wingslionstigers 12 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 Hudler, Flip, and Cleary have been playing great together. I haven't had the chance to watch to much of the games unfortunately but the last few times i have them guys have been awesome. Huds and Flips been holding the puck in the offense zone looking real comfortable. Hudler looks like his confidence is fueling off his stats and is looking better and better everyday. I find myself amazed during the game at how well these guys are playing, i think they have been our best line over the past couple games. Hudlers been just absolutely awesome, yeah he has been putting up numbers all year but not until now has he started to actually look good out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisdetroit 189 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 Hudler, Flip, and Cleary have been playing great together. I haven't had the chance to watch to much of the games unfortunately but the last few times i have them guys have been awesome. Huds and Flips been holding the puck in the offense zone looking real comfortable. Hudler looks like his confidence is fueling off his stats and is looking better and better everyday. I find myself amazed during the game at how well these guys are playing, i think they have been our best line over the past couple games. Hudlers been just absolutely awesome, yeah he has been putting up numbers all year but not until now has he started to actually look good out there. Agreed, they are playing great but "Our Best Line"?... Not even close. The Datsyuk, Homer, Hossa line has been setting the world on fire. It's good to see our 3rd line doing well. Now for our 4th line.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j.hoop 64 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 in addition to the 3rd line looking good, all around id say the all the lines are playing well as of late. the defense is finally tightening up, we played a great game last night, and im seeing improvement every game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingslionstigers 12 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 Dats, Hossa, and Homer have been producing more points and playing great like you would expect from them guys but i thought Huds, Flip, Cleary were playing really hard. Obviously there not better than Dats and Hossa but they have been giving them a run for there money. Every shift they come out hard. I would feel comfortable betting that Huds/Flip/Cleary for the amount of ice time they get there percentages are close if not better than line 1A on time on attack over the past couple games. They are constantly in control of the puck down in the offensive zone, they are hanging on to the puck really well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingslionstigers 12 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 in addition to the 3rd line looking good, all around id say the all the lines are playing well as of late. the defense is finally tightening up, we played a great game last night, and im seeing improvement every game. For sure it feels like watching the wings again. I've been impressed with the overall play of the last couple games from everybody for the first time this year. All season the flow of the wings just gave you a struggling vibe every game. Regardless if they were dominating the game or not. Like i said the last couple games felt right, it felt like the Red Wings we have gotten so use to. I think things are going to look better from here on out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reds4Life 51 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 Yep, they will be rewarded sooner or later.. Now, just replace Kopecky with Helm and all will be well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RWK23 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 Yep, they will be rewarded sooner or later.. Now, just replace Kopecky with Helm and all will be well To be fair, I thought Kopecky played very well last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey 145 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 In honesty, when I was at the Kings game, I knew about 30 seconds before the tying goal that it was going to be Hudler. He's been so insanely clutch this season that there aren't many Wings I'd rather have the puck when down 1 with little time left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icesurfer 75 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 So I guess that means Hudler's second line experiment is over...LOL. He is a great THIRD LINE player.... where he belongs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOwl 77 Report post Posted December 25, 2008 This is good news. But the Z/Franzen/Sammy line hasn't really looked good the last few days. Zetterberg has been missing the net a lot, and Franzen seems kind of lazy sometimes, just looking around waiting for a goal. This line really needs a play maker. Clone Datsyuk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ComradeWasabi 109 Report post Posted December 25, 2008 I thought Z and Franzen looked pretty good together last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted December 25, 2008 This is good news. But the Z/Franzen/Sammy line hasn't really looked good the last few days. Zetterberg has been missing the net a lot, and Franzen seems kind of lazy sometimes, just looking around waiting for a goal. This line really needs a play maker. Clone Datsyuk. If you're talking about a guy who it seems as if the puck follows him around and can really handle and make plays, they actually have a guy named Ville Leino. I think he'd look good on that second line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites