Comments on: I blame Mike Babcock for letting in all those goals.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:45:56 +0000

Rob, you MUST reveal that expose for all the world to see. If Eaves acts a fool in tonight's game, I'll be refreshing my slow ass browser from home every 5 minutes to make sure I don't miss TPL's groundbreaking report.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:28:15 +0000

No I won't. When sober my arguments and ideas seem less original

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:38:05 +0000

@MP: and 90% of those penalties are bullshit calls. One day I'm gonna write a post about bertuzzi and the Moore incident and how it still fuck up for him. You all are gonna hate me then.

By: Baroque

Baroque — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:43:55 +0000

Oh that's right, he's not directly benefiting from playing with Henrik Zetterberg and/or Pavel Datsyuk. Who -- WHO I ASK! -- could have seen that coming?

//raises hand

I can't even skate and I'll bet I could score goals with Pavel and Hank.

By: Rob Discher

Rob Discher — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:38:15 +0000

Excellent point, Nat. That Eaves moment was rather Man-tuzz'ian. What are the chances they've blossemed an off-ice romanza? I'll say this, if Eaves starts whipping out the spin-o-rama on a regular basis, you can guarantee a TPL Exclusive on something going on there between the sheets.

"I'm tall and from the second line. You're fast and from the third line. This will never work! Our families will NOT allow it! Hold, Patrick..."

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:37:27 +0000

Whatever, Petrella. You know you still love Bert, despite the fact that he's no longer a top-liner. Don't even try to front.

This is quite possibly my favorite thing I've ever read on TPL:

FRI :: Nsh :: Jason Williams in :: Brad May AND Ville Leino Out. It's like a really lame Christmas present.

(But really, every time I read a new post on here, I come up with a new favorite thing.)

And as much as I love Ozzie, I love that you called him Dan Cloutier 2.0, if only because it immediately brings to mind a certain photo involving a certain beach ball.

I thought Kronwall looked solid last night. He and Derek Meech (?!) had extremely strong moments, although I feel practically everyone ever disappeared after the first period. I just commented on Andy's post that the only thing consistent about the Wings' play last night was that it was sloppy, all across the board. At that point, who do you blame the most?

Yeah, I gotta echo Rob on his point about Eaves missing the net. Somehow, I'd forgotten about that; I guess I'd blocked it out of my mind. I guess THAT'S where Bert is right now--teaching Eaves how to live up to his favorite cliche involving something about hitting the broad side of a barn...

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:26:26 +0000

@Andy -- just like JJ said, Bertuzzi's penalty was weak. And it didn't matter at that point anyway. I just like the bust the guys balls for finding a way to get an offensive zone penalty EVERY. NIGHT.

@JJ -- totally agree with you. I think Flip and Tuzz look really great together. It's totally fair to say that Miller is the weak link on that line, and even Drew Miller knows he shouldn't be a Top Six. Obviously, that position isn't for much longer, but I have to agree that he's overstepping a bit.

@Rob -- now that you remind me... you're right. Do you know how hard it is to hit a post when you're staring at 24 square feet? Give the kid some credit! HA

By: Rob Discher

Rob Discher — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:19:33 +0000

Only thing I remember Eaves doing all game was missing a completely wide open net that would have changed the direction of the game. Other than that though…you know…not much.

By: J.J. from Kansas

J.J. from Kansas — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:04:02 +0000

The Bert penalty was ridiculously soft. That interference when two guys bump before getting to the puck together happens ten times a game. Abdelkader and Clutterbuck did it probably four times and didn't get called.

I also think Bert is developing some really great chemistry with Filppula and I hate to say it, but I think Drew Miller is the weak spot on that line.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:32:01 +0000

I love how you make it seem like their top ten is only five guys...

Can you tell me what the Bert penalty was for and if it was soft? It seemed soft to me, but the Wild feed seems to run with the Versus policy of not showing penalty replays. (This is probably done so we won't be able to see how bad the refs are.)