Morning Skate: Central Division Showdown
by Amerinadian on Dec 30, 2011 9:36 AM CST
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There used to be a time where a game within the Central Division was seen as no big deal for Wing fans. The rest of the teams within the division were pretty much a joke, and it was assumed that the Wings would escape with an easy 2 points while looking forward to an opponent that would be considered "worthy".
However, times have changed, and there is now a strong argument that the Central is the league's toughest division. Consider that 3 of the top 4 teams in the West by points percentage reside in the Central.
Perhaps no team has risen further within the division than tonight's opponent, the Blackhawks. Long one of the doormats, years of crappiness allowed them to build up their talent, and the death of Bill Wirtz loosened the purse strings so the Hawks could spend to gather the complementary pieces. It all paid off 2 short years ago when they captured the Stanley Cup, and currently lead the NHL with 50 points.
With the Wings heading to Chicago to take on the Hawks, this is yet another game where the Wings can show us what they are all about. One of the biggest issues with the Wings this year has been their inconsistency. A victory tonight doesn't just get the Wings to within a point of the Hawks while maintaining their game-in-hand. It's also a chance to show us that they are still one of the elites of the league. A loss isn't the end of the world, but it could be confirmation that this roster as currently constituted may not be good enough to win a Cup.
We've characterized the Hawks as "little brother" to the Wings. It's not necessarily used as an insult; it's really about them trying to follow in the footsteps of Detroit, the preeminent franchise of the last 20 years. The Wings are the standard that everyone tries to emulate, and the Hawks have taken great pains to get there, going so far as to adopt the Wing's style of play.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; who knew the Blackhawks were such kiss-asses.
Second City Hockey is your Blackhawks' SB Nation blog, and it's a good group over there, so check them out. Puck drop is a little after 8:30 PM ET.
The Expected Line Up
Johan Franzen -- Pavel Datsyuk -- Todd Bertuzzi
Valtteri Filppula -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Jiri Hudler
Danny Cleary -- Gustav Nyquist -- Drew Miller
Cory Emmerton -- Justin Abdelkader -- Joakim Andersson
*
Brad Stuart -- Niklas Kronwall
Jonathan Ericsson - Mike Commodore/Jakub Kindl
*
Jimmy Howard (starting)
Injuries: Jan Mursak (ankle), Patrick Eaves (jaw), Chris Conner (hand), Darren Helm (groin) and Tomas Holmstrom (groin)
| RED WINGS | HOW THEY MATCH UP | BLACKHAWKS |
| 23-12-1 (47 pts) | Record | 23-10-4 (50 pts) |
| 3.25 (4th) | Goals Per Game | 3.19 (5th) |
| 2.25 (5th) | Goals Against Per Game | 2.76 (15th) |
| 20.1% (4th) | Power Play % | 19.3% (10th) |
| 80.6% (23rd) | Penalty Kill % | 79.0% (27th) |
| Johan Franzen (14 goals) | Goal Leader | Jonathan Toews (20 goals) |
| Pavel Datsyuk (38 points) | Points Leader | Marian Hossa (40 points) |
- The Red Wings are 361-261-84-9 all-time against the Blackhawks. They have played more games against the Hawks than against any other franchise.
- If either team takes a penalty, the odds on a power play goal being scored are 2-1. Both teams have good power plays while having poor penalty kills. The absence of Darren Helm means the Wings' penalty kill could be hurt even further.
- These teams are evenly matched, except defensively, where the Wings give up half a goal less than the Hawks per game. It's the only big advantage the Wings have over the Hawks.
- The Hawks are red-hot, having gone 9-2-1 in the month of December. The Wings are 8-5-0 in December, with all 5 losses coming on the road.
- Interesting note: 33 of the Wings' 36 games this season have ended after 60 minutes. The Wings are 2-1-0 in extra time.
- The Hawks went 4-2 against the Wings last season, but the two Wings' wins were big ones: opening night when the Hawks raised their banner, and the final game of the season when the Hawks were a Dallas win away from missing the playoffs.
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We’ve got to get a hold of the SB Nation autotagger folks and tell them that nobody calls Miller “Andrew”.
And holy crap, there are teams with worse PK %s than ours? What kind of PK formation are they using in Chicago? I bet it’s one man deep in the zone and three cherry-pickers at center ice, right? That’s got to be it.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 9:41 AM CST reply actions
Hawks PK
Hawks started playing more of a 1-1-2 on the PK and that was initially a disaster. They have played better as of late. But still it’s not a strength.
Montador has NOT been the 4th PK defenseman, so Leddy has played more on the PK than originally expected. That 4th PK defenseman is something that might eventually be traded for cause it’s really not on the team right now.
They say part of the reason Reimer's numbers are so average is because of how bad the Leafs PK is
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/12/29/2668343/whats-eating-james-reimer
Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
Fun fact:
There are 7 teams with a worse penalty kill than the Wings (80.6%). Last is the Leafs (72.5%). Second last? The “2012 Stanley Cup Champions” San Jose Sharks (75.2%). I chuckled.
Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
Oh
and Patrick Kane will be playing as a center tonight. No idea who Quenneville is going to match him against, but if it’s one of the top two lines, I consider it a matter of pride for either Datsyuk or Zetterberg to embarrass him at that position.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 9:42 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
It should be Zetterberg
Further proof that a manly beard beats a creepy mullet every day of the week.
by Amerinadian on Dec 30, 2011 9:51 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Talk at SCH
is that Quenneville may try to match checking line to scoring line and vise versa.
Honestly, considering we don’t have Darren Helm in the lineup and that makes our third line that much more vulnerable, I’m really hoping against this. I believe Datsyuk and Zetterberg can take care of checking forwards, but I really don’t want this game to be a shootout (even though I still think we could win a game playing “their” way)
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
Quenneville sucks
That teams wins in spite of him. He has forever tarnished the six hundred win plateau for coaches. Thank god that team is coached by McClellan, Byslma, the retarded kid from south park, or even coachless. I shutter to think of what the Hawks could accomplish under those circumstances.
DETROIT RED WINGS – "war were declared"
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by Eric @ PRBU on Dec 30, 2011 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
sorry
meant to say “is NOT coached by…”
DETROIT RED WINGS – "war were declared"
Twitter - @TheIngles22
by Eric @ PRBU on Dec 30, 2011 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
If he’s matching checkers-to-scorers then it’s no wonder they’re giving up so many goals (also their PK is bad as part of the “no wonder” piece).
Scotty Bowman used to do that incredibly well. Scotty Bowman also had the advantage of a rules system where checkers could all but dry-hump the scoring lines to disrupt their play. It’s much harder to do that now. Still, with Helm out of the lineup, I’m more worried that we can’t keep up with a checker-to-scorer line matchup than I would be in a power-to-power setup with Patrick Kane playing at center against either Datsyuk or Zetterberg.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
But
Datsyuk will steal the puck from Kane like 17 times, pay the cabbie the correct amount, tip him in Rubles and score….Kane could be a minus 3 if he’s on against Dats.
by Kendal on Dec 30, 2011 12:04 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
and minus five mouthguards since Franzen's most likely going to be on Datsyuk's line
You wanna tell me that to mah face?!
YET ANOTHER Detroit Red Wings blog.
by uvgt2bkdnme on Dec 30, 2011 2:26 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Hawks line matchups.
When Q plays Toews with Hossa, he matches top line against top line more than when Kane is playing on the top line. Still I would think 30/70% would be the ratio of Toews/Bolland against Datsyuk.
What has been interesting with Kane at center is that Q does NOT protect that line as much as you would think. Kane has played pretty evenly between the two lines that Bolland has not taken. With Sharp and Stalberg, though, I’m thinking Kane will matchup more against the Wings third line.
Meh
The High GFA was not because of the forwards or line matchups, it was a combo of Crawford being off his game and a shacky Blue Line group. But that was worked out about a month ago, and the GFA and PK have been improving steadily ever since (3.16 to 2.81 GFA and 73.24% to 79.17%). Still not pretty number, but have shown good improvement and the trend has been increasing instead of leveling off for about 2 weeks now. The PP also improved at the same time going from 8.77% to 19.26%.
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Dec 31, 2011 5:26 PM CST up reply actions
Really looking forward to this game
Wings are going to score a power play goal or two tonight and win 5-2. Hank is your player of the game. Hoping that there really isn’t a crazy amount of specialty teams play like there was against Minnesota in Nyquist’s first game. I want to see him get a significant amount of ice time and maybe see some 2nd PP unit time too.
Hope Andersson makes more of an impression too. Right now, he’s just kind of there, ya know?
Brendan Smith fan
Im going to be
Paying really close attention to Andersson. I want to see how NHL ready he is and if he could turn out to be more than a grinder in the future.
A small side note, I was really hoping that they would call up Tatar. I know that they want to see what they got in Nyqvist, but I view Tatar as the much superior prospect and I think he will be our next star.
Datsyukian Deke, Detroit Red Wings Blog
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Can Conklin play the next game?
For some reason I woke up today and panicked that we are playing Howard WAY too much. I don’t know why it happened today. Clearly he needs to be in goal tonight, and I expect him to out class Crawford, but maybe he could have a kid again, and we could give him 3 games off.
Plus Conklin always plays well against teams he use to play for.
Oh and 5-2 good guys – Howard PotG
I'm a Homer
It would make sense to play Conklin tomorrow, but the Wings are off until Tuesday after that, so we may see Howard again anyway.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 10:19 AM CST up reply actions
I expect Conklin to play one of the next 4 games (including tonight), but would really like it if he played 2 of them.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Won't play against Chicago
The Wings want to win this and I doubt they will throw Conks out there.
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Oh yeah, unless something terrible happens. Conklin doesn’t play tonight. I would like him to play the Blues and then also Dallas or Toronto. If we did Howard Conklin Howard Conklin Howard it would be nice.
Howard against Chicago twice. Gives him a break against the Blues and Toronto.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 10:32 AM CST up reply actions
forgot about the strike throughs.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
Play Conks against
Dallas or Toronto, and then I’m happy.
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After the St. Louis game
We play Dallas and Toronto, I’d rather him play one of those games.
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Man, Detroit has to stay out of the box today
I don’t think Chicago dives like St Louis or other teams so I don’t think there will be many unearned penalties tonight. Unless Carcillo acts like a dickhead and since he is one he probably will.
DETROIT RED WINGS – "war were declared"
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Toews has recently developed a very sneaky and somewhat annoying habit of being incredibly strong on his skates until the ref is watching.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 10:50 AM CST up reply actions
Most of the time yeah
and his first couple years in the league, I know it must have been frustrating to watch people absolutely mug him and not get any calls because the kid fought hard to stay on his feet and in the play. I wouldn’t go as far as to outright call Toews a diver, but I’ve seen some plays from him in the last season and a half where it seems like he’s fallen down a bit easier than a guy who skates like he does should.
Ultimately, I blame the league. Hell, I was ashamed at myself on Tuesday for outwardly wishing Ian White had taken a dive to draw a call when Barret Jackman stuck a leg out on him.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
totally agree - diving really reeks of pusilanimity
and it’s really infuriating when the ref takes the bait
by wardrums on Dec 30, 2011 12:37 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd for "pusilanimity"
Think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! --George Carlin
i would rec it
except it has two l’s
nah, forget it, i’ll rec it anyway
You wanna tell me that to mah face?!
YET ANOTHER Detroit Red Wings blog.
Anyone notice a few games ago when Pasha took that high stick and you didn’t see any form of embellishment? He pulled his head back, but realistically, and you could see him grimace, realistically. I remember thinking to myself, “Now that is one of the reasons he is so classy.”
by rrasco on Dec 30, 2011 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I feel queasy about this game...
I don’t at all like how our bottom six look like the Grand Rapids Griffins. It’s not that I don’t have faith in many of those players, but they don’t bring what Helm, Eaves, and Conner have brought to the team, not to mention the loss of Homer on the powerplay being a big deal. If the Wings are going to win this game tonight, Franzen and Bertuzzi are going to really have to step their game up. These two guys have been slacking as of late and I’ve been waiting for them to have big games. This is the one they have to do it. And I also want Pav to be just like last game – a monster. LGRW.
Living in Chicago is great... apart from the Blackhawks fans.
Second City Hockey
is a good blog if you can put up with all of them calling us SCUM. Good info – but I just can’t stomach reading it – ever.
Eh, as far as nicknames go, that one’s not exactly sticks-and-stones.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
I take it your not a big fan of the exceedingly clever...
Detroit Sucks cheer. We’re a very sophisticatred lot at the United Center.
agreed
The gap between SCH analysis and that of the Chicago MSM is so wide it’s kind of unbelievable. I hate the Hawks as much as the next guy but that blog is great reading.
I don’t have the greatest feeling about tonight but I foresee a 1-1 +1 night for Gus.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 12:41 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Who cares what they say?
Honestly, they can call the Red Wings whatever name they want, they can’t deny we’re the model franchise they wished they could be. Now that they’re close to achieving that, maybe they understand why Red Wings fans are so confident.
Anything is better than the perpetual curb stomp we had going on while they were rebuilding.
by Patrick Gerald Marsh on Dec 30, 2011 1:00 PM CST up reply actions
GIANT ENEMY CRABS
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
5-1 Detroit, Zetterberg
enjoy this one without me classies. some old friends and i are meeting up after not seeing each other for the better part of at least a year and a half.
i think Howard is really going to get up for this game and put a stamp on why he’s a legitimate Vezina candidate. Z will provide most of the offense, and the NHL will be put on notice that the Red Wings are the team to beat.
You wanna tell me that to mah face?!
YET ANOTHER Detroit Red Wings blog.
Just saw your injury list..
Helma nd Eaves is a blow – don’t know much about Conner(?)
One thing I do know…
I went to the preseason game against the red commies and saw a guy with #14. They didn’t have a lineup card so nobody knew who it was – other than the intelligent bloggers at SCH. All I recall was he was a hell of a lot to keep track of. That night, he created considerable havoc and was a lot to keep track of.
To make a long story short, I just checked dailyfaceoff.com and saw he’s playing tonight. I would not consider Nyquist a downgrade in any way, shape or form.
To make matters somewhat worse, Q has gone to the line generator again and our lines are as mixed up as Pedro’s breakfast. But will still kick yo ass.
Katie bar the door – could be a wild one tonight.
Nyquist is the real deal
But he’ll be on our fourth line tonight. He’s still a year away from being NHL ready, but he’s possibly going to be ready enough to step onto the team’s top-six when he gets there.
Still, he’s good at defense, but he’s not good at it like Darren Helm is. If we could, I’d like him developing in Grand Rapids right now. The Hawks will be a good test for him.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
ah, daily face off just changed the lline up
Good, the less we see of that little rat bastard the better. We could not catch him that night. Is Emmerton the other rookie your high on?
Emmerton
Most of the talk around here is that Emmerton is going to be expendable when Jan Mursak (incredibly speedy right-shooting Slovenian) comes back from his conditioning stint after a broken ankle in training camp.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
FYI
Khan reported Gus and Joachim flanked Emmerton in the AM skate. I think they were a line when the Wings were in Chicago preseason. Eek. I still say that line’s good for at least one goal and a +1 though.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 12:47 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
My Predictions
Final Score: 4-2
Goals: Nyquist, Franzen (2), Datsyuk
Jimmy: Lets in two poopy ones early. Then dominates.
PoTG: Pavel Datsyuk finishes with three points.
Bad thing to happen: Jimmy’s two poopy goals will be on the PP. :(
by Patrick Gerald Marsh on Dec 30, 2011 12:12 PM CST reply actions
Did you get a hold of some bad liquor?
Sure hop “Good Corey” shows up tonight.
This is one of those games during the season that everyone up for. It won’t quite be playoff intensity, but the next best thing.
A Hawk win tonight could finish off the Wings aspirations for the 2011/12 season once and for all. Like Nikita Kruschef once said, “We will bury you.”
Finnish off??
How so does a Wings loss finnish them off for the season?? Typical hawks babble…
It's not going to happen
BUT I’m pretty sure that a Hawk win tonight will not finish off Wings aspirations for the 2011/12 season.
I excited we still have 6 games to show little brother how to play hockey.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
personally...
I think the games should be spread out more evenly during the season. Tell Holmstron to take it easy on Leddy tonight, would you?
Homer is out tonight....
he has a sore groin. He’ll be back to plant his butt in front of Crawford next time.
This has been a weird schedule this year with us only playing one game “before” January.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 12:41 PM CST up reply actions
haha nope
Tonight will be a battle but the war won’t start until Ken and Stan start fiddling with their cap space. Both of these teams as constituted will be in the mix for the West, but that’s true of a bunch of teams.
None of which, I fear, are equipped to withstand a series against Boston.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 1:33 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
The ability of any of the Western powerhouses' ability to deal with the Bruins
is going to depend heavily on which reffing/discliplinary standard we’re given.
What terrifies me about Boston is their $3.3M in cap space.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 1:36 PM CST up reply actions
yeah
Although if I were Boston I’d think real hard before messing with my roster, barring injury. They’re deep, have great chemistry and none of the other East contenders have the cap space to make a big move unless:
- Crosby goes on LTIR or,
- You count the Rangers as a contender.
Totally I agree about the reffing. I am assuming the worst.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 2:03 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
What should terrify you is
that the Bruins will have even more cap space when they put Marc Savard on LTIR.
They’ll have $7M in cap space.
If Shea Weber gets traded, I bet it’s to Boston. Scary.
Brendan Smith fan
by JeffHancock41 on Dec 30, 2011 2:25 PM CST up reply actions
Can you imagine what they would be like if they still had Marc Savard playing?
And a top D pairing of Chara-Weber? I’d call shenanigans
Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
LTIR
You have to waive a player to take them off of the salary cap. LTIR does NOT do that. LTIR players go against the salary cap the same as IR players do.
And the LTIR salary cap cushion doesn’t protect your payroll room. So as long as the team has cap space and you aren’t actually using the cushion, IR and LTIR are the same thing.
yeah but
If a team (say, Boston) puts a player (Savard) on the shelf and acquires another guy (Weber) with a deal that expires at the end of the season, won’t they be compliant at the end of the year? I thought that was kosher, but actually probably not… That would mean all sorts of nonsense when the playoffs start and the cap disappears huh. Oops.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 3:49 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Not really
They might have to make a move before July 1st when LTIR resets and the 10% cap buffer starts up, but as long as Savard is injured, they can spend up to his salary over the cap.
by J.J. from Kansas on Dec 30, 2011 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
This years cap.
The salary cap was about 2M above expected. Couple that and the CBA being up and a number of teams will probably not reach the cap even at the deadline.
As the season progresses you bring in players prorated for the rest of the year. So if you bring in a player with a 6M salary and only 1/3 of the year remaining you only need a payroll room of 2M in cap space for that player.
So teams with 7M in cap space could bring in 14M-21M of players later in the year. Most teams don’t have enough prospects and draft picks to trade for that much talent. As for the Bruins they probably wouldn’t need to use LTIR to bring in someone even as expensive as Weber. Of course with the cost (lately) of players at the trade deadline I don’t think teams have the assets to trade for somebody like Weber. We’ll see.
word
Thanks for the clarification.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 5:42 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Twin Towers
Weber and Chara would be a marketing department’s dream. But Weber makes more than Chara as it is and he won’t be looking to take a pay cut next contract…. Unless I’m missing something that would mean having over 20 percent the payroll tied up in 2 players. Assuming he re-signs with Boston of course.
Even Dale Tallon wouldn’t have the balls to try to make that work. Probably.
by Wizard of Corsica on Dec 30, 2011 2:46 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Wings rolling an all rookie line
Nyqvist-Emmerton-Andersson
Should be interesting.
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I'm praying that line doesn't see a lot of time tonight.
By the way, I want to pay one compliment to the Wings team to offset some of my vitriol. Datsyuk is probably the hardest player in the NHL to take the puck away from – he amazes me.
I want to see this line get a lot of time
When we are up by 3…
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by Detroitnr1 on Dec 30, 2011 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Two things about the game tonight
One, I’m glad we didn’t play Chicago in October because that usually means that Franzen gets hurt and is out a good part of the season.
Two, would love to see either Hossa or Kane get Kronwalled tonight. Or both. That would be better.
Simultaneously Kronwalled and Stuarted* while Datsyuk steals the puck from Sharp and passes to Bert for a spin-o-rama goal.
*Stuarted: An equally large hit to a Kronwall
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
That is exactly the one. They both hit like Mac Trucks.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Dec 30, 2011 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
Forgot one other thing
I am so glad that Center Ice is carrying both feeds tonight for the game. I cannot listen to that idiot Foley for more than two minutes. He is almost more annoying than the Nashville announcers. When I watched the Kings/Hawks game the other night, I made sure that I watched the LA Kings feed. Jim Fox is mildly annoying, but I have to mute the sound when Foley is on.
PO'd FSD+ on regular cable....
since NBA decided they want a season this year…and don’t have box…so guess will be looking for an Internet feed tonight. //big, big sigh
by wingsluver4ever on Dec 30, 2011 1:10 PM CST up reply actions
Me too!
I set up Center Ice to record last night….double-checked today before I went to work, everything has been switched to “TBA”, all recordings were cleared, and the guide on the actual Center Ice channels was gone so I couldn’t even tell what channels it would be on. I hate Comcast so damn much. Internet feed at work with the sound off is it I guess…grr.
On an actually relevant note….5-3 Wings, Franzen PotG (mostly just wishful thinking because I miss him…regular season Franzen is in a mild funk, and it’s a long time until the playoffs).
Relentlessly preaching the word of TPH and converting the heathens in the NHL wasteland that is Oregon.
Wings win 4-2, Pavel POG....
despite UC fan chants little brother is deked by the #1 skill player in NHL (according to TSN)
by wingsluver4ever on Dec 30, 2011 12:46 PM CST reply actions
5-4 Wings, Franzen
I like to Dangle Dangle.
by playboyperry509 on Dec 30, 2011 1:49 PM CST reply actions
Crawford's actually had 3 good games in a row which is raisin to fear him
Wait they were against Montreal, Columbus & LA? Yeah, we’re gonna light him up tonight
Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
Words eaten? lol
He needed those games, being good is fine, but he was strong in those games which is worlds better overall, and you all know the same feeling with Howard in the past!
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Dec 31, 2011 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
4-2 Detroit, Datsyuk Potg
Looking for Dats to continue his climb up the charts… Jimmy with another big night between the pipes.
There is no way Chicago wins this game given how they've played recently.
Would love to be surprised, but not counting on it. Hopefully it’s an entertaining game though.
Blackhawks bleed Red & White.
We are all Canucks...including Toews, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, ...need I go on?
man up mhsilver
4-3 Hawks OT winner from kane. Kane records the Kaner, no brainer, hat trick; an OT goal, a assist and a Detroit cab driver.
check, check and check
Whatever.
Just woke up with a bad feeling about this game.
A disturbance in the force.
The sound of thousands of Blackhawks fans crying out… and then immediately silenced.
Hope I’m wrong.
Blackhawks bleed Red & White.
We are all Canucks...including Toews, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, ...need I go on?
by mhsilver on Dec 30, 2011 4:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, shouldn't there be some black in there?
Manager of the Mursak League's Banzai Bananas. BANZAI!!!
Hmmm
reply fail…above was in reference to
Blackhawks bleed Red & White.I found that hilarious
Manager of the Mursak League's Banzai Bananas. BANZAI!!!
I assume everybody knows
The red and white are in reference to the Canadian flag…
Blackhawks bleed Red & White.
We are all Canucks...including Toews, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, ...need I go on?
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