wings_fanatic 677 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Next game I'd like to see Cleary play over Anderson. Anderson is so slow anyways and at least Cleary hits. We need hitting. I'd also keep pav and hank together with abby and have helm play center. Z-pav-abby Nyquist-helm-tatar Cleary-sheahan-jurco 4th line. I think thoSe lines would be good. If zetty is this bad with pav I don't wanna see him struggle without pav. And zetty will play big at home you watch. tatar and Nyquist played well but shehan hasn't so I'd try helm there and putting shehan with jurco gives us a much better 3rd line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyqvististhefuture 1,002 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Babcock doesn't care about this team's future. He won't be here. Why would he care about getting Pulkinnen experience? Cause he cares about winning? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicco 8 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 We actually played better this game than last, we just allowed more goals, I know to the people who don't really understand hockey that doesn't make sense, but it's true. We just need to tighten up on defense and we might actually have a shot here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wing Across The Pond 196 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Babs post-game: Mrazek game 3 starter 2 chaps80 and themcityblues reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings_fanatic 677 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Babs post-game: Mrazek game 3 starter Of course he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Babs post-game: Mrazek game 3 starter Good. Putting in Howard would be too quick on the draw. There's no need to switch after one loss when Mrazek was the main reason they won the first game. Hopefully he bounces back. 3 nyqvististhefuture, themcityblues and puckloo39 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PavelValerievichDatsyuk 1,935 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) Oh I agree 100% way more coverage and the shots on goal gap was closed it's no like last game for certain. Mrazek should stay in nets though I believe. Oh and I've always been a fan of the mule but I think he needs to go sorry. He has missed the past two years playoffs we lose him at least 3-4 months of the year go suck on someone else's team. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2015/04/15/detroit-red-wings-johan-franzen-head-injury/25853131/ I hope you'll have more sympathy after reading this. Edited April 18, 2015 by PavelValerievichDatsyuk 2 derblaueClaus and Wing Across The Pond reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wing Across The Pond 196 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Of course he is. Just to shh the questioners. He was good today. Howard just seems sluggish off his post (which then kindly bailed him out). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick zombo 3,739 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Babs post-game: Mrazek game 3 starter Now he's just trolling Holland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hardcoretom21 71 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Mrazek wasn't the problem today. The players just need to realize how important man-to-man coverage is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings_fanatic 677 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Just to shh the questioners. He was good today. Howard just seems sluggish off his post (which then kindly bailed him out). Haha I know. I think petr would have to be extremely poor for babs to start Jimmy in a game at this rate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Should stick with Mrazek in game 3. As far as the Zetterberg situation. No matter what he says about how his "post surgery rehab went well". I'm sorry guy but post surgery you have just not been the same player. This is a completely different player than from 2014 and before. He's simply not an offensive threat for us anymore. I don't even think you can be this regressed as a player at age 34. He's playing like he's 38. Abdelkader must return. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HockeytownRules19 902 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings 5m5 minutes ago Coach Babcock expects Justin Abdelkader to be ready to play Tuesday. #RedWings Massive! 6 TheXym, themcityblues, nyqvististhefuture and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Mike says Abby is playing Game 3. We could use him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings 5m5 minutes ago Coach Babcock expects Justin Abdelkader to be ready to play Tuesday. #RedWings Massive! Eeeeexxxxcellent!! 1 wings87 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyemeryhunter 2,747 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Hell yeah abby 1 themcityblues reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Playmaker Report post Posted April 18, 2015 I always like how the guys not playing are going to be the saviors. Wasn't that long ago that Babs was being criticized for putting a no skill guy like Abby in the line up. Good Times. 2 kipwinger and kylee reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mckinley25 677 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 The Wings effort is about on par with these thread titles. 1 rick zombo reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
91forever 8 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2015/04/15/detroit-red-wings-johan-franzen-head-injury/25853131/ I hope you'll have more sympathy after reading this. Yeah I do that's horrible and I didn't realize it was debilitating I thought more like can't play. 1 PavelValerievichDatsyuk reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
derblaueClaus 1,668 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 I watched the game with a friend. It was his first and and at least Wings put up a good show. I think we massively improved from game one, although our defensive coverage was so far off some time I wondered if some of the guys were just gone relaxing at the beach. If we fix this until next game we will be fine. Because our offense looked realgud™. It was one of those games where the opponent scored on every chance while we couldn't to save our lives. But we stole one game, we have what we needed. Tampa doesn't go down without a fight but we have the advantage now. If we win our two homegames we are in a great position to win this series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themcityblues 249 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 We'd be a far different team with Franzen, Cole and Abby. Agh, makes me sad to think about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 On the lighter side of things, I just noticed Jamie McLennan is a hockey analyst for TSN. Did'nt he paddle chop Franzen in the gut during his final career game? Guy was a joke. Journeyman backup who barely hung on to an NHL career. TSN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick zombo 3,739 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings 5m5 minutes ago Coach Babcock expects Justin Abdelkader to be ready to play Tuesday. #RedWings Massive! Awesome. I hope he uses his good hand to face-punch Callahan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brett 1,029 Report post Posted April 18, 2015 How did Abby become such a important part of this team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Playmaker Report post Posted April 18, 2015 We'd be a far different team with Franzen, Cole and Abby. Agh, makes me sad to think about I was never a Franzen basher, but he wasn't exactly lighting it up while he was in there. We had Cole for only a few games. His speed was a refreshing change, but he wasn't a game changer. Abby was on one heck of a hot streak when he went down, it would be nice if he kept it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
