Morning Skate OR Entraînement Matinal

by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 8:45 AM CST in Game Preview

~~(I probably do not have that anywhere near correct, but that's what you get when you use online translators.If you know the proper way, shoot me an e-mail)~~ Reader DamienBixlan has corrected my prior idiocy, and I thank him.

I probably don't have enough time to get a full preview up today as I'm backed up with work but here's the skinny:

The Red Wings are trying to end their little skid of three games without a win but they face one of the surprises this season in the NHL. No, it's not a surprise that the Canadiens are doing well, they made the playoffs last year after all. It's a surprise how well they are doing. A lot expected Carey Price to flounder after Jaroslav Halak bolted for St. Louis and although the jury's still out since the season is young, he does lead the NHL in wins with 17 and is top-5 in SV% and GAA.
The Habs have four players with 9 goals to lead the team in scoring: Brian Gionta, Mike Cammaleri, Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kostitsyn.
As for Detroit, Jimmy Howard will start in goal and try to break off this little "slump" he's having. The Wings may need to rely heavily on Howard tonight with the way Price is playing at the other end of the ice.
No Georges Laraque. Yay!

Score/player prediction form after the jump.

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lol thank god no Georges douchebag

submitted 4-3 Wings in OT…POTG = Z with 2 goals

LETS GO RED WINGS!

2011 will be the year....better be....

Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."

by TuLoRocks2008 on Dec 10, 2010 9:05 AM CST reply actions

4-2 Wings, Datsyuk POG

well, I realize the past two game threads have been rough…I have not been in them…errr the Wings have been terrible…but since I am back I think they rebound and take it to Montreal from start to finish…

p.s. exams still suck

by HockeyGuy9125 on Dec 10, 2010 9:11 AM CST reply actions

5-1 Wings, Franzen

My first time submitting some predictions…

I think that the wings will turn it on this game, I’m fairly sure that they are going to be fired up after the last 3 losses.

We’ll see.

by sprout42 on Dec 10, 2010 9:15 AM CST reply actions

Entrainement Matinal :)

Almost correct, but you’d have to say “patinage” since “patin” only refers to the piece of equipement. To be exact, though, here we use the expression “Entraînement Matinal” (morning training).

As a resident of Quebec I’m kinda torn apart about this game, since being a fan of both the Wings and the Habs I want neither teams to lose!

p.s Like many people around here I always thought of Laraque as a annoyance but after his hit on Kronwall I started to just plain hate him… Fun Fact: Laraque quit hockey and is now a poster child for the Canadian Green Party,

by DamienBixlan on Dec 10, 2010 9:20 AM CST reply actions

awesome, thanks!

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 9:21 AM CST up reply actions

P.S

Oh and Chipchura isn’t with the Habs anymore… he’s gone from being useless in Montreal to being useless with the Ducks

by DamienBixlan on Dec 10, 2010 9:21 AM CST up reply actions

oh I know

It was just the most entertaining file photo we had.

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions

it indeed is!

and kung-fuing opponents would have made Chipchura useful for at least ONE thing

by DamienBixlan on Dec 10, 2010 9:39 AM CST up reply actions

Don't trust him Casey

Canadians don’t know proper French :)

by André Boillot on Dec 10, 2010 9:25 AM CST up reply actions

i like your fancy “e”. Let me try! Caséy Rîchéy….that probably has a weird pronunciation

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 9:27 AM CST up reply actions

It's true

I lived there for the first 25 years of my life and I could not carry on a conversation with a 4 year old. I can, however, ask where the bathroom is.

by Amerinadian on Dec 10, 2010 9:36 AM CST up reply actions

Doing the pee-pee dance while pointing to your crotch and making explosion sounds is the universal language.

by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 10, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions

I just point to the wet spot

then look exasperated.

by Amerinadian on Dec 10, 2010 10:23 AM CST up reply actions

And up until Bettman screwed things up with the nightly skills competition...

….you’d have gotten your wish

Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen

by Robocop on Dec 10, 2010 10:57 AM CST up reply actions

5-1 Wings, Mule PotG

Either Price has a terrible game and the Wings win, or he shuts us out and my fantasy team wins. I’d prefer the former, obviously, but at least there’s a small silver lining if we lose.

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Dec 10, 2010 9:33 AM CST reply actions

3-2 Wings

Cammalleri pots both goals for MTL, but it’s not enough

by Red, White and a Mile high on Dec 10, 2010 9:37 AM CST reply actions

4-3 Wings, Lidstrom

I say Lidstrom, because I need the old man to get some points, but I plan on wearing my Franzen socks. Just in case.

by AriTwice on Dec 10, 2010 9:37 AM CST reply actions

What to do, what to do

I’ve picked the other team when the Wings won, and picked the Wings when they lost. So let’s see if this works:

3-1 Montreal with Datsyuk as the PotG.

by Amerinadian on Dec 10, 2010 9:37 AM CST reply actions

You're a bigger man than I

I can’t bring myself to predict against the Wings.

by Red, White and a Mile high on Dec 10, 2010 11:40 AM CST up reply actions

I can

Only because I’m a pessimistic optimist: I truly want to believe that only good things will happen, but by picking against them I am setting myself up to be prepared for them to lose. It’s why I always pick “Wings in 6” in any playoff series I’ve ever predicted; if they were playing my old mens’ league team, I’d pick Wings in 6.

by Amerinadian on Dec 10, 2010 12:33 PM CST up reply actions

2 years of French

all I can remember is how to say “the cat is on the bed” and swear words.

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by rock n rye on Dec 10, 2010 9:50 AM CST via mobile reply actions

The only French I know

I learned from watching Eddie Izzard. =)

by AriTwice on Dec 10, 2010 10:06 AM CST up reply actions

+10 for Eddie Izzard.

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 10:18 AM CST up reply actions

after my 2 years of french

the only coherent thing I can still say is “Yes, I am very tired”….mostly because the teacher would wake me up by asking me that in french. “Oui, je suis très fatigué”

by Red, White and a Mile high on Dec 10, 2010 10:11 AM CST up reply actions

the only french I know

is from a Jesse Winchester songs…and I don’t know what the lyrics mean.

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 10:23 AM CST up reply actions

Since it's unlikely I'll be a part of the game thread

I offer you this (at least, I don’t remember seeing it posted here)

by Brion on Dec 10, 2010 10:09 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

wow

rec’d

by Red, White and a Mile high on Dec 10, 2010 10:12 AM CST up reply actions

unfortunately

i accidentally made mo look like a fatass

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions

LOL

yeah…I thought that too when i first saw it. But that can be excused cuz everyone knows neither Mo, nor emo kids are ever fat. Mikey is a pro athlete and as for emo kids…it’s tough to be fat when you live on clove cigarettes and coffee.

Is it OK to still call them “emo kids?” Some of them have to be “adults” by now. But, the word “emos” just sounds so weird.

by Red, White and a Mile high on Dec 10, 2010 11:08 AM CST up reply actions

Hey, when the game is taken away from you...

…what’s left to do but drown your sorrows in an avalanche of food? That might not just be an artists’ rendering of Emodano at this point, for all we know.

I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.

by ahtrap on Dec 10, 2010 12:17 PM CST up reply actions

You just got Kronwalled!

by DeathtotheHawks on Dec 10, 2010 11:04 AM CST reply actions 6 recs

rec'd

For the resplendence and radiance of this foto, not to mention the truth oozing out of it

I celebrate Festivus!!!

by bharatwaj5 on Dec 10, 2010 11:33 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Irony

While I love the photo, the “Canadians” in this particular context is spelled wrong.

Stupid Leaf fans.

by Amerinadian on Dec 10, 2010 12:30 PM CST up reply actions

I think there's a double meaning in there somewhere

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Dec 10, 2010 1:50 PM CST up reply actions

the last time the Leafs were good

the internet hasn’t been invented yet

by DamienBixlan on Dec 10, 2010 10:11 PM CST up reply actions

Come to think of it...

the last time we were bad the internet hadn’t been invented yet.

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Dec 11, 2010 8:56 AM CST up reply actions

the only french i know is german

As I am about to fly out to NYC and do not have my laptop on hand, I have to predict using this archaic blackberry. I could not use the prediction thingamajig for some reason. Pls allow me to predict here…..

1-2 (OT) montreal PoTG Howard. Yes I have to predict habs and hope that wings win, comfortably (I despise myself for doing this…)

I celebrate Festivus!!!

by bharatwaj5 on Dec 10, 2010 11:31 AM CST via mobile reply actions

4-3 Red Wings

Datsyuk PoG

Additional prediction: I curse Mike Cammalleri as an evil magical elf for scoring two on us.

by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 10, 2010 11:43 AM CST reply actions

So, uh, Mike Cammalleri = Dio?

Camalleri’s got pretty much a lifetime pass from me for his time at Michigan.

I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.

by ahtrap on Dec 10, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions

If I had to pick anybody to nickname “Holy Diver”, it would be Joe Pavelski.

by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 10, 2010 12:41 PM CST up reply actions

yeah, but...

Pavelski was also at a school I attended, and won a national championship when I was in the building, so I’ve got a soft spot for that kid, too.

Kinda rough having grown up next door to Ann Arbor, and then moving to Madison, watching all these good college players you cheer for suddenly being the enemy.

I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.

by ahtrap on Dec 10, 2010 3:26 PM CST up reply actions

Last 3 have been hard to watch

I’m switching it up a bit and I love the Wings but… 3-1 Montreal. Carey Price . Maybe this will unjinx us

by pzar11 on Dec 10, 2010 12:11 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Do you have a Wing for PotG? We don’t really consider the other players for such a prestigious honour.

by Amerinadian on Dec 10, 2010 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

4-2 Wings, Datsyuk

Close game, but Cleary works hard to get an empty-netter.

Also, this blog is awesome.

by NaturalHatTrick on Dec 10, 2010 12:30 PM CST reply actions

55-2, Franzen

Hell at this point, i’ll never get a score right. Why not make it fun?

Harvester of tires, master of bad humor.
Troll nation unite!

by onevilklown on Dec 10, 2010 1:42 PM CST reply actions

3.4375 times the NHL record for goals scored by a single team in a game

you should have the classy bird’s bank account if you end up being right.

by uvgt2bkdnme on Dec 10, 2010 1:56 PM CST up reply actions

Hey we can dream right?

Triple hat trick by franzen? Does that mean we get 3 free curly fries?

Harvester of tires, master of bad humor.
Troll nation unite!

by onevilklown on Dec 10, 2010 2:23 PM CST up reply actions

Not yet you don't...

The new winner is announced tomorrow. A hat trick tonight would be like one last night of wonder with your skanky ex (roast beef) before moving on to your TRUE love (CURLY FRIED BEAUTY).

Keep voting people. We’re almost there. The ring is in your pocket… climb up off of that atrocious skank and pull the trigger on what makes you really happy.

by Michael Petrella on Dec 10, 2010 2:36 PM CST up reply actions

I thought last game on FSD they advertised you could get your choice with a hat trick

by Elfuego51 on Dec 10, 2010 3:35 PM CST up reply actions

Nope

You have your choice RIGHT NOW at the voting booth:

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/landing_shock?blockID=364695

The winner will be announced tomorrow at The Big Chill at The Big House

by Michael Petrella on Dec 10, 2010 3:42 PM CST up reply actions

anyone that doesnt vote curly fries….well, something something something something.

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by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2010 3:47 PM CST up reply actions

No hat trick and no curly fries make Casey something, something

by Brion on Dec 10, 2010 4:37 PM CST up reply actions

but.. oh nevermind

i was gonna comment about something something skanky ex… but the thought flew out the other ear. crap!

Harvester of tires, master of bad humor.
Troll nation unite!

by onevilklown on Dec 10, 2010 4:22 PM CST up reply actions

Does that include all star games?

I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.

by ahtrap on Dec 10, 2010 3:28 PM CST up reply actions

Won't be able to watch tonight

I am working until 11 so I will be missing the game tonight. I really won’t know what to think if we lose again, so I predict 4-2 Detroit, with Pavel as the PotG

I also have a feeling that Hudler will maybe, just hopefully, hit the net tonight.

by NatiTalia on Dec 10, 2010 1:58 PM CST reply actions

2-1 Wings win in a shootout. Goalie night at The Joe!

Player of the game….Jimmy Howard. Obviously. GO WINGS!

by PhattyPaddy on Dec 10, 2010 2:17 PM CST reply actions

I just stopped by to say...

Look at all of the emotion being shown by the folks in the front row. Jesus Christ, maybe the jumbotron operator should put some Jerry Lewis on.

by Michael Petrella on Dec 10, 2010 2:29 PM CST reply actions

At least they’re not chucking waffles.

by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 10, 2010 2:45 PM CST up reply actions

God forbid.

by Michael Petrella on Dec 10, 2010 2:51 PM CST up reply actions

Harvester of tires, master of bad humor.
Troll nation unite!

by onevilklown on Dec 10, 2010 4:23 PM CST up reply actions

when i'm at a game

i’m usually pretty reserved until something happens (hit, goal, something). i may look disinterested (even though i’m watching the game like a hawk), but that’s just the outward appearance.

on the other hand, i’ve never had glass seats . . .

by uvgt2bkdnme on Dec 10, 2010 3:08 PM CST up reply actions

They hurt your butt.

(tip your waitresses)

by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 10, 2010 3:17 PM CST up reply actions

3-1 Wings, Buckets for POTG

I’ve got a good feeling about Dan tonight. Really don’t care who gets POTG as long as we win.

by Dubie on Dec 10, 2010 2:39 PM CST reply actions

question

I am in NYC for the weekend and was wondering if any fellow WiiM ers in NYC can direct me to a locale showing wings-habs game (some french canadian bar perhaps?)…I know it is a stupid question…but if there is a place in the vast confines of the big apple I will be there tonight!

I celebrate Festivus!!!

by bharatwaj5 on Dec 10, 2010 2:55 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I assume you are in Manhattan?

If so, then, go to Kelly’s Sports Bar. It’s definitely NOT a french canadian sports bar. I have never been there. But, it will definitely be viewing the hockey games. By the way… Could you imagine being French? AND Canadian? I don’t think even Tom from Myspace would be their friend!

by PhattyPaddy on Dec 10, 2010 3:33 PM CST up reply actions