Compete Level

AA gets a loose puck and space and scores (without using his speed to create a breakaway, for once)

Vasilevski is amazing. Guy robbed Panarin at least 3 times this period

I'm officially calling Caps backup Pheonix Copley "Phoenix Cosplay" from now on

Red Wings have had three power plays so far and not really done anything on any of them.

Just realized that I had to close my Twitter tab to avoid hearing about the dumb speech

I turned the game back off mute just in time to hear the goal announcement for Petry from Tatar, 19 seconds in. The Wings D all collapsed low on transition and Petry had a ton of space in the slot to set up his shot (like Armia's goal)

Puck bounces around a bit on the PP, AA snipes another one top shelf.

He's got 17 goals this year, one off his career high

In addition to those big hits earlier, Glendening has lost his helmet twice and has five shots on goal

Another penalty to Montreal. Five power plays for the Wings in one game, must be Christmas!

Wings did fuck-all on that PP, best part was that Blashill put out Glendening instead of Larkin to start the power play so he could win the draw (even though Larkin's generally > 50% on faceoffs), who then got tossed from the draw, which they still won and maintained possession for a bit, so Glendening was out there instead of Larkin

Kronwall just Kronwalled Gallagher into the linesman, it was very satisfying

Welp, Habs still own the Wings

I turned on thee Goil / Sharks game and three goals were scored in three minutes.

now that lucic is back on his torrid pace of 2 goals per 82 games, it's time for chiarelli to sell high

Ya Parise has been great and I think he can be productive for at least another 2 years. History of injuries for both him and Suter ( +Suter playing way too many minutes) are going to cause a decline soon. The deals may not look as bad with the cap going up, but maybe Zach’s back and suter’s ankle will get them off the hook (sweet LTIR).


That’s a great cosplay btw

Lucic for Eriksson

Bobrovsky was told to stay away from the Blue Jackets after an "incident" in Tampa Bay

Incoming Jordan Bennington shutout streak

Wonder if the Dubinsky and the Bobrovsky incidents are connected

I didn't realize that Dubinsky had fallen off so hard offensively, 16 points in 62 games last year, 10 points through 32 games this year.

This Athletic headline that came up when I was looking for his stats was a good laugh

I was surprised that the comments on that article were all very cordial to Dubinsky. He's getting 5.85 per, and that deal has two more years left.

Frans Nielsen has three more years left on his deal, which is 5.25 per, and Wings fans loathe that contract, even though he's still more productive than Dubinsky.

I just looked at the box score for the Flyers game to see if Gostisbehere did anything (LOL no) and I realized that 1. Andrew Macdonald is out 2. Radko Gudas is basically their veteran now. The other four defensemen dressed tonight are Provorov, Samheim, Hagg, and Folin. Macdonald isn't any good but I do think guys like Provorov, Samheim, Hagg, and Gostisbhere would benefit from an actual veteran on defense. At the moment, the Wings are a weird mix of Very Old Guys (Ericsson, Kronwall), Guys Who Aren't Old But Are Older Than You'd Guess (Nick Jensen and Luke Witkowski are both 28), and rookies (ME SO HRONEK and Cholowski). It's telling that they have been an exponentially better team this year when Green was healthy (he'll be back next game, supposedly), and having Daley and Dekeyser in the mix helps too. I like watching ME SO HRONEK and Cholowski but when they were both in with Sulak and Hicketts at the beginning of the year, the Wings were horrible.

Jordan Bennington shutout streak has continues for at least 13:15 longer.

The Hated Brendan Gallagher has destroyed a beautiful thing, Jordan Bennington's shutout streak

Patrick Laine has one goal in eleven games. Doesn't he know it's a contract year?

I checked his game log and he had 11 goals in a four game span back in November.

i just saw laine was not selected as an all-star. even though the ASG is dumb that seems whack