1/17 GDT: Blackawks 4 at Red Wings 3 (SO)

[Cern 0]

It's my birthday - please win today Wings D:

[Vladifan 680]

NBC only doing Hawk player features?

Actually, yes. They can only cover Notre Dame pics/material/video for college football and Blackhawks, the same.

[Systemfel 33]

What do Pierre McGuire, Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick have in common?

Idiots who like to run their mouths?

[Marty Barry 230]

I knew it!!!

[Systemfel 33]

This studio is a joke, btw.

[Shaman 713]

I knew it!!!

OH MY GOD :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Jericho613 74]

I have this feeling that the wings are gonna win today. We will take it in the 3rd.

[MTU_Huskies963 398]

The United States was the best team haha wow he is the madden of hockey. You could see the pain on his face trying to compliment USA.

[brett 1,029]

if brad may doesnt score on his one shift in the 3rd we lose.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Will someone please interview Lebda and ask him what he was looking at on the goal?

Please?

[TheDetroitRedWings 286]

in terms of priority defense should be Detroit last concern.

1. can Jimmy be trusted in the playoffs? If not, and they can't rely on Osgood either then they might need to get someone, but the options aren't great.

2. Need more scoring, even with Franzen, Holmstrom, Williams coming back in time for the playoffs.

3. Defense (with a healthy Lids+Rafi+Kronwall+Stuart the defense will be fine. Plus Ericsson isn't horrible, just that 6th spot )

The only real concern is that #1, other then that I am confident in the Wings come playoff time.

I must respectfully disagree. Like you said, the goalie options out there are nothing special. And in terms of goal scoring, Franzen, Holmstrom and Williams will be huge helps. Homer was our leading goal scorer for Christ sake. And Franzen is a goal scoring machine. The offense will surely rise getting a 40 goal scorer back. And he's already proved in the past that he can come right off the IR and immediately produce. The reason we keep getting lit up is our horrible defensive coverage. This game right here is a perfect example. We're generating chances, scored 2 goals, but we can't stop them from scoring. Lidstrom is definitely starting to decline a bit this season, Rafalski is far from impressive in terms of consistency. Stuart has looked horrible defensively so far this season, and Kronwall is about as injury prone as they come. And again, Lebda and Meech are atrocious. IMO adding just one good defenseman might make all the difference come playoff time.

Edited January 17, 2010 by TheDetroitRedWings

[Guest Howard He Do It?!]

The Wings are 4-14-2 when trailing after 2 periods.

[bdavis 28]

I knew it!!!

They will probably have very ******* ugly kids.

[Guest mindfly]

Talk about anticlimax if the wings continue to play all decent but come up short, decent effort but no points to show for it... that would be s***.

[Shaman 713]

Will someone please interview Lebda and ask him what he was looking at on the goal?

Please?

His reflection in the glass.

[Vladifan 680]

Overall, the Wings are playing a great game and I still say they can win this one.

GO, WINGS! GO, JIMMEH!!!

[GSBrooks13 204]

The United States was the best team haha wow he is the madden of hockey. You could see the pain on his face trying to compliment USA.

The Pain on his face... temporarily replacing whats usually on his face courtesy of Crosby and Price.

[Jedi 1,865]

Game on!

[syntax 359]

Strange bounce....we got lucky.

[Guest Howard He Do It?!]

Hey guys! The boards at the Joe are active!

[Shaman 713]

NBC coverage

Someone stats the obvious

Everyone else: Agreed

[hankzet40 233]

Organist with the SMB theme. Nice.

[Guest mindfly]

Lebda&Meech together? WTF give us a break

[Datsyuk2Zetterberg 1]

yay the wings win by 1. The game I mean

[Jedi 1,865]

The organ player's playing the Super Mario Bros theme...

...odd