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Final Score (Hi Dad!) Sharks 5, Red Wings 2. The Skinny I’m not going to bother putting more effort into this than the Red Wings did with the game. Onto the bullets. Bullets of Importance Brendan Smith: not NHL ready. He will be, but he’s not yet. The loss was by no means his fault, […]
CAN I KICK IT? The Wings start their first West Coast roadie in San Jose tonight at 10:30pm Eastern. There’s very little to like about the Sharks — it’s a team full of assholes and divers, but they’ve had our number for several years now. Hate Week continues in California. BONITA APPLEBAUM, YOU GOT IT […]
Final Score (Hi Dad!) Red Wings 5, Stars 2. The Skinny Streaky streaky… five up, six down, and now four up again. Detroit finished their season-long six-game homestand with a 5-2 victory over the Pacific Division-leading Dallas Stars. The game began as a goaltending duel, with Stars backup Andrew Raycroft every bit up to the […]
BABY, WHATCHU DOIN’ NOW (OOH)? The Wings come into Saturday on the rear end of another back-to-back set — this time they follow up the surprising Northwest Division-leading Edmonton Oilers with the surprising Pacific-leading Dallas Stars. Neither of those teams made the playoffs a year ago, but both seem like strong contenders for the post-season […]
The Final (Hi Mr. P!) Red Wings 3, Oilers 0 The Skinny Well, we said in the pregame that this thing might turn into a goaltender’s duel, and it didn’t disappoint. Jimmah stood on his head and Khabibulin wasn’t too shabby himself, but at the end of the night it was the guy who got […]
NOW ONCE UPON A TIME UP ON THIS ‘MIC First and foremost, a big thanks to friend-of-the-blog Greta (@thegatzke) for letting this suggestion mmmmmmmmmmmmDROP into our lap. Nothing says Friday like the Beastie Boys, so sit back and enjoy while we stir fry you up in the TPL wok. It’s some sort of alternate universe […]
The Final (Hi Dad!) Red Wings 5, Avalanche 2. The Skinny There’s a great line in the 1989 cinema classic Major League (actually, there are quite a few great lines) that goes, “We won a game yesterday. If we win one today, that’s two in a row. We win one tomorrow, and that’s called a […]
COME ON, LET’S GO So there I was, minding my business on the beach — Pacifico in hand — keeping up with the daily happenings of the Red Wingosphere, even tweeting the waivings and recalls and injuries — because I care so deeply about you. All the while, nearly having my character defamed by my closest […]
WHAT’S ALL THIS THEN Game two of a six game homestand. Calgary comes to town for the first time this season. 7:30 pm. Joe Louis Arena. NOW, WHERE WERE WE Well, the Wings have lost five in a row, and what should be a lineup full of superheroes has become ineffective and stale. Thus, Mystery […]
Final (Hi Mr. P!) Wild 2, Red Wings 1 (OT) The Skinny This play has three acts: The Hot Start, The Slow to a Crawl and the Inevitable Collapse. Only the first part was any good, and even then, it faded toward the first intermission. The second act was an uninspired performance designed to set […]