3/20 GDT: Red Wings 4 at Canucks 3 (OT)

[titanium2 867]

mlive reports hes out for tonight. hopeful for monday. meech looks to be in.

:( :(

[C.F 0]

Redwings should beat the Canucks. They aren't that good. Just Luongo, decided to play really really good aganist us. If you contain the Sedins, you should be ok.

I predit a 4-2 win wings over canucks.

It isn't 2007 anymore.

Edited March 20, 2010 by C.F

[McAwesome 754]

Eaves out, Ericsson may be moved to forward

Per MLive, Eaves is out tonight, should return by Monday vs. Pittsburgh

Ericsson may be moved to forward, at this point it might not be a bad idea, but which line would they put him on, Draper/Helm/Ericsson or Bertuzzi/Williams/Ericsson? I vote the latter, but then again they may dress Meech as the 12th forward.

[Guest mindfly]

I think i would rather wanna see ericsson at forward than meech

[cupforwings 138]

Ericsson at forward might be kind of interesting...

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

I also want to see Ericsson at forward just for the sheer entertainment value. Maybe he'll actually give us some physicality on the 4th line and forecheck like crazy.

Doubt it, but at least it's better than putting him on defense.

Meech is useless at forward anyway (also on defense).

[McAwesome 754]

I also want to see Ericsson at forward just for the sheer entertainment value. Maybe he'll actually give us some physicality on the 4th line and forecheck like crazy.

Doubt it, but at least it's better than putting him on defense.

Meech is useless at forward anyway (also on defense).

I agree that it's worth a shot, if nothing else than to see if he has it in him still, but I wouldn't go so far as to say Meech is useless on defense, he is not that bad for a 6th defenseman, but when you put him at forward, you are right he is just a warm body filling a roster slot, I doubt that Ericsson can do much worse at forward than Meech, at least with his size he could stand in front of the net.

[8 Legged RedWing 367]

Wings will win, I have foreseen the future.

Dude no way me too.. Wings win. I wont say the score tho

[Guest lilja4mvp]

4-2 canucks

[RedWingsRox 614]

It's true that Wings beat teams ahead of them and lose to teams below them so that means it's a win tonight ... please make it a win !!

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

GDT updated

[russianswede919293 95]

Wings know they NEED to win this game.

http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/Western.html

They currently stand at 67.2% chance of making the playoffs.

If they win their playoff chances go up to 77.3%, they lose they drop down to 59.3%

[55fan 5,133]

Maybe they should put Jonny in at forward. When he first played defense for us, he wowed us. Maybe he has a good dose of beginner's luck.

If they put him in as a forward and he scores, this board will go nuts.

[puckloo39 5,686]

Dude no way me too.. Wings win. I wont say the score tho

your avatar is amazing. What a brave dog!!

Let's go Wings, be big brave dogs tonight and bite those 'Nuckies!!

Wings will win. They know how to do this!

[Kabrok 0]

It's my hope that the Wings got a collective kick up their butts after last night's game. Even when they were carrying the play in the last half of the game everyone on the ice looked like they didn't care. I'm happy to have gotten the one point out of last night, because the Wings definitely didn't play like they deserved it.

That said, the Wings usually seem to find fresh motivation by playing teams that rank above them, so I wouldn't necessarily use yesterday's game as a litmus test for how they'll do here. If they can manage to get 5 out of 6 points on this WC road trip I'll be happy.

[McAwesome 754]

Less than 40 minutes till game time, let's do this!

[syntax 359]

I don't have a good feeling about this game (usual for this season).

I AM looking forward to seeing BigRig on the front line though, especially if he uses his body.

At least Sammy can't score on us.

[Guest Howard He Do It?!]

Cleary out with a groin injury.

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/03/dan_cleary_groin_out_tonight_f.html

[InKennyWeTrust 126]

Ericsson as a forward... YES! Get him somewhere where his offensive skills can contribute and his d-skills aren't a hinderence.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

For some reason, I see the Wings really struggling scoring in this game.

They might even look like they give a damn tonight, but unfortunately I don't see a lot of scoring.

Hope I'm wrong.

[55fan 5,133]

Cleary out with a groin injury.

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/03/dan_cleary_groin_out_tonight_f.html

Oh, Crap.

This will be interesting.

[Guest mindfly]

So it will be lebda at forward? erhmm

[Z and D for the C 712]

Meech Draper Ericsson

?

[rage 24]

Okay this is BS. The CCHA Championship presentation is on and the WIngs are supposed to be on FSN + but they are not. And CBC is showing the PHOENIX game!!!

I have Dish, anybody else not finding the game???

[WizardOfOz30 1,886]

Is anybody seeing the game? FSN has the CCHA stuff still on.