Morning Skate: Let's Actually Win This Game
I'm annoyed.
I'm annoyed with this team right now.
Yes, I know they're 5-3-0. I know it's early. I know last night was a close loss to a good team. They didn't play a horrible game, but the mistakes they make are killing them. Ian White cannot get beat by Patrick Marleau like he did last night. And how in the blue hell do you let Joe Thornton get that wide open and on a breakaway? When you battle a good team those are the mistakes that kill you. I'm sick of those mistakes. I'm tired of guys floating around out there and trying to do to much. Make clean passes and don't just throw the puck to no one. Crash the net.
I could go on-and-on and I'm probably overreacting a bit because this team has lost three-in-a-row. But around these parts that isn't acceptable. This isn't Florida. This isn't Dallas. This isn't Colorado. This is Detroit. This is an organization that prides itself on doing things the right way. That means doing the little things and that's what this team is not doing right now. You want a lucky bounce? You want the game to break your way? Work your ass off in the corners and on the backcheck. Good fortune come to those who work hard.
This team isn't close to the machine it was back in 2008. The parts are there to make it possible. They just need to put it together between the ears. Show up tonight in Minnesota. Get the win. That's all that matters.
Hockey Wilderness is your SBNation Wild blog
Puck drop is just after 8p ET
The Expected Lineup
Henrik Zetterberg -- Pavel Datsyuk -- Danny Cleary
Valtteri Filppula -- Johan Franzen -- Jiri Hudler
Todd Bertuzzi -- Darren Helm -- Patrick Eaves
Cory Emmerton -- Justin Abdelkader -- Drew Miller
Nicklas Lidstrom -- Ian White
Niklas Kronwall -- Brad Stuart
Jakub Kindl -- Jonathan Ericsson
Jimmy Howard (better be starting)
Scratches: Babcock has said previously that Tomas Holmstrom will not be playing both nights of a back-to-back. We'll see if that changes due to the Wings recent struggles to win games. Expect to see Brunnstrom or Emmerton in the game. Mike Commodore is also healthy enough to play. Like J.J. asked in the last night's recap, is there really someone playing poorly enough to sit right now? Maybe Kindl or Ericsson gets the night off. UPDATE: Brunnstrom was placed on waivers early this afternoon. He won't be playing tonight for the Wings.
Injuries: Jan Mursak (ankle)
- The Wings are 28-6-3-4 (W-L-T-OTL) all-time against the Wild.
- Detroit is 1-3-0 since they played in Minnesota. They haven't won in a week.
- Congrats to the St. Louis Cardinals for winning the World Series. St. Louis has something to cheer for and be happy about (because we all know the Blues suck).
- If anyone saw it last night, Bud Selig read from a script when he handed out the MVP and championship trophy last night. He look liked a fool. Our commissioner looks like a fool most the time too, but at least he can string a sentence or two together without looking a piece of paper when he hands out the Stanley Cup.
Prediction: I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say the Wings win 8-1. Todd Bertuzzi is your player of the game.
Let's Go Red Wings.
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Amen, brother.
Preach it. I say 3-2 good guys, with Helm PotG. This’ll be close due to the back to back. We’ll pot two early (including a short-hander from #43) and a third in the second. We’ll ease back in the third and let the Wild back in it, but come up with a W nonetheless.
Unless Conklin starts…then I revise it to 5-2 Wild. The Zamboni driver is PotG.
I bleed Red. No, really.
If anyone saw it last night, Bud Selig read from a script when he handed out the MVP and championship trophy last night. He look liked a fool. Our commissioner looks like a fool most the time too, but at least he can string a sentence or two together without looking a piece of paper when he hands out the Stanley Cup.
Between that and handing the cup to the ownership/management, I just found myself reaffirmed in thinking hockey still does it best.
I’m loathe to give Bettman credit for doing anything right, but he takes his boos and he gives a good speech without having to read from a script. If you’re not going to involve the players in the trophy presentation, at least give it to the team’s manager first.
by J.J. from Kansas on Oct 29, 2011 9:27 AM CDT reply actions
4-1 Detroit, Datsyuk
Bringing the mojo in person tonight, so if you have any motivational messages you’d like to hear drunkenly screamed over the glass just let me know.
3-2 Detroit, Lidstrom
tape-to-tape passes.
clean breakouts.
speed through the offensive blue line.
outnumbering and pressuring on the power play.
FIRST to rebounds in the slot!
puck possession!
You wanna tell me that to mah face?!
YET ANOTHER Detroit Red Wings blog.
47-2 Detroit
But 46 of those legal goals will be waved off and the Wild win.
Me, bitter?
by loojay on Oct 29, 2011 10:14 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Did you know?
Holmstrom has more waved off goals than Wayne Gretzky has points
My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.
by greg5897 on Oct 29, 2011 10:27 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
It was a beautiful goal
So it was all the more fun to wave off because Homer lying on the ground facing away from the goalie is interference
My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.
TGIF amirite?
Hopefully we can end our losing streak against the asshole Sharks tonight
My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.
Oh sorry I forgot what day is was by mistaking the Sharks for their AHL team
My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.
5-1 Wings
Franzen POTG. I’m sick of losing. Time to get a win!
I like to Dangle Dangle.
by playboyperry509 on Oct 29, 2011 1:04 PM CDT reply actions
3-2 Wings
Totally agree with you, so not happy with the recent performance. Should easily be 7-1-0 going into tonight.
by Datsyukian Geek on Oct 29, 2011 4:14 PM CDT reply actions
I'm also gonna say 3-2 Wings
Cleary POTG. Won’t be back till the 3rd period as I’m going to go costume it up with the wife at a friend’s party. You guys post losts of octopi, anteaters, and whatever goodluck stuff you have. We gotta stop the slide.
Get your Al the Octopus
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