Red Wings - speaking the unspeakable

[T.Low]

Babcock has been real good. It's time for Jim Blashill.

[mikeg19]

Babcock has been real good. It's time for Jim Blashill.

Not trying to be a ......, it's Jeff Blashill

As for the Wings, they've been getting their butts pounded in for the better part of two months now. They're lucky they banked all those points early in the season or they wouldn't even be in the playoff picture now. Hopefully Mrazk gets hot as hell and can steal some games or a series for us, because the way they are playing, I don't have a ton of confidence in them to beat Montreal/Tampa/N.Y in the first round.

Maybe it's time we looked at the roster and made some moves that are going to have an impact. Signing Cole and Zidlicky at the deadline was OK, but that D needs some serious help; the goaltending, who the hell knows; and you need someone besides Datsyuk, Tatar, and Nyquist scoring. Anyone who thinks Abdelkader will ever match his output from this year again is out of their mind.

[boater4life]

Not trying to be a ......, it's Jeff Blashill

As for the Wings, they've been getting their butts pounded in for the better part of two months now. They're lucky they banked all those points early in the season or they wouldn't even be in the playoff picture now. Hopefully Mrazk gets hot as hell and can steal some games or a series for us, because the way they are playing, I don't have a ton of confidence in them to beat Montreal/Tampa/N.Y in the first round.

Maybe it's time we looked at the roster and made some moves that are going to have an impact. Signing Cole and Zidlicky at the deadline was OK, but that D needs some serious help; the goaltending, who the hell knows; and you need someone besides Datsyuk, Tatar, and Nyquist scoring. Anyone who thinks Abdelkader will ever match his output from this year again is out of their mind.

Idk watch tmrws game. It seems like every time the D move the puck up to the forwards, it's a turnover. Doesn't matter if it's in the defensive zone, or the neutral zone the forwards constantly turn the puck over and allow the other team to come back with speed on the D.

[mikeg19]

Idk watch tmrws game. It seems like every time the D move the puck up to the forwards, it's a turnover. Doesn't matter if it's in the defensive zone, or the neutral zone the forwards constantly turn the puck over and allow the other team to come back with speed on the D.

I agree with you completely. The turnovers the past two months have been astounding. The Wings were one of the best defensive teams the first half, including the PK. Now they're something like 18th in team defense, which does not bode well for struggling goalies.

Statistically, they only need to win like 2 more games to basically guarantee a playoff spot, so I don't think they will miss them, but typically this time of year you want to be hitting your stride, and they are most certainly not.