Either the top 4 guys are going to average 25 minutes each or Kindl is coming up. I’m going to just keep my eyes shut when Meech and Lebda are out there.

I hope we completely change D lines.

Lidstom – Ericsson
Stuart – Kindl
Rafalski – Lebda/Meech

I am amazed at all those out there who are saying that Kronwall deserves it and that he is a dirty player. To accuse a player of leaving his feet on open ice hits just doesn’t make sense. A hit is going to be way less effective when your skates aren’t pushing off the ice. All of the force from the hit is from leg drive, not jumping in the air. If you jump, then you will lose all momentum and bounce off the player.

Anyways… this really sucks. I’m sure the Wings can fight through this, but the crappy thing is that the Wings now have 4 pretty exciting players to watch sitting on the sidelines. Kronwall has played very well lately and to see him go down on a reckless play like that is just maddening. I don’t care what anyone says, rarely is a knee on knee hit like that not intentional. Not that he tried to injure, but he was doing everything in his power to get in his way. Doesn’t Laraque understand that he’s just a pylon out there, and that’s it?? Besides, what the heck is Laraque doing on that play anyways? Why would you be skating like that unless it was intentional It just shows how crappy of a player Laraque is. Like it was stated in the blog, look at his stick and body language. He wasn’t going for an open ice hit, he wasn’t trying to defend with his stick… there was no reason to skate to the bench as it would be asanine to leave the d-zone on a delayed call. His ONLY attempt to stop Kronwall was to stick his leg out.

IMO that was one of the most reckless shifts by one hockey player that I have ever seen. The slash to Helm’s face is nearly suspension worthy also. His stick was nowhere near doing anything but to make contact with Helm… Try playing the puck once you worthless goon.

If the NHL doesn’t do something here, then I have lost all trust in them. The refs blew it by not calling a 5 for kneeing. Also on a side note… why wasn’t that a 5 on 3 anyways?? I don’t know the rule for sure but if that was two different players getting the penalties, then it would have been a 5 on 3. Why is it different in that case??