Uhhh... making it work? We've played a ton of games at home already, have played more games than most teams, and are still just inside the playoffs.
This team is a bubble team at best.
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They are a playoff team in my opinion and probably decent when healthy in terms of a punchers chance in the first and second round if things break right. This team would have 3 or 4 more points if Babcock wasn't the coach right now in my opinion. He just isn't making the adjustments you expect out of a big time coach. I do like the compete level quite a bit, the Wings are still a very hard working team outside of a couple of eggs. I cannot fault the effort, even of guys like Cleary and Quincey that anger me quite a bit watching. Each guy is giving a lot of effort in my opinion. They realize they have to and that part makes me happy as a fan.
That is a mind blowing opinion. Babcock is keeping this team afloat right now.
You realize that MacDonald has started the past seven games for the Calgary Flames...
This team has little to no talent, that's not Babcock's fault. If firing Babcock would help the team, great. But even with Scotty Bowman, this team doesn't have any talent.
What are you talking about? Do you really think that? You think this team is talentless?
Don't know what team you are watching, JMan, but these Red Wings are nowhere near the Hawks or the Ducks.
Don't know what team you are watching, JMan, but these Red Wings are nowhere near the Hawks or the Ducks.
I'm not sure what team you're watching, but the one I'm watching should have beaten the Hawks, and should have beaten the Ducks if it wasn't for a rash of brain fart turnovers.
I'm not sure what team you're watching, but the one I'm watching should have beaten the Hawks, and should have beaten the Ducks if it wasn't for a rash of brain fart turnovers.
Look at the conference standings. Which team, besides Chciago, is not a bubble team? I don't get it. Every team is in the playoff race and is a bubble team. You act like we are Columbus or something and that it would be a miracle if we made the playoffs. The fact that we are playing this well with as many injuries as we have is impressive. When we get our players back (if) the sky is the limit. Until then, I guess 4th in the West isn't that bad.
The same brain fart turnovers that are indicative of a team that's under .500, right? Turnovers are part of the game- good teams don't commit a ton of turnovers that end up in the back of their net, while average to below average teams do.
We are one. ONE. OOOONNNNNEEEE point ahead of LA, St. Louis, Minnesota, San Jose.
We have played 2 or 3 more games than all those teams. If we had the same number of games played, LA, SJ, STL, would all be ahead of us in my opinion. We'd be in the 7-8 spot or even further out looking in.
Chicago and Anaheim are solidly in. Vancouver, barring an epic meltdown, is solidly in. The are ahead of us in points with 2 games in hand. St. Louis, SJ, LA, I think are locks to make the playoffs. They are solidly built teams with games in hand. That leaves only 2 spots. I think we take one, but as a bubble team.
You optimistic people simply have no idea how to read these numbers in front of you. Yes, we're #4. But we have played more games than pretty much anyone in the conference. Only 2 other teams out of 15 have played the same number of games as us. No one else has played more. Most of them have 2-3 games in hand.
Sitting in #4, only 1 point up, when all the other teams have plenty of games to make it up on us? That makes us the very definition of a fringe team.
Mrazek is going to be our SAVIOR.
I can see him competing with Howie for a number 1 spot. I mean look at the guys stars in the AHL and he had a shutout his first NHL game. Not to mention in the AHL allstar game he stopped every shootout attempt.
Oulette will lead our defense I am sure of it as he looked very strong in the U20 tournament
Finally, Tatar and Brunner will take over for offense I wouldn't mind seeing Nyquist traded.. And to the man who said Franzen is worth somethig. No. So lazy and just such a lack of skill. God I hate Franzen.