gdt 1/13 GDT : Red Wings 3 at Sabres 1

[derblaueClaus 1,668]

Gustav Nyquist-Henrik Zetterberg-Justin Abdelkader

Darren Helm-Pavel Datsyuk-Tomas Tatar

Drew Miller-Riley Sheahan-Teemu Pulkkinen

Stephen Weiss-Luke Glendening-Joakim Andersson

On defense:

Jonathan Ericsson-Niklas Kronwall

Kyle Quincey-Danny DeKeyser

Brendan Smith-Xavier Ouellet

Goalies

Petr Mrazek (starting)

Tom McCollum

...I would have liked Weisser and Just for Men flip flopped. I understand you gotta get Teemu going, but in theory, he is only going to be up for some time, and I'd rather see Weiss get better scoring opps in a game where they may be abundant.

Miller on the third while Weiss remains on the 4th ?! I want to know what Babcock is smoking.....

Edited January 13, 2015 by derblaueClaus

[korrowan 111]

Miller on the third while Weiss remains on the 4th ?! I want to know what Babcock is smoking.....

Peyote. Has to be hallucinating to think Miller is better than Weiss in any way besides penalty killing.

[Cloune 270]

letsgo wings..and Teemu

[wings4thecup06 504]

Miller on the third while Weiss remains on the 4th ?! I want to know what Babcock is smoking.....

This is what I was questioning the last game also. Nothing against Miller, but don't you think it'd create a much better scoring line to have Weiss-Sheahan-Pulkkinen

Maybe Babs is just going for his all around lines again.

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

Good luck Petr! You can do this!!!!

The rest of you? Score some damn goals and play some great d and back him up!!

[chaps80 1,591]

LGW!!! Mrazek, you gots this!!! Congrats to Hasek on the jersey retirement. VERY, VERY well deserved!

Peyote. Has to be hallucinating to think Miller is better than Weiss in any way besides penalty killing.

I'd say hes huffing gas or ether.

Babcock does'nt seem to like Weiss, but he's like "Franzen yur tha shyt"!!!

Edited January 13, 2015 by chaps80

[TheXym 2,606]

Best Hasek memory was definitely the Gaborik launching. Hopefully they show it during the tribute video and it inspires Mrazek.

I'm stuck with the Buffalo feed due to it being local to the Binghamton Time Warner Cable, but at least I will be able to see the ceremony.

Here's hoping the Wings light it up on the Sabres in a big way. As in Oprah picks up the Wings scoresheet and starts playing "Hank gets a point! Pavel gets a point! EVERYBODY GETS A POINT!!!!!111!" for them on the scoreboard.

Edited January 14, 2015 by TheXym

[canadian wings fan 305]

Dominatorrrrrrr

[TheXym 2,606]

Dominator takes the podium.

[canadian wings fan 305]

Very nice speech from Hasek. Amazing

[chaps80 1,591]

Hell yeah Dom!!! THANK YOU FOR 2002!!! You showed Roy who was the man!!

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

It's weird because I think of him more as a Wing than a Sabre

[TheXym 2,606]

Classy words from Dom.

It's weird because I think of him more as a Wing than a Sabre

Same here, but his most dominant years were with the Sabres. Imagine if he played for a team that was actually good before his Wings years.

Danny Gare, another Red Wings alum if I recall correctly.

[joesuffP 1,746]

Weiss hasn't looked good. He just exists, not terrible but not very good at anything. Be thankful he's getting some good PP time, it's not like he hasn't been given a chance for success. It should be easy for him to stand out on that 4th line but he hasn't.

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

I think it would have been cool for Dom to drop the puck and have both goalies at center ice instead of the captains.

[joesuffP 1,746]

Great opportunity to show Holland that Mrazek is ready for back up duties next year

[Legendary D In 03 50]

None of the pomp and circumstance we red wings fans are used to with our jersey retirement ceremonies, amirite??

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

So glad Petr could go out there and congratulate Dom

Now go and kick their asses!!

Edited January 14, 2015 by Hockeymom1960

[TheXym 2,606]

Is it just me, or was the ceremony way too short? Yzerman and Lidstrom's were much better, imho. Though both had much longer tenure with the Wings and were career Wings whereas Hasek was more travelled. Or, was the keep it simple and short done to appease MSG Network (the Buffalo broadcaster).

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

Is it just me, or was the ceremony way too short? Yzerman and Lidstrom's were much better, imho. Though both had much longer tenure with the Wings and were career Wings whereas Hasek was more travelled. Or, was the keep it simple and short done to appease MSG Network (the Buffalo broadcaster).

Well, what time did it really start?

[DatsyukianDekes 2,428]

Is it just me, or was the ceremony way too short? Yzerman and Lidstrom's were much better, imho. Though both had much longer tenure with the Wings and were career Wings whereas Hasek was more travelled. Or, was the keep it simple and short done to appease MSG Network (the Buffalo broadcaster).

Seemed really half assed. I was expecting better tbh.

Classy for them to do it the same night as the Wings game though.

Edited January 14, 2015 by darkmanx

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

Ok so why are they singing the Canadian national anthem? Last time I knew Buffalo and Detroit were in the U.S.

[TheXym 2,606]

The feed was at 7:00. I had the pregame on for a couple of minutes and nothing was on during that.

[Yzerfan87 146]

Ok so why are they singing the Canadian national anthem? Last time I knew Buffalo and Detroit were in the U.S.

I was wondering the same thing.

[DatsyukianDekes 2,428]

Ok so why are they singing the Canadian national anthem? Last time I knew Buffalo and Detroit were in the U.S.

Very weird. Trying to figure that out too.

Edit: If anything, do the Czech anthem!

Edited January 14, 2015 by darkmanx