It worked last night (eventually)...why not tonight?

Maddening... there's been chaos in this team.  They are struggling every game... laboring for a simply two points.  You can be sure, there will be changes tonight.  They won't be what you expect or what you want.  That isn't how this coach operates.  When does he ever appease the fanbase?  NEVER.  DETROIT...HE IS YOUR RECKONING.  Rise, see your team for what it is.  It is only then that you can move forward.  For, it is you that are enslaved by your expectations.  Release yourself, and maybe... just maybe... you'll see a different team on the ice tonight and a dark coach will rise. - Josh Howard, Head of the NOHS Graphics Art Department

Ginger Nut?  Pseudo Poet?  Bring 'em on.

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Garbage game against an inferior team whom we have a history of dominance against of late. But if Chicago’s streak could come to an end, our “streak of brilliance” is in just as much danger. Pavel Valerievich had other idea, however. Wings beat the Oilers 3-2 in Overtime (great to avoid the shootout) on a Datsyukian Deke and now have just 1 regulation loss in their last 26 games against them going 18-1-7 in that time. I believe they only have 4 regulation losses the last 44 games against this team but I can’t evidence for it. Either way, incredible.

I hope you folks are ready for this poster...it instantly became one of my favorites.

Here's a few words from the Head of the NOHS Graphics Art Department - Mr. Josh Howard himself:

Ken Holland.... He thinks you've forgotten about his diabolical genius.  It's time you realize it can't be fully understood.  Sometimes things needs to be torn down, ripped apart, or set ablaze to become what they were always meant to be.  The Wings are no exception.  These trying times of adversity are just what needs to happen.  Does it suck from a fan standpoint?  Absolutely.  Holland isn't perfect.  Let's hope this movie ends better than a pile of Ilitch's money lit ablaze and Batsyuk being attacked by a Justin Abdelkader wielding, two faced Mike Babcock.  Darkness must fall on Gotham for a hero to truly rise.  Hate Holland if you want, but it's all part of a master plan.  Whether it works or not will be judged years from now.

It's your Gameday Movie Poster for tonight's game against the Oilers.  Make the jump for the goods.

This game featured a strange pre-game show on Red Wings Live. The crew thought they’d try different things to “power up” the Red Wings Powerplay, and came to the conclusion they would achieve this by tossing different appliances on the desk. Things that contain power, was their logic, I believe. Really there should only be batteries, generators, and motors, but appliances? These are things that require power, and suck up juice. So why weren’t Cleary and Abdelkader thrown up there?

Due to an insane amount of travel for work I haven't actually been able to watch a single Red Wings game since what seems like 1985, in reality I haven't watched since the 2-1 win over the Sharks back on February 28th. It sounds like I didn't miss much. The Wings have been trapped in some alternate version of 2013 where  Dan Cleary and Justin Abdelkader are considered top 6 forwards.

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The Red Wings have been dominated by the Jackets all year and today was no different. The Red Wings only took 3 of a possible 10 points. That's pathetic. Not only are the Jackets a bad team, they were also missing their 4 best players, yet they still owned the Red Wings twice in as many days.

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I've been tossing around the idea of making a parody of the hilarious NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook for a while now and finally got around to it. Originally I was going to make fake accounts for every player, coach and fan in the organization. I was about half way done when Chris, being the Johnny-on-the-spot guy that he is, let me know about fakeconvos.com.

So here it is: A glimpse of a typical conversation between members of the greatest organization in pro sports.

Red Wings didn't give much effort today and fell to the Blue Jacket 3-0. This is the first time in the history of ever that Columbus won a season series against the Wings and they deserved it. We're missing a bunch of guys that probably shouldn't be on the team anyways (minus Helm, of course) and they're missing a few of their best players but still destroyed us. They have taken 7 of 8 possible points. 1/3 of their total points came against Detroit.

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Solid win by the whole team tonight. Edmonton isn’t that great, but those are the games the Wings have to win if they’re going to make the playoffs. The bottom six led the way on the scoreboard tonight. Kindl, Emmerton and finally even Abby put one in.

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ECKS-EL-ENT!

Today's Gameday Movie poster offers up more genius and mad photochop skills from the wizardly Josh Howard. Remember when we were the greatest team ever assembled? Was that ALL the way back when Tia Carrere was the hottest babe on television? Surely not! Our glory days are still upon us.

Party on Pav. Party on Hank. LGRW