Red Wings

[Tom]

Wings win a 3-0 shutout against Vegas. Mrazek played really well.

[maxw3ll]

Wings win a 3-0 shutout against Vegas. Mrazek played really well.

Good win!!!

[Tom]

Overmatched and another loss. Again, Mrazek played well for the first two periods but when your team can only score one goal, it’s hard to get the win. I’m kind of surprised they even scored. There was no sustained pressure by Detroit for any period of time that I can think of. It seemed like any time they carried the puck into the Washington zone, the Capitals quickly disrupted their flow, took possession of the puck and headed the other way.

The only thing that gave me hope was Ken Daniels and Chris Osgood talking about the Wings’ prospects. So maybe I should just start paying attention in 3-4 years…

[maxw3ll]

Embarrassing

[SnowMeiser]

Time to start making tee times for the teams end of season collapse

[Tom]

That had to have been one of the craziest games ever.

1. The Wings lose Mrazek minutes into the game and that seemed like a bad sign considering he’s been one of the few bright spots the past few weeks.
2. They then give up a power play goal immediately.
3. They tie it up shortly after that on one shot.
4. They take four more penalties during the game but amazingly do not give up a power play goal.
5. Near the end of the 2nd period they have a 2-1 lead but they’ve only managed 4 shots.
6. The Austin Watson goal is one of the strangest deflections I’ve ever seen.
7. The Wings score an empty netter and then score again after that to get 5 goals in total on 14 shots.

[maxw3ll]

Outclassed by Avs. Got to go to the game bit wish they had the skill to match up.

Get them some help!

[Tom]

Too little too late. They spent the last few weeks bringing up how good the power play is and in a game where they really need the points, they start 0-5 on the power play. I think I’ve seriously overrated the talent on this roster. The fact that they collapse every year in March can’t be a coincidence. Just start giving prospects time. Let’s see that phenom goalie.

[chemiclord]

"It's a man's league." - Ken Holland (and apparently Yzerman agrees)

[froot loops]

That whole thing about letting prospects season in the minors before playing them is only something they have trumpeted for about 15 years. Is there one player in that organization that they can point to that really benefitted from this?

It seems like it is counterproductive in the salary cap environment to do it this way. Their young core players are producing, but they have spent a lot on older veterans that just aren't producing for what they are getting paid.

[Tom]

Wings pickup a win last night. There were two fights right from the start. Kind of felt like they were trying to fire themselves up and it seemed to work. Still don’t see them making the playoffs.