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Hope he can come back, he'd really help our top 6 if he's healthy.

Kevin Lowe is in charge of Edmonton anyways, until he's gone nothing will change much.

He really is just a remarkable person, the work and battle he's gone through is just amazing. I can never get enough of his story, what an inspiration. Here's to many more steps for Vladdy!

Jimmy is so bad at shootouts. Sigh.

He's 6th among active goalies that have more than 70 shots against. Try again.

It's not that hard.

 

Carey Price has a .698 SV% in shootouts Howard has a .745

Please try to work more on keeping your sarcasm to a minimum. Totally uncalled for and it's way too close to being considered a personal attack.

I'm confused about this? What was supposed to be sarcastic about my Ian White post?

Umm, Ian White had 26, 21, 26, 38, 26 point seasons before his 32 point season with Lidstrom.
 
Let me know when I can expect Smith, Kindl, Dekeyser to do that this season.
 
Now long term yes, but we were talking about the rest of this season. Ian White has shown he can produce points, the rest of the guys haven't.

Abdelkader+Franzen=Dominate powerforwards.

Lids I don't believe he did. But z and yzerman both did/do. As well as guys like Crosby ovie etc etc.



I get sick of people diving but if the league allows them do to do it why would they stop? Especially when it does sometimes draw penalties.

It really is up to the league to enforce it. If they made the risk of diving, not worth the reward of drawing a penalty people wouldn't do it. People that hate divers, have to realize that the players are just trying to win, and it just so happens that the league doesn't see diving as a big problem, and ends up rewarding powerplays more often then not. The blame lies on the league.

Sure it's a rivalry, both came into the league in the same year.  Both high end talents.  And both playing in the east.  The only thing that makes me wonder about the merits of the rivalry is that Ovechkin was more durable, scored more, and didn't cry as much.  Say what you want about Sid and his ring, but if you hold hockey players to the Gordie Howe or Steve Yzerman standard then Ovechkin wins that rivalry hands down. 

Oh please. That's the most ludicrous thing I've seen. Crosby is not as good of a scorer, not as good of a physical presence, and not as durable. But every other conceivable attribute is in Crosby's favor, he plays a two way center game(Is he a Selke candidate? No, not yet at least but his responsibility on the defensive end is just miles above what Ovechkin is asked to do. Crosby take absolutely no nights off, Ovechkin takes weeks off when not being productive with points. Crosby has an over .20 PPG difference, how is it even a question who is better offensively really?

Crosby is 4th all-time in point per game right behind Bossy, during this one of the lowest scoring eras. I mean give me a break, and is .20+ ahead of anyone currently in the league.

Oh and add that Olympic gold medal to the ring too, and don't forget who clinched the victory.

Ovechkin is a great player, but Crosby has separated himself from him since Ovechkin's prime in 07-10 where there was actually a debate. I hope Ovechkin regains his 60+ goal form, he is a great talent and fun to watch. But Crosby is also fun to watch, and I just don't understand how supposed hockey fans can pass over the opportunity to watch one of the greatest players to ever play the game grow as a hockey player, it's a once in the life time opportunity and it's just sad to me. Because as a hockey player my whole life, Crosby is and will be the best player I'll ever watch live, and that's something that I will cherish. There isn't a Gretzky, and Howe in every era, but we are lucky enough to be experiencing one of those type players and it's a shame people don't care about the actually game when it comes to Crosby.

And don't forget how cheap Ovechkin is, he's been suspended, and has countless of at the very least questionable hits. If the Red Wings fans think Backes is cheap, I'd love to see how they would react when Ovechkin would have ran Lidstrom like he did Gonchar, or Gleason,

Let me refresh your mind, this video doesn't even include his suspension and cheapshots from the past 5 years.

I think he's got one or two more mediocre NHL seasons left in him. He's got speed but damn, the kids as skinny as a twig (ever seen him in person?) . Not built for the NHL. He was just a quick fix, low risk, high reward. I like him, but I don't think he'll get much further in his career in North America...hopefully I'm wrong and after all, this is only his first attempt at pro hockey. I think he would benefit from some AHL time. 

I completely disagree, you don't need to be a 220 6'2 guy to be a good NHLer. Plenty of good players are under 6'0 and under 190. Brunner isn't that weak, he is a very good NHL player, he has great skating ability, laser shot, and very good effort on the ice. He is most certainly NHL material, he's just not a top line player at this point in his career. He's a great 3rd liner, and a good 2nd liner in spurts. He definitely has the potential to be more, and I have seen it at times, but it's not been a consistent dominance that you see in other top line wingers.

He's a younger Samuelsson from 05-06 very good secondary scorer, not quite top line material. With a little more speed, and less strength and defensive responsiblity.

His ceiling may be higher, but he's still 27, so not that much time to grow.

Excited to have him though, he's a great addition and very good player.

Yeah, it's been too long. He shouldn't push himself at his age to try and come back. Hopefully he can get to 100% before next season and won't have any recurring back issues.

The scary part isn't if it ends his seasons, the scary part is if it keeps coming back throughout his career. This was the right decision.

Good news Dekeyser looked like our best defenseman.

Bad news Dekeyser looked like our best defenseman.

Kronwall takes too many dumb penalties, he must have a lot of IQ loss from all his hits. He now leads all defenseman in the league in minor penalites, absolutely unacceptable.

Datsyuk was completely ineffective yet again, enough excuses for him, he needs to simplify his game, he cannot lead our team in turning the puck over, it gives us no chance for our top players to carry the play when Datsyuk always loses the puck.

Nyquist is the only guy on the team creating anything right now, good for him, bad for the rest of the team.

We need to get our offense on track, something needs to happen on Babcock's end. We've been shut out too often this year.

I missed the game, can someone sum up Danny's debut?

Steady. A couple nervous passes, but no big deal. Good positioning, great skating, good stickwork, pretty average puck skils, not too physical.

Overall pretty good for a rookie playing his first game.

Holy s***, yes Kronwall turn the puck over all you want. That was spectacular. holy hell

Has Kyle Quincey made it his mission in life to f*** over the Detroit Red Wings in the 2013 season?

 

What?

How in the world is that Quincey's fault? The guy hit the puck out of mid air, Lidstrom isn't even going to defend that. That goal is on Tootoo for not clearing the zone.