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The Red Wings still need scoring but where they get it from?
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00:00surprise surprise David Perron back early wings get a point surprise surprise in Dallas
00:07does it change things for you at all as we go to a home stretch John that begins tonight with
00:13the Calgary Flames gotta have two tonight it is there there is no question there's no debate
00:19this is a must win game you got Montreal on the heels of that one so you got a little
00:25bit of a
00:25homestand here four games at home Calgary Montreal Boston Ottawa gotta start it off with two points
00:31Calgary one of the worst teams this year in the NHL sellers at the deadline and you are in a
00:38position
00:38where right now and I know there's been there's been rumor there's been speculation as to when
00:45cop will be back because he was skating around people saw him skate around if you're not getting
00:52cop and we don't know or you're not getting Dylan Larkin back for another at least a week
01:00this is a must win game if you're going to keep your head above water that's why that one point
01:07against Dallas was so huge you're down to oh you get into the third period you scratch your claw I
01:14don't care how it finds the back of the net it does you take it to overtime you lose but
01:18you find
01:19a way to get a point they are one point above the cut line and don't look down but they're
01:25only two
01:25points back of being in the top three in their conference and that team in that spot is Montreal
01:31who will be in town on Thursday I mean this feels like this is the season right this homestand without
01:36Larkin without cop gotta get to tonight against Calgary and and literally all you're trying to do
01:45right now is is stem attack you'll take as many points as you can but when you when you have
01:51a
01:51chance to get to you've got to grab it and Calgary is outside of Vancouver the worst team in the
01:58NHL
01:59you're at home your big favorites Gibson should be between the pipes you should win tonight
02:03what does it ultimately mean I mean we still have reason to doubt
02:08John even in the Dallas game it took him 17 minutes to open the game and register a shot
02:14their first goal was scored by the Dallas goalie on himself that's why I said I don't care how it
02:20finds the back I know I'm just saying I mean if the other team's goalies are going to start
02:23contributing for us I like our chances otherwise it's it's tough like Chris Osgood I if it was a
02:30drinking game we all would have died like how many times does the defense need to get involved
02:34with the offense because the offense isn't good enough by itself activate the D activate the D
02:39that's why if we watch tonight I'm curious to see if Pelica gets back in the lineup
02:44does he take the spot of Jacob Bernard Docker who's got four points in 51 games Pelica at home
02:51you get the last change you can avoid putting him in some squirrely situations and he is supposed to
02:56be a defenseman that can help generate a little bit of offense he hasn't played since the trade
03:00deadline they went on the road and they've gone with a more defensive team but you got to score some
03:05goals I wonder if he gets some run here in this homestand especially tonight against Calgary if
03:11not I bet he gets sent down because I'm not really sure why he's here yeah why would you be
03:15here if
03:15they're never going to use you yeah 248-539-9797 Todd McClellan spoke about the character of this
03:21hockey team on Saturday night them coming back down 2-0 and getting a point I have never questioned the
03:27character of this team I just questioned the talent and their ability to finish it's a painful
03:33experience to generate offense ozone time and goals I don't think this is Saturday didn't change
03:40my outlook I'll put it that way oh it didn't change my outlook but it did it did it give
03:46you a little
03:47bit of optimism that they can scratch and claw and come away with a point against a team that they
03:53really didn't have any business getting that point against no no no optimism I mean if anything they
04:01lost ground this weekend their lead went from two points to one point they're only in by but it
04:05could have been tied no I know but did you see what happened I mean Ottawa won and and Columbus
04:11won and
04:12I understand that other teams are getting two while we get one or none I mean most games this month
04:18have been losses so there's 15 games left yeah and with the way it stands right now they're at 80
04:28points and Tom I think you had mentioned they got to get to 95 you think 95 will get you
04:33in this year
04:33point per game the rest of the way yeah I think that's a pretty safe number all right so you
04:37get
04:38two tonight and you're down to 13 and I think the next three 14 the next three are the big
04:43three
04:44because they're all teams in or on the playoff bubble and a team in Montreal that you have yeah I
04:51mean you're a direct competition with yeah well but then Boston is another team that you're
04:55sitting and sharing a wild card spot and then uh Ottawa who's they picked up a win on Sunday like
05:01here they come and by the way Columbus and Ottawa have an extra game to play so we talk about
05:07having
05:07a point Columbus actually point percentage is is better than Detroit yes so no Saturday in and of
05:15itself doesn't I'll be honest with you I I think they should win tonight I want them to win tonight
05:18I'm going to root for them a win tonight doesn't change it for me no no but a loss would
05:22would
05:23certainly put that that next nail in the coffin think about us we're giving away tickets all week
05:27they lose tonight like we'll have to like beg people to take them now these are big hockey
05:31games I'm going to go to two of the next four and I'm going to root like hell for this
05:34team to to do
05:35what you said gut it out find a way steal a point because John they don't have to make the
05:40playoffs
05:40in the next two weeks they have to stay afloat when they can get their captain back so you're going
05:44against Montreal on Thursday which what's the next one you're going to Ottawa Ottawa okay so damn
05:49Chuck in the arena two four eight five three nine ninety seven ninety seven checking in with
05:56Red Wing fans over the weekend they did pick up a point they've got Calgary tonight they've got
06:00this homestand and you have any hope do you feel a little hopeful after Saturday I'm still I think I
06:06sent you guys this last week I think it was early in the week I was maybe at about a
06:12six or it was
06:14before Larkin and cop went down and then I was right there at about a five and then we hear
06:20the
06:21news that it's going to be two weeks I went down to a four if we could use decimal points
06:26which I
06:26know you love doing you're the big fan of them I would I would be at four point nine I
06:31am just under
06:34that fifty fifty mark my so my forty nine percent says they don't okay so this is a scale of
06:42one to
06:42ten ten being there a playoff team yes because I think the way I asked it to you was one
06:47to ten
06:48panic ten being panicked and I was a nine and this was before Larkin and cop were ruled out for
06:54two
06:54weeks if you asked me maybe I was doing the whole so I was listening to Stoney and Gator last
07:00week and
07:00they were doing the doesn't matter yeah the percent which is just my thought of them getting
07:04in the playoffs is is much lower I mean you say forty nine percent I know there are models that
07:09give
07:09them like a better than fifty fifty chance I don't think that's factoring in the injuries or their
07:13recent offensive shortage I give them like a thirty percent chance
07:21so you're not out but I don't think you're getting in when is the two weeks up where they're
07:26going to reevaluate so the two-week window from when McClellan said it would be the end of this
07:32homestand so they would in theory be back for the road game at Buffalo at the earliest unless there's
07:38who knows I mean I thought Perron was going to be out until right until Thursday of this week and
07:43he's
07:44he's skating on on the ice in Dallas on Saturday and I'd imagine he's going to play tonight so maybe
07:49there's a surprise and they get caught back early or so of eight possible points in this homestand
07:55they get to tonight the next three games what do they have to do to quote-unquote keep their head
08:02above water I mean it's all relative to what the other teams are going to do though right I'm not
08:07asking you that question but that is part of the the math you're asking me how many points on the
08:11homestand yeah four okay so if they get to tonight that's probably higher than that five it's five
08:18yeah I was I was gonna say five come out of this homestand with five points you get two tonight
08:23all
08:23of a sudden the math starts uh math look a little better yeah then you'd need to get three points
08:28in
08:28three games I still don't even know if they're getting that I just think it's it's hard to find a
08:35logical reason why they would make the playoffs so that's why I'm at 49 percent that they
08:41miss out because I'm trying to find that if I had a logical reason I'd have it I'm ahead of
08:47my 51
08:48percent you're one of the worst five on five teams in the league you're down your top two centers you
08:53went Saturday night 17 minutes to start the game without a shot I mean where's the scoring coming
09:00from yep I mean that's what when we were sharing prep I I can't find where where that's coming from
09:05the only logical way you could argue that they do get in is that they survive this two weeks
09:12and muck up some points because of the nature of the sport I mean you've seen so many crazy runs
09:17in
09:17Stanley Cup playoffs just because it's hockey yeah the nature of the sport you got goalie that can keep
09:24other teams down yeah puck luck I mean they got the luck the other night that Dallas scored on
09:29themselves and you put the I mean Edmondson shot it directly at his chest like I get put bucks on
09:34the net
09:34but that's not a high percentage chance and what does the goalie do he tries to reach down to find
09:38it and he scores between his legs I think you'll start seeing more of that them just throwing the
09:42puck at the net because that's they know that they Raymond said it after the game he's like we just
09:46got
09:46to shoot more like you got to have possession you got to have like it can't just be one and
09:52done
09:52dump ins and then the other team is skating downhill all day I mean that was a rough start on
09:57Saturday
09:57night it was I'm sitting there going oh they haven't put a shot on that it's been five minutes
10:02it's been 10 minutes it's been 15 are they going to get a shot in the first period of this
10:07hockey
10:07game and eventually damn near 17 minutes in they get a wrister on net that's why like they were
10:13playing one of the best teams in the league so let's you know but I like your Pelican idea because
10:17I do think you just got to try to find some lightning have them jump into plays and take the
10:23risk of
10:24you know one guy back in two on ones well and it becomes really tough because maybe they want to
10:31start the game in a defensive shell and hope for hey a ricochet a bounce yeah but when they get
10:35down
10:35one goal or two goals like they did against Tampa and Dallas it feels like it's insurmountable right
10:40I mean this team's not scoring two goals they do what until they it feels like it's insurmountable
10:46like they're they're up they're they're down against Dallas by two goals and they find a way to yuck
10:51it up this text just came in what's the point of them making the playoffs are just going to get
10:55bombed out
10:55of the first round they're not a contender I would argue if they survive this and get healthy
11:01at the right time with Gibson as a goalie that they could win a first round series because of
11:06the nature of the sport you're telling me in that world Larkin's back cops back yeah folks been here
11:12for a month yeah you did find a way to weather the storm again big if and you're in they
11:16wouldn't be
11:17favored but a hot goalie can steal a playoff series that's the thing they got going for him is Gibson's
11:21going to keep him in a lot of these games and they don't have very many back-to-backs the
11:26rest of the
11:26way I think there's only two back-to-backs the rest of the season so it's probably Gibson until the
11:32wheels fall off has to be has to be text coming in it doesn't matter this pathetic excuse for a
11:40hockey
11:40team is done guys they'll need more than 95 I think they need at least 97 that's from Vince
11:46given how well everybody's playing it's hard to argue with that walleye no one cares about the wings
11:52anymore guys grab the drop activate the D thank you that's my Chris Osgood impression how can McClellan
12:01put Kane on the ice three on three against Dallas who skated circles around the wings and that signed
12:06let's go Red Wings the run on the bodies no one said it was gonna be easy certainly hasn't been
12:15one last
12:15thing and then we'll move on they should win tonight Iserman did tell us they've had issues
12:21coming back home from road trips yeah but it's Calgary I better be let's Calgary and they beat
12:27them god forbid 248-539-9797 talking about Michigan State's draw in their region at 835 do the same for
12:36Michigan it's 97-1
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