Monday, March 25, 2013

Datsyuk Likes My Picture!

     Yesterday before the game, I drew a cartoon in honor of Abdelkader getting his first NHL hat trick, and Datsyuk's comments that Abby pulls the piano for him.


     Apparently Datsyuk appreciated my efforts, and I may have tickled his funny bone, because he tweeted this and also posted the same thing on his facebook page.


     When Pavel Datsyuk joined Twitter, we were told that the content of the tweets would come from him, but that he would have someone else actually tweeting them and helping him with the English aspect. I had been disappointed with most of his tweets because they didn't sound like him at all. They were mostly statements about it being game day and hoping for a good game, and things like that. They were very bland and lacking personality, not like Datsyuk at all. However after the Ducks game Friday we finally got a tweet from Datsyuk that sounded like Datsyuk.


     Abdelkader responded, and I wonder if we got a tiny glimpse into the relationship between the two of them. Might we have an adorable bromance budding?



      I love seeing players let their personalities show. We have such awesome, funny, smart players that getting to know them a little more as people makes me love them and the team ever more.



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Sunday, March 24, 2013

3/24 Wings at Ducks Game Day Updates

Damien Brunner will be a healthy scratch tonight for the first time as a Red Wing, no news as to why he's a scratch. He hasn't scored in his last 12 games and he's in a bit of a slump.

Jordin Tootoo will return to the lineup in place of Brunner. Tootoo was a healthy scratch Friday against the Ducks in favor or Patrick Eaves.

Carlo Colaiacovo has been taken off injured reserve but will not play yet. Babcock said he will have to earn his place in the lineup, he won't just be given a spot. I'm not sure how a player come off IR and earns a spot, but we'll see what happens when he's ready to play.

Samuelsson is also ready to come off IR and will most likely be ready to play next Sunday.

Zetterberg will play in his 700th career game tonight, becoming the 19th player in Wings history to do so.

Here are the projected lines for tonight's game. 
Forwards
Justin Abdelkader
Pavel Datsyuk
Johan Franzen
Valtteri Filppula
Henrik Zetterberg
Drew Miller
Daniel Cleary
Joakim Andersson
Gustav Nyquist
JordinTootoo
Cory Emmertom
Patrick Eaves
Defense
Niklas Kronwall
Brian Lashoff
Brendan Smith
Jonathan Ericsson
Jakub Kindl
Ian White
Goalies
Jimmy Howard
Jonas Gustavsson
Healthy Scratch
Kent Huskins
Damien Brunner
Injured
Todd Bertuzzi (back)
Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder)
Patrick Eaves (Jaw)
Darren Helm (Back)
Mikael Samuelsson (Finger)
Kyle Quincey (Face)
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Friday, March 22, 2013

3/22 Wings at Ducks Game Day Updates

This is going to be a quick and dirty pre-game post today, because I'll be on the road to Grand Rapids to watch the Griffins tonight. Woo!

Red Wings and Ducks tonight, game time is 10:00 PM EST (butt crack of night?)

Darren Helm did not make the trip to the West coast with the Wings and has returned to not being back anytime soon.

Todd Bertuzzi is still a long way from returning to the lineup, but he did make the trip with the team and was able to work out on the exercise bike a little bit and might, maybe, possible be able to try skating by the end of the trip.

“Come out, get my vitamin D, cheer the guys on and hopefully as the week goes on I get better and I can make a move toward the ice (for practice),''
“If anything, it'll probably be toward the end, so I got to make sure my leg gets bigger and stronger so I can afford to go out there and actually stride, Not just go out for a five-minute twirl just for the sake of it.''
“It's not a lot of fun when you're away from the guys for over a month, It'll be better when I'm at that point where I'm ready to come back. I know I can help this team. I'm just hoping I get that chance.

Me too Bert... Me too. Seeing him back in the dressing room, and talking and even smiling makes me feel a little hope again and brought a smile to my face. How could you not smile at this picture of Bertuzzi's footwear that Helene St. James tweeted out?

Then this little nugget game via Ansar Khan, and it pretty much made my day. 

Kyle Quincey is still waiting for the swelling in his face to go down enough to get a complete diagnosis and a decision on whether he'll need surgery for his broken cheek bone or not.

Patrick Eaves did make the trip and will be in the lineup tonight. His jaw is still pretty sore from getting hit with a puck in practice Wednesday and has sprained temporalmandibular joints, so he'll probably be wearing a cage.

There was no hearing or discipline for Kronwall for his hit on Coyle Wednesday night. 

Babcock is anticipating going with the same lineup as Wednesday against Minnesota, but may shuffle a few player between lines.

With Eaves in the lineup, someone will have to come out, but Babcock won't make that decision until after I've already posted this and am on the road and unable to update it.

I'd expect to see Jordin Tootoo or possibly Gustav Nyquist scratched  

Here are the projected lines for tonight's game. 
Forwards
Justin Abdelkader
Pavel Datsyuk
Johan Franzen
Valtteri Filppula
Henrik Zetterberg
Drew Miller
Daniel Cleary
Joakim Andersson
Damien  Brunner
Gustav Nyquist/ JordinTootoo
Cory Emmertom
Patrick Eaves

Defense
Niklas Kronwall
Brian Lashoff
Brendan Smith
Jonathan Ericsson
Jakub Kindl
Ian White

Goalies
Jimmy Howard
Jonas Gustavsson

Healthy Scratch
Kent Huskins
?

Injured
Todd Bertuzzi (back)
Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder)
Patrick Eaves (Jaw)
Darren Helm (Back)
Mikael Samuelsson (Finger)
Kyle Quincey (Face)

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