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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's no question there's no debate this
00:20is a must win game you got Montreal on the heels of that one so you got a little bit
00:25of a homestand
00:26here four games at home Calgary Montreal Boston Ottawa gotta start it off with two points Calgary
00:31one of the worst teams this year in the NHL sellers at the deadline and you are in a position
00:39where
00:39right now and I know there's been there's been rumor there's been speculation as to when cop will
00:45be back because he was skating around people saw him skate around if you're not getting cop and we
00:53don't know or you're not getting Dylan Larkin back for another at least a week this is a must win
01:03game if you're going to keep your head above water that's why that one point against Dallas was so
01:09huge you were down to oh you get into the third period you scratch your claw I don't care how
01:15it
01:15finds the back of the net it does you take it to overtime you lose but you find a way
01:19to get a point
01:20they are one point above the cut line and don't look down but they're only two points back of being
01:26in the top three in their conference and that team in that spot is Montreal who will be in town
01:33on
01:33Thursday I mean this feels like this is the season right this homestand without Larkin without cop
01:40gotta get to tonight against Calgary and and literally all you're trying to do right now
01:45is is stem the type you'll take as many points as you can but when you when you have a
01:51chance
01:52to get to you've got to grab it and Calgary is outside of Vancouver the worst team in the NHL
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 with
02:34the offense because the offense isn't good enough by itself activate the D activate the D
02:39it'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
02:50Pelica at home you get the last change you can avoid putting him in some squirrely situations and
02:55he is supposed to be a defenseman that can help generate a little bit of offense he hasn't played
03:00since the trade deadline they went on the road and they've gone with a more defensive team but
03:04you got to score some goals I wonder if he gets some run here in this homestand especially tonight
03:10against Calgary if not I bet he gets sent down because I'm not really sure why he's here yeah
03:14why would you be here they're never going to use you yeah 248-539-9797 Todd McClellan spoke about
03:21the character of this hockey team on Saturday night them coming back down 2-0 and getting a point
03:26I have never questioned the character of this team I just question the talent and their ability to
03:30finish it's a painful experience to generate offense ozone time and goals I don't think this
03:38is Saturday didn't change my outlook I'll put it that way oh it didn't change my outlook but it did
03:45it did it give you a little bit of optimism that they could scratch and claw and come away with
03:51a
03:51point against a team that they they really didn't have any business getting that point against
03:59no no no optimism I mean if anything they lost ground this weekend their lead went from two
04:03points to one point they're only in by a point tied no I know but did you see what happened
04:08I mean
04:08Ottawa won and and uh Columbus won and I understand that other teams are getting two while we get one
04:16or
04:16none I mean most games this month have been losses so there's 15 games left yeah and with the way
04:25it
04:25stands right now they're at 80 points and Tom I think you had mentioned they got to get to 95
04:31you
04:32think 95 will get you in this year point per game the rest of the way yeah I think that's
04:35a pretty safe
04:36number all right so you get two tonight and you're down to 13 and I think the next three 14
04:42the next three
04:43are the big three because they're all teams in or on the playoff bubble and a team in Montreal that
04:50you
04:50have yeah I mean you're a direct competition with yeah well but then Boston is another team that
04:55you're sitting and sharing a wild card spot and then uh Ottawa who's they picked up a win on Sunday
05:01like here they come and by the way Columbus and Ottawa have an extra game to play so we talk
05:07about
05:07having a point Columbus actually point percentage is is better than Detroit yes so no Saturday in and
05:15of itself doesn't I'll be honest with you I think they should win tonight I want them to win
05:18tonight I'm going to root for them a win tonight doesn't change it for me no no but a loss
05:22would
05:22would certainly put that that next nail in the coffin think about us we're giving away tickets
05:27all week they lose tonight like we'll have to like beg people to take them now these are big hockey
05:32games I'm going to go to two of the next four and I'm going to root like hell for this
05:35team to
05:35to do what you said gut it out find a way steal a point because John they don't have to
05:40make the
05:40playoffs in the next two weeks they have to stay afloat when they can get their captain back
05:44so you're going against Montreal on Thursday which what's the next one you're going to Ottawa
05:48Ottawa okay so damn Chuck in the arena
05:53248-539-9797 checking in with Red Wing fans over the weekend they did pick up a point they've got
05:59Calgary tonight they've got this homestand and you have any hope do you feel a little hopeful after
06:03Saturday I'm still I think I sent you guys this um last week I think it was early in the
06:11week I was
06:11maybe about a six or it was before Larkin and Cop went down and then I was right there at
06:18about a
06:19five and then we hear the news that it's going to be two weeks I went down to a four
06:23if we could use
06:25decimal points which I know you love doing you're the big fan of them I would I would be at
06:304.9 I am
06:32just under that 50 50 mark my so my 49 percent says they don't okay so this is a scale
06:42of one to
06:4210 10 being they're a playoff team yes because I think the way I asked it to you was one
06:48to 10
06:48panic 10 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 oh maybe I was doing the whole so I was listening to uh Stoney and
06:59Gator
06:59last week and they were doing the it doesn't matter yeah the percent what just my thought of
07:04them getting in the playoffs is is much lower I mean you say 49 I know there are models that
07:09give
07:09them like a better than 50 50 chance I don't think that's factoring in the injuries or their
07:13recent uh offensive shortage I give them like a 30 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 he's skating on on the ice in Dallas on Saturday and I'd imagine he's going to play
07:48tonight so maybe there's a surprise and they get caught back earlier so of eight possible points
07:54in this homestand they get two tonight the next three games what do they have to do to quote-unquote
08:01keep their head above water I mean it's all relative to what the other teams are going to do though
08:06right I'm not asking you that question but that is part of the the math you're asking me how many
08:11points on the homestand yeah four okay so if they get two tonight that's probably higher than that
08:17five it's five yeah I was I was gonna say five come out of this homestand with five points you
08:22get
08:22two tonight all of a sudden the math starts uh math look a little better yeah then you'd need to
08:27get
08:27three points in three games I still don't even know if they're getting that I just think it's it's hard
08:35to find a logical reason why they would make the playoffs so that's why I'm at 49 that they miss
08:41out because I'm trying to find that if I had a logical reason I'd have it I'm ahead of my
08:4751
08:48you're one of the worst five on five teams in the league you're down your top two centers you went
08:54Saturday night 17 minutes to start the game without a shot I mean where's the scoring coming from yep I
09:01mean that's what when we were sharing prep I I can't find where where that's coming from the only
09:06logical way you could argue that they do get in is that they survive this two weeks and muck up
09:13some
09:13points because of the nature of the sport I mean you've seen so many crazy runs in Stanley Cup
09:18playoffs 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 putting bucks
09:34on the net but that's not a high percentage chance what does the goalie do he tries to reach down
09:38to
09:38find it and he scores between his legs I think you'll start seeing more of that them just throwing
09:42the puck at the net because that's they know that they Raymond said it after the game he's like we
09:46just
09:46got to shoot more like you got to have possession you got to have like it can't just be one
09:52and
09:52done dump ins and then the other team is skating downhill all day I mean that was a rough start
09:57on
09:57Saturday night it was I'm sitting there going oh they haven't put a shot on that it's been five
10:01minutes it's been 10 minutes it's been 15 are they going to get a shot in the first period of
10:07this
10:07hockey game and eventually damn near 17 minutes in they get a wrister on net that's why I like they
10:13were playing one of the best teams in the league so let's you know but I like your Pelica idea
10:17because
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 until they feel like it's
10:46insurmountable like they're they're up they're down against Dallas by two goals and they find a way
10:51to yuck it up this text just came in what's the point of them making the playoffs they're just
10:55going to get bombed out of the first round they're not a contender I would argue if they survive this
11:00and get healthy at the right time with Gibson as a goalie that they could win a first round series
11:06because of the nature of the sport you're telling me in that world Larkin's back cops back yeah
11:11folks been here for a month yeah you did find a way to weather the storm again big if and
11:16you're in
11:16they wouldn't be favored but a hot goalie can steal a playoff series that's the thing they got
11:21going for him is Gibson's going to keep him in a lot of these games and they don't have very
11:25many
11:25back-to-backs the rest of the way I think there's only two back-to-backs the rest of the
11:29season
11:30so it's probably Gibson until the wheels fall off
11:34has to be has to be text coming in it doesn't matter this pathetic excuse for a hockey team is
11:41done
11:42guys they'll need more than 95 I think they need at least 97 that's from Vince given how well
11:47everybody's playing it's hard to argue with that walleye no one cares about the wings anymore
11:54guys grab the drop activate the D thank you that's my Chris Osgood impression
12:00how can McClellan put Kane on the ice three on three against Dallas who skated circles around the wings
12:06and that signed let's go Red Wings
12:10they're running the bodies no one said it was gonna be easy certainly hasn't been one last thing and then
12:16we'll move on they should win tonight Iserman did tell us they've had issues coming back home from road
12:23trips yeah but it's Calgary I better be let's Calgary and they beat them god forbid 248-539-9797 talking
12:33about Michigan State's draw and their region at 835 do the same for Michigan it's 97-1
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