Josh Janusch

Quick Hits: Mule in a Hat

* So, I chose a bad night not to skip school. 5-2 with a hat trick from the Mule and more scoring from TPH? I'm sad that school got in the way of that. Don't forget the curly fries today. [The Production Line - MLive - Detroit Free Press - Mile

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Quick Hits: Riiiiiiitoooooolaaaaa

* Like NOHS, I was pretty surprised when I saw a tweet over the weekend talking about Konstantinov painting. It's hardly something I would expect him to be doing, but it does seem like a great way to rehab. [Nightmare on Helm Street] * Here's a kind reminder (and a good interview

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Quick Hits: We Need More Science

* Sounds like I should be happy that I was not able to watch last night's games. Either way, here are a few recaps for those that, like myself, were unable to see the game. All I know is that we are beginning to upset Cave and that is unacceptable. [MLive

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Quick Hits: We're On Pace For 88 Points

* Goods new, everyone. Niklas Kronwall is okay and will play tonight. [MLive] * Kronwalll has also given Mikko Koivu a vote of confidence, saying that there should not have been a penalty on the hit. He says that it was both of them moving in just the right way for the

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Quick Hits: Playing Like We're Columbus Edition

* Today's header image: the gradient of failure, brought to you by the guys over at TPL. [The Production Line] * How do you celebrate signing a 7 year extension? By getting hit in the head in your first game after signing said extension, of course. Niklas Kronwall will be re-evaluated today

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Quick Hits: The Wings Are Killing Your Fantasy Team Edition

* Danny Cleary isn't scoring and he knows it. He says he's trying to find a rhythm, but so far nothing has worked. [Detroit Fee Press] * Scrappy Octopus wonders if yesterdays changes, Niklas Kronwall signing an extension and Gustav Nyquist being called up, are what we need to wake up and

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The Wings' Cap Position

With this morning's great news that newly-appointed alternate captain Niklas Kronwall had signed a 7 year extension carrying just a $4.75 million cap hit, one thing was certain — Ken Holland has expertly placed the Red Wings cap-wise. The Wings still rank 19th in the league in total salary and

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Quick Hits: The Ducks Are Upset and the Hockey Gods Are Cruel

* The Scrappy Octopus has a pretty good article on what it means to wear the Winged Wheel. [Scrappy Octopus] * If you're interested, Snipe Snipe, Dangle Dangle has a photo caption contest up with a picture of Justin Abdelkdar pu...or getting a new... I'll just let you decide for yourself

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Quick Hits: Tiberius Jr. and the On-Going Goalie Crisis

* Hey, look, only three days between games this time around. We play the Sharks tonight and Babcock is breaking up our dream line. Yes, Two Kids and a Goat 3.0 will play apart for the first time this season because Babcock was not impressed with Patrick Eaves and Tomas

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Quick Hits: More and More Goalie Controversies

* Yesterday was supposed to be a day off for the Red Wings, but Mike Babcock called a practice in response to their play on Tuesday. Hopefully this will wake some of ours guys up before we play San Jose. [Detroit Free Press] * Jan Mursak had his cast taken off yesterday.

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Quick Hits: More Visor Chat and TSN's Favorite Rookie

* I neither saw the game nor want to talk about it, so here are some recaps. [Detroit Free Press - Yahoo! - MLive - The Production Line] * The Wings were asked about visors last night and it seems like players are in favor of it being by choice, and I

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Quick Hits: My Backup Is Worse Than Your Backup

* The NHL decided to be nice and allow us to play more than 2 games this week. Here are some previews of our tilt with Columbus tonight. [Detroit Free Press - MLive] * You lose one game, and apparently that makes you worse than both the 4 loss Penguins and 3

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Quick Hits: Brett Hull Edition

* A great little post game "nocap" — if there is a better term, please enlighten me — from The Scrappy Octopus which uses (and champions) JJ's CSSI to give Zac a +/- for the game. He came in at a resounding -12, about 3 points higher than Ty Conklin. [The Scrappy Octopus]

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Third Period Rally Thread

Down 4-1 heading into the third.  LET'S DO THIS ALREADY.

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Quick Hits: Hockey, Hockey is our Pizza, Pizza

* Goods news, everyone! Tonight is the season opener. After so long off, we take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. [Detroit Free Press] * Due to injuries, the Blue Jackets will skate tonight with just over $100,000 in cap space. Not a bad position to be in if you are winless.

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Quick Hits: Dream Team Edition

* As Rob Discher points out, we love superteams failing. We love it when the predicted winner loses. The Canucks. The Miami Heat. The New York Yankees. Discher has noticed that the teams unanimously chosen to win often do not manage to do so and points out that few have chosen

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Quick Hits: Insert Clever And/Or Informative Title Here

* Did you get a pizza from Little Caesar's in Plymouth yesterday? Or groceries from Kroger in Birmingham? You may have eaten pizza that Nicklas Lidstrom and Valtteri Filppula helped make or gotten your groceries bagged by Jakub Kindl and Cory Emmerton. [Detroit Free Press] * This is truly one of the

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Quick Hits: The Off-Season Continues

* Despite everyone claiming the opposite since the day we signed him, Ian White is playing more and more like the Brian Rafalski of old and is looking absolutely fantastic out there. Analysts suck at analyzing, who knew? [Detroit Free Press] * In what will amount to good news for only Brendan

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Quick Hits: Staring Down At Inferior Competition Edition

* Anyone up for ignoring Michigan teams not named the Red Wings or Spartans after this past weekend? Yes? Good. * Fabian Brunnstrom continues to keep saying all the right things. He's not playing right now — thanks mostly to the fantastic play of Cory Emmerton — but is apparently happy just to still

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Quick Hits: Detroit Wins Twice!

* Hey, look, we won. [The Production Line - Nightmare on Helm Street] * Hey, look, we won. [Bless You Boys] * If you didn't notice, Cory Emmerton played in his third straight game last night. Not bad for a rookie who was expected to spend 60-ish games in the Leino Lounge. It

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The NHL Cannot Take The Easy Way Out With Re-alignment

Yet again, the hottest issue in hockey is re-alignment.  Thanks to a single tweet from Mr. Bob McKenzie (seen above), everyone and their cousin is writing about re-alignment (including me... again).  With roughly two months until the Board of Governor's meeting where the re-alignment decision will be made, it is

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Quick Hits: More Re-Alignment Talk

* Just one more reminder that tonight's game has changed times. I will see you all in the Game Thread at 8PM as we hunt some Canucks. * The Wings have recalled Brendan Smith again. He is expected to serve at least another two games of his suspension this time around. Mike

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Quick Hits: My Re-Alignment Dreams Aren't Looking Good

* This better not come to pass - Bob McKenzie is saying that the Great NHL Re-Alignment of 2012 will just be swapping Detroit and Winnipeg so that we would be in the Southeast Division. I would rather there was no change at all if that is the case.. [Wizard of

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Quick Hits: A Spark to the Power Play

* Using Jiri Hudler as a spark? In 2010-2011, you'd have laughed at me. Now, it doesn't seem so far off. Hudler has a point in both games this season and has looked like one of our best players. Babcock is hoping to capitalize on Hudler's play by using him to

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