Pre-game thoughts/news: Blues @ Wings
Finally game day is here after a long wait since Sunday's win over the Rangers. Here's a few things to look at heading into tonight's game:
- Ville Leino will sit again tonight with Brad May/Drew Miller/Patrick Eaves filling his spot. I have absolutely no objection to this. When you are unable to produce points you have to be able to provide something else to keep your spot in the lineup and Leino simply isn't cutting it. He isn't producing many points and is sometimes a liability defensively. May, Miller, or Eaves all have the ability to play a tough physical game or provide a lot of energy through speed but Leino is often the one receiving hits and lagging behind.
- Justin Abdelkader, the resident Napoleon Dynamite look-a-like, will play some shifts centering the second line tonight. Alongside him will be Dan Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi as Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk are with Tomas Holmstrom again tonight. Abdelkader has earned this spot I think. It would be stupid to break up Draper-Helm-Eaves and Babcock knows that. Abdelkader provides a lot of hits to an already physical line and has a lot skills (hence Napoleon Dynamite reference again) that don't show up in the stat column.
- Jimmy Howard's going to start in net again tonight. I like this matchup because of how he has been playing over the past few games. Sure, he hit a speed bump against Edmonton but he's 7-3-0 in his last 10 with one of the losses being the Brad May non-goal against Dallas game and the other being the brilliant night at the other end by Ondrej Pavelec. Howard should have some continued success against a St. Louis team that is averaging 2.39 goals/game, second worst in the league.
- Matchup of the night: Pavel Datsyuk vs. St. Louis defense. This defense is tough and hits a lot but we all know the magic Pavel can work at any given moment. I look for him to continue to crawl out of his slump whether its in the goal column or dishing out his exceptional passes.
- Brad May fight predictor: 2nd period, Cam Janssen.
- Predicted scorer(s): Dan Cleary, Nick Lidstrom (FINALLY), and Tomas Holmstrom
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Go Wings!
win win win that is all
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
Detroit
Sucks
After 5 No-Dozes I feel great.. only except that i can hear my ears.. and I believe that toenails are the funniest thing I have ever seen.
Come Root on the blues at
www.stlouisgametime.com
ah yes
the mighty blues are so much better with there worse record and ZERO western conference championships…never mind stanley cup championships you guys don’t even have a Western conference championship…LOSERS haha
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Dec 9, 2009 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
at leastwe dont live in a shantty town
Somliga tänker på framtiden och upprörd. Fheiceáil de börjar raket och skyddsrum. Fheiceáil De TJ Oshie, börja ett nedfallet tak. "
exactly they never
have a comeback for me hockey related…bunch of teenage douchebags
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Dec 9, 2009 5:01 PM CST up reply actions
why whenever st louis fans talk crap
and i bring up how they have no advantage on our sports team what so ever even in a down year so far this year we are still better than you guys…you always bring up the where you lifve crap…i don’t live in Detroit anyway btw i live in New Jersey jackass
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Dec 9, 2009 5:01 PM CST up reply actions
you live in a shithole
Somliga tänker på framtiden och upprörd. Fheiceáil de börjar raket och skyddsrum. Fheiceáil De TJ Oshie, börja ett nedfallet tak. "
heres a hockey related comeback
we beat you guys again
Somliga tänker på framtiden och upprörd. Fheiceáil de börjar raket och skyddsrum. Fheiceáil De TJ Oshie, börja ett nedfallet tak. "
yeah get all jolly about a regular season win
when you guys ever/ if you guys ever win anything or beat us in a playoff series ever then MAYBE just MAYBE you can talk trash
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Dec 9, 2009 10:34 PM CST up reply actions
Done and done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRoNqiiY6Lg
The closest the Blues have ever come to winning a game that mattered.
by Michael Petrella on Dec 10, 2009 10:51 AM CST up reply actions






















