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[MotorCityMadness]

Red Wings 3

(Cleary, Zetterberg X 2)

 

STL 2

(Oshie, Backes)

[pvilleguru]

I can't describe how excited I am.

[Marty Barry]

I never really paid attention to how the GDT thread looked before, I was here because of the community.  But DAMN!!!   What an excellent job.Thanks a lot!  Now, "Let's Go Wings"!

[irishock]

no #5 on opening night- gotta be the first time in over two decades

[Seraph]

Let's see how this D can hold up.

[kylee]

I liked how the PP at their open practice was wheeling a forward at the point on both units. Looking forward to seeing something a little different than our stagnant powerplay from last year.

[irishock]

Wings first shot- Samuelsson -230

first hit- Kronwall -150

first goal- Franzen -250

[evilzyme]

4-3 Wings, but it will be a hard fought battle. I think we'll go into the 3rd period down by a goal or two, but Babcock and the new captain steady the ship for an outstanding season opener win. Expected goals from Damien "The Gunner" Brunner (1G/1A), Pasha (1G/1A), Cleary (1G) and Smith (1G/1A). Big game boys, let's start this season right and start the upsets early on.

[cupcrazy]

Best thread in months! Go Wings, glad to have the game day threads back!

[hillbillywingsfan]

 

Awesome GDT!!

 

 

Can't wait!!

Edited by hillbillywingsfan, 18 January 2013 - 09:53 PM.

[wings_fanatic]

Boy it feels good to be predicting a game again!! I think this (along with most other games) is going to be a high scoring game because the goalies are going to be rusty and likely will let in some softies after not playing for so long. I am going to say 5-4 Wings goals from Pavs, Hank (2), Kronners, Brunner. Obviously I think a big game from our new big line but i think our top line will have a HUGE advantage over the Blues since they have played hockey this season... Anyways... GO WINGS

[TheXym]

That is one gorgeous graphic to kick off the GDT. Very nicely done!

[ben_usmc]

Tootoo and Smith fight, Brunner and Flip with goals 

[wingfanatic4alltime]

God i missed your gdt's Mike! It will be weird as hell seeing us without Nick and Homer but it should be a fun season either way.  I say 3-1 good guys!  GO WINGS!

[CaliforniaWingsFan]

Never thought this day would come again! Let's go Wings!

[Cajanek_Spielmacher]

Boy it feels good to be predicting a game again!! I think this (along with most other games) is going to be a high scoring game because the goalies are going to be rusty and likely will let in some softies after not playing for so long. I am going to say 5-4 Wings goals from Pavs, Hank (2), Kronners, Brunner. Obviously I think a big game from our new big line but i think our top line will have a HUGE advantage over the Blues since they have played hockey this season... Anyways... GO WINGS

FYI - The Blues had the same # of players playing overseas as did the Redwings. We even had our own KHL All-Star. Let this game get started. 1st post of the year here by a Blues fan!

[Hockeytown0001]

Soooo happy to see these back Mike!  Killer new design too; I was waiting to see what you had in store for us.  I'm curious, do you have a jersey pre-made for players of all teams or did you create a template?

 

 

Thanks! Most of the jerseys you see on there can be found at Jerseydatabase.com...however they don't have everything completely updated so I'm able to use photoshop and create jerseys for players who aren't updated on there. 

[Russian Houdini]

That has to be the best game-day graphic I have ever seen. That is pure art... keep up the great work!!

 

As for the game, I am really unsure what to expect. Whatever happens I just hope the boys leave it on the ice. There's so many unknowns in our lineup compared to last season as well as the 48-game format that it makes this "season" a bit of a toss-up.

 

I'm most curious to see how our D-line shapes up considering the great one is gone. 

[Hockeytown0001]

That has to be the best game-day graphic I have ever seen. That is pure art... keep up the great work!!

 

As for the game, I am really unsure what to expect. Whatever happens I just hope the boys leave it on the ice. There's so many unknowns in our lineup compared to last season as well as the 48-game format that it makes this "season" a bit of a toss-up.

 

I'm most curious to see how our D-line shapes up considering the great one is gone. 

 

Thanks! 

[BigWillieStyle]

Looks great, Mike. You've set the bar high for the year. Hopefully, The Wings can come out looking as good as the GDT. I'm expecting a whole lot of odd man rushes, some breakaways and plenty of blown coverages. Expecting an 80's era score tonight. Hope Brunner gets at last one tonight, to pop his cherry, and hope Franzen finds this game exciting enough to score. Drop the puck. LGW.