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Franzen, Zetter and Bert line is terrible right now.

first timer trying to grab stream....any help would be appreciated...

http://atdhenet.tv/34467/watch-san-jose-sharks-vs-detroit-red-wings

Cleary.. take notes, thats a backhand.

f***en bench Ericsson... seriously wtf.

Stevie Y was the person who threw it on the ice..

Ericcson

Sit him next game and play Salei.

Long read....

DETROIT -- Mike Modano huffed and puffed, trying to catch his breath.

He'd just come off the ice at Joe Louis Arena after a post-practice workout this past Saturday and scanned the Detroit Red Wings locker room. The 40-year old Modano eventually locked onto his target and asked 23-year old forward Justin Abdelkader a light-hearted question.

"Where'd you go?" Modano said, smiling. "Huh? Where'd you go?"

Abdelkader laughed and lofted a couple of barbs at Modano, who told  reporters he's eyeing a possible return from surgery to repair severed  tendons in his right wrist during a road trip at the end of the month.  His play in practice this past weekend suggests that's more probability  than possibility.

Modano, who has been out since late November, has looked good during  drills. He took one-timers, fired crisp passes, flicked wrist shots with  ease and handled everything he was asked to do. He even got in some  contact, which was a welcomed addition to his practice routine.
  
Modano has been skating and doing light practice work for a couple of  weeks, but now he appears to be making sizable strides toward returning  to game action.

"It's starting to get good," said Modano, who hasn't played since getting hurt in a Nov. 26 game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.  "The hand's really feeling good, as far as pushing and shoving and  getting a little bit more involved in the traffic and some other contact  things. Strength-wise, it's really close."

The question is how much physical conditioning has been lost.

Modano, a Detroit-area product who signed a one-year contract with his  home-town Red Wings last summer, played just 20 games before the injury.  He has 2 goals and 8 points with a minus-3 rating while centering the  third line -- attributing a lot of his on-ice struggles to conditioning.

Earlier this season, Modano spent extra time working on his  cardiovascular and strength training thanks to the schedule often  providing a few days between games. About a week before getting hurt,  Modano said his improved fitness eventually would pay off.

He also got a better feel for what Detroit General Manager Ken Holland and coach Mike Babcock expected from him.

"I was feeling good," Modano said. "I had a lot of opportunities to work  off-ice and get some conditioning that way, and I really felt positive  and good with things that were happening."

Then he got hurt. Now, whenever he returns, there's likely to be some amount of drop-off to make up.

"That's probably expected," Modano said. "We're still looking at two  (more) weeks, possibly. That's a lot of skating and a lot of contact in  practices until I get released to play. That's probably good for me --  to get me to a level where, hopefully, when I get playing it won't be  that difficult."

But, Holland isn't too worrieed about a major drop off.

"He has really trained hard in January and now February and met up with a  fitness guy in Birmingham, Mich.," Holland told NHL.com. "He went to  Mexico for four days during the All Star break and he even took the  fitness trainer with him. He has trained incredibly hard this season.  He's worked as hard as he's had in his career on his off-ice  conditioning, because of the injury."

Modano isn't the only Red Wing in this situation -- just the first to go  down with a significant injury this season. While rehabbing his wrist,  Modano has watched a number of teammates get hurt. Most are starting to  trickle back now -- whether in practices or games -- but Modano wants to  hit fast forward on the season until it's his turn to play again.

"It's been tough," Modano said. "It just seems like the bottom fell out  when everybody went down there for a while, but they were still finding  ways to win -- still collecting points and kind of weathering the storm  until guys got back. Now guys are getting back and kind of getting their  game legs under them and getting in shape."
  Modano originally targeted a Feb. 24 return date -- a home game against the Dallas Stars,  the franchise that drafted him and watched him become a star for 20  seasons. However, it's more likely he'll return sometime during  Detroit's five-game road trip that starts Feb. 26 against the Buffalo Sabres.

Either way, Modano is counting down the days as the regular season winds down and the Stanley Cup Playoffs enter the horizon.

"The potential is there," Modano said. "When we get our full lineup back  and we get a good month under our belt, it could be fun."

Fun enough to consider returning next season?

"It depends on how I feel and how things go when I get back," Modano  said. "I'd love to come back again, have another crack at it and try to  get a good, full year out of them. It's been fun. The guys have been  great. The city's been great. Kenny and Mike have been fabulous. It just  depends on how I feel, how I play and probably how the teams does,  too."

It is a discussion that Holland is likely willing to have, as well.

"If you look at my history, I'm very comfortable with an older part of  the team," Holland told NHL.com. "The bggest thing with veteran guys  that I find is, 'Do you still have the passion to go to the gym every  day in July and August?' When you’re 25 or 26, it's no problem. But when  you’re 40 and your career is basically complete, you've got to be able  to get up in the morning and go to the gym. Do you still have the energy  and passion and desire?

"When you're 40 years of age ... it’s a big commitment. I will certainly  sit down with him at the end of the year to see if he still has the  desire and passion that it takes, and if so, we will definitely be open  to the possibility of him returning."

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=552681

terrible period by Salei, and worse by Kindl

I hate it when our crappy second year goalie is so bad he leads the league in wins.

right.. Thomas has less wins, guess that sums up that Howard is better...

I guess to most wings fans, if the goalie isn't centered to the shot, even on a nifty passing play to an uncovered player, its failure on the goalie.  Maybe Howard should call Nicholas Cage and ask him how he got that nifty power in the movie "Next".  I guess being able to see the future is the key.  

I guess to blind Wings fans its ok for the goalie to leave the crease on a PK and turn into some sort of defensemen and play the player outside of the blue paint.

well I guess its a positive the boo's are on display. maybe if that doesn't work we should invest in some eggo waffles ?

Crosby said himself he would start a build around Zetterberg. List is irrelevant.

alot has to do with all the stupid passing, if they focused more on carrying/dumping the puck in, instead of a last minute pass at the blue line im sure the turnovers would go down, and the outlet passes from Kronwall from one end of the ice to the other have been picked off way to easily also, just carry it up ice abit the pass.

Hank, Bert and Mule line looks really good.

its amazing to see Weber hit 104.6, I can see Chara because hes huge and can generate a ton of power but for a guy Webers size its pretty damn amazing.