Quick Hits: Winter Classic, Here We Come

by JeffHancock41 on Jan 12, 2012 5:06 AM CST in Quick Hits

Get ready, Hockeytown. There's a party coming to Ann Arbor and we're all invited. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Hockeytown, No Limits

Exclusive: Univ. of Michigan, NHL in advanced discussions for 2013 Winter Classic | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports
I said on last week's podcast that I was 99.9% sure the Winter Classic would be coming to Michigan in 2013. Well, after reading this, I'm 99.9999999999999...% sure. Maple Leafs vs Red Wings at Michigan Stadium. You, me, and 110,000 other people. How awesome is this going to be?

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For sure.

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Red Wings were rated between fourth and seventh in 10 sets of power rankings from various media outlets.

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Where does Mike Babcock rank on the "beerability" scale?

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Around the NHL

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Derek Zona writes up his midseason awards. No Wings winners.

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How rough has the Boston/Vancouver bitching gotten when there's a Philadelphia writer chiming in as the voice of reason?

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Generating offense from the cycle is about attacking open areas of the ice, even ones away from the net.

Armchair GM: Kristen's Fire Sale Core Player Trades - Anaheim Calling
Apparently being a fan of one of the league's worst teams makes you think that Getzlaf for Toews is an even trade.

Matt Cooke For Lady Byng! (Really.) - PensBurgh
Because ruining the meaning of the trophy would mean so much to a guy who doesn't deserve special credit for acting a way he should have always acted.

Weekly Fenwick Power Rankings - Arctic Ice Hockey
STILL #1

Leafs’ Dion Phaneuf voted most overrated in the NHL; Brian Burke not amused - thestar.com
"Players dumb enough to participate in polls designed to crap on fellow NHLPA members are not very bright," said Leafs GM Brian Burke. "They can all go defecate in their chapeaus." - What a guy that Brian Burke is.

Discussion: Who is the most overrated Red Wing of all-time?

Let's Go Red Wings.

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Who is the most overrated Red Wing of all-time?

Brendan Smith

Winging It In Motown

by Amerinadian on Jan 12, 2012 7:29 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

Well played, gentlemen.

Well played.

Assholes.

Brendan Smith fan

by JeffHancock41 on Jan 12, 2012 9:34 AM CST up reply actions

Most overrated Red Wing?

I don’t know about “all-time”, but Robert Lang springs to mind.

Most underrated Red Wing though? Has to be Mikael Samuelsson

by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 12, 2012 7:59 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

Poor Jeff!

What did he do to get picked on so badly? Was it because he couldn’t make it to Chicago?

Better behave, you two (Graham and JJ) or you’ll end up in the penalty box for roughing! ;-p

by zfan16 on Jan 12, 2012 8:13 AM CST reply actions

Most overrated Red Wing

keith primeau

by Twig in Houston on Jan 12, 2012 8:38 AM CST reply actions

That's a good one

Certainly for his time in Detroit.

My first non-troll answer was Paul Coffey, but he was so past his prime when the Wings got him that I take that into consideration (despite him still putting up huge numbers with the Wings).

Winging It In Motown

by Amerinadian on Jan 12, 2012 8:54 AM CST up reply actions

I still remember the trade for Shanny

And a picture of Coffee, sitting in the hallway in full game gear about 5 minutes before puck drop and just after he’d been informed of the trade.

Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen

by Robocop on Jan 12, 2012 9:49 AM CST up reply actions

*Coffey

Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen

by Robocop on Jan 12, 2012 9:50 AM CST up reply actions

haahahaha

“Still bullshit.” It probably was.

No Limits.

by arkanfel on Jan 12, 2012 9:00 AM CST reply actions

How awesome is this going to be?

All of the awesome, all of it.

I am so stoked for this, Id be really dissapointed if the Leafs weren’t in it, or if another lockout cancels it (shudder).

Hope to see you all next year for coolest winter classic ever.

by samspade on Jan 12, 2012 9:19 AM CST reply actions

if another lockout cancels it (shudder).

IF (big capital letters there) that were to happen, I want to believe that the NHL would just push it back to 2014 and keep the same teams in it (if it is indeed the Leafs).

The next thing I’d worry about is actually getting tickets.

Winging It In Motown

by Amerinadian on Jan 12, 2012 9:35 AM CST up reply actions

I love the description of Babcock in the "beerability" article.

Possible because it sounds exactly like something I would do. Plus it doesn’t hurt that Justin calls him "Quite possible the smartest man in the NHL either.

by SlapshotGoal on Jan 12, 2012 9:20 AM CST reply actions