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Did anyone see karlsson put his skate on top of the puck and kick it to an open man for a scoring chance? That wad sick. Too bad there was nobody for Abby to pass to

Z does that fairly often along the boards.  He steps on the puck so it's really hard for a guy to dig out with his stick, then he looks around and kicks it to a teammate. 

Saw this thread over on hfboards.  It is former NHL (and WMU) goaltender Glenn Healy.

He's not a great commentator but he was trying to give Dats a compliment about how hard he works, it just doesn't come out quite right.  I don't think he was trying to insult him or anything.  He just picked a terrible player as an example for Detroit not having as much skill as Chicago. 

I thought this part was interesting as well.
 

He has clashed with management this season, too, about how certain players are used and the composition of the roster, often issuing public reminders of how much less he has at his disposal.

It's certainly seemed like some of Babcock's comments regarding his roster weren't meant solely for reporters.

All the injuries this season are certainly looking like a blessing in disguise given how the young guys are playing now, considering many wouldn't have been given the chance if not for the depleted lineup.

The lack of physical play in this series is striking compared to all the other series.

'Hawks fans have been all over Cleary too.

When someone uses the opinions of Blackhawks fans to support their bashing of Cleary, to me that's a pretty clear indication that it's gone beyond criticism to obsessive scapegoating. 

Another indication is people still fixating on Cleary in the GDT after the Wings had a convincing win over the Hawks.  I guess it's easier to be negative than optimistic, even after a big win. 

(To be clear: I am not arguing Cleary has been playing great or that any criticism is unwarranted.  Merely that it's now reached the point where people practically bash him for the way he hops over the boards to take a shift).

I hate the penalty. There are better ways to increase scoring. Leave it up to referee discretion.

I think leaving it to ref discretion would make it worse.  Consider how they are with goaltender interference and generally using their discretion. 

Not letting players change lines like with icing seems like a good solution. 

Just caught this, trying to catch up. Oh, the lovely irony and redemption, eh?

I think I posted that partway through the 2nd period? 

After how it worked out today, I need to make a habit of that from now on. 

Jesus, remember how long it took Big Rig to become solid?  Just last season people were screaming for his head, and now...poof!  He's been a sound, strong defenseman for us this year. 

 

I really hope we're not in for three seasons of goating Smith until he develops...

Ericsson was a solid D man last year too, it just took a while for people to get out of the habit of bashing him to actually notice.

This year he's stepped up in a major way.  I wouldn't have guessed he'd look this good on the top pairing.

On the NHL network they had a nice highlight reel of Zetterberg shutting down Toews. 

I used to be a Toews fan but man he's done a lot of falling down and whining to the refs when there's no penalty. 

That was an awesome pass by Ericsson (just saw the replay again).  He's deep in his own zone along the boards and hits Franzen on the tape.

wow cant believe the effort they put on today .. so impressed even more impress crawford beat 4X, never thought we get more then 2 any game on him. great job boys, we can win this series!

Crawford is decent but not the biggest obstacle in beating the Hawks.  He goes as the team goes, and they were not good today.

Great game by the Wings!

Zetterberg was in full beast mode today.  He made everyone around him better while shutting down Mr. Intangibles.

Would anyone here be upset if Ericsson randomly grabbed Patrick Sharp, and started pounding his face for no apparent reason?

If he didn't get suspended for it, I'm highly in favor. 

Z created two goals in this game!

I guess Bab's was right saying when he wants to get a player going he puts them with Z.

whew.  good thing Abby had his head up.  That hit was coming full speed from the blueline.

Flip!

And I'd like to point out Flip was wide open because of Cleary cutting across and setting a pick.