11/8 GDT: Avalanche 2 at Red Wings 5

[Ram 240]

Looks like Kindl is back in for Commodore after all. Lineup for tonight looks like:

Clears - Dats - Homer

Flip - Z - Mule

Abby - Helmer - Happy

Mills - Emmerton - Fabian

Nick - White Christmas

Kronners - Stuey

Big E - Amazon Kindle

Edit: Link

Interested in fourth line tonight, but unhappy of still no Flip-Pav.

Let's go Wings!

Edited November 9, 2011 by Ram

[drwscc 212]

I hope Craplin is not playing tonight.

[Konnan511 1,736]

Looks like Kindl is back in for Commodore after all. Lineup for tonight looks like:

Clears - Dats - Homer

Flip - Z - Mule

Abby - Helmer - Huds

Mills - Emmerton - Fabian

Nick - White Christmas

Kronners - Stuey

Big E - Amazon Kindle

Edit: Link

Interested in fourth line tonight, but unhappy of still no Flip-Pav.

Let's go Wings!

Only issue I have wiht these lines is that Helm is already shorter than Helmer.

[hillbillywingsfan 792]

I hope Craplin is not playing tonight.

what about poopoo head?

[Ram 240]

Only issue I have wiht these lines is that Helm is already shorter than Helmer.

Thought that too, but seems to be his go-to in the locker room and when Babs refers to him. Should Brendan Smith play again, probably would be "Smitty"?

[Doggy 130]

I wish Franzen had 8 goals on the season.

[korrowan 111]

I haven't seen that confirmed. The M-Live article mentioned that Commie filled in at forward a bit (he won't play forward), so it's my guess that he won't play. With that said, he did play well in his first two games.

I don't have a problem with Commie... Stuart has been garbage and I don't really like Ericsson at all.

It's a PK thing. Babs probably won't sit Ericsson because he's 3rd amoung the D in PK time on ice/game. While our PK is only 80.0% (tied for 19th in the league) that's skewed by how terrible it was at the start of the season. Over the last 5 games the PK's only let 4 goals in (including the horrible one in OT when Kronwall took that headshot and an empty net goal on the PK). Factor out the EN goal and the one where Kronwall was knocked out of the play with that headshot and it's only 2 goals in the last 5 games. I counted 24 PKs based on checking the game sheets for the last 5 games so that means the PK has been 83.3% over that time (or 87.0% if you discount the EN goal scored against us on the PK). To be fair, the real PK percentage would be 87% since you can't really count a PK with an EN as a normal scenario.

So yeah... until Babs thinks he can count on Kindl to play E's 3 mins of PK time a night he's going to be the odd man out.

Edit:

Also, Ericsson leads the D in hits while Kindl is 4th. In terms of blocked shots Kindl is 6th while E is only 4th. Stats like these and the PK are pretty much the only reason why I can justify sitting Kindl over E right now.

Well Ericsoon has played 2 more games then Kindl which means his stats will be lower. Anyway I am glad Kindl will get to play even though I don't really agree it should be at the expense of Commie.

Edited November 8, 2011 by korrowan

[kylee 727]

got called into work earlier so i wont be able to watch the game...heres to hoping i can stream it on my phone

[jeff48109 474]

dont ever split up Z-mule-flip

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Tonight's Officials

Referees Kevin Pollock (#33) & Kyle Rehman (#37) Linesmen Mike Cvik (#55) & Bryan Pancich (#94)

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

I wish Franzen had 8 goals on the season.

Soon enough.

[Jericho613 74]

Red Wings will continue their winning streak tonight (I predicted 5 before the Ducks game) We looked good against the Ducks), hopefully we keep the confidence going. Dats is gonna be our star tonight.

[heretic69 10]

Wings show up Game 7 2002 style.

[heretic69 10]

got called into work earlier so i wont be able to watch the game...heres to hoping i can stream it on my phone

Frwtv's flash stream works pretty well on my Evo 3D.

[FinRedWing 172]

How about starting a winning streak?

14-3. GO WINGS!!!

[Electrophile 3,554]

I gotta say.....I love the fact that the graphic used for the Avalanche projected lines in the opening post is Patty Roy getting his ass beat by Mike Vernon.

Edited November 9, 2011 by Electrophile

[PrairieDawg 52]

As long as we play hard and don't s*** the bed I'm happy.

[redwingsss 0]

I gotta say.....I love the fact that the graphic used for the Avalanche projected lines in the opening post is Patty Roy getting his ass beat by Mike Vernon.

I miss the Lemieux/Roy vs McCarty/anyone rivalry.

[Konnan511 1,736]

Datsyuk gets to anchor Cleary and Holmstrom? Poor Datsyuk

I see our second line generating a lot of offense.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

Hejduk you rascal. Nice setup there.

[syntax 359]

Wow, Jimmy's stats are pretty sick.

[PrairieDawg 52]

Haha, Murph has to squeeze into such a small space there. Every other team seems to have a huge spot between benches for a few people.

[Konnan511 1,736]

Good stop Howie!!!

[CaliforniaWingsFan 464]

Come on Wings

Edited November 9, 2011 by CaliforniaWingsFan

[Jasper84 333]

I just barely caught a glimpse of Z for a second. Is he sporting a new look or did I see wrong? It looked like he was growing only his 'stache and down to his chin.