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Source: Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium finalized; Red Wings to host Toronto Maple Leafs | MLive.com
It's been previously reported that the NHL had officially decided on the Leafs at Wings for the Classic, but now, according to Khan (!), it's a done deal and the venue has been finalized. 110,000+ will pack the Big House for the largest attendance ever at a hockey game. Comerica will be hosting the some events too. Hell yes, everyone. Hell freakin' yes.
Rally ‘Round the Conk: Wings Win 3-2 in the Shootout " The Production Line - TP:60
Recap of the Wings skills competition with from the gang at TPL.
KuklasKorner : The Malik Report : Red Wings-Stars quick take: Happy Hudler’s ugly win
A quick take on last night's game from George (Note: His quick take is more in-depth that pretty much any other recap out there...which is a good thing).
Darren Helm adjusting to expanded role with Red Wings | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
The kid is a Red Wing for life and I'm sure his role will continue to expand in the years to come.
Red Wings plan to explore options as NHL trade deadline approaches | MLive.com
Get ready ladies and gentlemen, there is going to be a new Red Wing or two in the coming weeks. Just over a month before he deadline. The scouts are going to meet in Vegas and put together a plan and Kenny is going bring home some more talent to bring us a Cup. 12 in '12.
Around the NHL
Shorthanded Dallas Stars Fall 3-2 To Detroit in Shootout - Defending Big D
View from the enemy.
Tuesdays With Hildy: The Great Ref Conspiracy - St. Louis Game Time
Sorry Blues fans, there is no conspiracy against you. Just stop putting yourself in situations to take dumb penalties. And the Datsyuk hit on Jackman? Really? After all the crap Jackman pulls, you can't really complain about him getting some of his own medicine. Ya know, it's kind of fun having the Blues relevant again.
Video: Taylor Hall is cut very, very badly in warmup | Backhand Shelf | Blogs | theScore.com
Very scary moment with Hall in warmups. Thankfully it wasn't a more serious injury.
John Tortorella not amused by Rangers owner James Dolan’s Stanley Cup talk | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports
Hey now, there is only one owner that can say "Cuppy Cuppy Cuppy."
Pancakes fan Dustin Penner autographed box of Aunt Jemima; there’s syrup behind Kings bench | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports
Glad to see Penner can laugh about this. The syrup bottle behind the bench is pure gold.
Let's Go Red Wings.
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Alumni Game.
I’m so pumped to see Brett Lebda again.
by Boltmister55 on Jan 18, 2012 6:26 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
If anyone wants to meet up at the WC
I’ll be the one in the Lidstrom jersey.
Brad Stuart should be our backup goalie.
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other 5k will have Datysuk and Z… 1k will be Helm… 5k will be Yzerman
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I'll be the dick wearing something like a Modano or Hossa jersey
Haven’t quite decided yet
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NICE
I sure wish Modano’s season here would have turned out differently.
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Check out the video evidence the Blues have for a non-penalty.
Where Backes pushes Burrows into the boards head-first and gets called for boarding in, what looks to me like…boarding. If you’re gonna make that post, I say get some really clear-cut evidence….like a phantom interference call in game 7 or a non-call on a trip at center-ice.
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Now that St Louis finally has a team contending with the Wings and Hawks for the division and conference lead the fans finally catch on to the fact that the refs are really bad at their jobs
Let’s face it Blues (and any other teams fans), the refs have been atrocious the last few years. Us Wings fans can point to the 8 billion penalty shots given to the other team off phantom hooking calls & the non-calls when our guy(s) get dragged down in front of the net in plain sight. The previous few years have been all about “goalie interference” and “intent to blow” which have fucked us over in the past (remember game 2 against the Ducks back in 09? Good times!). I’m sure there are plenty of calls that haven’t gone your way or calls against the other team that weren’t made but that happens to every team, not just yours.
So basically, unless you’re Minnesota or either of the NY teams you have no right to whine about the officiating.
Rangers hilarious goalie interference penalty against the Stars (and the Winter Classic one could argue): http://youtu.be/hll8MzzfZlU
Tomas Vaneks retarded penalty shot awarded against the Islanders: http://youtu.be/WwUA9IPZrkE
Shannaban’s worst suspension (probably ever) and a double major awarded to Pierre-Marc Bouchard after BJ’s Matt Calvert lifts his stick into his face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkCu26Zz-nE
Which one do you guys think wins the 11-12 seasons “worst call” award
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The penalty shot
The Bouchard penalty was a good call.
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 18, 2012 7:46 AM CST up reply actions
I'm not so sure on the penalty shot either
While I question whether there was truly intent to knock the net off, I can understand how the ref got to that decision.
The Isles player skates into the net with no help from anyone else around him. Sure on replay it appears he stumbles (and I have not doubt he did) but he still knocked the net off on his own.
And per the rulebook:
A minor penalty shall be imposed on any player who delays the game by deliberately displacing a goal post from its normal position.
The rulebook also states:
If by reason of insufficient time in the regular playing time or by reason of penalties already imposed, the minor penalty assessed to a player for deliberately displacing his own goal post cannot be served in its entirety within the regular playing time of the game or at any time in overtime, a penalty shot shall be awarded against the offending team.
The play occured with 1:37 left in the third with the Isles holding a 1 goal lead. Per the rule, a penalty shot, rather than a minor penalty, was correct.
As I said, there can be some debate as to how deliberate the action was, I can certainly see how, when watching a player skate on his own into his own net to dislodge it, the ref came to this conclusion. And it’s not such a bad thing to have it called. There are already players who dive to draw hooks and trips that didn’t happen. Do we really want to have players taking dives to dislodge the net and get a stoppage in play?
If we want to talk about bad penalty shot calls, how about the one where Lidstrom waves his stick in the direction of a streaking Hawks player and they are awarded a penalty shot. There’s a truly bad call.
Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen
Is the second quote a continuation of the rule regarding the first?
I absolutely do not believe the net was knocked off deliberately. There are rules in place to give a guy a delay of game for clumsily knocking his own net off.
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 18, 2012 9:26 AM CST up reply actions
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26355
It is. Rule 63.2 is the minor penalty. Rule 63.5 is the penalty shot.
So, what I believe happened is the ref thought it was deliberate enough for a DoG penalty to be called. And per the rules, if there are less than 2 minutes left in the game, a penalty shot is to be called.
And I agree with you in that I don’t think it was deliberate either, but I can see how the ref, in real time (and from the top of the zone) could come to that conclusion.
Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen
Rangers goalie interference: in the aftermath of the Miller run by Lucic fiasco, the NHL decided that players chasing down the puck aren’t allowed to bulldoze goalies (even out of the crease). Good call.
Buffalo penalty shot: does it really matter if the Islander was intentionally stupid or just plain stupid? Good call.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard: using your stick like an axe is reckless. Especially after it has been lifted to shoulder height in the scrum for position/the puck after a faceoff. Reckless and pointless act results in injury to opposing player. There is no need for Pierre-Marc Bouchard’s stick to be traveling at that velocity in the general direction of Matt Calvert’s throat; ever. Good call, good suspension.
by nickname1234 on Jan 18, 2012 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
I'm just going to copy-and-paste my comment at the SLGT article over here.
while Pavel Datsyuk got nothing for an elbow to the face of Barret Jackman.
Probably because it wasn’t an elbow, and to continue to categorize it as such despite the evidence which shows clearly that Datsyuk’s elbow does not start two inches below his shoulder is not only irresponsible, but also damaging to one’s credibility.
On top of that, you have what appear to be great discrepancies in the number of penalties called between the Blues and their opponents.
Blues penalties taken (raw count): 223
Blues’ opponents’ penalties taken: 217
GREAT DISCREPANCY: 6
Ottawa’s discrepancy: 36
Tampa Bay’s: 24
Dallas’: 26
Oh, and just because I know you’re all Curious… Detroit’s GREAT PENALTY DISCREPANCY: -4
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 18, 2012 7:45 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I just went and looked up the hit on Jackman.
Boy is he a whiny pussy. Dishes out plenty of cross checks and cheap shots, but as soon as someone lays a hit on him he gets completely butthurt.
Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen
Here is the video for all to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8SX1ujpgfM
He kind of flails his head back quite a lot for a hit where the principle point of contact is the shoulder/collar bone.
I'm a Homer
by holmstrom96 on Jan 18, 2012 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
Interesting note
The Wings lead the league in bench minors with 8. That doesn’t include the TMM that should have been called in OT against the Hawks that caused Edzo to have a stroke.
Looking at Powerplay Opportunities (PPO) vs. Times Short Handed (TSH)
Of some teams…
Detroit PPO 166, TSH 161 = +5 PPO
Boston PPO 154, TSH 162 = -4 PPO
Vancouver PPO 185, TSH 183 = +2 PPO
St. Louis PPO 160, TSH 155 = +5 PPO
In fact, the bulk of teams are within +/- 10. There are some outliers on each side (SJ, CHI, FLA on the + side. OTT, WPG, TBL on the – side) but overall it’s pretty consistent in the middle. Having a 13.8% and 27th ranked powerplay is the much bigger issue.
How dare you!
Seguin got called for diving last night. True story. Local media here has been pretty quiet about it. A Bruin would NEVER dive is all I’ve heard the last 2+ years. That’s only for Canucks and Habs.
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by JeffHancock41 on Jan 18, 2012 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
whole team took a dive
from the little bit I saw last night.
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by Wizard of Corsica on Jan 18, 2012 9:55 AM CST up reply actions
It seems to me that if the refs just called what they saw and didn’t make an effort to “level the playing field,” that these numbers would not be so close to 0.
by Red, White and a Mile high on Jan 18, 2012 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
Which is the exact counter-point to the Blues fans' whining
The refs are probably working more to keep teams even in penalties than they are biased for/against any set of teams for any reason.
Yes
The commenters in their thread over there are ridiculous. I was following it all day. I commend JJ for trying to reason with them, but they are hopeless. Normally I love to jump into a good interwebz argument, but they are so ignorant I just can’t find the motivation to type out a comment to post over there.
by Red, White and a Mile high on Jan 18, 2012 5:05 PM CST up reply actions
Just venting here.
When I went back home recently, I went to a mall near Detroit and I saw Wings shirts everywhere. I’m at a mall just outside of DC where I live now and I haven’t see one Capitals shirt. In fact, I can’t remember when I’ve seen one last. When they were doing really well and on the day the Wings came to town, Caps stuff was everywhere. AND the local news reported that the “fans” were booing them last night.
I MISS HOCKEY TOWN!!!!!!!!!!
by InMDmissingtheD on Jan 18, 2012 12:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions
wow!
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by Josh Howard on Jan 18, 2012 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I noticed that even in the airport at Detroit. There was hockey stuff! Didn’t see that at Chicago, didn’t expect it at Atlanta and definitely nothing in DC. Buffalo had some Sabres stuff that I saw around town. Also, to be fair to Columbus, they do advertise their team well. Other than the Buckeyes I guess they are the only show in town. It’s a shame they suck so bad. I think it could take off here.
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He would if he knew it would mean something.
Talk about wasted talent.
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I find it weird
If you let it stretch and count the “red” in Predators, there are five teams in the NHL with colors in their name, all of them in the Central.
Fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Red Wings.
Huh.
That IS weird.
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