Have to get NHL network for this game (and about 10 others). Lame, wish it was just on gamecenter. At least NBCSN is standard in most cable packages now (sucks if you don't have cable though).
"Having a couple days of practice will be good," coach Mike Yeo said. "We've got a lot of things we're still trying to do."
I'm sure this is true for both teams. Should more structured than the "river hockey", as Engblom called it, games we've seen so far.
2 days to work on systems could be huge for the Wings. Seems like last game all the D could do was dump off the glass and out. We have to get back to the low supportive breakout that makes the Wings rush so dangerous.
I hope Helmer is good to go! Would like to see Kindl as well, I'm positive he can play solid this season.
I'm looking forward to the new forward lines. Not too much we can expect from the defense, possibly Babs finally breaking up the Q and Smith pair. So long as our forwards can set up in the offensive zone and score some goals we should at least be competitive. That would be pretty nice.
Those are the actual lines it seems. Like that Abdelkader is finally moved off to the wing like he should be but I dont like Emmerton in the line up really. Means Tootoo and Miller wont play as muc as they should probably
Those are the actual lines it seems. Like that Abdelkader is finally moved off to the wing like he should be but I dont like Emmerton in the line up really. Means Tootoo and Miller wont play as muc as they should probably
Emmerton > Eaves. Weird. And not having Datsyuk at center? What? It's like Babcock realized the lines weren't working, but instead of setting them up he just pressed RANDOM and this is what came out.
Emmerton > Eaves. Weird. And not having Datsyuk at center? What? It's like Babcock realized the lines weren't working, but instead of setting them up he just pressed RANDOM and this is what came out.
According to Khan:
Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Damien Brunner
Valtteri Filppula-Pavel Datsyuk-Todd Bertuzzi
Daniel Cleary-Darren Helm-Justin Abdelkader
Drew Miller-Cory Emmerton-Jordin Tootoo
Niklas Kronwall-Brian Lashoff
Kyle Quincey-Brendan Smith
Kent Huskins-Jakub Kindl
Emmerton > Eaves. Weird. And not having Datsyuk at center? What? It's like Babcock realized the lines weren't working, but instead of setting them up he just pressed RANDOM and this is what came out.
I think Eaves is still a little hurt? I don't think that would be the case if he was 100%
According to Khan:
Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Damien Brunner
Valtteri Filppula-Pavel Datsyuk-Todd Bertuzzi
Daniel Cleary-Darren Helm-Justin Abdelkader
Drew Miller-Cory Emmerton-Jordin Tootoo
Niklas Kronwall-Brian Lashoff
Kyle Quincey-Brendan Smith
Kent Huskins-Jakub Kindl
Could you imagine if Babs swapped Cleary and 22, that 3rd line would be intense
Will be in attendance for this one tonight. I'm a little worried however if they can just put together a COMPLETE game and show some effort they might be able to squeeze out a win. Oh and they need to score for ****s sake.
