IGT: Red Wings @ Blackhawks 1/10 at 7:30 p.m.

[DMelt36]

17-18-5, 39 points, 15th place in Eastern Conference

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26-12-5, 57 points, 1st place in Western Conference


Puckdrop - 7:38 p.m.
TV - WGN
Radio - WGN AM 720

I had no idea that the Red Wings were so low in the standings this year. But I guess that isn't too much of a surprise when the one goalie who was actually playing well for the Wings is on IR. Jimmy Howard had a .934 SA% and a 1.96 GAA in his 17 games this year. The other two: Petr Mrazek (.895 SA%, 3.10) and Jared Coreau (.903 SA%, 3.14). Yikes. Seven other Red Wings are on the IR, including old friends Nick Kronwall, Johan Franzen, Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader. There are some exciting young players on the team like Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha but they haven't done enough to mask Detroit's glaring issues. And, somehow, Henrik Zetterberg is still leading this team in points with 28 in 40 GP. Although that may not be a good thing.


LET'S GO HAWKS!!

 

[DMelt36]

Lines at the morning skate:

Hinostroza-Toews-Hossa
Panarin-Anisimov-Kane
Hartman-Kero-Panik
Desjardins-Rasmussen-Tootoo

 

[mikita's helmet]

Go Hawks! :blackhawks:

 

[HawkWriter]

Wings may get a boost tonight if Abdelkader and Green come back. Another game that the good teams win on home ice, so hopefully the Blackhawks continue that trend.

 

[MassHavoc]

detroit sucks

 

[clonetrooper264]

Blow them out of the stadium and be done with it

 

[winos5]

Just win.

The rivalry has lost it's luster.....

 

[MassHavoc]

Just win.

The rivalry has lost it's luster.....

I would go ahead and say it's not even a rivalry anymore. Don't even look forward to the game.

 

[Tater]

You just beat me to making an IGT.

 

[ClydeLee]

Ha said today Toews is selected to the Allstars game... gotta love it bring so pure when decided by the NHL.

Secretly they probably wanted to pick him because he'll be on their top 100 players of all time list they're revealing at the Allstars weekend

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[DMelt36]

detroit sucks

[video=youtube;Y1BFfTf8MNE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1BFfTf8MNE[/video]

 

[HawkWriter]

Guessing most people know about the speedy Larkin on the Red Wings, but they have a new player with both size and speed in Andreas Athanasiou. Was watching the LA/Det game the other night and both his size and speed were apparent. Could be a fun player to watch and he has had a nice few games in a row here.

 

[MassHavoc]

I think the best part of this gif is that they are still losing 5-4... hah.

 

[ClydeLee]

Happytoseeyou is pretty fly and Mantha finally is developed and scoring in the NHL

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[DMelt36]

I think the best part of this gif is that they are still losing 5-4... hah.

That or the guy sitting to their right because I can't figure out what his deal is at that moment.

 

[Tater]

I think the best part of this gif is that they are still losing 5-4... hah.

I was too busy leering at the shape and hips of the girl in the white pants to notice.

 

[mikita's helmet]

Guessing most people know about the speedy Larkin on the Red Wings, but they have a new player with both size and speed in Andreas Athanasiou. Was watching the LA/Det game the other night and both his size and speed were apparent. Could be a fun player to watch and he has had a nice few games in a row here.

He was good last year, too. ...or at least noticeable.

 

[DMelt36]

I was too busy leering at the shape and hips of the girl in the white pants to notice.

Took me about 50 loops to notice him.

 

[DMelt36]

Oh, hey: Crawford's in net. And sounds like Rozi is popping popcorn in the press box again.

 

[Raskolnikov]

I still hate them, too bad we suck and have to give them a chance in a rebuild year for them. I can't watch us flounder against bad competition much longer. lose lose