kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Injured after being toppled over by Jensen and Condra. Doctors want to see how Howard responds with a few days rest. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2016/12/21/detroit-red-wings-goalie-jimmy-howard/95705684/ Poor Jimmy. Guy can't catch a break. Team doesn't score when he's in net then repeatedly gets injured. Edited December 21, 2016 by kickazz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kliq 3,763 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 Overall this sucks. But compared to what I thought last night Ill take it as good news. When I watched the injury happen live and he couldn't put any weight on it, I was thinking torn ACL, MCL, LCL, PCL, or meniscus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 Heavy hit to the playoff chances, in my opinion. 1 kickazz reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ami 273 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 Wings are done for a season. unless Holland pulled some magic. (just kidding) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 I guess it's the best time to see what Coreau can do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 1 hour ago, kickazz said: I guess it's the best time to see what Coreau can do. Or just do the obvious and let the other half of the tandem, Mrazek, play. Considering how well he did last time Howard was injured and all. All the gloom and doom so far about Howard being injured (again) is nothing but overreacting. It sucks this happened to him when he's having a huge turnaround year (and building trade value), but injuries are a yearly thing with him. Mrazek will be good to go. Coreau isn't ready for anything but a game here and there. Looking forward to see him play again though. 1 wings_fanatic reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 3 hours ago, chaps80 said: Or just do the obvious and let the other half of the tandem, Mrazek, play. Considering how well he did last time Howard was injured and all. All the gloom and doom so far about Howard being injured (again) is nothing but overreacting. It sucks this happened to him when he's having a huge turnaround year (and building trade value), but injuries are a yearly thing with him. Mrazek will be good to go. Coreau isn't ready for anything but a game here and there. Looking forward to see him play again though. We are nothing without Howard. Our last glimmer of hope is gone. Mrazek is a mess, a total waste. Maybe Coreau can do something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richdg 267 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 Playoffs? You wanna talk playoffs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 3 minutes ago, Richdg said: Playoffs? You wanna talk playoffs? Not if Mrazeks in net lol. But if Jimmy is of course we should be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richdg 267 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 I didn't think an in his prime Sawchuck could get us to the PO's........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Richdg said: I didn't think an in his prime Sawchuck could get us to the PO's........ Oh dang you remember watching Sawchuck? Please enlighten me. What was he like?? Edited December 22, 2016 by ChristopherReevesLegs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richdg 267 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 7 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Oh dang you remember watching Sawchuck? Please enlighten me. What was he like?? Only on video tape. He died when I was 1. he was my second fav G of all time, even though he was better than my fav-Billy Smith. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted December 22, 2016 3 minutes ago, Richdg said: Only on video tape. He died when I was 1. he was my second fav G of all time, even though he was better than my fav-Billy Smith. So how did he become ur fav? you watch tapes of every old goalie?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 18 hours ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: We are nothing without Howard. Our last glimmer of hope is gone. Mrazek is a mess, a total waste. Maybe Coreau can do something. Now your just trolling. 18 hours ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Not if Mrazeks in net lol. But if Jimmy is of course we should be. Howard has played like 5 playoff games in three seasons. lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 1 hour ago, chaps80 said: Now your just trolling. Howard has played like 5 playoff games in three seasons. lol Howard has always been the superior goalie. Mrazek has been heralded as the next coming of jesus by wings fans despite doing nothing to prove that. Now everyone stubbornly clings to the fact that hes still good cause hes 24. Na he sucks. Theres a reason Howard is on a nice long contract. Sorry that seeing things from a different angle is trolling to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amato 3,210 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 Goalies are streaky.. Howard's been on this season up until injury, mrazeks been mostly off. There have been times where it was opposite. Hopefully mrazek gets and stays hot reallll soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 6 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Howard has always been the superior goalie. Mrazek has been heralded as the next coming of jesus by wings fans despite doing nothing to prove that. Now everyone stubbornly clings to the fact that hes still good cause hes 24. Na he sucks. Theres a reason Howard is on a nice long contract. Sorry that seeing things from a different angle is trolling to you. Howard has been the better goalie this season. And that's been a surprise to the majority of fans. No one thought he'd play this well. You would think he would have always been the better goalie with 6 seasons of NHL experience on Mrazek, but nothing whatsoever that happened before this season made him the better goalie. He was on his way out after last season actually after a couple years of bad, inconsistent play, and being benched after two playoff games. But Holland couldn't move him anywhere due to his "nice long contract". He was still in Detroit only because of that. No one said Mrazek was Jesus, but he has tons of potential, still young and continuing to develop and learn, and has shown periods of Vezina quality play already. If you have to choose between a 31 year old who has reached the height of his potential, or a 24 year old who is still developing his NHL game and has the skills to be much better than that 31 year old, and in many ways already is, you go with the younger guy everytime, especially in a rebuild situation.. 2 krsmith17 and roboturner reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings_fanatic 677 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 It is laughable how many of you are acting as such howard lovers because he isnt total crap like the past 2 seasons. He hasnt won us anything since he got on our team years ago but you can all keep holding out hope. Btw he had lidstrom and rafalski and stuart on the team for a few years. Giving up on mrazek is a joke. Some people just do not understand hockey as well as others i suppose. They are the same people who think blashill isnt one of the main problems with this team. 3 marcaractac, BinMucker94 and chaps80 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, wings_fanatic said: It is laughable how many of you are acting as such howard lovers because he isnt total crap like the past 2 seasons. He hasnt won us anything since he got on our team years ago but you can all keep holding out hope. Btw he had lidstrom and rafalski and stuart on the team for a few years. Giving up on mrazek is a joke. Some people just do not understand hockey as well as others i suppose. They are the same people who think blashill isnt one of the main problems with this team. Yeah, the Howard love is pretty funny. Hypocrites. I'll bet many of them are the same ones that wanted him off this team ASAP and complained about his contract daily last season, but now they think the team is doomed with him on the sidelines. Edited December 23, 2016 by chaps80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frankgrimes 1,836 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 sucks a lot seeing the MVP miss some time. Coreau here is your chance let's see what he can do at the highest level Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaps80 1,591 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 As for tomorrow, Blash hasn't said who will start yet. Would be cool to see Coreau play, hopefully with better results this time. Last game before Xmas break, so maybe let Mrazek get his head straight and work on things with the goalie coach during that time then start him next game and get him rolling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 2 hours ago, chaps80 said: Howard has been the better goalie this season. And that's been a surprise to the majority of fans. No one thought he'd play this well. You would think he would have always been the better goalie with 6 seasons of NHL experience on Mrazek, but nothing whatsoever that happened before this season made him the better goalie. He was on his way out after last season actually after a couple years of bad, inconsistent play, and being benched after two playoff games. But Holland couldn't move him anywhere due to his "nice long contract". He was still in Detroit only because of that. No one said Mrazek was Jesus, but he has tons of potential, still young and continuing to develop and learn, and has shown periods of Vezina quality play already. If you have to choose between a 31 year old who has reached the height of his potential, or a 24 year old who is still developing his NHL game and has the skills to be much better than that 31 year old, and in many ways already is, you go with the younger guy everytime, especially in a rebuild situation.. Mraz stole the job from jimmy and then quickly gave it right back under playoff pressure. If thats what speaks to you, then lets agree to disagree i guess. Ah yes, the old "potential" makes unestablished player A the better option than established player B. Tell you what, when Mraz can play an entire season without completely dropping the oppurtunity hes given ill swing to ur side. 2 hours ago, wings_fanatic said: It is laughable how many of you are acting as such howard lovers because he isnt total crap like the past 2 seasons. He hasnt won us anything since he got on our team years ago but you can all keep holding out hope. Btw he had lidstrom and rafalski and stuart on the team for a few years. Giving up on mrazek is a joke. Some people just do not understand hockey as well as others i suppose. They are the same people who think blashill isnt one of the main problems with this team. Theres where ur wrong bucko. I think blashill is trash, and ur precious golden boi czech goalie is trash too. 2 hours ago, chaps80 said: Yeah, the Howard love is pretty funny. Hypocrites. I'll bet many of them are the same ones that wanted him off this team ASAP and complained about his contract daily last season, but now they think the team is doomed with him on the sidelines. "Ill bet MANY of them" ur probs right. Most have probs flipped after realizing Mraz is garbage. I on the other hand have never left Jimmy's side. He reminds me of Osgood. A wing who did so much, yet so many fans bashed. Shameful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) I converted to pro-Howard after seeing how irrational the anti-Howard side was. It was starting to become ridiculous when he got blamed for every single detail. Edited December 23, 2016 by kickazz 1 kliq reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckbags 863 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 The Score just reported it's 4-6 weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings_fanatic 677 Report post Posted December 23, 2016 Blashill again showing how he is an idiot. Not starting mrazek tonight will furtherly kill his confidence. Last time howard was out mrazek was the Guy. He got us 8 of 10 points. But blashill is too stupid to see that. If i was kenny i would fire blashill first thing after xmas. Heck id call him during his xmas dinner to give him the news. 2 chaps80 and Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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