Take THAT, TPL’s credibility! I bet you came here to TPL, expecting to see it on fire. Well, friends, I’m just as surprised as you are that the world hasn’t ceased to exist, or that a ominous black hole hasn’t opened right next door, taking me back to the real Earth where things make sense. […]

If it’s not a jaw, it’s a shoulder… And Cleary makes six. Via Bruce MacLeod’s Twitter, Dan Cleary has a separated shoulder and will be out four weeks. Ville Leino returns to the Red Wings lineup. Son of a bitch. That means Lilja, Franzen, Filppula, Williams, Kronwall, and Cleary will all be out. At the […]

Check out my mad MS Paint skillz! The TPL Post-Game report is on its way, but I thought that his dandy little quote from Uncle Mike couldn’t wait. As everyone knows by know, Ville was the healthy scratch for the New York Rangers game — a game in which the Red Wings won 3-1. Said […]

You may take my wrists, but my beauty remains. During the second period of the Red Wings/Oilers game, defacto second-line center and Production Line hero Valtteri Filppula was hit awkwardly into the end boards by Gilbert Brule. He labored a little bit, but eventually made his way to the locker room under his own power […]

And everyone at TPL. He’s slated to miss 6-8 weeks with a broken wrist suffered during an awkward collision along the boards in the second period. Fantastic news. More later.

I’ve kept my distance from this blog for a little while, because I was afraid that if my fingers met the keyboard, some sort of text-based diarrhea would result. All of our Red Wings blogging colleagues have posted a diatribe here and there – and rightfully so – so I figured I’d take a step […]

Well. That didn’t go well at all. I blame everyone except Darren Helm and Val Filppula. I don’t understand why everyone’s calling Chris Osgood’s performance “gutsy” and “fantastic.” I’m wondering if they were watching the same game I was. He was BRUTAL. He literally had to put effort into allowing the second Sabres goal, and […]

Okay, so the Red Wings dropped both “home” games in Sweden, and start the season 0-2 for the first time since 1989. Ouch. First of all, the one positive I can think of: what a great play by Kris Draper on the Jonathan Ericsson goal, the first Red Wings goal of the season. Draper clearly […]