[GoWings1905 2,694]

Rafalski is getting burned on every shift. I don't care how many points he puts up - his defense has been brutal this season.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

I guess tons of ice time and powerplay/penalty kill time was all Kyle needed to blossom. 2 PP goals and 2 PP assists, go figure.

More than that though he's playing solid. Makes the simple play, actually plays physical. He's become one of their best Dmen.

He's on a pretty young, not very deep team playing tons of minutes and isn't really looking as inexperienced as he is out there.

[The Mule 0]

Lebda needs to learn how to not give the puck away.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

I think the phrase "Lebda couldn't clear" has become as common as "...and I approve this message"

[edicius 3,269]

GET IT OUT OF THE GODDAMN ZONE.

[The Mule 0]

Not a good period. I don't remember the last time we had a scoring chance.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Hank works his ass off to get the puck out of the zone and Sammy gives it right back to the Cats

[FinRedWing 172]

BTW, I cheated earlier, I had to look up how to say 14

That's ok,it's a tough one. At least you knew "kolme".

[GoWings1905 2,694]

Lebda needs to learn how to not give the puck away.

Don't hold your breath on that one.

[seeinred 1,488]

More than that though he's playing solid. Makes the simple play,

I think that's part of being young and inexperienced though, you're not going to take as many risks. Rafalski's taking risks and coming out on the losing end more often than not it seems.

[edicius 3,269]

I think the phrase "Lebda couldn't clear" has become as common as "...and I approve this message"

"My friends...some people have been saying some pretty nasty things about Brett Lebda...and I couldn't agree with them more!"

[YoungGuns1340 1]

I'd love to see Filppula actually put up some points this year.

[Aussie_Wing 354]

Filppula to score the next game and get the GWG. I've called it.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

I wouldn't fault him for the goals, but Conklin's rebound control has not been sharp tonight. That one looked like it was in his glove, but somehow ended up loose on the ice in front of him to cover up.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

More than that though he's playing solid. Makes the simple play, actually plays physical. He's become one of their best Dmen.

He's on a pretty young, not very deep team playing tons of minutes and isn't really looking as inexperienced as he is out there.

I've watched him and agree. He's very smart and always makes the simple play. Looking at his stats on NHL.com, over 2 and half minutes per game on the PK, more then 3 and a half on the PP, 23 hits in 12 games, and 9 blocked shots. Even rating on the Kings. Add to that, they've been a much better team since he's joined them. I dont see how he's worse then Lilja, Lebda or Meech.

[Hockeytown Red Wings 245]

Well, at this point we're lucky not to be down by two goals.

[FinRedWing 172]

"My friends...some people have been saying some pretty nasty things about Brett Lebda...and I couldn't agree with them more!"

"I couldn't disagree with you and agree with them etc."

[RedWingsRox 614]

Okay, let's see if we can get out of this period and regroup for the third.

Let's just chalk 2nd period up to 2 games in 2 nights.

Let's get that 2nd wind.