GDT 10/23 Tacky GDT Red Wings @ Calgary Flames 9:00 PM EST

[matt198913 932]

I guess the Flames can do no wrong in the refs eyes now.

Pretty unreal. They should have 3 players out of the game.

[GoWings! 179]

We look like one of the weaker teams in the league so far. Disappointing start to the season. No urgency and getting outshot like every game. No puck possession. Hope they fix things soon.

[Bill Berzeench 310]

Do they have closers in hockey? We need a closer to relieve Howard with 3 mins left!!

[Aethernum 276]

Problem is the Carolina game is exactly as he looked half of his whole career. Howard isnt consistant enough.

In a game where we got outshot at a 2:1 ratio, if you think goaltending was our problem I don't know what to say to you. You want a mathematical consistency that just doesn't exist.

This OT should be fun. I wish we didn't have to go there, but that's what we get for playing in our zone for most of the last 30 minutes.

[roboturner 562]

A majority of the people in the last few GDTs have said it. Mrazek bails us out and Howard can't make the big stops when the defense lets him down, or some iteration thereof. It's not an uncommon complaint.

And how quickly we forget, this is exactly what Howard looked like last year before the injury. Motivation is not an issue for him, and it's unfair to say such.

Right, he put in a ton of extra work this summer and it's just happenstance that it came the season after he lost his starting job in the playoffs. It's not unfair to make that connection.

[Franzine 739]

Throw Miller out there in OT and let's block some shots!!

[wingfan1991 221]

What the heck happened to this team looks unstoppable first 11 games (including preseason) to looking like the worst team on earth! Zero chemistry and energy. Datsyuk can't get back fast enough. This defense is awful, brutal 6/7.

[matt198913 932]

Let's be honest the D was absolutely gassed in that period.

[barabbas16 499]

Whether or not they pull a win out here, I can't see how this game pulls them out of their current slump.

[kickazz 5,459]

Nervous

[joesuffP 1,746]

We look like one of the weaker teams in the league so far. Disappointing start to the season. No urgency and getting outshot like every game. No puck possession. Hope they fix things soon.

Yeah I've watched a lot of other teams this year and we are one of the worst. Not a good sign

[CaliforniaWingsFan 464]

Please let the game end in OT win or lose. I can't take the five hole goals against Howie in the SO.

Edited October 24, 2015 by CaliforniaWingsFan

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

We get a point or no?

[Aethernum 276]

Right, he put in a ton of extra work this summer and it's just happenstance that it came the season after he lost his starting job in the playoffs. It's not unfair to make that connection.

It's unfair to say he needed to put in extra work in order to return to form. This is exactly what Howard looked like last year. He played at an All-Star level, and then he got hurt. Is he facing competition that will probably make him better? Sure. Does he need that motivation to be an elite goaltender? No. He has been for most of his career, when he wasn't in a goaltending battle.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Why haven't we seen Nyquist in OT yet?

[Aethernum 276]

Completely unacceptable to be outshot by a 1-5 team.

This is a very hungry 1-5 team. Don't underestimate them, or disparage the work they're doing. They look good tonight, and so do we.

Edit - Even if we don't pull this game out, this new OT format is already better for us than the shootout. And it's fun as hell to watch. Love it.

Edited October 24, 2015 by Aethernum

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Got to be kidding me.

[wingfan1991 221]

Would have bet anything Giordano would win it. What a player unreal.

[Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453]

Wow, I couldn't be more upset with this loss. Not because of the Wings play, but because of how douchey the Flames are.

[kickazz 5,459]

First we lose to Edmonton. Now to Calgary.

[MrazekFanBoy 223]

Wow

[barabbas16 499]

Deserved loss. In no way Howard's fault. Everyone else sucked.

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

This team actually ******* sucks

[CaliforniaWingsFan 464]

#tankit

[Vladinator16 236]

Is that why Kenny always wanted 3 on 3? So we don't have to lose in the shoot out any more when we just lose in the OT period now?

Deserved that loss, quit playing after the first but at least its a point.