Red Wings

[Panoptes]

OK

Just got caught up with the end of the first.

That first had :24 seconds I would like to have back from the Ducks.

MODANO already paying dividends in DET

They scored against a very ugly 4th line (including rookie, 12th overall pick CAM FOWLER) put on the ice by CARLYSLE (who you might want to put money down on in LV as the first coach to get axed this season (by December is my guess)).

Need the first one here in the 2nd.

Go Ducks and welcome back NHL

[Panoptes]

Ahh okay. I haven't seen the newest unis they have (unless that atrocity I posted previously is it) but I do like the look of that one.

Not new this year, new as of last year.

Black, Gold and some Orange (to rep Orange County)

FN ugly scheme

[Malto Marko]

.....and again.....

[Panoptes]

DET just abusing ANA's 3rd or 4th lines

[gjdodger]

OK

Just got caught up with the end of the first.

That first had :24 seconds I would like to have back from the Ducks.

MODANO already paying dividens in DET

They scored against a very ugly 4th line (including rookie, 12th overall pick CAM FOWLER) put on the ice by CARLYSLE (who you might want to put money down on in LV as the first coach to get axed this season (by December is my guess)).

Need the first one here in the 2nd.

Go Ducks and welcome back NHL

Nope

I had been presuming all this talk about "The Wings are loaded and Stanley Cup favorites" was bushwa. Maybe not.

[Panoptes]

This years Ducks are not the barometer to measure SC worthiness by. Especially in game one of the season.

The DUCKS are in full blown restructuring mode. Even more so when they hack their coach CARLYSLE during the season.

[jaadam4]

Ducks gooning it up in game #1!!

I'm so sick of this Wings team not having an enforcer. Get a fucking clue!!!

[jaadam4]

Ericsson is out with back spasms.. Looks like next game we might see Khindl

[Panoptes]

Congrats on a good start to your season Detroit.

ANA blew tonight.

On to board games with my kid now (1/2 way through the 2nd).

Boo ANA!

[jaadam4]

WE NEED A FUCKING GOON!!!! That game made me sick watching them take cheapshots with no reprecussions.

[WingsFan]

I heard Pavel Datsyuk had a "Gordie Howe hat trick". Since I have Dish network I don't have the Red Wings, Dats is a strong as an ox on his feet, hopefully that will be his last fight of the year too.

[jaadam4]

I kept praying they would stop that fight but it seemed like it went on forever. Dats took him down but he surely didnt win. We were killing them with our talent so they were going to make sure they gooned it up with their size.

[chemiclord]

A very good start to the season.

And contrary to what Gonz implied, hockey isn't like the other "major" sports. The margin for error, even with a rebuilding team as an opponent, can be pretty small. To come out and be dominant from start to finish is impressive. To control momentum the entire way is rare.

I liked that there wasn't the level of mental errors like there had been at the end of last playoffs, especially on defense. Perhaps fatigue really did catch up to them, and this is more of what we can expect.

I also want to echo the concern of staying healthy. That's going to be the biggest key to the season, I suspect.

[Panoptes]

I was not off on my comment last night.

ANA is not a team to use as a barometer of anything.

We ANA fans know the D is extremely bad.

ANA has moved on without PRONGER, S. NEIDEMEYER and BEAUCHEMIN (sp?) in less than one season and replaced them with who? Exactly. Who?

ANA showed just how bad they can be early on. They have all kinds of money tied up in dynamic O skaters and shooters but the D is entirely spun out.

Lets see what DET does against CHI or PIT or even SJ as an early barometer.

I know DET will fare well enough still but ANA is certainly not the team to make you think, this is the year already.

[gjdodger]

I was not off on my comment last night.

ANA is not a team to use as a barometer of anything.

We ANA fans know the D is extremely bad.

ANA has moved on without PRONGER, S. NEIDEMEYER and BEAUCHEMIN (sp?) in less than one season and replaced them with who? Exactly. Who?

ANA showed just how bad they can be early on. They have all kinds of money tied up in dynamic O skaters and shooters but the D is entirely spun out.

Lets see what DET does against CHI or PIT or even SJ as an early barometer.

I know DET will fare well enough still but ANA is certainly not the team to make you think, this is the year already.

Those dynamic O skaters were 0-for-21 against Jimmy Howard.