2/28 GDT : Red Wings 5 at Blue Jackets 2

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Edited February 28, 2012 by Hockeytown0001

[Ram 240]

Let's go boys.

[rrasco 1,312]

LGRW!

I wonder who's starting in net?

[wolverine1817 55]

Lets go Wangs!

really excited just to watch a Wings game... been too long

[Motown4013 350]

Alright, finally some hockey instead of drama!

This is the kind of game we need. Howson looked like a jerk in his press conference and I am sure CBJ team morale is low so I hope the wings come out flying and have a solid THREE period performance tonight.

Love to see FRANZEN have a "great" game and get a scoring streak going before the playoffs!

Lets go WINGS!!!

[Tr!PoD#19 524]

Gotta win this game, no excuses

[Jersey Wing 1,521]

4-1 Wings. Rick Nash won't be heard from all night long is my guess as the long slow divorce plays out publicly.

Helm (SH), Franzen, Kronwall, Flip (PP)

[matt198913 932]

Trying to get home in time to DVR this one. I want to see Smith. We've heard about him for years now is his chance to earn a starting spot for next year.

4-1 Wings Mule with the Hatty

[Jusek 437]

Brendan Smith will be in my spotlight tonight. Can't wait to see him in action.

Go Wings!

[arag 308]

After the boring trade deadline day Iam excited to watch Smith and the Wings win this one.

On the other hand it will be painfull to see Nash and his tallants being waisted in a team like blue jackets.

Hope to see him in Wings uniform next season.

Oh well.

4-2 Wings.

Edited February 28, 2012 by arag

[korrowan 111]

Lids is out.

Helene St. James ‏ @freepwings

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Holland just told me Lidstrom (ankle) is out tonight for #redwingsagainst Columbus

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[redwingfan19 293]

wonder what the d pairs look like tonight, im guessing:

kronwall/stuart

quincey/white

kindl/smith

looks like smith will get some pp time as well

[Crashnburnluder 385]

Lids is out.

Helene St. James ‏ @freepwings

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Holland just told me Lidstrom (ankle) is out tonight for #redwingsagainst Columbus

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So what does our D look like now....

Kronwall - White

Smith - Stuart

Kindl - Quincey

????

[wolverine1817 55]

I love you Lidstrom! Come back soon please!

[korrowan 111]

So what does our D look like now....

Kronwall - White

Smith - Stuart

Kindl - Quincey

????

Janik is coming up and I am pretty sure Quincey is out as well.

Ansar Khan ‏ @AnsarKhanMLive

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Lidstrom is out tonight. Janik is playing, Ken Holland told M-Live.

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[WizardOfOz30 1,886]

I hope the new blood gets things going tonight. We need to win and Columbus is a good opponent for that to happen against. If we can win with Lids and Datsyuk out that should help the guys' confidence. That and maybe we can play the entire 60 minutes.

Go Wings!

[95MadeMeCry 11]

so we have the Grand Rapids Griffins on D tonight....

God, I hope the PP can get going

[xBflinker 29]

Quincey out tonight too! Janik taking Lidstroms spot I guess! Would like to see smith get those minutes to see what he can do!

Here is the lineup via Winging it in Motown:

Henrik Zetterberg -- Valtteri Filppula -- Jiri Hudler

Danny Cleary -- Justin Abdelkader -- Todd Bertuzzi

Johan Franzen -- Darren Helm -- Drew Miller

Jan Mursak -- Cory Emmerton -- Tomas Holmstrom

*Doug Janik -- Ian White

Niklas Kronwall -- Brad Stuart

Jakub Kindl -- Brendan Smith

Jimmy Howard (starting)

Joey MacDonald

[kylee 727]

Columbus is woefully bad. Just win. Also, I feel bad for Nash after Howson totally sells him out.

[ogreslayer 1,069]

LGRW!

I wonder who's starting in net?

Per Helene St. James on twitter, Joey Mac is getting the start tonight.

[korrowan 111]

Per Helene St. James on twitter, Joey Mac is getting the start tonight.

Lol its Griffins night in Columbus. Looks to me they are just giving up on this game TBH. Why not call up some more kids.

[korrowan 111]

Helene St. James ‏ @freepwings

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Per Babcock: D pairs to start: Kronwall-Smith, White-Janik, Kindl-Stuart

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so,

no datsyuk

no lidstrom

macdonald starting

throw in the wings' play against terrible teams this year, and i'd say it's a 4-1 columbus victory tonight.

i do like the fraznen demotion. if only babcock had the balls to stick with it or actually bench him. the reality is that he'll be off the 3rd line in no time.

[Crashnburnluder 385]

Forgot no quincey, Geesh this might be a rough one.... On a good note we could have the "keep your head up" d pairing... Kronwall - Smith

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[jroc86 90]

4 regulars out of the lineup and Joey Mac in net ... this will be huge morale booster if the boys can win this one on the road with this skeleton crew. Even short a few studs we SHOULD be able to get 2 points from CBJ and Minn. In the 5 games this year that Lids or PAv have been out weve gotten 1 point thusfar - time to take accountability and raise the compete level. Id like to see Bert throw up a few points tonight.