GDT: Wings at Habs 7:30ET

[Laser Rayzor]

Brendan Savage ‏@BrendanSavage 1h1 hour ago
Petr Mrazek confirms he's starting for #RedWings tonight in Montreal

Can't find a tweet about lines but I'm assuming they're the same as last night.

Hopefully they play 60 minutes as opposed to just 57mins, would help our collective blood pressure.

Also go Devils!

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[InjuredChoker]

good move by the management to start mrazek in this game.

his in mrasuck-mode right now, so he's sv% declines further and allows red wings to have more leverage in contract negotiations and keep that contract smaller.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Brendan Savage ‏@BrendanSavage 1h1 hour ago
Petr Mrazek confirms he's starting for #RedWings tonight in Montreal

Can't find a tweet about lines but I'm assuming they're the same as last night.

Hopefully they play 60 minutes as opposed to just 57mins, would help our collective blood pressure.

Also go Devils!

Yeah i would tend to think then other Mrazek starting in net, That the lines are exactly the same as last night.

 

[Ezekial]

4-2 wings
Datsyuk, Tatar, Sheahan, Larkin

 

[Hammettf2b]

AA gets under 7 minutes and Mantha gets benched for the second half of the 3rd yesterday. It's been like this for quite a while. He's going to gas out Z and Dats for the playoffs, if we even make it. At some point you have to start trusting your players and just let them play. Blash needs to get it together imho.

 

[cnwinger]

5-2 Montreal

 

[TouringReg]

No Price, Subban or Gallagher for Montreal. Detroit doesn't deserve to make the playoffs if they lose this one.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

When is the last time we won in Montreal? For some reason I feel like it has been a long time.

 

[ap3x]

good move by the management to start mrazek in this game.

his in mrasuck-mode right now, so he's sv% declines further and allows red wings to have more leverage in contract negotiations and keep that contract smaller.

Yeah, pretty smart move by Kenny.

 

[ap3x]

When is the last time we won in Montreal? For some reason I feel like it has been a long time.

About two years ago.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

 

[NumberFive]

Yeah, we're in a tight spot. Yeah, things are looking dicey. Yeah, there are improvements that can and need to be made. But for tonight, the team we have needs a win and we - can - do - this!! Go Wings, go Devils!

 

[Reddwit]

AA gets under 7 minutes and Mantha gets benched for the second half of the 3rd yesterday. It's been like this for quite a while. He's going to gas out Z and Dats for the playoffs, if we even make it. At some point you have to start trusting your players and just let them play. Blash needs to get it together imho.

Athanasiou is averaging fewer minutes than a 21 year old rookie Tatar did under Babcock. Its that bizarre.

 

[SirloinUB]

No Price, Subban or Gallagher for Montreal. Detroit doesn't deserve to make the playoffs if they lose this one.

Ughh, I hate this line of thinking. No single loss defines what a team does or does not deserve in a sport with 82 games.

This isn't Football.

 

[NumberFive]

Athanasiou is averaging fewer minutes than a 21 year old rookie Tatar did under Babcock. Its that bizarre.

I still say it's because AA didn't/doesn't have a permanent spot on the DRW roster. He's just a temporary fill-in. If he had a perm spot, I'm sure he'd be getting more TOI. If you end up playing a temp as much as or more than the guy on the IR, it starts raising questions with agents for both players, know what I mean?

 

[Hammettf2b]

I still say it's because AA didn't/doesn't have a permanent spot on the DRW roster. He's just a temporary fill-in. If he had a perm spot, I'm sure he'd be getting more TOI. If you end up playing a temp as much as or more than the guy on the IR, it starts raising questions with agents for both players, know what I mean?

Why wouldn't he have a permanent spot on the roster?

 

[13to40]

Why wouldn't he have a permanent spot on the roster?

It seems like he's making the assumption that because of the lack of ice time given to AA that it appears that he is just being used as a plug.

Personally I think AA is going to be a stud for our team for many years to come and I wish they would give him a lot more ice team, maybe even put him on the PP to change things up (since the format now is kind of abysmal). The kid could definitely use some more ice time though! Hope he has a huge game tonight at the bell centre!

Going to try to find some last minute tickets and go watch!

 

[ap3x]

Ughh, I hate this line of thinking. No single loss defines what a team does or does not deserve in a sport with 82 games.

This isn't Football.

What difference does it make how many games u play? If they don't win enough games right now to make it, they most certainly don't deserve it. It was up to them to avoid getting into that situation. Instead they stood in their own way and wasted good opportunities. So here we are, fighting for a playoff spot with a couple of teams. Either u beat 'em and get in. Or u do not.

 

[Shaman464]

I have this fear that AA's time isn't plug time, it's trade bait time. Showcase him a bit, trade him at the draft and resign Helm to a stupid amount.

 

[chances14]

What difference does it make how many games u play? If they don't win enough games right now to make it, they most certainly don't deserve it. It was up to them to avoid getting into that situation. Instead they stood in their own way and wasted good opportunities. So here we are, fighting for a playoff spot with a couple of teams. Either u beat 'em and get in. Or u do not.

completely missed the point of that post

let's say you go 81-1 and the only loss is against a bottom feeder. does that one bad loss mean that you don't deserve to make it?

one game doesn't define your season when there are 81 other opportunities to define it.

 

[Classicnamesup]

Ughh, I hate this line of thinking. No single loss defines what a team does or does not deserve in a sport with 82 games.

This isn't Football.

Agreed, based on the 76 games or however many played so far, the Wings don't deserve to make the playoffs.

 

[JiminyCricket]

Larkin hatty tonight with a Zetterberg EN for the icing.

 

[ap3x]

completely missed the point of that post

let's say you go 81-1 and the only loss is against a bottom feeder. does that one bad loss mean that you don't deserve to make it?

one game doesn't define your season when there are 81 other opportunities to define it.

Yeah, congrats, and u missed mine. Or did we go 81-1 so far and the last six games have no relevance at all?

 

[H3ckt1k]

I have this fear that AA's time isn't plug time, it's trade bait time. Showcase him a bit, trade him at the draft and resign Helm to a stupid amount.

Please don't even put that thought in my head ;_;

 

[Vladdy84]

Cut out the negativity and ludicrous conspiracy theories please. LGRW.