Sure, Jimmy sat... but it's time to show he's more than the tired goalie we saw 2 games ago.  He's survived the slings are arrows thrown his way.  Mrazek played amazing, but Jimmy can still crank it up.  He's hungry... and nothing's going to stop him from taking this game away from the Oilers.  

LGRW

Post By Franklin Steele: 

The Wings just caved in the collective faces of the Blues for the second consecutive time since the opening night fiasco (that's my punk band name for the week... nailed it) and I should be pretty stoked about the final score of 5-1. Petr Mrazek played very well, but there is one moment that stands out to me from this game.

Emmerton's goal was huge.  Maybe the biggest of the season so far. .

After Danny Cleary finally got the bottom six on the board early, there was a lot of talk about monkeys and backs and... well, a lot of it kind of made me uncomfortable. While the monkeyback-obsession goal from Cleary sparked all the chatter, it was Emmerton and his nifty move that really set a fire on the Detroit bench.

As far as I know, no monkey were harmed in the barn burner that occurred in St. Louis tonight.

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Well, clearly the Red Wings players read the blogs since they obviously knew we were pissed at them. No, I’m kidding. The coaches coached and the players played and that was all it took to take down the Blues tonight.

I don’t know if the Wings played harder for the sake of Mrazek, but they proved once again that they’re capable of beating good hockey teams. Not just winning, either. They kicked the Blues’ asses tonight from start to finish. Will they play that way over the weekend? That’s up to them.

Mrazek played really well tonight. Hard to believe he was playing junior hockey less than a year ago. As in, people got laid the night he played his last game in the OHL and the children that resulted from that are still in the hospital as he beats the Blues. NOHS: Come for the hockey, stay for the weird analogies!

Full recap after the jump:

Gotta run, so this will be quick.  Here's the Josh Howard's gameday poster: 

Zetterberg has been one of our best and most consistent forwards so far.  He showed exactly why HE is the captain last Friday.  If the rest of the team can't get the job done, he's willing to take matters into his own hands.  Go get em Zetta.

LGRW. 

It's hard to be optimistic after watching the Wings play the last two games, but as true Wings fans we need to stop complaining and tune in. There is no doubt in my mind that they can't turn things around, they have the talent, its just finding the right combinations to go along with smart play.

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Guest Post by Franklin Steele:

Petr Mrazek should start in net for the Detroit Red Wings when they take on the St. Louis Blues tonight. I don't know an awful lot about the young netminder, but I do know this one fact. It should be him and not Howard to take on the central division rivals in action this evening.

The Red Wings earned all of the zero points they got last night. Calgary came ready to play and Detroit did not. Really, this game was just a replay of the Columbus game from Saturday night. Nothing positive will be said in this post, so if you’re not into that sort of thing, might want to skip this one.

Some brutal honesty after the jump:

Time for the Wings to get on track and show us that they want to win. Josh brings us a simple yet amazing movie poster that we all home may light a fire.

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As everyone's favorite Oompa Loompa, we'd like to welcome back home Happy Hudler.  We missed the little guy over here at NOHS.  If they actually sold it, I'd have a Hudler jersey and I'd wear it proud.  

He returns to Detroit tonight in a different jersey and it's going to be painful. He's having a great start with Calgary (even if Calgary isn't, being in last place and all), as noted by TSN.  

In Calgary, there is an opportunity for Hudler to play a more substantial role and he's certainly doing his part in his first three games, putting up two goals and five points, playing 21:19 against Chicago Saturday, his most in a game since March 3, 2009 vs. St. Louis.

Tyler over at Winging it in Motown put up a great article giving Happy his due yesterday.  Check it out, this part is great: 

So why do I like him so much? He's fun. He's fun as hell, man. You may like the idea of a team full of Darren Helms, but I'm just not that way. I need a Jiri or two mixed in there. I like the unexpected entertainment that it provides. Did it looked like Jiri worked his tail off every minute of every game? Of course not. But who am I to criticize him for that? I'm writing this while I'm supposed to be working for Christ's sake.

And don't forget we chronicaled Happy's travels in his KHL days extensively.  Here's a few highlights: 

Hit the jump for more Happy moments: 

You wanted change?  All you had to do was ask.

Though this is a good news/bad news kind of shake up.  Two is the number of the day.  Brendan Smith (#2) is placed onto Injury Reserve after suffering an "upper body injury" in that Columbus Blue Jacket debacle on Saturday night.  Tomas McCollum is sent back down to the Grand Rapids Griffins (that's two players out of the lineup).

Smith's injury is obviously the bad news.  McCollum sat on the bench for his entire short stint with the big club... guess that's also kind of bad news as the First Round Draft Pick seems to have hit a rut in his progression and they didn't even feel confident enough to give him a sniff of NHL play (so far) this season.

The good news is after the jump.