GDT: Game 24: Red Wings at sabres 7:30 pm et 12/5/23 (ESPN+, HULU)

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Trivia question (hard):

In the 1989 draft the RW picked 4 players who went on to have +1000gp in the league. Who are these 4 players?

Hints: 3 of 4 played for multiple franchises. 1 of 4 had 2 stints with the RW.

Sillinger
Lidstrom
Fedoriv
Drake

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I wonder if Larkin realized he didn't have to gain the red to bury the empty netter? Scared me for a quick sec.

We will have to get used to this some, NHL game management officiating is rampant, when we jump out, it will be harder than normal to hold the lead. Look how many leads around the league got blown tonight.

This season feels like there’s a lot of f***ery by officials afoot. Like, you’re just about guaranteed a penalty right after your team scores a goal.

 

[Filppula]

The line of Veleno-Larkin-Raymond is outstanding. They are all puck hounds.

 

[RRhoads]

I don't think the referees called any unnecessary penalties last night. It was the penalties they didn't call that were the problems, at least that's how I see it.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

The line of Veleno-Larkin-Raymond is outstanding. They are all puck hounds.

really good 2nd line for you guys after Kane comes in

DeBrincat-Compher-Kane as the 1st line would be perfect!
then Fabbri-Copp-Perron remains as your 3rd
Kostin-Rasmussen-Sprong as the 4th, Fischer as Extra F.

 

[Konnan511]

Coach sucks. What the f*** was that 3rd period?

Prevent Defense. It's a terrible hockey strategy.

 

[Euro Twins]

really good 2nd line for you guys after Kane comes in

DeBrincat-Compher-Kane as the 1st line would be perfect!
then Fabbri-Copp-Perron remains as your 3rd
Kostin-Rasmussen-Sprong as the 4th, Fischer as Extra F.

No way is kane on 1st line

 

[Konnan511]

only Vancouver has more than that

and they have Hronek so it's not really a fair competition to expect anyone to beat them

Unfair advantage.

 

[Bondurant]

Had a SOG parlay running last night. Larkin coming back like a warrior saved the night for me from a gambling perspective. $190 richer today. Thank you, D-Bo$$.

Larkin makes my wallet fatter and the Wings better. They looked a bit different last night when he was not on the bench.

 

[norrisnick]

I don't think the referees called any unnecessary penalties last night. It was the penalties they didn't call that were the problems, at least that's how I see it.

Only call made I didn't like was Copp's stick check that never came close to touching hands. If tying up sticks is no longer allowed change the rule book and let everyone know.

 

[sepster]

What movie is this again?

Welcome to the "Ignore" list

 

[chances14]

This offense is legit. If they can stay relatively healthy and they can get even just average goaltending, I feel pretty confident about this team's chances of making the playoffs. Exciting stuff

 

[Detroit Knights]

This flick is fantastic. RIP John Candy.

crazy. I loved john candy. then it transitioned to farley. then it transitioned to kevin james.

Think about this: if farley doesn't die, he would have been in Grown Ups and 50 first dates making the movies soo much better than they already are (mainly 50 first dates but thats neither here nor there).

Legends man

 

[dalem177]

Only call made I didn't like was Copp's stick check that never came close to touching hands. If tying up sticks is no longer allowed change the rule book and let everyone know.

I only saw the one replay but I really did think it was (barely) on the hands. To me.

 

[Detroit Knights]

Coach sucks. What the f*** was that 3rd period?

Prevent Defense. It's a terrible hockey strategy.

It is becoming extremely predictable at this point:

definitely seems like a high scoring affair like a 4-3 type with larkin getting the empty netter to make it 5-3 to stop buffalo's late push in the third

I only saw the one replay but I really did think it was (barely) on the hands. To me.

I didn't see it hit the hands at all. It hit like the middle of the stick and it was close so I can't fault the ref for calling that since it was pretty close, but still.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Admittedly I thought the sabres would be better than the wings by a lot this year. But it seems their coaching has done them in. Still I don’t want to get into talking about “rebuilds” because the wings still don’t have a rookie on the team for this year until edvinsson finally gets a spot he deserves.

Having a lot of rookies is easy. Being a good team is hard.

 

[dalem177]

I didn't see it hit the hands at all. It hit like the middle of the stick and it was close so I can't fault the ref for calling that since it was pretty close, but still.

The little goofy things like that don't bother me - I think those go both ways. What bothers me are the last 4 (5?) blatant stick-throws, cross-checks, boardings and chargings that have been "missed" to the detriment of the Wings (and player safety!).

I think we're "due" an incident where KK blatantly elbows a guy through the glass without getting called based on all that.

Which is a DUMB way to think. Which is why it's risky to let all that other stuff slide - it stacks up.

 

[Detroit Knights]

The little goofy things like that don't bother me - I think those go both ways. What bothers me are the last 4 (5?) blatant stick-throws, cross-checks, boardings and chargings that have been "missed" to the detriment of the Wings (and player safety!).

I think we're "due" an incident where KK blatantly elbows a guy through the glass without getting called based on all that.

Which is a DUMB way to think. Which is why it's risky to let all that other stuff slide - it stacks up.

agreed. I am pretty confused how the hit on larkin wasn't some type of penalty. It seems like the definition of boarding has changed or something because if you look at the hit on luke hughes from hathaway a few days ago....that was a good, clean hit. He didn't hit his numbers, no slew foot, no cross check. He just manhandled him and they called........boarding.

very confusing. Now, usually in the beginning of the year, penalties are much more rampant to try and set a precedence and then throughout the season, it starts to change or evolve. But this season it feels like the opposite at times.