Post-Game Talk: I don't care who we played, I finally liked what we saw

[Heaton]

Potential 3 day work week coupled with a win tonight makes this a successful Sunday.

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[Detroit Sports*]

Good win against the best the AHL has to offer.

 

[SoupNazi]

I like what I saw, as well. They seemed a little pissed off. As rightly they should be.

 

[mindfly]

Gustavsson wins, Howard...not so much

 

[JPE123]

Gustavsson wins, Howard...not so much

So you did watch?

 

[skinneh]

Happy for the win. Happy Nyquist and Tatar are both playing.

 

[detredWINgs]

I didn't really like what I saw, which was a pretty even game for the most part against the worst in the league, but we got it done. Happy with the 2 points, happy to see the kids bringing some speed to the game, happy with having a reliable back-up.

 

[mindfly]

So you did watch?

Nah, just looked at the score on TSN... watched a few segments of "adolf hitler - the greatest story never told" instead.

 

[SimplySolace]

Yay 2 wins in 10 games! Against the worst team!

Maybe we can beat Florida this week

 

[JPE123]

Young guns played well. Nyquist and Tatar are all over the puck. Monster looked A ok. Not a great game but I'll take the win

 

[theYman]

How I feel about tonight's game.

Helm
Z
Nyquist

 

[JPE123]

No votes for "Clears?"

 

[TatarTangle]

Gustavsson wins, Howard...not so much

He definitely made some big saves but let's keep it real, they were playing Buffalo and for a lot of the game Detroit looked just like them.

I wasn't overly impressed but they did manage to win in regulation. Which is admittedly a weird feeling.

 

[KJoe88]

Gustavsson
Helm
Zetterberg

Nyquist, Franzen, Alfie, Abby, Tatar, and Andy all play well. Our D weren't too bad. I liked what I saw too -- all w/o Pavel

Idc if it's Buffalo, everyone plays us hard.

 

[Flowah]

So you did watch?

He suffers from battered fan syndrome. He knows it's wrong but he keeps coming back and can't quit.

The Game
I generally liked what I saw. Most everyone played well. Despite a few brainfarts, even Cleary and Quincey played okay, relative to their normal play.

Nyquist for one of the stars for sure. He hustled his ass off tonight, just like every night. Love seeing him pull off those Datsyuk things.

The powerplay moved around better, still not as much as I'd like, but definitely better than last night. Please just put Alfie on the left side and let him rip shots over and over. We went out and acquired him for his right handed shot, let's put him in a position for it to do damage.

Z worked hard, duh.

I thought Smith looked pretty good too, save for one flub. He was generating stuff in the offensive zone.

Weiss still no points, but he looked okay out there imo. Especially that one set up to Sammy I think? Made a couple great moves and set him up right in the slot. But poor Weiss, doesn't he know that's just another logo hunter save for Miller?

Tatar played a better game in terms of turnovers and was definitely buzzing around the O zone as usual.

Andersson played maybe his best game of the season.

 

[mindfly]

He definitely made some big saves but let's keep it real, they were playing Buffalo and for a lot of the game Detroit looked just like them.

I wasn't overly impressed but they did manage to win in regulation. Which is admittedly a weird feeling.

Stats don't lie though.

 

[SoupGuru]

Nyquist, Franzen, and the 3 day work week.

 

[Brandel*]

Some of you guys seem to forget that we were missing our best player.

Anyway, Gus needs more starts, I honestly think they would have scored more than 1 if Howard was playing.

 

[ProPAIN]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=74961969&postcount=404

Don't toy with my emotions.

1. Zetterberg
2. Nyquist
3. Gustavsson

HM: Franzen, Tatar, Abdelkader and Andersson

 

[ThankYouBasedGod]

Didn't get too watch because the Grey Cup is on. I mean, a win is a win.... but Abdelkader playing a minute and a half more than Zetterberg. Why...?

 

[Henkka]

I never wish harm on anyone, but I kind of feel guilty wishing Sammy would go on LTIR for the rest of the season with that injury. Cap problems evaporated.

Yeah, that would be nice.

We could call both Eaves and Tootoo back with that LTIR room.

 

[TatarTangle]

Stats don't lie though.

Going by this one can come to the conclusion that Dan Cleary is actually an effective hockey player as he is a +1

Not saying Monster isn't effective. He's an excellent back-up and played well today.

 

[theYman]

Potential 3 day work week coupled with a win tonight makes this a successful Sunday.

Plus I vacuumed the house today.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Some of you guys seem to forget that we were missing our best player.

Anyway, Gus needs more starts, I honestly think they would have scored more than 1 if Howard was playing.

Our Captain was playing...

 

[theYman]

Didn't get too watch because the Grey Cup is on. I mean, a win is a win.... but Abdelkader playing a minute and a half more than Zetterberg. Why...?

Cause he's realGUD. That's why.