The Greek

Normally I try to stay positive about the Wings, but I have to say this:

 

It is an absolute joke that Filppula is asking for 5M+ per year.  Does anybody remember the last time that he looked dangerous?

Very frustrated to watch him right now..he skates backwards towards our own end more that he attacks the offensive zone..so passive. 

if this aint showing kenny the lack of firepower we have i dont know what will. No Z and you take dats out then boy oh boy are we in trouble down the line. cant understand why when we know Z is out they scratch Nyqvist when he could have been given a more offensive role.

Had to turn off the game (can't remember the last time I did that). Hope the Wings are able to remove their collective heads from their collective asses.

He met Lidstrom only today.

 

Are you the grinch? 

Afer two wins in a row against the flying Ducks a nice little streak would be cool, but this game basically has all the makings of being a huge downer for the Wings.

I'm starting a "hire McGuire" petition.  Who is with me?

 

 

 

 

Nobody. 

Fixed.  

 

Just because it looks weird.

 

Weird to see Franzen as the third star instead of the first, which he is every game.

I've been watching smith pretty close this game. Kid looks terrible cant make a clean outlet pass to save his life. Either misses his guy turns it over or up the glass and gives it to the other team. Wings are on a decline. Can't even beat the flames

I'm going out on a limb here and saying "IF" the price was right. Which it probably won't be. I've always liked Campbell.

Babcock wants to keep scoring depth and size in the top 6. If not size then strength atleast. Most of the good teams in the league have a lot bigger top 6 it's an obvious weakness of ours. What Tatar and Andersson is doing on the 3rd line is good for their development and for the team. Abdelkader has absolutely no offensive ability but he's strong enough to hang with most teams top 6. We're keeping the puck out of our net this way and I think that's what Babcock wants. Flip will replace Abdelkader. Babcock doesn't think Abdelkader is a legitimate top 6 but he is filling in for our injuries he will go back down to the bottom 6 soon enough

And honestly I don't have a huge problem with Cleary up there. He's good in our own end and can knock people off the puck and a good cycler. I'd rather be sound defensively with structure throughout the lineup and I'm seeing it these last three games

Your kidding me right?  Last time I seen Cleary cycle the puck was two years ago.  The guys done!

Wow.  Another huge save by Crawford.  

 

Nice little saucerpass on the backhand by Mule. 

 

 

ANd holy crap Smith. That's bananas blocking a shot like that. 

Great comment by the Sharks commentator:
 

"Gutless hit.  Pick the smallest guy on the ice, take a run at him.  Leave your feet."

 

He couldn't have been more wrong.  Absolutely baffling.

Yup.  Tootoo is 5 foot 8 as well.  He's the other smallest guy on the ice.  And now the announcers are crying for SJ again.

Id rather see tootoo and tartar with pavel

There's many of us that share that sentiment.

Andersson's only problem as far as I can tell is that he slower than molasses.  He looks like a destitute version of Holmstrom.

I like what he did against the ducks in the playoffs back in... I forget - back when he could skate.

 

What are you talking about? Andersson did not play in the NHL before this season, let alone in 2009. 

Fill-la-pool-la

 

He's also referred to Kindl as Kuba several times.

 

He calls him Kuba because of his first name, Jakub. It's the nickname that most of the wings and Babs use for Kindl

I haven't seen the play yet but spearing is a gutless move, and worse than hitting from behind.  

 

Franzen is 6'3" 223 lbs to Perron's 6'0" 196 lbs.  It's a shame Franzen's gloves are glued on. 

 

I agree spearing is cheap, but Perron definitely deserved it. Him and Backes were checking from behind and playing dirty all night. He was sick of it, but he should have dropped the gloves and pummeled him!

Flippula has got to go if we want to be an elite team

hahahahhaahhahahahahaha.....  hahahahahahhahahahahahaha..... hahahahahahahahahaha

 

IN YOUR FACE!

 

what you don't realize here is Flip has been one of our better players so far this season, so what if he looked a little off for the first 2/3 of the game tonight, so did Datsyuk, should we trade him if we want to be "elite"? Flip has 7 points in 10 games, that is very respectable, should we trade Brunner? He only has 7 points in 10 games too...

 

I love going through the earlier pages after the game to see dumb things people post, why don't you let the professionals decide who should be on our team, if it was up to you we would be trading players mid game and end up looking like Columbus

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