kipwinger

Ok, laying aside the obvious fact that Keith Olbermann is a pretentious dickhead, what do you all think about this?  Was the concept of the "Original Six" just a marketing ploy?  Is it disingenuous?  Or does it even matter?

I know this thread will quickly slip into obscurity, but oh well. 

I was just looking at Chris Osgood's 2008 playoff performance (because I like to imagine that single performance created the "Mike Babcock as genius" myth), and it was ungodly.  If not for Osgood, we get beat in the first round.

14-4 record

1.55 goals against.

930 save percentage

3 shutouts (2 in the finals). 

Just thought this would be a good idea with all the prospect talk, call ups, and (potentially) playoff races for both teams. 

Oh, and because Mantha scored tonight and I didn't have anyplace else to put it. 

This team is inconsistent.  We haven't won 3 games in a row all season.  We've got skilled players, the core veterans are all playing well, Jimmy is playing excellent, and the kids that needed to be good have been.  So what's the problem?

Speculate away! 

The Red Wings have signed defenseman Joe Hicketts to a three-year entry-level contract.

Per Wings' Press Release:

"The Detroit Red Wings today announced that they have agreed to terms with defenseman Joe Hicketts on a three-year, entry-level contract. In accordance with club policy, additional details will not be disclosed.

Hicketts, 18, signs his first NHL contract after attending Detroit’s development camp in July and playing for the club last week at the 2014 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Mich. In 2013-14, Hicketts skated in 36 games for the Western Hockey League’s Victoria Royals, ranking second among the team’s defensemen with 24 points (6-18-24) despite missing nearly half the season due to injury. The 5-foot-8, 186-lb., blueliner has played 103 WHL games for the Royals since 2012-13, totaling 48 points (12-36-48), a plus-14 rating and 57 penalty minutes over two seasons. He has also appeared in 13 playoff games for the club, registering three assists and 11 penalty minutes.

A native of Kamloops, British Columbia, Hicketts has represented Canada twice on the international stage. He captained Team Pacific at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Drummondville and Victoriaville, Quebec, in 2013 and won a bronze medal with Canada at the Under-18 World Championships in Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland, in April 2014. Hicketts picked up a combined 10 points (2-8-10) and 12 penalty minutes over the two tournaments."

If enough users commented on it, do you all think we could get Ansar Khan to do an investigatory article on the exact heights and weights of Joe Hicketts parents?  It's the only info I really care about with regard to this story.