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Posted 07 March 2010 - 11:45 PM
Lidstrom because he never panics ever.
Okay Howard.
Okay Howard.
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Posted 07 March 2010 - 11:48 PM
that's a tough one. I think it's been different people at different points. At one point Stuart was playing amazing, Howard has been great and probably the more obvious choice, since mule has come back, him and pavs have carried the team. I think it has really been a group effort this year...even if at times, the effort wasn't quite incredible.
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Posted 07 March 2010 - 11:52 PM
that's a tough one. I think it's been different people at different points. At one point Stuart was playing amazing, Howard has been great and probably the more obvious choice, since mule has come back, him and pavs have carried the team. I think it has really been a group effort this year...even if at times, the effort wasn't quite incredible.
I think it is unquestionably Howard for these reasons:
1. Goaltenders are much more important in games than other players because they play all 60 minutes in games.
2. Howard has had to steal multiple games for the Wings (and has done so)
3. There was no offense on this team for the first few months of the season and Howard needed to be very good to keep the team in games most nights
4. He has played a lot
5. The Wings are one or two points from being out of the playoffs and him letting in one or two goals at crucial parts of certain games would have put the Wings on the outside looking in
There you go.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:29 AM
Jimmy Howard. No question about it.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:32 AM
Howard. He stepped up in a big way this season and while a lot of people doubted he could even be an effective back up, he has shown that he can be an alright starter for the Wings.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:40 AM
I vote Oz hes been keeping the bench warm.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:45 AM
Howard is the obvious choice but Lidstrom wouldn't be far fetched. Lids has been a point per game player since Christmas so he's really turned it up when the team needed him. He had a very rough first half of the season, though, so that's why I said Howard. Howie's been the impact guy since mid-October.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 12:47 AM
Okay...I know I'm crazy and all that and I apologize in advance....
But put Cleary on the list and not Filppula? Not that it would be either of them...but I'm just just saying...
Howard, obviously. Though he hasn't looked great these last few games.
But put Cleary on the list and not Filppula? Not that it would be either of them...but I'm just just saying...
Howard, obviously. Though he hasn't looked great these last few games.
Edited by Z and D for the C, 08 March 2010 - 12:47 AM.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 01:00 AM
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 01:01 AM
Have to go with Howard even though he's cooling off now. He carried us a while and was a major pleasant suprise.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 01:22 AM
Lidstrom, with Howard shortly behind.
Without either, this would be an ugly season.
Without either, this would be an ugly season.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 01:29 AM
I think it is unquestionably Howard for these reasons:
1. Goaltenders are much more important in games than other players because they play all 60 minutes in games.
2. Howard has had to steal multiple games for the Wings (and has done so)
3. There was no offense on this team for the first few months of the season and Howard needed to be very good to keep the team in games most nights
4. He has played a lot
5. The Wings are one or two points from being out of the playoffs and him letting in one or two goals at crucial parts of certain games would have put the Wings on the outside looking in
There you go.
The reason I go with Lidstrom is simply -- He would be the hardest player to replace this year.
Even including his rough start, he has been the best defensive defenseman in the league this year and he is still in the Top 10 offensively (despite having had little support with all the injuries this year).
Howard is a legitimate Calder candidate, but Lidstrom has been a legitimate Norris candidate.
Red Kelly #4 and Larry Aurie #6 belong in the rafters!!!
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 03:05 AM
Okay...I know I'm crazy and all that and I apologize in advance....
But put Cleary on the list and not Filppula? Not that it would be either of them...but I'm just just saying...
Howard, obviously. Though he hasn't looked great these last few games.
Ya, just starting putting guys that came up off the top of my head. Clearly there are a few on there that don't belong. Had a debate with a non-Wings fan as who was MVP so that's why I came up with some of those choices.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:37 AM
howie has been the s*** all year.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:52 AM
howard, though far from perfect, has been the *most* consistent on a team of very inconsistent players this year.
that said, helm has still been my favorite player this year. maybe it's just because so much less is expected of him that when he does do something good it seems like icing on the cake.
that said, helm has still been my favorite player this year. maybe it's just because so much less is expected of him that when he does do something good it seems like icing on the cake.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:53 AM
in related news, i would have voted for rafalski if the poll was, "most likely to give up a really bad turnover at a crucial point in the game."
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 05:13 AM
You forgot one important person--Homer! Why would you put Cleary? He's been invisible.
Oh yeah, that Howard guy.
Oh yeah, that Howard guy.
Edited by Hockeymom1960, 08 March 2010 - 05:14 AM.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 06:34 AM
Lidstrom. 3rd on the team in points, and a team-best +18. And that +18 comes with him still playing against the other team's best players when the Red Wings as a whole are close to even in goals for/goals against. Howard has been good, but Lidstrom, even when he wasn't doing as much offensively in the 1st half, is the player playing the best over the course of the season and is the most irreplaceable player on the team.
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