hahaha nope
- Rayven

He got beat up in the Habs / Buds opener. May have lost some marbles.

As a looooooooonnnggg time bruins fan, finally having a team to be proud of. How the hell do we not have more jacked up fans on these posts?

Nice Krüg assist and backhand roofer by Z.

Nice Krüg assist and backhand roofer by Z.
- yinzer_nation

stick handling in front of the net

stick handling in front of the net
- Rayven

Could be a heck of a year if the pp continues to produce.

if this is another season where datsyuk-zetterberg have to do the majority of the scoring/point producing then the wings arent going far in the playoffs...

Could be a heck of a year if the pp continues to produce.
- yinzer_nation

Don't jinx it

Ty has a post game up

the wings arent going far in the playoffs...
- wingz4life

fixed.

Good game by Detroit. Now if your boys were rested this would've been a different game. See you all next game.
ps. Please kick @he crap out of the great of division

fixed.
- fattyboubatty

Fatty... I see you're still a Wings hater... some things never change. We'll get farther in the playoffs than the Blues again... who never seem to rise above mediocrity.

if this is another season where datsyuk-zetterberg have to do the majority of the scoring/point producing then the wings arent going far in the playoffs...
- wingz4life

I've been saying the last two weeks that Zetterberg and Datsyuk should be centering different lines. Just seems to improve the whole team around them. Babcock at least needs to try it... this team needs to generate more offense.

I've been saying the last two weeks that Zetterberg and Datsyuk should be centering different lines. Just seems to improve the whole team around them. Babcock at least needs to try it... this team needs to generate more offense.
- Vladdie_Kon1

I think the biggest culprit for Detroit's scoring woes is the continued erosion of offensive talent from their D corps. This is one area where losing Lidstrom (and Rafalski) still hurts a ton.

I mean, Kronwall used to be the No. 3 weapon on the blueline, way behind Lidstrom and Rafalski. Now he's the only guy who represents any kind of consistent threat at all.

Here's the year-over-year decline in Detroit's defensive scoring over the last three seasons:

2010-11: 196 points
2011-12: 160 points
2012-13 (averaged over 82 games): 132 points

Here's how the Red Wings' top 3 scoring defenders ranked leaguewide in those years:

2011: 2nd (Lidstrom), 12th (Rafalski), 30th (Kronwall)
2012: 25th (Lidstrom), 28th (Kronwall), 32nd (White)
2013: 6th (Kronwall), 69th (Kindl), 69th (Ericsson)

In the same time frame, Detroit's overall scoring rate has dropped from 3.13 to 2.92 to 2.54. While overall team scoring has declined by about 19%, scoring from defensemen declined nearly 33%. (Scoring from forwards was only down about 16%.)

If the Red Wings could count on any kind of quality transition game from the likes of Quincey or Smith or DeKeyser I think it would help all four lines, especially the bottom three. Those guys are supposed to be puck-movers, but none have actually translated those skills into points for Detroit yet.

Quincey is the most maddening. In 226 NHL games outside Detroit he averaged nearly .40 points per game. In Detroit he has 8 points in 70 games.

fixed.
- fattyboubatty

closet wings arent you,you loser.
come to the wings blog and comment and skip over the blues blog.

I think the biggest culprit for Detroit's scoring woes is the continued erosion of offensive talent from their D corps. This is one area where losing Lidstrom (and Rafalski) still hurts a ton.

Quincey is the most maddening. In 226 NHL games outside Detroit he averaged nearly .40 points per game. In Detroit he has 8 points in 70 games.
- Sven22

somebody has too much time on their hands

somebody has too much time on their hands
- Rayven

That's kind of the way I operate. Say nothing for three weeks, make a huge post that nobody has the patience to read, repeat.