GDT - Ottawa @ Detroit: 7:30PM, TSN, TSN1200

spader wrote:

wprager wrote:

LeKing wrote:That 2nd Spezza goal was ridiculous.
Bobby Ryan is a monster of a player.

He walked right in after that rebound like a power forward or something.  To be honest, though, the Wings D looked really, really weak and their forwards were not helping much.  Is Kronwall back in the lineup because Ericksson was out?  

That second Spezza goal, was wondering how it went in, then I checked what Gustavsson was doing: on the first pump he went down in the butterfly, then when Spezza held back he tried getting back up again, and that's when Spezza slapped it through him.  

That was his first goal. The second one was the one he put off the boards, then pushed through Datsyuk and another Wing (D player, not sure who, DeKeyser maybe), and slapped his rebound home. Dynamite play.

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The guy that could be taken out of the lineup is Smith.  I like Smith as much as anyone, but he's the logical choice if someone needs to come out to get Pageau some playing time.

i've thought Smith has been really solid this year personally.  And I've been hard on him in the past. I probably wouldn't do that.

Then how does Pageau get ice time?  Grant comes out?  Wouldn't make sense.  Neil or Condra come out?  Not gonna happen.  

Ev wrote:Here's how you get Pageau playing time:

Send him where he belongs.

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The guy that could be taken out of the lineup is Smith.  I like Smith as much as anyone, but he's the logical choice if someone needs to come out to get Pageau some playing time.

i've thought Smith has been really solid this year personally.  And I've been hard on him in the past. I probably wouldn't do that.

Then how does Pageau get ice time?  Grant comes out?  Wouldn't make sense.  Neil or Condra come out?  Not gonna happen.  

SpezDispenser wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The guy that could be taken out of the lineup is Smith.  I like Smith as much as anyone, but he's the logical choice if someone needs to come out to get Pageau some playing time.

i've thought Smith has been really solid this year personally.  And I've been hard on him in the past. I probably wouldn't do that.

Then how does Pageau get ice time?  Grant comes out?  Wouldn't make sense.  Neil or Condra come out?  Not gonna happen.  

Injuries I would assume.  Or they rotate Grant and Pageau in.  I was really, really impressed with Grant - both on the PK and 5 on 5.  Not sure Mac will take him out for a while.  

SpezDispenser wrote:Karlsson's only really at about 80% of what he's capable of - if that.  That bodes very well for us down the line.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Karlsson's only really at about 80% of what he's capable of - if that.  That bodes very well for us down the line.

How far down the line? I don't see how he has time to get to 100% this season what with the Olympics and such like.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Karlsson's only really at about 80% of what he's capable of - if that.  That bodes very well for us down the line.

How far down the line? I don't see how he has time to get to 100% this season what with the Olympics and such like.

I think this is the best Karlsson we're going to get and I don't think that's a bad thing.

He's playing the full PP, he's killing penalties, playing against top d pairings, he's still a point per game player, and playing 27+ minutes a night.

Do people really expect more from him?

Ev wrote:I expect him to stop sucking Alfies Wang