Wings - Caps, Wings - Caps, Wings - Caps!
Not as fun as this...
But still fun none-the-less.
The Warm - Up:
The Wings are coming off of a fresh win last night, beating that team from that town in Ohio that's home to that school that I can't name because it's football Saturday and also because I'm a Michigan grad. ANYWAYS, the Wings won 5-2 and Franzen almost gave us all free curly fries. The power play lit up for the Wings last night and Jonathan Ericsson did something useful and beat up a guy. (Derek Dorsett reportedly left the Joe with a nice shiner from Big E.)
Tonight, the Wings face Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in a battle royale. These two teams are the only undefeated teams left in the NHL which makes tonight's game a bigger deal apparently. The Caps are 6-0-0, Wings 5-0-0. And though this game will give one of these teams with their first loss, I'm personally more excited to hear what stupid things Ovi has to say tonight. He's full of one-liners and wit. See: Exhibit A
Injuries/Scratches:
Mike Commodore -Knee
Tomas Holmstrom -Healthy Scratch
Other Notes:
The Perfect Human, Nicklas Lidstrom will be playing his 1,500th career game tonight. He's played every. single. one. of those games wearing the winged-wheel. Unbelievable. Lidstrom will be the 14th player in NHL history to reach the milestone. Congratulations, Nick! ...But let's all be honest, the dude probably has another 800 games or so left in him, right?
Fabian Brunnstrom will get his debut as a Wing tonight. Hopefully the skill we saw in preseason from this kid will come over into the regular season. He'll be playing on the fourth line with Eaves and Miller tonight.
Finally... one of the Rundown Roomies pointed out last night that questioning Mule about his "streaky-ness" is pretty dumb. I have to agree. Leave the Mule alone, let him play his game and stop asking him questions about how long his point streak or scoring streak will last. Please and thank you.
Predictions:
Final Score:
Stef- 3-1, Wings
Danielle- 2-1, Capitals
Player of the Game
Stef- Nicklas Lidstrom
Danielle - Todd Bertuzzi
As always, GO WINGS!
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