Tonight's Lineup

Here's the lineup for tonight's game as reported by Khan(!)...

Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Cleary-Zetterberg-Williams
Draper-Helm-Leino
May-Abdelkader-Maltby

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stuart
Ericsson-Lebda
Meech (scratched)

Osgood (starting)
Howard

Eaves's foot is all nice and swollen after blocking a shot on Thursday vs San Jose.

“It doesn’t feel very good right now.  Nothing’s broken. Just day to day right now., Feels better since I did it. Just taking a little time.’’--Patrick Eaves

Well let's see how Leino looks with two of the "Red Corvette" linemates.

Celebration of the Captain

Busy day for the NOHS crew (and Drew only likes to post when he's getting paid to do other things), but no matter how busy, we can all take a second to honor the one and only, Stevie Y.  

I bet everyone of you SOB's know exactly where you were when he scored my favorite goal in hockey, period.



We were lucky to be able to watch him for over 1,500 games. He truly is one of the top five players of all time.

Go Wings. 

Little Red Corvettes

Khan(!) spoke with Patrick Eaves after last night's game and got his thoughts on his new linemates:

"I've played with a bunch of players, but these guys have wheels that I have never seen or played with.  It's a joy to play with them. Drapes is an unbelievable guy and leader and brings it every night. Helmer is just scary fast and competitive and causes turnovers with his speed.  He's been really fun to watch in the playoffs. When you're playing with him, you can throw (the puck) in areas or chip it and he'll go get it. I noticed that right away just from watching him in the playoffs.''

Eaves assisted on Detroit's lone regulation goal, registered three shots, recorded five hits (team high), and is really starting to play like we all hoped he would be...that is before he was a healthy scratch for 6 out of the first 10 games.  But the wheels of the "Red Corvette" Line (Draper-Helm-Eaves) seem to be on track.

Those guys are going to continue to be thorns in the oppositions sides...much to my delight.

Kick 'Em When They're Down Take #2

Alright, so I missed this from chompboard.com...a live blog for last night's game.  Only 100 or comments, not quite in the A2Y echelon, but there were a few good ones.

SharkieFan: Always a tough test to play at Hell aka Joe Louis Arena.

Not sure if that's a slight against the city of Detroit or the fact that San Jose always seems to lose in that building.

Wordlifetn97: detroit is skating hard. maybe its because i havent seen a sharks game since sunday but the wings look like theyre flying out there

He must have been watching the Eaves-Helm-Draper line.  VooX over at A2Y has nicknamed them "The Red Corvettes", great speed and excellent in corners...I like it.

flyover fan: Looks like dtw is trying to prove a point since they're off to such a shaky start.

Do people really refer to Detroit by their airport code?

Sjsharx22: Did anyone else here notice on the replay of the Wings' goal that the ref's whistle was in his mouth before the puck went in? The rules state that once a ref decides to blow his whistle, it isn't a goal.  Stupid eastern team and Red Wing favoritism!  HEY REFS! YOU SUCK!

This one was my favorite.  This poor misguided soul must have been watching the 2nd round last year even if the Sharks didn't make it there.  Brad Watson = stopped the play in his mind.  Last night's ref = let the play continue (as he should and as Brad Watson should have).  Stupid eastern teams indeed.  How dare they try and move in on what is clearly a Southern California spawned sport.

Outfox: Let's be happy with the point. It's probably good that we lose to these f*%#@n guys. We do not want to think that we can go to the Joe and get an easy win. The more our boys struggle with the Wings, the hungrier they will be. And hunger is what they lacked in the playoffs.

They lacked heart in the play-offs.  Don't expect Dany "70 Goals" Heatley to help you out with that.  Maybe we'll see you in the Conference Finals...if you make it that far.

Oh and I stole this pic from one of the chompboard member's avatars...
Can somebody please explain to me what in the name of all that is good an holy is Joe doing?  Feeding a burrito to a puppet?  Impromptu caption contest: GO.

We made the Tapei Times

That's right, the global phenom that is the Detroit Red Wing Universe got yet another nod, this time here at the Tapei Times.

Red Wings 2, Sharks 1, SO

At Detroit, Michigan, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings snapped San Jose’s six-game winning streak.


Zetterberg also had a goal in regulation and Chris Osgood made 33 saves for Detroit.

Sure the actual article title is about Pittsburgh, but when the title includes the words: "Kings Kill Penguins"...I'm willing to let that go.

About Last Night

People are actually whining about Zetterberg's goal last night in regulation.  Whistle should have been blown?  Give us a break.

As I had mentioned yesterday, one of my friends turned out to be Budd Lynch's grandson and so with about 5 minutes to play in the first period, my seating went from obstructed view, to suite.  Not only did I watch the second and third periods with a bunch of rowdy Canadians in Budd Lynch's suite, but I got to have drinks between the periods here...

Recognize it?  I wouldn't.  It's the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Room across from the Olympia Club inside Joe Louis Arena.  Nice place...pictures don't really do it justice, but I took these with my phone while trying to be as candid as I could (the guy in the right pic obviously knew what I was doing).

The rest of the game was seen from this view...

Free food, free drinks, Wings win...what more could a guy ask for? (Don't answer that.)

Kick 'Em When They're Down 11/5 vs Sharks

Remember, remember the 5th of November.
The gunpowder treason and plot.

I meant to throw that in yesterday, but forgot.  Anyway...not much happening on the Sharks blogosphere.  But I did find a preview of yesterday's game at Couch Tarts (interesting name, I know) over on the bloguin network.  Check out their cute artwork...

The post was entitled: "Gameday Sharks vs Dreaded Wings".  Doesn't that look like Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama?  Anyhoo, here's what they had to say:

Another afternoon game.This time at 4:30 Sharks time and OMGTELEVISED. Don't get me wrong, I love listening to Bakes and Rusanowsky. They're some of the best in the biz, hands down. I like to put them on for after game coverage and bring headphones and a small radio to games so I can listen on my way home. There's just something about being able to WATCH a game that seems so much better.

Especially a game against the Wings.

Ok, I know, they aren't the same Wings team that's been dominate since, what, the big bang? But they're still dangerous. Any team is dangerous, and this team has a history of being ridiculously good.

Thanks for the compliments, you Tarts!  Though I don't approve of your use of OMG and the word "biz", it turns out that your apprehension was well founded.

Not the same Wings, eh?  Well it had the same result. Detroit owns San Jose. Period.